Project54HACKED
By gify on January 4, 2026 5:15 pm
Oof, it's been a while, but it's good to be back. We'll see if I can stick with it, lol. Happy New Year 2026! 
Been trying to learn Bitwig over the last 6 months. Also, got a new sampler for Xmas, a Sonicware SmplTrek, so I initially tried to make this track on the SmplTrek. The beats and about half of the arrangement were done on the SmplTrek, but I cheated and finished it in Bitwig due to the amount of rearranging I had to do to get this track into a listenable state. All that aside, the SmplTrek seems awesome so far and I'm hoping to mash out more tracks with it this year.
The synths are a Roland S-1. Weird backwards thingy is some convoluted supersaw I made with a Behringer CAT routed into a TD-3-MO (303 clone). I spent most of my week trying to make that patch work, then basically didn't end up using it lol. 
I put that funky flangery drum loop at the end in case anyone wants to sample it (consider that bit free to use). I created it by applying the SmplTrek's awesome flanger effect and then resampling and chopping the beat, so you're hearing a bunch of pre-flangered chops being retriggered. It gives the bass this super organic rhythm and pitch slide. It just sounds mesmerizing on my Koss Portapros.
Looking forward to hearing some weekly beats from old hats and newcomers alike! 
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