With a Phrase tool, you can chop up a melodic loop or sample and assign each MIDI note to trigger a different chop by duplicating the loop across the keys and selecting different start points.
From there, you can program jumps and skips across the sample in precise, customizable patterns, almost like a granular sampler. This method gives you control over the randomness and allows you to fine-tune the glitch effects.
Pro tip: Always re-sample and record the output as you experiment. Even a small parameter tweak can uncover a sound you don’t want to lose.
4. Dynamic ear candy in seconds
This is the flip side of what we talked about earlier – harmonic textures and slower, moving elements like pads. Here, it’s about ear candy: those small details, like melodic riffs at the end of a phrase, guitar runs, or plucks, that fill the mix’s pockets.
These elements are key to achieving a polished, professional sound, but can be tricky to create on your own if for any other reason that, by the time you know you need them, it can be hard to find the creative juice to pick the perfect sound after you just wrote the chords, leads, bass, and maybe even vocal lines.