Music Update | Early WIPs [WAV]

It's time for another music update! This post includes a few more sound design experiments, and two WIPs from the Cum Zone IV Instrumental.


Infected Lead
This is another sound design experiment. The main goal was to figure out the distorted guitar-like sound that Infected Mushroom create using their synths. The melody was originally planned as part of an intro section for Cum Zone IV - but this idea eventually fell through. The main plugins I used for this session were Manipulator and Guitar Rig 6.

7/4 Groove
This is a section from Cum Zone IV that was scrapped. This tends to happen with about 90% of the music I write, though in this case it sounded pretty cool on its own so I kept it as a separate file even though it is not likely to ever be used. This clip uses a combination of many techniques from previous sound design experiments. Kick2, Serum, Manipulator, Gatekeeper, Guitar Rig 6, and Nani (The Hentai Distortion plugin) were all used.

Psytrance A
This is a direct continuation of the Kick & Bass & Percussion Test that I shared last month. It is also the first section of Cum Zone IV that I feel reasonably confident in - but I am not 100% happy with it yet. It certainly has the sound I want to go for, but the composition is just a little bit too boring IMO. If I can come up with something better, I may end up replacing it. This uses all the same techniques as the 7/4 Groove file.

Planet Bell
This is another sound design experiment. It was made using Mikro Prism, the free version of the REAKTOR PRISM. It seems like a great plugin for creating trippy soundscapes. Thankfully with your support I will be able to pick up the full version next month :)

Psytrance B
This is another section of Cum Zone IV that I recently completed. This would be for one of the female vocal sections, as I plan to have both male and female vocals throughout this track. It's not directly connected to Psytrance A at the moment, but I could do so with about 30 seconds worth of additional material. This uses a combination of all previously mentioned plugins.


That's all I have for now! I'm starting to feel pretty excited about this project. The more I work on the audio, the more great visual ideas come to mind. Thank you all once again for your support!