Ethereal Workshop | Remix | 3 (Wave 4) | CTS

Man, this video has the most impressive like to view ratio I’ve ever SEEN on this channel.

Have this as a keepsake: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jOc...

Aye aye aye… Probably wasn’t the best idea to skip a wave, which might make people think that I'm still all the way in wave 3 from the thumbnail. Lmaooooo.

Ethereal Workshop is seriously working its way up for me. It started off strong and sweet Jesus Crippiter is it keeping that strength up like nobody’s beeswax and then some. This is really turning out to be a fantastic, downright catchy as all hell song in my book. These long waits between waves are more than worth it and I’m particularly thankful for the support and criticism and am very satisfied with how things are shaping up in my Remix… Deep down though I am low key regretting not doing a Magical Nexus remix but I just don’t have it in me for that… :(

Venshun’s Impact on the song is EXACTLY what I was looking for in a song like this which is the classic percussive industrial touch. It is called “Workshop” after all, and the collection of turning gears, clicking picks, and shaving saws makes itself right at home in this hodgepodge of unstable experimentation. Not to mention, it’s probably one of my favorite general monster designs to date. This was the utmost challenging monster to work with separating it’s separate noises so I could tinker with them in the mix individually. I had to use a stem extractor and upwards of 10 separate spaces on the mixer for even the most miniscule sounds, but I believe it came out a-o-good!

Piplash is… Piplash. He’s cool and all but he’s not particularly making me turn my head. I love how his bio says absolutely nothing about what it is/does even though clearly by its sound and design, there’s a lot of underlying personality to be found but his sound certainly fills the air… Not like I’m expecting EVERY monster to have more than 1 track but hey, every little bit counts.

X’rt is a very controversial monster to a lot of folks. With a design only its creator can love and a contribution akin to a gargling dog. A true monster! Maybe that’s why I like him so much out the gate. He clearly has a melody going on and is very much on beat so I tried to make him shine just a tad more but that might be eased up a bit in the future. His sounds can get pretty ehhhhh on average.

Pentumbra (A.K.A. Mimic 2: Escape 2 Africa) is hands down my favorite sound in the island BY FARRRRR. Sheezus this dude. Every quad has been a hit and a half and this is absolutely no exception. It’s creative visually and despite MIMICing others, creative auditorily. (Is that a word? Idfk.) It’s honestly the kind of melody I was hoping the song would get. It’s a glorious harmony whilst playing generously throughout the song.

Real talk… Does anyone else get a bit of a Tim Burton feel from his 2nd track specifically? I swear to god it’s the combination of the shadow, the swing of the melody, and the countering harmonization it has with Yooreek. It’s ALL THERE and it really reels me in. How aesthetically appropriate for the shadow quad’s stylings.

Special thanks to ​⁠‪@ImVeido‬ ‘s delightfully GNARLY AS HELL bass:    • GNARLY BASS on Ethereal Workshop! [Solo] -...   which is used in the middle of the song with permission. It’s hearty and rockin’ as all hell but might need some tweaking on my part to really balance it out.

Then there’s a particular thanks to ​⁠‪@BlakeAtStake‬ for allowing me to steal ideas for placements of Venshun and Piplash and introducing me Veido’s custom bass to ask for to add… This was when I was available on Discord of course...

So far, this is really shaping up to be quite the community aided mix, so KEEP THOSE SUGGESTIONS COMING. I’m taking all I can get before we reach the finale. Even at this stage I fear this thing still sounds just a tad wonky.

Enjoy!