KETTAMA's chords are tuned 40 cents flat
KETTAMA's chords make a lot more sense when you see the drone note and the suspended second — and the whole session was built with mostly stock FL tools.
▶ Why KETTAMA's Chords & Sounds Do That To You
That KETTAMA record pulls you in with a drone F# that sits through the first three chords, disappears, then comes back; the bassline doesn’t follow the chords, and the whole project is tuned 40 cents flat against the original. The lead sound is a square wave ring-modded by another square two octaves below, filtered tight, then bit‑crushed through the same reverb as the chords.
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