It's been a while since last blog! With so much going on, I'm finding my recording time for this album is decreasing. Have to change it around.
I'm working on a little bossanova number. It was untitled for quite some time, but I've now settled on a name for it; "The Dream".
The arrangement is quite ethereal and surprise, surprise...dreamy. I'm using quite a few synthesiser emulating instruments in this one which I absolutely love. It's so much fun trawling the internet for new instruments, discovering them and imagining how to use them to their best effect. Such a VSTi is in "The Dream". It's a fantastic string instrument VSTi. Unfortunately, I've just discovered that it's playing havoc with my multitracking midi software. There's something not quite right in it and I can't figure out what it is. It's sending my other midi files, audio and loops out of whack. I hope I can get it sorted as I really love the pizzicato violin effect. Having been thinking about it, I could probably render that particular sequence as an audio file and place it in the arrangement that way, rather than using vsti's on multiple midi tracks. Will try that later tonight!
So far, the album is coming very slowly, but I figure, there really is no rush. It will come when it comes.
Anne-Lise
