Sascha Dikiciyan ( aka “ Sonic Mayhem ” ) isthe composer behind the crazy music in huge games like Quake and Mortal Kombat . But his work on Mass Effect 3 might his most epic yet . Here ’s the gear mechanism use used to get it done .
Mass Effect 3 , the big sacking of 2012 is now only a few week away from release , I ’ll give you a little behind the scenes info of how and what we ’ve used to create our grade for ME3 . Please note that there are other composers involved due to the sheer amount of music a game like ME3 needed ( One of them being Sam Hulick . Check out his employment ) . Also check out the employment of my carbon monoxide gas - writer , Cris Velascoright here .
turn up in the 80s , electronic euphony was everywhere . From the likes of Vangelis and his Blade Runner musical score to Tangerine Dream and Depeche Mode were on the radio 24/7 . Being able to combine two passion ’s of mine , electronic euphony influenced by the 80s together with the charming speech sound of the orchestra , was a dream come true . Early on , I wanted to take this to the next grade so I decided to not only use Virtual Instruments but genuine hardware synths as well . So here ’s a list of hardware we ’ve used on ME3 .
We purchased this synth right before we make for on the Quake 2 account back in 1997 . Feels like forever ago but this synth is still one of my favorite . If you require more history on this synth , I suggestyou read it up here .
This Synth has an excellent analog small - strait filter and was used for lot of the pads layered underneath the Orchestra . Everyone from The Prodigy to Depeche Mode have and habituate one .
I started to work up a Eurorack Modular Rig last year with some aid from Josh Humphrey of Big City Music here in LA . What you see there in yellowish is the Metasonix Vacuum Distortion mental faculty . Yes , real cultivate tubes . dependable Clipping . It ’s honorable stuff . The modular was used for a lot of more FX type of sound . Since there ’s no way to ‘ save a fleck ’ , you never be intimate what you going to get next . Some sounds of it you’re able to hear in our Character creation theme .
The Moog was used for a wad of the arpeggiated Bass line you will hear all over the tracks . This unit gets send first through a Chandler Tg-2 pre - amp before it rack up the DAW so the signal is really phat so to talk . The Tempest come up in while we were almost done with the musical score but I still managed to habituate it on two scrap cues . Of of course Linn style drum sounds , that was the whole decimal point .
The OP-1 carry 8 different forms of deductive reasoning . From an FM to beckon engine , it has it comprehend . It also has a unique build - in sequencer . Almost all of the melody Jean Arp lines you hear are coming from the OP-1 . Lots of outboard was used to give the sequences that ‘ Vangelis ’ strait ( well thanks to the H8000 ) .
What you see here is a modded Alesis HR-16 drum machine . The original auto is from 1988 but when you hear the crazy modded sounds , it ’s a killer for sure . you’re able to patch up for 60 minutes and always get something fresh and strange . Not sure what each mod does but I used this for more of the one shot FX hits in our ME3 scrap cues . On the Soundtrack listen to “ The Scientist . ”
Yes , the iPad is now a legit tool to use as a euphony pro . If you still recollect this is toy then you are painfully missing out on some of the most groundbreaking software system out there . Moog ’s Animoog app was used for a lot of the , what I call , Musical sound design . waving tabular array motility all institutionalize through a Eventide H8000 whole , together they make magical . you’re able to see this app on middling much every single cue , esp . the ambient one .
These were some of the main cock used to make the musical soundscape that is Mass Effect 3 . Honorable mention : The MS2000 ( still a with child synth ) , Roland V - synth and of class my Symbolic Sounds Kyma arrangement , which was used to create some drones and other morph - like personal effects .
Republished with permission fromSascha Dikiciyan ’s Tumblr .
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