SECTION III:
LOST IN SPACE
I’m a sucker for a good sci-fi story,
but I’m an even bigger sucker for
good a sci-fi soundtrack. The sound
design for sci-fi movies since the ‘70s
has been the sonic playground and
forefront for the most talented sound
designers and musicians. From the
cheesy wobbly Theremin tones to
all the various bleep-bloops heard in
films like The Day the Earth Stood
Still and TV shows like Flash Gordon
or Doctor Who, science fiction always
gave forward-thinking experimental
musicians a free pass and blank slate
to do whatever weird sounds they
could come up with. This lead to
some incredible innovations in musical
spaces and studios such as the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop and Skywalker
Sound, to name a few. While we may
not have expensive ARP synthesizers
or thousands of dollars’ worth of
tape with all the time in the world,
we live in a time where we can have
access to great sounds in the comfort
of our own homes. This next sonic
experiment takes full advantage of
the Avalanche Run’s reverb algorithm,
and leaves us with a feeling of
wandering in the vastness of space.
To achieve this sound, set the EXP to
control the reverb’s Mix parameter.
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