'BitBrain' - New Original Musical Short #3 of 4! Electronic/8bit/Instrumental + Walkthrough!

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'BitBrain' - New Original Musical Short #3 of 4! Electronic/8bit/Instrumental + Walkthrough!
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## Last night, I found a couple
of synth samples where essentially it just plays a note, then again an octave higher, and higher once again, 4 or 5 times, so when imported into the Simpler Instrument on Ableton, you can make some crazy, super off-kilter melodies when playing various chords.  I wrote 4 songs using these instruments, this is the only one with an electric drum kit, the others all just use a glitchy drum sample, also played with a Simpler.  

###### <center>[Listen to *BitBrain* here.](https://soundcloud.com/grapthar4/bitbrain)</center>


## Tracks 1, 2, and 3 use the samples
in the Simpler, and just play a continuous C note, which because of the sample, rise and falls all over the place.  Each of these 2 tracks uses a different synth playing the progression, and at slightly different speeds, so the notes feel super random.  

###### <center>![Screenshot 2018-08-12 21.08.36.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaiofchga2PgUbh8Yy7FnLKSrYgBPcXJWdkfYoJw6t2j8/Screenshot%202018-08-12%2021.08.36.png)Track 4, electric piano, described below.</center>

## Track 4 is the only instrument
in any of the four songs that isn't a Simpler.  It's just an electric piano, but I loved the way the chords fit with the crazy, off beat backdrop from the previous 3 tracks.  It plays a C5, Dminor, Bbmajor, C7, Dmin7, and finally Dminor, before repeating.  Track 5 is the last track, and is our drums.  I used an electronic kit, and began with just a kick/snare beat.  Instead of adding a hihat rhythm, I used a weird hit called "Metallic", which is sort of a metal/mallet sound.  I screwed around with the transposition, which builds up, then slowly drops lower and lower before repeating.  Turned out pretty cool, just a simple effect to make things less repetitive.

###### <center>[Listen to *BitBrain* here.](https://soundcloud.com/grapthar4/bitbrain)</center>

## Hope you've enjoyed the walkthrough!  I'll be sharing the other 3 songs like this over the next few days, so stay tuned!

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###### ||| [EP 1 - Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-1) | [EP 2 - Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-2) | [EP 3 - Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-3) |||
###### ||| [EP 4 - Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-4) | [EP 5 - Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-5) | [EP 6- Bandcamp](https://thesupplekrew.bandcamp.com/album/ep-6) |||
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