Interstellar Bump

Daydream Mod is now available for download under a Creative Commons license:
Here’s the streaming preview:

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Daydream Mod by Andrew Ford is licensed under a
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Symbol Star is now available for download under a Creative Commons license.

streaming preview of the Super Seven Inch Mix:

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the DJ Mix (drummier, for a nicer beatmix experience):

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Symbol Star by Andrew Ford is licensed under a
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This song is a strange combination of swoosh and heavy percussion and improvised keys that I’m sure it’s gonna leave a lot of people scratchin’ their heads and wondering where I’m coming from. Even I can’t tell for sure if maybe I just like it because I’ve spent too much time on it.



The whole thing:

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Daydream Mod gets a total makeover with Live 7: sidechain compression on the bassline to duck in time with the kick, replaced the acoustic piano with Ableton’s new Electric instrument for a Rhodes sound, and some more modulation made easy by the new multiple “lanes” available in the arrangement view.

Here’s the results (at 96K):

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In case you’re curious about how this is decomposed into its constituent parts:

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New mix incorporating changes suggested by Jamie here and others elsewhere:

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