Maracas to melody

The second part of the Glok remix sees a simple maraca sound transformed as Chloé gets immersed in this more melodic remix

> Step by step Getting melodic with maracas

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It’s as easy to go down rabbit holes when remixing as it is when producing and what Chloé thought might be the simple addition of some maracas ended up being a lot more… 2

Chloé starts with some atmospheric reverb by way of Valhalla’s VintageVerb: a ‘post modern reverb inspired by the hardware of the 1970s and 80s’, or so they say. 3

Chloé then adds some modulation by way of Soundtoys’ Filter Freak which she describes as “a quick and easy way to really change a sound”. 4

Another SoundToys favourite, Little Primal Tap is used here to give the sound a boing-like melody. 5

Soundtoys score a hat-trick here with a third plugin in the form of Little Plate, a great reverb. 6

Starting and finishing a signal chain with a reverb might not be wise but as Chloé says, “if I manage to get a sound that I like through a happy accident I’m not going to mess with it”.