etterath

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. 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. For Pulsar, I particularly enjoy turning all the Sync knobs down and then messing with the Millis knobs. 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. First: very intense compression — Threshold down, ratio all the way up, makeup turned up as desired, attack & release all the way down, sensing to peak. This setup absolutely destroys anything you put through it. Second: a massive sub — Pulv with no adjustments, two stereo enhancers at 100% stereo with tone all the way down, exciter with power & wet all the way up and tone all the way down, then compress as desired. Third: Grooves — if you want to make some crazy sounds, just put a groove on some samples.

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. 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.

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. I could care less if there was never an update again. I'm just happy Audiotool is around. Thank you Audiotool Team.

Your message to the community:

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

“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.”

— etterath