@binarysweets sorry for the delay on this reply! I’m back to Sonic Pi world.
The code is clunky but it did the job, if anyone has tips to make it more concise - i am very open and would love to hear them!
I probably could have done this with live_loops and recorded but at the time, I didn’t know about the stop command existing LOL so I made heaps of functions, added some long sleeps and then arranged the song at the end.
#Loading in vocal samples edited in Ableton
s1 = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/gran_chord_1.wav"
vpent = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vpent_1.wav"
vclimactic = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vclimatic_1.wav"
vlow_run = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vlow_run_1.wav"
vohoh = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vohoh_1.wav"
vlow2high = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vlow2high_1.wav"
vtri_ah ="/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vtri_ah_1.wav"
vhigh_low = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vhigh_low(airy)_2.wav"
vlongnote = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vlongnote1.wav"
vlongnote_reverb ="/Users/fetlenega/Music/Ableton/Live Recordings/Temp-1 Project/Samples/Processed/Freeze/vlongnotereverb.wav"
vlow_highrun = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vlow_highrun_1.wav"
vfastrun = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vfastrun_1.wav"
vmidstaccato = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vmidstaccato_1.wav"
vhighstaccato = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vhighstaccato_1.wav"
vmmm = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vmmm_1.wav"
vlowfullrun ="/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vlowfullrun_1.wav"
vwrong_note = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vwrongnote_1.wav"
vhigh_airy ="/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/vhigh_airy_1.wav"
varabic = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/varabic_1.wav"
snare = "/Users/fetlenega/Desktop/Music/signal screen and sound/Sonic Pi Edited FINAL Samples/SC_SADL_snare_closed_beefy_dryer.wav"
a = (ring :E5, :F5, :A5, :B5, :C5, :E4, :F4, :A4, :B4, :C4)
b = (ring :E3, :F3, :A3, :B3, :C3, :E4, :F4, :A4, :B4, :C4)
define :chords do
live_loop :granulator_chords do
sample s1, beatstretch: 16, amp: 0.6
sleep 16
end
end
define :vocal_harmony do |v1, v2|
live_loop :harmony do
sync :granulator_chords
with_fx :reverb, room: 0 do
sample v1, amp: 0.3
sample v1, amp: 0.3, pitch: 3, pan: 0.8
sample v1, amp: 0.3, pitch: -4, pan: -0.8
sleep 4
sample v2, amp: 0.3
sample v2, amp: 0.3, pitch: -4, pan: 0.8
sample v2, amp: 0.3, pitch: 5, pan: -0.8
sleep 4
end
end
end
define :vocal_disharmony do |v1, v2|
2.times do
sync :granulator_chords
with_fx :reverb, room: 0.99 do
sample v1, amp: 0.3
sample v1, amp: 0.3, pitch: 2, pan: rrand(0.7, 0.99)
sample v1, amp: 0.3, pitch: -2, pan: rrand(-0.99, -0.5)
sleep 4
sample v2, amp: 0.3
sample v2, amp: 0.3, pitch: -4, pan: rrand(0.7, 0.99)
sample v2, amp: 0.3, pitch: 4, pan: rrand(-0.99, -0.5)
sleep 2
end
end
end
define :vocal_warp_1 do |v1, v2, v3, v4|
sync :granulator_chords
with_fx :reverb, pre_amp: 0.8, room: 0.8 do
with_fx :compressor do
sample v1, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: 0.7
sleep 4
sample v2, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: 0.4
sleep 4
sample v3, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.7
sleep 4
sample v4, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.4
sleep 4
end
end
end
define :vocal_warp_outro do |v1, v2, v3, v4|
sync :granulator_chords
with_fx :reverb, room: 0.99 do
with_fx :compressor do
sample v1, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: 0.7
sleep 4
sample v2, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: 0.4
sleep 4
sample v3, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.7
sleep 4
with_fx :reverb, mix: 0.8, room: 0.99 do
sample v4, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.4
sleep 4
end
end
end
end
##| define :vocal_warp_3 do |v1, v2, v3, v4|
##| with_fx :reverb, room: 0.99 do
##| with_fx :compressor do
##| sample v1, amp: 1.2, rate: 1, pan: 0.7
##| sleep 4
##| sample v2, amp: 1.2, rate: 1, pan: 0.4
##| sleep 4
##| sample v3, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.7
##| sleep 4
##| sample v4, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.4
##| sleep 4
##| end
##| end
##| end
#middle - english encroaching, 4/4 beat, chords reversed in sonic pi then same chords played with a synthesiser instead, vocal samples played back with randomised effects e.g. rate/pitch effected, reversed/distored
define :vocal_warp_2 do |v1, v2, v3, v4|
with_fx :reverb, pre_amp: 0.7, room: 0.8 do
with_fx :compressor do
sample v1, amp: 1, rate: -0.5, pan: 0.8
sleep 4
sample v2, amp: 1, rate: 2, pan: 0.3
sleep 4
sample v3, amp: 1, rate: -1, pan: -0.3
sleep 4
sample v4, amp: 1, rate: 1, pan: -0.8
sleep 4
end
end
end
define :riser do
with_fx :reverb, room: 0.8 do
sleep 3
sample :ambi_dark_woosh, rate: -0.5, attack: 1, amp: 0.7, pan: -0.3
sleep 0.1
end
end
define :western_drums do
sync :granulator_chords
with_fx :gverb, mix: 0.2 do
4.times do
1.times do
sample :drum_bass_hard, amp: 0.3
sleep 2
end
1.times do
sample snare, amp: 0.26
sleep 2
end
end
end
with_fx :reverb, room: 0.4 do
with_fx :eq, low_shelf: -0.5, low_shelf_note: 36, low_shelf_slope: 0.8 do
live_loop :drums do
6.times do
1.times do
sample :bd_pure , amp: 1
sleep 4
end
1.times do
sample :bd_pure, amp: 1
sleep 3.5
sample :bd_pure, amp: 0.8
sleep 0.5
end
1.times do
sample :bd_pure, amp: 1
sleep 3
sample :bd_pure, amp: 0.8
sleep 1
end
1.times do
sample :bd_pure, amp: 1
sleep 2.5
sample :bd_pure, amp: 0.8
sleep 1
sample :bd_pure, amp: 0.8
sleep 0.5
end
end
sleep 300
end
end
end
end
define :african_drums_2 do
with_fx :reverb, mix: 0.3, room: 0.7 do
live_loop :african do
(2.5).times do
sample :loop_safari, beat_stretch: 16, amp: 0.6
sleep 16
end
sleep 160
end
end
end
#ARRANGEMENT:
2.times do
sample :vinyl_hiss, amp: 0.4, beat_stretch: 16
end
vocal_warp_2 vclimactic, vhigh_airy, vhigh_low, vfastrun
chords
vocal_harmony vlongnote, vhighstaccato
vocal_warp_1 vhigh_low, varabic, vohoh, vhigh_airy
sleep 2
with_fx :tremolo, mix: 0.8 do
vocal_disharmony vmidstaccato, vlongnote
end
riser
with_fx :echo, mix: 0.3 do
western_drums
end
with_fx :gverb, mix: 0.8 do
with_fx :panslicer, mix: 0.8, amp: 0.6 do
vocal_warp_2 vhigh_airy, vlow_highrun, vpent, vfastrun
end
end
##| with_fx :ping_pong, mix: 0.4 do
##| with_fx :gverb, mix: 0.5 do
##| with_fx :autotuner do
##| with_fx :panslicer, mix: 0.8, amp: 0.5 do
##| vocal_warp_2 vhigh_airy, vohoh, vlow_highrun, vfastrun
##| vocal_warp_2 vfastrun, varabic, vhigh_low, vlow2high
##| end
##| end
##| end
##| end
with_fx :band_eq, freq: 88, res: 0.9, db: -1 do
with_fx :ping_pong, mix: 0.4 do
with_fx :gverb, mix: 0.5 do
with_fx :flanger, mix: 0.5 do
with_fx :autotuner, pre_amp: 0.8, pre_mix: 0.8, formant_ratio: 2, mix: 0.3 do
with_fx :panslicer, pre_amp: 0.7, mix: 0.8, amp: 0.5 do
vocal_warp_2 vhigh_airy, vohoh, vlow_highrun, vfastrun
vocal_warp_2 vfastrun, varabic, vhigh_low, vlow2high
end
end
end
end
end
end
vocal_harmony vmidstaccato, vlongnote
with_fx :ping_pong do
16.times do
use_synth :dark_ambience
play (ring :E3, :F3, :A3, :B3, :C3).tick, amp: rrand(0.95, 1.4), release: choose([1, 1.5, 2])
sleep 1
end
end
african_drums_2
vocal_warp_2 vclimactic, vhigh_airy, vhigh_low, vfastrun
vocal_warp_outro vhigh_low, varabic, vohoh, vhigh_airy