creative time effects
The option to change pitch and time independently in the form of time-stretching/time compression and pitch-shifting was a game changing development for music production. Even so, early options had major limitations, including short sampling time, slow offline processing and unpredictable sonic outcomes. Still, one person’s junk is another’s gold, and this didn’t stop cutting edge producers embracing them warts and all. Over time, processing quality improved and shifted from digital hardware to software, but this just created another wave of opportunity for the creatively inclined. Let’s take a look at a few tracks that make creative use of these effects.
Metal Heads
Terminator
Early drum & bass was renowned for its sped up loops and vocals combined with makeshift repitched keyboard samples, and this track by Metal Heads (Goldie, DJ Freebase and Markus Rutherford) is a perfect example. But it’s the drum loop that interests us, in particular the and .
