A Drop in an Ocean: Fire Dove ...making of...

This tune started out from messing around with a step sequencer (below) and ended up being really a basic rock instrumental by the time it went through a few transformations.

I also wanted to do a more punchy tune after the last few ambient offerings. The drums were from a collection of loops (from either Looperman site or other legitimate offerings). I depend on them a lot, as I don't play drums. I did start out with just programming the kicks.

Because I made this over four months ago (and I've been very busy), I can't actually remember everything I did to make it, however, I know I was aiming for a simple rock based tune with a dash of experimentation to keep it interesting.

I know I was looking for a Midnight Oil sound on the guitars and didn't really get it but the process came up with something that worked to my ears at least. Tremolo is in there if you listen carefully to the backing guitar.

For lead guitar, I pushed it through an unnatural source which was what I was after 'mini moog synth' for keyboards. I often like to go around the traditional electric guitar sounds.

As usual, I play all the other instruments besides drums, so it's live bass guitar on here through a 'power pop' modeler.I also used a 'saw synth' way in the background and also another Square bass synth.

Bouncing and laying tracks is normal because my computers never have enough CPU or Memory. So this is the end result of all the tracks but there are probably a few hidden before this, lost in the layering. I multitrack to try and give a bigger sound, otherwise it sounds very dry and limp and insipid.Theres a piano synth in there somewhere too, I just discovered...