Profitons du ralentissement d'activité de cette fin d'année pour publier une dernière Kitchen Notes. Cette fois, Bryan Sage, le cerveau derrière Severed Skies nous raconte comment, toujours fidèle aux synthétiseurs matériels, il produit sa Dark Electro dans la lignée de l'école classique.
Let's take advange of this end of the year activity slowdown to publish a last Kitchen Notes. This time, Bryan Sage, the brain behind Sereved Skies tell us how, always faithfull to hardware synths, he produces his Dark Electro done in the path of the classic lineage.
Gears and software
What gears/softwares did you use for Oblivion ?
I used a few actually, my Arturia Polybrute, Korg Minilogue XD, DSI Prophet Rev 2, Yamaha Mox 6, and Sequential Take 5
Your favorite gear(s)/software(s) ?
Pretty much the ones I already listed above, but the Prophet Rev 2 has a special place in my heart.
Any evolution in your setup ?
Everything I have done in this music project was evolved greatly since the start... from software to hardware, to learning, to knowledge, to skill, to experience and it keeps expanding.
Sound Design
Do you use/tweak presets ?
Sometimes I use presets but I like to tweak and make my own presets.
Do you design you own sound ? On which synth/plugin in particular ?
Yes I love to make my own sound instead of presets, that's the fun of creating music, I explore the effects and tweak the sounds to what I hear is amazing to me and go from there.
Any particular synth history ?
The Yamaha Mox 6 was my first official synth over almost 13 years ago, since then I have gotten quite a few more synths and it keeps expanding.
Writing/composing method
What
would be your main writing/composing method ? Do you start classical
rythm/bassline then arrange around it ? Do you already have structure in
mind ? Do you improvise, record sessions then select ? ...
I have changed my format or method over the years... now I mostly start with the drums or the bassline... then I build up off of those.....but sometimes I have an idea in my mind of a sound or lead or pad sound... then I will try to create that first and go from there.... sometimes I'll have ideas of songs in my head that are fragments of things I heard from other songs I hear... and they all combine or intertwine in my mind then I hear something in my head I want to bring to life.
Producing/mixing method
Do you produce/mix in the box or do you use mainly external gears (effect/comp/eq...)
I do mixing within my DAW which is Ableton live. Then I send it off for mastering to someone I know.
What is your most painful / enjoyable step in track production ? Sound design, arrangement, mixing, mastering ?
I would say my most enjoyable part of track production is creating the
song itself and what I come up with.... it's like a journey that my mind takes me on and I will never know where it will take me...songwriting is exciting.
Mixing the album is the most tedious, frustrating
part of the process I think... I am a perfectionist and it takes a few
weeks for me to master....I make sure that everything is leveled and balanced perfectly to how I want it to sound which takes time.
Severed Skies' tips
Don't put yourself in a box.... learn as much as you can...the more you don't limit yourself the better you become.
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