w18 - 4_27_26 SweetLilFreak - ENC_

w18 - 4_27_26 SweetLilFreak

By ENC_ on April 28, 2026 7:40 pm

Early week upload. Little to document. Submitted email for substitute teaching district requirements and awaiting response. Reading PKD shorts.

Updated:
LC's b-day dinner and hangout. Took P out to throw some poppers in the front yard. Sat on the steps throwing out the entire box. Can't speak yet but, expressing opinions. Worked on puzzles w/ him at the restraunt so mom and dad could eat. Received response, working on paperwork. Transcripts needed. KB shared news of pregnancy w/ class. They were very excited for him. Organized gifts on their own and filled his white board w/ suggested names. Very heart warming to see, reminder of the joys of working w/ kids. Looking forward to doing it again. Rave history deep dive again. Cut samples and uploaded to digitakt. Made another song and started another. Decided not to upload. Will work on. it more maybe used for next week.

Fill out media section later. Heading to Thai Buddhist Temple.

Software Used:
BlackHole 2
Ableton
Renoise
audacity
ReCycle
Inphonik RX950
ALM QuaidraVerb
Izotope Ozone 10
Open EMU
Cosmic Corridor
Wave Rider
Buck Rodgers

Short and sweet... Nostalgic for old Casio SA-35 keyboard. Found samples from SA-10 online (uses same chips and sounds). Used in Renoise to make melodic parts of track first (20 minutes on 4_25_26). Sampled emulated Atari 2600 games while playing them. Not a gamer. After years of chiptune in the 2000's-10's learned to appreciate older gaming tech and some games. Soft spot for the 2600's simplicity and sounds. Made a small library of 2600 samples. Used for drums. TR-8 library from previous weeks used with a Sine recorded through the hifi reciever from last week. Chopped sample from 70's funk playlist on youtube. Finished rest of song on the 27th after collecting samples over a few days. spent about 2 hours on and off tinking with things. Trying to explore more digital sample based music away from usual synth workflows.

Audio works licensed by author under:
Copyright All rights reserved

Play
Download

Tags: breaks, renoise, week 18 2026, View by:ENC_

Next Item >

< Previous Item

May 4, 2026 2:03 am

0x_colt

Clean and quick. Sounds like a Metalheadz or early Photek-style track. Love that.

Quote

May 6, 2026 2:40 pm

Tone Matrix

Love the atari samples and laid back breaks. Listened twice for double the good vibes! \m/

Quote

May 8, 2026 6:06 am

rayjkayj

Loving the cleab punchiness of the breaks, sits well with casio chords.

Quote

May 8, 2026 9:46 pm

sleepside

Casio keys are so well mixed on this, it took me a second play to spot them. Love the hats, love the pitched kicks around 1:10, really like the panned lo-fi snares throughout. A song of calm concentration

Quote

May 10, 2026 6:07 am

jwh

really dig these Casio TONES!
*for the painfully alone*

Quote

May 10, 2026 6:03 pm

Dank Receptor

Oh man, what a vibe! The crunchy drums vs the restrained pads are soooooo classy. Love it!

Quote

May 16, 2026 9:23 pm

BarristerPlong

EXPLOSIONS THEN SICK BEATS. Count me in.

Quote

May 17, 2026 8:13 pm

ENC_

0x_colt wrote:

Clean and quick. Sounds like a Metalheadz or early Photek-style track. Love that.

Strangely have not listened to either artist in my life I've heard them mentioned before in passing. It's a sign I should check them out

Tone Matrix wrote:

Love the atari samples and laid back breaks. Listened twice for double the good vibes! \m/

IDK why but the 2600 called to me for some reason. I am happy it did. It was a fun sampling session and I found some games that I actually quite enjoyed. Beamrider was a stand out. I've been playing since.

rayjkayj wrote:

Loving the cleab punchiness of the breaks, sits well with casio chords.

thank you

sleepside wrote:

Casio keys are so well mixed on this, it took me a second play to spot them. Love the hats, love the pitched kicks around 1:10, really like the panned lo-fi snares throughout. A song of calm concentration

I was happy with how this one came out. I think it captured the playfulness I was feeling in the moment. The samples did the heavy lifting TBH. Those Casio samples were excellent building blocks. If you look into the keyboard's sound architecture for the SA series, it's actually quite inspiring for how they generate their patches. I tried to emulate some of that here with renoise's modulations over the casio samples. It abstracts them a bit too. The break was also a choice find. Sometimes things line up when you least expect it.

jwh wrote:

really dig these Casio TONES!
*for the painfully alone*

Aye!!! I get the reference! I need to dig out my old tape recordings from when I was super inspired by that guys early stuff. I'm sure I'll both embarrassed at my execution but, nostalgic of late nights recording in my old apartment and bedroom. That's how things go a lot these days

Dank Receptor wrote:

Oh man, what a vibe! The crunchy drums vs the restrained pads are soooooo classy. Love it!

thanks you. I like how this one came out. I am considering extending it, though short and sweet doesn't hurt. either way, tt feels like a keeper for me.

BarristerPlong wrote:

EXPLOSIONS THEN SICK BEATS. Count me in.

You get it Hard to go wrong

[quote=0x_colt]Clean and quick. Sounds like a Metalheadz or early Photek-style track. Love that.[/quote] Strangely have not listened to either artist in my life :P I've heard them mentioned before in passing. It's a sign I should check them out :) [quote=Tone Matrix]Love the atari samples and laid back breaks. Listened twice for double the good vibes! \m/[/quote] <3 IDK why but the 2600 called to me for some reason. I am happy it did. It was a fun sampling session and I found some games that I actually quite enjoyed. Beamrider was a stand out. I've been playing since. [quote=rayjkayj]Loving the cleab punchiness of the breaks, sits well with casio chords. [/quote] <3 thank you :) [quote=sleepside]Casio keys are so well mixed on this, it took me a second play to spot them. Love the hats, love the pitched kicks around 1:10, really like the panned lo-fi snares throughout. A song of calm concentration[/quote] I was happy with how this one came out. I think it captured the playfulness I was feeling in the moment. The samples did the heavy lifting TBH. Those Casio samples were excellent building blocks. If you look into the keyboard's sound architecture for the SA series, it's actually quite inspiring for how they generate their patches. I tried to emulate some of that here with renoise's modulations over the casio samples. It abstracts them a bit too. The break was also a choice find. Sometimes things line up when you least expect it. [quote=jwh]really dig these Casio TONES! *for the painfully alone* <3[/quote] Aye!!! I get the reference! I need to dig out my old tape recordings from when I was super inspired by that guys early stuff. I'm sure I'll both embarrassed at my execution but, nostalgic of late nights recording in my old apartment and bedroom. That's how things go a lot these days :) [quote=Dank Receptor]Oh man, what a vibe! The crunchy drums vs the restrained pads are soooooo classy. Love it![/quote] <3 thanks you. I like how this one came out. I am considering extending it, though short and sweet doesn't hurt. either way, tt feels like a keeper for me. [quote=BarristerPlong]EXPLOSIONS THEN SICK BEATS. Count me in.[/quote] You get it :) Hard to go wrong :P

Quote

May 18, 2026 12:23 am

jwh

ENC_ wrote:

jwh wrote:
really dig these Casio TONES!
*for the painfully alone*

Aye!!! I get the reference! I need to dig out my old tape recordings from when I was super inspired by that guys early stuff. I'm sure I'll both embarrassed at my execution but, nostalgic of late nights recording in my old apartment and bedroom. That's how things go a lot these days

ooh that would be fun to hear!
some of his newer stuff as Advance Base is really great. i'm glad he's still plugging away.

Quote

You need to login to leave a comment.
Login Sign-up