My first ever exploration of synthesis begun in Secondary school with the use of the many synthesisers in Logic Pro X, using the ES1 and the ES2. This was the first time I had actually used hardware synths and although they did not form a part of my composition it opened up creative doorways on how I could use them in other contexts. I really enjoyed the the retro and dusty sounding samples that came from the volca sampler – adding a rustic breakbeat to a piano sample as well as manipulating the oscillators and pitch created a brilliant vintage and soulful sound that was incredibly intriguing. For my composition I used a lot of software samplers to create very ‘ghost’ like sounds. I wanted a variety of resonant sounds for atmosphere to recreate the phantom nature of the london underground.
