Mac Melto

Iris

Mac — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:03:21 +0000

It’s been awhile sine my last post. Haven’t had much time to work on music but I did manage to get a solid effort out. This song has a pretty long build up but has a good overall feel too it. Made it in about two days and there is much more work to do with equalizing and finishing touches, but for now I’m going to bench it.

Iris by MacMelto

Texture

Mac — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:25:25 +0000

I’ve been working on two songs where my focus has been creating nice textures and layers between the individual sounds. This first song completely lacks percussion and follows a simple arpeggio throughout the entire track. All the different saws really smooth together in this one and it has a good build towards the end.

Kadane’s Algorithm by MacMelto

This song is very similar but the focus was put into an interesting chord progression and working with percussion. Again, I really worked towards a big epic finish for this one so listen through till the end!

Raising the Himalayas by MacMelto

Valentines Day Special

Mac — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:01:50 +0000

Hi everyone. Today is Valentines Day! Yesterday, at around 10:30pm I decided that I would treat my special someone right, and make them a song. Who doesn’t want a song made for them anyway? So, to show how much I care, I wrote this little rap for my girl Lisa. I had made the beat a few days prior but didn’t really have a use for it. I guess I lucked out! It’s very personal, which is why I’m sharing it with all of you guys. It’s Valentine’s Day and I’m spreading the love! Lyrics are on the soundcloud page; sorry for all the inside jokes.

The Girl Who Doesn’t Like Chocolate Mousse by MacMelto

Update/Summer Plans

Mac — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:03:35 +0000

Hey everyone. This year I did not have my annual winter holiday album release as usual. This was mainly due to college apps, visits, blah blah blah. Anyway, I’m planning on releasing a possible EP or even full length album depending on how much I get done over the summer to be released before next Fall. It’ll be a free download. Right now I’ve got some pretty nice tunes in the works and I’m excited to have some sort of finished project.

Enough of that, here are two songs I finished recently. More experimental, but interesting stuff. This first one I made to play around with some new filters. As well, I wanted to see how well I could emulate a really nice, rough sounding electric guitar. This one was a pain to get all the instruments equalized and really popping, and it still needs work, but have a listen!

Meal Time by MacMelto

This second song I just finished up today. It has a pretty lighthearted sound, and I just love the bass section throughout the middle and the end.

Weasels Reprise by MacMelto

Where My Beasts Are Bedded

Mac — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:39:15 +0000

These two songs are pretty strange. I guess everything I’ve been doing lately has been experimental, but I do feel good about these tracks. I tried to make each song explore different techniques and have good build ups, so check em out!

Where My Beasts Are Bedded Part 1 by MacMelto

Where My Beasts Are Bedded Part 2 by MacMelto

And The Winner Is…

Mac — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:33:10 +0000

This is a new song I just finished up in about 3 hours total time. It was a nice experiment in which I tried making a classic 8-bit sounding tune, while mixing in modern digital synths. The result, I would say, is fairly successful. The song demonstrates the rough sounding edges of the 8-bit leading melody over the contrasting background music. I think it makes it sound quite lyrical; have a listen.

And The Winner Is… by MacMelto

Taio Cruz - Dynamite - Melto Remix

Mac — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:40:49 +0000

Name of the post pretty much says it all. I don’t usually make remixes, but I thought I would give it a go. This was actually tons of fun to make, especially working on the vocals to make new melodies and rhythms. While I don’t feel remixes are the most original form of work… I suppose I do like the new direction this mix takes.

Taio Cruz - Dynamite - Melto Remix by MacMelto

Sunrays

Mac — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:26:59 +0000

It’s been awhile, but here is some classic Mac Meltonian trance! I haven’t uploaded anything like this in a pretty long time but this is the type of music I first started with and I wanted to revisit my origins and see what I could come up with.

Sunrays by MacMelto

Update 2011

Mac — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:04:21 +0000

Thanks for visiting my site! For those of you who’ve been here before, all of my old posts (pre 2011) are marked as private right now. They will eventually be back up on the site in a little archive section. I’m going to try to keep this site more constantly updated and have started with a few posts today to get the ball rolling.

Mac Melto

8 bit

Mac — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:56:17 +0000

I recently upgraded my computer and I’m still working at transferring all my plug ins/sounds etc. What I’m saying is, I currently have none of the tools to make any music! So in the meantime, I downloaded an 8 bit vst and played around with it. Some of the restrictions that came with making a song in this style really forced me to make sure other aspects of the song, like melody, stood out. This isn’t the first 8 bit song I’ve made, but it’s a nice example of what I’ve been doing with my time.

Excogitation by MacMelto