W10 - 3_6_26 1_40 SyntaktTest
By ENC_ on March 7, 2026 1:46 am
Uploaded old music release from 2007 to bandcamp. It was bit of a impulsive choice. My 7sev remix for Gesceap also just came out this week. Band practice with JK, Crashfaster, and DN. Flyers are out and rig kinks mostly sorted. Jk and us talked out his parts. Spent an evening sampling my old drum machines. Shared with wife the functions and talked about the interesting design evolution in the technologies and how they influenced music once available on the market. Went to see Jeff Mills on 30th anniversary tour with AL and was inspired to review the history of techno's inception. Cafe reading again. Read a passage about the gentrification of culture and the cosplay of nostalgia. Movements are made out of necessity not myth. Discussed AI and the societal implications in the art discussions (diminishment or not). We are what we do. We do what we do because we are compelled to. It's an extension of ourselves. In that repetitive pursuit we embody the essence. Too much conflation of production with artistry and other distractions. Not all experiences are universally understood. There is power in defining the parts separate from the individual reactions. AL days later brought up the differences between other cultures pursuit of art and stem. Here it seen as one or another. Other places, it is integrated. Comparison of silicone valleys architecture to that of China's tech cities. Corporations always cut corners in the name of profit. Culture is an easy corner to cut.
A lot of driving this week. Drove wife to check on parents so she could translate during damage assessment. Sun is out more and things are getting warm went to corporate bookstore out of town to buy on sale DVDs and books. Checked out the new Japanese market and split some snacks. Concern about running out of time for work. Compared physical risk aversion with friend group while driving with AL. I am outlier. Also discussed favorite view driving between cities. Can see Docks sunset and multiple cities at once against hill skylines and the bay. DMing things more regularly with brother. Hike and archery tomorrow with local friends before practice again?
Media Consumed: Iron Giant (1999), Cheers, The orville, Bob's Burgers, Abolish Everything, Health and Safety by Emily Witt, Djrum - Meaning's Edge, Inner City - Paradise, Jimmy Edgar - Funktion - Moments of Reality, Universal Indicator - Innovations in the Dynamics of Acid, River Tiber - Dreaming Eyes, Louis Cole - Live 2019 - Let it Happen, 1, 2, 3,
Gear Used:
Elektron Syntakt
Tascam DR-40
Software Used:
Izotope Ozone 10
Made as a test of the new Syntakt 1.40 upgrade. Included new sample abilities, Track layer locking, and other workflow changes. Completed in a few hours of tinkering. Quick recorded live stereo out to DR-40. Levels are a bit off but good enough for what I was doing. Used M8 to sample from DR-110, TR-505, TR-606, TR-626 to build new sample library for Digitakt. The rest was moved over from old sample library of my drum machines. Quick overall experience. Decided to record to video with extra time.
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