Here is some Synthpop / Synthwave made with a Yamaha MODX synthesizer /
workstation and Ardour on Linux.
[b]YouTube:[/b] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOjdn0_TYE
[b]SoundCloud:[/b] https://soundcloud.com/spotlightkid/angel-of-ice-modx-mix
Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Christopher Arndt, 2022.
I had a draft for this track for several years until I decided to
finally finish it for a small performance I did at my own birthday last
summer. Because I didn't want to use an audio backing track, it had to
be done just using sounds from a Yamaha MODX (custom presets and some
imported SFX samples I made with other hardware synths, e.g. the Waldorf
Microwave XTk and Behringer Model-D).
After the event, I basically took the arrangement for the internal
sequencer of the MODX, which I had created as MIDI in Ardour, polished
it a a bit, recorded it to separate tracks and mixed and mastered it in
Ardour using various LV2 plugins as well.
Then I procrastinated for another year until I finally managed to make a
simple visualizer video for it now. The video was made with FOSS tools
as well (Blender, Gimp, Shotcut): For the waveform player at the bottom
I generated a waveform PNG with audiowaveform [1] with a transparent
background and used Gimp and some layering/masking techniques to get the
gradient effect. Then I imported the waveform image into Shotcut as a
video layer. Lastly I put another layer on top of that, consisting of a
semi-transparent black rectangle covering the whole waveform. I then
animated the X position of that rectangle with keyframes, so it slides
out to right side of the frame. The frequency spectrum animation under
the title is a built-in effect of Shotcut. The retro sunset animation
was created in Blender.
*Share & Enjoy!*
Chris
[1] https://github.com/bbc/audiowaveform
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