Guide · 2 min read
Production
Use Daydream as an instrument in your session — play a part into existence rather than arranging it.
Daydream sits in your signal chain like any other effect. Run a stem through it, set a prompt, and perform: move Structure, shift the prompt, adjust Strength while the track plays. Record the output to a second track and edit down to what works. It fits naturally into the part of a session where you're building arrangement — you're playing a new part into existence rather than writing it.
- Stem transformation
- Run a stem (a synth pad, a bass line, a vocal) through Daydream and perform the transformation live. Useful when a part does its rhythmic or harmonic job but doesn't have the right sound yet.
- Filling gaps
- Need a transition, ambient texture, or backing layer? Route existing material through Daydream, perform toward what the gap needs, and record the output.
- Prototype arrangements
- Quickly hear what a part might sound like in a different register or with different instrumentation. Fast enough to inform decisions before you commit.
Output is audio, not MIDI. Daydream is better for textural, timbral, and rhythmic work than for clean melodic lines you'd want to edit note-by-note.