Whether you're a fan of dark and introspective music or only appreciate great art and talent, our new featured artist, Dreamweaver, is worth checking out. Her music is sure to leave a lasting impression on anyone who takes the time to listen. The mixture of darkness, artistic skill and cheerful bombast in Dreamweaver's music will take you on an unforgettable journey through sound. She also created the thread 'Slept On (Underrated)' on our board, where users can share Audiotool tracks that they feel are underrated. This thread has become one of the longest-lasting on our board and demonstrates Dreamweaver's love for music beyond her creations. Thanks for that.

Interview:

About Cherry aka etterath

Hiya! I'm Cherry and I'll be 17 years old by the time this interview is out! I was born in Nashville, but I've lived in central Florida for the past 8 years. I'm also very excited to be approaching my 6 year milestone on Audiotool in just a few months :). As for pizza? I am incredibly indiscriminate with food so most pizza is very good and tasty to me.

Describe the style of music you produce

I find it hard to pinpoint exactly what I do, as my tracks can vary dramatically between each other. To put it vaguely, I would say most of my music is experimental, but melodic, and has an emotive intent.

What is your musical background and when did you start making music?

My parents are both really big music enthusiasts, especially my dad, but I think it took until I discovered Audiotool to develop the same level of interest. I found Audiotool after seeing an ad for deadmau5's Masterclass. I thought it looked cool, so I checked it out online. It was there that I discovered the class itself costs a lot of money, and so do digital audio workstations. Afterward, I looked up something like "make music online," and after Soundtrap and Soundnation proved to be hot garbage, I came across Audiotool and fell in love.

What is your favorite Audiotool device and why?

It's definitely between Quasar and Pulsar. They both do an amazing job at making almost anything immediately sound better, and they've just become essential effects in every track I make now. For Pulsar, I particularly enjoy turning all the Sync knobs down and then messing with the Millis knobs. It makes the stereo image of sounds feel really good and creates an interesting effect when combined with some LFO Depth. Also: it's needless to say, but the detail you can incorporate into your reverb with Quasar is fantastic. The vibrato and EQing parameters have been especially useful to me.

What is your favorite trick in AT/What technique do you always use?

I have a few particular things I do a lot.

1) Very intense compression technique: Threshold - down, ratio - all the way up, makeup - turn up as desired, attack & release - all the way down, and then turn the sensing to peak. This setup absolutely destroys anything you put through it in a tremendous manner. A less intense version of this (mainly just not having the release at 0ms) can actually be useful for drums, live instruments, and vocals.

2) Massive sub I overuse: Pulv - no adjustments needed, two stereo enhancers - 100% stereo and tone all the way down, exciter - power & wet all the way up and tone all the way down, then compress as desired. I've loved this setup ever since the first time I used it. It even makes those super low notes, which would normally not pop out very much, sound huge. Turning the noise oscillator on can be a good addition as well.

3) Grooves: I've explored what's possible with grooves a LOT on my tracks psychosis and i'm that someone unnamed . If you want to make some crazy sounds, just put a groove on some samples. Usually I'll click 'Create New Groove' and drag the impact slider all the way to the right, then make another and drag it to the left. After that I'll just move samples between them and see what noises I can get. Another thing that can add to this is speeding up and slowing down the samples dramatically. While this can generate some fun results, there's two issues I've run into before while doing that. 1) after publishing it may either render incorrectly or not render at all; and 2) sometimes all you'll hear is a loud click and then a constant ringing sound. Once this happens you need to restart the studio to get it to stop.

I hope these can be useful!

Have you ever had a writer's block? If so, how did you deal with it and what do you recommend to your colleagues?

I haven't experienced an artist's block as severe as some, but I've definitely gone through it. Something that's worked well for me is making something on my alt account pigpen . There's something quite freeing about it; you don't have to meet any expectations your followers might have, and you can separate yourself from the artist you normally are. It doesn't always work, however. There's been times where I've just had to wait for that spark to come back. There's really no tried and true method to get out of a block, unfortunately.

What has helped you the most on Audiotool to improve and widen your musical horizon?

The AT discord for sure. I hadn't really made any social connections through Audiotool before I joined, but since then I've made some of my best friends through it. Now I've been a part of several collabs, made new musical discoveries, and gone through a lot of personal and creative growth. Chart Party and other server events are really fun, and I recommend people participate :). The half-hour producer challenge is especially fun and a great test for yourself.

What do you like most about Audiotool? Is there anything you would like to suggest?

Audiotool has undoubtedly changed my life. With it I discovered my love of music, a passion that will certainly define me for as long as I live. The integrated community of AT makes it a very unique DAW, as no others have what's essentially a social media platform within it as well; at least not one that's as passionate as this. I will never harbor contempt for issues that come along with the site, as I have to give credit where credit is due; Audiotool is a fantastic start for anyone getting into music, whether just as a hobby or as a career. It's an amazing free DAW with a fervid community surrounding it, and while I know I'm likely alone on this, I could care less if there was never an update again. I'm just happy Audiotool is around. Thank you Audiotool Team <3

Your message to the community:

Please be careful with those you choose to associate with. P.S. Stream my album

Social/Music Links

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dreamweavermusic

Edition Audiotool: ꧌ dreamweaver ꧍

Track #1:

Soon I'll Be (roses) by withdecay

There was no way I could’ve excluded withdecay from my track selection. It’s hard for me to pick out a favorite from their discog, but I’ve always found this track extremely alluring. It’s beautiful, haunting, and the vocals are just So Good. Mirroring what they said in their feature, Sid you are a big inspiration and an amazing friend to me. Keep making great stuff :)

[[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/4qenzr6cf833/]]

Track #2:

atlas by nico

Speaking of great people I’ve met through AT, Nico! His contributions in the past couple of years to experimental music on AT have been incredible. I remember getting to hear a sneak peek at this track before it was out, and I was astonished. I had been trying to finish an entry for the comp at the same time (didn’t work out), and never would I have imagined that someone would make such a creative and powerful piece for it. This track is amazing. Love you Nico <3

[[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/2qc3zdit7dr/]]

Track #3:

nostalgia by abstract

Abstract/Frij was probably the first artist that truly inspired me on Audiotool, with this track being one of the first of his I heard. Listening to this is still such a nostalgia trip (pun-intended), and reminds me of when I was still just a fledgling artist being totally mystified by this great track. Shoutout to the master of maximizing minimalism. Gorgeous song.

[[EMBED: nostalgia ]

Track #4:

apogee by opaqity

Unbelievably good. I could go on forever about why I feel opaqity/mistwin may be one of the best artists period. His tracks have such novel and delicate beauty with impressive attention to detail, and his production and composition expertise are unmatched by most. This track in particular has almost all of the elements that make his music great, and I think the whole apogee EP is some of AT’s best music. This came out the same year I joined AT, and yet it still hasn’t stopped amazing me after almost 6 years. I will never stop praising opaqity.

[[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/h6es7bscjb3/]]

Track #5:

stardust by looks

What is there to say that hasn’t already been said about lux and this track? Masterfully produced, powerful, stunning. I almost chose renegade over this, but I find this track much more emotionally striking and important to me. Not exactly a unique pov, but I believe lux is indeed one of this site’s best creators. Whether he’s making music or not, he’ll always be special in this community and I hope he’s doing well.

[[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/stardust-w2wgaaxx/]]

Track #6:

trauma (we made it) by etterath

I like this track of mine for a lot of the same reasons I like some other tracks of mine, and because of that it was quite difficult for me to find how it stood above my other considerations. The tiebreaker ended up having to be the song’s emotional importance. For me, the majority of my tracks will forever be more special to me than anybody else, as I know what’s underneath the curtain. I know the story, I know what I put into it, and I know what was going on at the time. I feel like this was my most raw expression of emotion, and it was an absolutely necessary track for me to vent out how I was feeling. Btw, the track I’d like to have put here is still in development ;).

[[EMBED:https://www.audiotool.com/track/c5o1aev914/]]

Full Album

Edition Audiotool: ꧌ dreamweaver ꧍

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1		Soon I'll Be (roses) withdecay	withdecay	773
2		atlas nico	nico	3433
3		nostalgia abstract	abstract	12996
4		apogee opaqity	opaqity	7812
5		stardust looks	looks	23111
6		trauma (we made it) etterath	etterath	751