When your elements lack movement or have a bit of a boring timbre, realise that you can use an essential tool in electronic music: rhythmic modulation!
The idea here is that we spice up otherwise static elements with a rhythmic dimension, but instead of playing new notes, we modulate some parameters (like filter cutoffs) with a rhythmic modulator like Ableton Live’s Shaper device, or Reason’s Matrix sequencer.
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Contents:
0:00 Sound example
1:12 Modulation
2:28 Practical steps
5:58 Adding a modulated delay
8:38 @Reason Studios workflow
10:53 Public Service Announcement