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trimmed tracks

10693672 — 2025-04-04 08:23:06 UTC

one of the first things I did was trim down the excess length of the tracks where there wasn't any sound and re-adjusted the position of the tracks

Zoe vocals

10693672 — 2025-04-04 08:31:44 UTC

For Zoe's vocals, I amplified the high and low frequencies to make her voice be more noticeable since the instrumental tracks overshadowed her voice. Additionally, I added a DeEsser to round off her vocals so that the high frequencies weren't too sharp to the ears. I also added some reverb and a BL driver to make her voice stand out more.

Delayed Bass

10693672 — 2025-04-04 08:35:52 UTC

For the bass, I first lowered the volume since it was overshadowing the vocals and I added a delay to give the impression that there were more notes than there actually was which helps it sound more in time with the song.

Guitar fuzz

10693672 — 2025-04-04 08:56:37 UTC

For the guitar, I added some fuzz because it was kind of difficult to hear and I believe fuzz fits the style of the song.

Keys

10693672 — 2025-04-04 08:59:35 UTC

For the keys, I added a bitcrusher to give them more definition and some more volume to match the guitar a little more.

Zoe second track

10693672 — 2025-04-04 09:02:20 UTC

I increased the high frequencies to make it fit with the first Zoe vocals track.

Rehearsals

10693672 — 2025-04-25 12:28:39 UTC

To begin with, we worked on multiple songs: HOT-TO-GO, Superheroes and Is love a mistake. However, as we were rehearsing HOT-TO-GO, we realised that three weeks wasn't enough to fully rehearse and record all three songs and so we all decided to settle on HOT-TO-GO since we all liked it and were already confident with playing pop songs. While rehearsing, I found it easier than our last project because I had more experience with the bass which made learning new songs easier. When we got to recording the song, we realised we didn't have a drummer this time around, but luckily, Will C had a level 3 friend who could do the drumming for us. Working with the level 3 students was a bit difficult at first because it was something we had never done before, and it was also a bit difficult because of the fact that we were essentially made to work with a lot of new people. However, we managed to record HOT-TO-GO over a few weeks. Something that I think I could have done better was improving my communication from others because it wasn't until the beginning of recordings that I fully polished my part.