Youtor
Acclimatization
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Sheet Music: https://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/... • This composition is a live instrumental and electronic piece that explores some of the possibilities created through delay devices within ‘Ableton Live’. The performer will play on an electric bass guitar and use a MIDI footswitch to control devices within the software. In the recording provided, a ‘Fender Squier Precision Bass’ was used and the electronics have been designed to work with a ‘Behringer FCB1010 MIDI Foot Controller’, although any MIDI footswitch with an expression pedal can be utilised. • Electric Bass: • The performer can either use a pick or their fingers to play this piece. They are required to unplug the bass at the start and end so they will need to be able to reach the cable without setting down the instrument. Additionally, letting notes ring out is left for the performer's discretion, although the low E string should be allowed to ring out to allow the delay tracks to work. • Electronics: • The Ableton project file will be included in this submission to show all of the devices used. The output of the bass guitar will need to be inputted into the software to allow for the delay effects to work. Each delay track will take the output from the bass guitar, run it through various devices and output the signal to the master channel. Additionally, no gate devices should be used to allow background noise from the output to pass through. By using multiband compressors in the delay tracks, the background noise will be amplified to 0dB and modified to supply a sense of ambience into the piece. • Tracks: • ‘BASS’: The input from the performer sent to the master channel. Any devices can be used by the performer depending on their preferences. • ‘ENVELOPE FOLLOWER’: Contains 2 ‘Envelope Follower’ devices that react to the output of the input channel. The first is mapped to the ‘Frequency’ parameter of an ‘EQ Eight’ device in the ‘DELAY 1’ track and the second is mapped to the ‘Width’ parameter of a ‘Utility’ device at the end of the ‘DELAY 1’ track. There are two ‘Envelope Follower’ devices to allow changes in response times. • ‘DELAY (...)’: Takes the output from the electric bass and sends it to the master channel, the device chain is shown in a screenshot at the end of this document. ‘DELAY 2.1’ and ‘DELAY 3.1’ are slightly different as they include a ‘LFO’ device that is mapped to the ‘Feedback’ parameter on the subsequent ‘Grain Delay’ device. This LFO device is used to create a random pitch effect in the electronic solo sections. • A ‘standard’ delay track includes devices such as an ‘Utility’ (for mapping to the MIDI footswitch), ‘EQ Eight’ (to only allow lower frequencies through), ‘Multiband Compressor’ (to boost the signal and subsequent background sounds), 3 ‘Grain Delays’ (to change the pitch and apply delay), another ‘Multiband Compressor’ (to boost certain frequencies in the mix), another ‘EQ Eight’ (to refine the mix), ‘Reverb’ (set between 75-100% to ‘round off’ sharp sounds), another ‘EQ Eight’ (to cut out lower frequencies introduced by the reverb device) and a final ‘Utility’ (to adjust the width and output volume). Furthermore, in ‘DELAY 2.1’ and ‘DELAY 3.1’, an ‘LFO’ (set to ‘random’, ‘Jitter’=100%, ‘Smooth’=100%, ‘Rate’=10.5Hz and ‘Depth’=100%) will be placed before the last ‘Grain Delay’ and can be mapped to the ‘Pitch’ parameter on the subsequent ‘Grain Delay’. • MIDI Mapping: • ‘1’ = Map pedal ‘1’ to the ‘gain’ in the utility device at the start of the device chain in tracks ‘DELAY 1’ and ‘DELAY 1.1’. • ‘2’ = Map pedal ‘2’ to the ‘gain’ in the utility device at the start of the device chain in track ‘DELAY 2’. • ‘3’ = Map pedal ‘3’ to the ‘gain’ in the utility device at the start of the device chain in track ‘DELAY 3’. • ‘4’ = Map pedal ‘4’ to the ‘gain’ in the utility device at the start of the device chain in track ‘DELAY 2.1’. • ‘5’ = Map pedal ‘5’ to the ‘gain’ in the utility device at the start of the device chain in track ‘DELAY 3.1’. • ‘Feedback’ = Map the expression pedal to the feedback on the last ‘Grain Delay’ device of the device chains in tracks ‘DELAY 2.1’ and ‘DELAY 3.1’. • Reading the Score: • All techniques and required MIDI mappings are denoted by the empty stave below the bass stave. MIDI mappings are shown as numbers above the stave and expression pedal directions are shown through crescendo or decrescendo markings. • Composed for an assignment at the University of Birmingham.
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