Groove rider 2 - first complete track
I’ve been getting accustomed to the new Groove rider 2 app, which is available for iPad only at this stage. I love it, it’s deep, has a lot of features and a fantastic workflow based around two or three possible ways of writing your songs. The approach I’m already familiar with on Ableton and Bitwig for example, where you build up clips, individual components of a song and then trigger them in different sequences, perhaps using a launchpad or in the case of the iPad, it’s screen. You build up the arrangement and then you can go into that to edit some more, dropping notes here and there, to create variety, bridges, middle eights, builds and all of those things that give a song its ebb and flow.
This song uses just a few different instruments with some simple chord arrangements, one central melody that, I created a few variations for and some other bits. Drums are very simple.
I could go on to make it more complex but sometimes, just leave it, just leave it at that, it’s cool to do that you know!
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That's cool. What are you calling this tune? I will look into how I could put together tracks that don't use 'conventional' instruments some time. I want to explore that.
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I want to help you in some way but we might be using different software and what have you. This track is currently codenamed GR2 after the software used to write it but it needs a better name as I want to put it in Bandcamp. I’ve not uploaded anything there in ages.
Groove rider auto-named the project “Cheap July”, normally it does a better job at random names.
I’m open to suggestions!
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I'd be using whatever is available on Linux or possibly Android, so I need to look up tutorials on those. For now I have enough going on with learning actual drums. I started a Drumeo course on notating songs, but I think I need to work on playing technique. Have to focus on what is useful to me now.
Maybe Bitwig is worth a look? I’ve got it set on my Mac but there is a Linux version as well. In terms of apps I know Cubasis and Koala exist on Android. Cubasis comes with a set of great built in synths and some extras you can buy, if you need them.
I’m thinking of selling the SeqTrak, not because I don’t like it, it’s brilliant but I’m not sure it fits my workflow and I’ve barely touched it 😏
I just spent money on drum stuff, so not buying anything else for now. I'll push on with my online lessons as I've paid for them.
No worries.
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