maps and journeys sound

research for sound

assassins creed 4 black flag ost main theme -

i wanted quite a sea like tune with the guitar and found the sound track really helped spark ideas even if it is more light hearted and more inspiring

the sound track to dismaland seemed to have actually subconsciously affect how i was thinking in terms of space and sound

finally this song i think was the one song i had been humming to while i made my own and i can see alot of simularities now that i remembered this song, perhaps this song would of been easier to use, but now i wanted to make it all my own so this helped inspire the tempo as well as some of the rythem

tomorrow by bensound

all other research was listening to similar stuff but i feel that these three had the most beneficial to the creative progress.

looking at the idea i wanted to the with the sailing them and at the same time i wanted the music to be slightly so i experimented with the sounds as well but ideally i wanted it to be eerie enough with a subtle heaviness to the piece and just a layer of wrongness to help push the ambiance of the moving image.

with that looking at the inner turmoil and yet the beautiful environment i decided  wanted quite relaxing music but i wanted it to play slightly out of time and slightly out of tune that would create the desired effect

i used a electric and base guitar and played them differently this including different techniques such as harmonics and popping the strings on both as well as tapping the body of the base to produce a low humming sound. while experimenting i learnt that i could plug the guitar straight into the computer using a audio jack required to play along to rocksmith ( a guitar hero like game where you play with an actual guitar) in addition to that i could plug an amp into the computer and use a normal audio jack to connect the guitar into the amp.

the babies

so i could record music such as

guitar ====> computer (audition)

or 

guitar ====> Amp ====> computer (audition)

therefore if i had a loop pedal or something of that kind i could in theory have even wider range of controls while trying to create the music while using the amp can give me controls over treble, bass, volume the loop pedal could also capture a tune and repeated over and over again to play to which could of helped to create a better range of sounds, and is something i would like to experiment more in my own time .

i then reassembled the recorded sounds to remix the music and i think i really like it and although sound is definitely not my strongest point i have tried my best and feel like i have achieved something for my efforts and feel i do need definitely need to read up on it more and better producing techniques, though it works with the film, even though it was described to me as "if a child had decided to beat an out of tune guitar".