How We Make Our Music (1/5)

OVERVIEW

How does Zweiforce make it's music?  This blog is going to explain all the details from start to finish so if anybody wants to make a similar sound they can do it!  We will be adding in all the chapters when we have time, but here is the outline:

1. Composition

We write our music mostly on Sunvox for iPhone because of its portability and flexibility.  So all the melodies, chords, song structure, and basic sound of the synths are sketched out.

2. Tuning

We are believers in just-intonation!  Most modern music uses equal-temperament, meaning that all the notes are tuned 'perfectly' to a tuner or piano.  However the sound-waves line up better mathematically and chords basically sound better with certain notes slightly higher or lower.  We developed our own system for tuning the chords that gets us those rich-sounding chords without messing with the melodies too much.  As far as I know we are currently the only electronic-music group that does this.

3. Mixing

We then export our songs to Protools where we add effects and beef up the drums.

4. Mastering

We first mix our songs down to 4 stereo pairs: melody/chord, bass, drums, and kick-drum.  Then we add some more effects before we make our final stereo mix.  The final mastering is done with Izotope Ozone.

Keep tuned for the detailed descriptions of each step, and let us know if you have any questions!