The New Dawn

A little while back I spotted an interesting contest on Audiodraft. It was hosted by Nelonen Media. They were looking for a new sound for their brand. My suggestion did not win, but I got a chance to flex out Sample Logic's Cinematic Guitars.

The sound I went after was uplifting. I began with pads and guitar harmonics. I got some really nice and airy atmospheres created with the new guitars. But they alone would not be enough to carry the track.

So I dug out a crushed and glitched drum kit to create a driving rhythm to give the song a good momentum. I didn't want to create too elaborate of a beat so I kept it simple with just the bass drum and a fast paced glitch ticking. On top the beat I wrote passages with a massive tom ensemble.

Once these were done I turned to the orchestral elements. I used lush strings to create a melody which I doubled with french horns.

The track was kept short due to the lenght requirements in the contest, but I'm quite happy how it turned out.

The New Dawn 

5 second audio stories

A short post this time. I have a really good feeling at the moment about a bunch of IDs I worked on this week. They are to work as transitions between songs.

I didn't just want to make single sounds but rather wanted them to be mini stories. It's actually quite a challenge to create an understandable short story with just sounds. Also they needed to have a good tempo so they won't slow down the show. I think I got them sounding really awesome.

The elements I used in then I collected from things around the office and things associated with the channel. They range from monkeys to UFOs.

I'll post some of them here later.

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Pelasta Punainen Pallo - End Credits

 I finally got around to actually uploading this piece online. A detailed account can be found in an earlier post.

Pelasta Punainen Pallo - End Credits

So that's how it sounds. I'm proud of it.