sort of avoided using the various Wavetable synths that are included with Ableton, though I really like playing around with them, so I figured I'd try and write something incorporating them. Technically, this is a 20 minute timed challenge, but I was going at a sort of relaxed pace, just having fun exploring the Wavetables. When I first started using Ableton, it was Version 9, and I didn't have access to these synths (not sure if they were actually included in Ver. 9, but my ripped copy didn't have them). When I upgraded to Ableton 10, I suddenly had a whole new category of synths to utilize. Tracks 1 and 2 were where I started, both of which come from these synths. These two tracks both drone along on a low D (we're in Dminor), with Track 1 swelling in and out, and Track 2 providing the heavy, distorted bass part.

top of whatever is played. It comes in halfway through each measure, providing another texture that swells in a bit, adding a little more rhythm despite the lack of drums/percussion. Track 4 (pictured above) is another bass synth, with a buzzy, '80s sort of timbre, which plays more of a progression. The Bb and the G harmonize with the D's below, in the other tracks, to create a Bb major, and G5. Track 5 adds another buzzy '80s bass synth, from Strobe2, which plays the same progression, except for the second bar, which plays an A instead of D. Track 6 is an arpeggiated synth from Strobe2, which plays some 6 note chords at the end of each bar. Finally, we have Track 7, which plays the progression pictured to the left, which initially were synth stabs, but then I added quite a bit of reverb which made them more of a floaty texture.