I have used the Gaia synthesizer to create some sound effects for the beginning and end of the track. It takes the form of the alarm at the beginning of the track and the heartbeat monitor at the end. This serves as the second DI recording for my track. It was preferable to record this through DI because it records a pure, stable signal from the synthesizer, which is much easier to edit and arrange in Logic. Also, I didn't really have a choice to record the Gaia from anything other than DI, as it has no built in speakers and would be pointless to amp it up and record from a microphone. From my Mac workstation, it was easy to edit the parameters on the synth to get the sound I wanted without latency. Doing this in the studio would of been a hassle and waste of time and resources. My track arrangement finished and I have done my mixing. The final piece consists of 19 tracks and lasts for 4 minutes and 16 seconds. It includes the following instruments:
Piano
Tubular Bells
Various Orchestral Percussion (including Timpani)
Male and Female Choir
String Sections (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) utilising musical techniques Staccato and Tremolo
Trombones (also utilising Staccato)
Vocoded Vocals
Sound Effects made from a Gaia Synthesiser
Electric Guitar (Smothered in effects like Echo and Chorus)
At the end of my mixing process my financial record looks like this:
