PSFMer - Vault [Drum and Bass] | Ponies at Dawn: Aurora

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Finally had some free time to make art and upload this. Pretty simple premise, with focus on the vibe of Fallout: Equestria. Sampled voices and sounds from the FO:E radioplay too.

I wanted to make something really fast and hectic sounding, with sustained energy that only tapers off a little while, to match the vibe of the first chapter where Littlepip escapes the Stable while being chased by a bunch of guardponies. This arrangement has no melodic elements at all, and nearly all tonal sounds stay only at 1 note (as a reference to how life in Stable 2 is monotonous for Littlepip, especially as a Pipbuck technician). So it was pretty fun to come up with ways to push the song forward and progress it using changes in reverb, space, timbre, and overall 'hecticness' of the drum arrangement. Since the elements were so sparse, this song is shorter than usual. It's quite hard for me to keep things interesting for a longer period of time without sounding stale. The dominating sub bassline is present for nearly the entire song, to keep a constant pressure on the listener. The midbass was made with simple FM synthesis and served to give an overall darker vibe and also to make the song more listenable on systems without dedicated subwoofers.

Overall, I'm quite satisfied with this, and I really wish I can hear it on a big system so that I can judge whether the amount of sub bass works. Shouts to Nevermourn for previewing this track on their lovely performance at Ciderfest 2021! It was quite funny seeing the crowd stop moving in general when the song came on (probably meaning that it sounds absolutely garbage when played live) (or maybe the crowd isn't very into this sort of dnb) (i can't tell). Anyways

Many thanks to the staff at Ponies at Dawn for continuously working hard to make this albums possible!

Also many thanks to Makenshi for promoting this on EQD!!


Huge thanks to thecanderson for doing a neat write-up on Horse Music Herald!!