Hey Rabe, definitely worth it! Sounds much more jam-y than chopped and rearranged. Love the high note accents. I can hear you had fun! What more can you ask for?

Hey Rabe, definitely worth it! Sounds much more jam-y than chopped and rearranged. Love the high note accents. I can hear you had fun! What more can you ask for?

Sind Sie dann? Definitely worth it; I'll let you know what our ravens think...

Sind Sie dann? Definitely worth it; I'll let you know what our ravens think...

Hallo, mein Freund. Wie gehts es dir?!?

Thanks. I hope I could improve at "having fun live" beacause I build most of my stuff through layers and post processing.

Wondering if those big Berlin grey ravens would enjoy this joint

[quote=colorful grey]Hey Rabe, definitely worth it! Sounds much more jam-y than chopped and rearranged. Love the high note accents. I can hear you had fun! What more can you ask for? [/quote] Hallo, mein Freund. Wie gehts es dir?!? Thanks. I hope I could improve at "having fun live" beacause I build most of my stuff through layers and post processing. Wondering if those big Berlin grey ravens would enjoy this joint :)

Please keep me posted. Hope birds dig it Thanks, man

[quote=Jim Wood]Sind Sie dann? Definitely worth it; I'll let you know what our ravens think...[/quote] Please keep me posted. Hope birds dig it :) Thanks, man

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WOOOOWW! This just hit a nerve. Fantastic work! The swing on that beat is awesome, and the mix sounds lovely rich and dirty tasty. I could imagine you had a lot of fun tweaking these little bastards. Downloaded & Fav'd!

(btw. i never was a hardware guy before but works like yours give me great inspiriation on maybe joining the club. It's also a great time with some nice and cheap machines are available or in the pipeline (e.g. the volcas, the upcoming electribes etc etc etc.) What would you recommend as a versatile entrance? )

WOOOOWW! This just hit a nerve. Fantastic work! The swing on that beat is awesome, and the mix sounds lovely rich and dirty tasty. I could imagine you had a lot of fun tweaking these little bastards. Downloaded & Fav'd! (btw. i never was a hardware guy before but works like yours give me great inspiriation on maybe joining the club. It's also a great time with some nice and cheap machines are available or in the pipeline (e.g. the volcas, the upcoming electribes etc etc etc.) What would you recommend as a versatile entrance? )

Sooo good! Love the hardware side of things, I'm just working on getting a volca beats into my live set this week! Inspirational tunes here

Sooo good! Love the hardware side of things, I'm just working on getting a volca beats into my live set this week! Inspirational tunes here

Thanks man. I'm really honoured YOU liked the mix. You will laught, probably, but those where 9 tracks, 2 groups and 3 sends... A HUUUUUUUGE project for my usual technique

Your mastery of the software realm is obvious, so my take on hardware is that you always get something which is easier and/or faster than a computer, but not necesarilly more powerful. I mean, I really use a few pieces and a lot of layering. The whole atmosphere you hear is the Volca Keys through a compressor and some Dub Machine's Diffuse. I used the Meeblip DIY synth for the "lead" sound, mainly because it's a harsh-sounding limited monosynth and I feel kinda "urged" to create a listenable patch, while I could wonder around for hours with some Operator instance, looking for the "perfect" sound.

My other inspiring gear (and current master keyboard) is the 300 € Arturia microBrute. A really simple monosynth with one oscillator + sub oscilator and a wonderful filter. There are no memories, and all the parameters are in front of you. Takes a while to get used to the idea, and I think every hardware needs some afterwards production, but ever since I tweak live and record my takes instead of program them, I don't worry anymore about "the perfect patch", just keep adding stuff and/or delete it quickly and start it all over.

I come from hip hop, trackers and sample-based compositions. Although I hardly ever sample whole phrases from famoous soul records, I still mantain that philosophy of "everything is a sample". Korg Volcas are limited, sometimes muddy and very limited, but at the same time you could get their whole "operating system" reading the brochure in the bus coming back from the store. Extremely quick and intuitive, I created all the arpeggios with it and afterwards I added some panning envelope and FX tricks.

If you want something that is really hard to obtain in the software realm, try a Doepfer Dark Energy. Semimodular synth with a lot of character, and below the 400 € tag. I won't recommend pure modular setups personally, because although the sound quality is really good, the price is skyrocketing and sometimes you feel it's just "doing it complicated" for the sake of it.

Also, I'm exploring a mixed route. I bought a really cheap second laptop and I'm loading some Reaktor, Kontakt and some Renoise and Ableton (Lite) drum racks on it, and control it via MIDI, be it from Ableton or from some iPad sequencer. Once the sound leaves the sound card, I treat it like another hardware box and put it through my usual chain of guitar pedals or simply some overdrive at the mixing desk. I was once worried about "never leaving the digital domain" but now I just think that "it is good if it sounds good".

By the way, the swing of the track was made with an iOS free sequencer: Nord Beat. An excellent straightforward app that gives you a lot of freedom. I plugged it to a Korg Electribe ER-1, yet another limited but quite fun box I'm currently selling.

Wow... Quite a rant I gave! Hope I didn't bore you too much. Try some cheap stuff, specially second hand. Remember, it's not about sound quality, it's about bing fun to use, because nowdays in 2014, a lot of plugins sound way BETTER than a 2002 groovebox.

[quote=Perplex On]WOOOOWW! This just hit a nerve. Fantastic work! The swing on that beat is awesome, and the mix sounds lovely rich and dirty tasty. I could imagine you had a lot of fun tweaking these little bastards. Downloaded & Fav'd! (btw. i never was a hardware guy before but works like yours give me great inspiriation on maybe joining the club. It's also a great time with some nice and cheap machines are available or in the pipeline (e.g. the volcas, the upcoming electribes etc etc etc.) What would you recommend as a versatile entrance? ) [/quote] Thanks man. I'm really honoured YOU liked the mix. You will laught, probably, but those where 9 tracks, 2 groups and 3 sends... A HUUUUUUUGE project for my usual technique :) Your mastery of the software realm is obvious, so my take on hardware is that you always get something which is easier and/or faster than a computer, but not necesarilly more powerful. I mean, I really use a few pieces and a lot of layering. The whole atmosphere you hear is the Volca Keys through a compressor and some Dub Machine's Diffuse. I used the Meeblip DIY synth for the "lead" sound, mainly because it's a harsh-sounding limited monosynth and I feel kinda "urged" to create a listenable patch, while I could wonder around for hours with some Operator instance, looking for the "perfect" sound. My other inspiring gear (and current master keyboard) is the 300 € Arturia microBrute. A really simple monosynth with one oscillator + sub oscilator and a wonderful filter. There are no memories, and all the parameters are in front of you. Takes a while to get used to the idea, and I think every hardware needs some afterwards production, but ever since I tweak live and record my takes instead of program them, I don't worry anymore about "the perfect patch", just keep adding stuff and/or delete it quickly and start it all over. I come from hip hop, trackers and sample-based compositions. Although I hardly ever sample whole phrases from famoous soul records, I still mantain that philosophy of "everything is a sample". Korg Volcas are limited, sometimes muddy and very limited, but at the same time you could get their whole "operating system" reading the brochure in the bus coming back from the store. Extremely quick and intuitive, I created all the arpeggios with it and afterwards I added some panning envelope and FX tricks. If you want something that is really hard to obtain in the software realm, try a Doepfer Dark Energy. Semimodular synth with a lot of character, and below the 400 € tag. I won't recommend pure modular setups personally, because although the sound quality is really good, the price is skyrocketing and sometimes you feel it's just "doing it complicated" for the sake of it. Also, I'm exploring a mixed route. I bought a really cheap second laptop and I'm loading some Reaktor, Kontakt and some Renoise and Ableton (Lite) drum racks on it, and control it via MIDI, be it from Ableton or from some iPad sequencer. Once the sound leaves the sound card, I treat it like another hardware box and put it through my usual chain of guitar pedals or simply some overdrive at the mixing desk. I was once worried about "never leaving the digital domain" but now I just think that "it is good if it sounds good". By the way, the swing of the track was made with an iOS free sequencer: Nord Beat. An excellent straightforward app that gives you a lot of freedom. I plugged it to a Korg Electribe ER-1, yet another limited but quite fun box I'm currently selling. Wow... Quite a rant I gave! Hope I didn't bore you too much. Try some cheap stuff, specially second hand. Remember, it's not about sound quality, it's about bing fun to use, because nowdays in 2014, a lot of plugins sound way BETTER than a 2002 groovebox.

Great track! Lots of cool musical details, and the mix is excellent. Well done!

Great track! Lots of cool musical details, and the mix is excellent. Well done!

Thnaks man. I've missed a couple of weeks of your excellent tracks. Hope to catch up tonight!

About the Volca beats: if you're handy with your soldering iron, it's rather easy to add individual outputs for the kick/snare/hihats.. opening a whole new world of possibilities with such a small and funny box

Looking forward to see what you do with it!

[quote=donnyjankowski]Sooo good! Love the hardware side of things, I'm just working on getting a volca beats into my live set this week! Inspirational tunes here[/quote] Thnaks man. I've missed a couple of weeks of your excellent tracks. Hope to catch up tonight! About the Volca beats: if you're handy with your soldering iron, it's rather easy to add individual outputs for the kick/snare/hihats.. opening a whole new world of possibilities with such a small and funny box ;) Looking forward to see what you do with it!

Thanks man! I always found my own mixed muddy and undefined but... Wish it would be as cristal clear as your excellent "A new ghost" from this week

[quote=Plantrain]Great track! Lots of cool musical details, and the mix is excellent. Well done![/quote] Thanks man! I always found my own mixed muddy and undefined but... Wish it would be as cristal clear as your excellent "A new ghost" from this week :)

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Powerful!

Powerful!

wohhooo, what a reply Thank you very much for your detailed answer, it did in fact helped me. In the software space i'm often confronted with just too many options. I could imagine having a rather limited hardware it does help you to focus. And therefore my hope is to have more fun. Thanks a lot for the tips once again, i will be on the lookout for the one or the other little machine.

[quote=laguna][quote=Perplex On]WOOOOWW! This just hit a nerve. Fantastic work! The swing on that beat is awesome, and the mix sounds lovely rich and dirty tasty. I could imagine you had a lot of fun tweaking these little bastards. Downloaded & Fav'd! (btw. i never was a hardware guy before but works like yours give me great inspiriation on maybe joining the club. It's also a great time with some nice and cheap machines are available or in the pipeline (e.g. the volcas, the upcoming electribes etc etc etc.) What would you recommend as a versatile entrance? ) [/quote] Thanks man. I'm really honoured YOU liked the mix. You will laught, probably, but those where 9 tracks, 2 groups and 3 sends... A HUUUUUUUGE project for my usual technique :) Your mastery of the software realm is obvious, so my take on hardware is that you always get something which is easier and/or faster than a computer, but not necesarilly more powerful. I mean, I really use a few pieces and a lot of layering. The whole atmosphere you hear is the Volca Keys through a compressor and some Dub Machine's Diffuse. I used the Meeblip DIY synth for the "lead" sound, mainly because it's a harsh-sounding limited monosynth and I feel kinda "urged" to create a listenable patch, while I could wonder around for hours with some Operator instance, looking for the "perfect" sound. My other inspiring gear (and current master keyboard) is the 300 € Arturia microBrute. A really simple monosynth with one oscillator + sub oscilator and a wonderful filter. There are no memories, and all the parameters are in front of you. Takes a while to get used to the idea, and I think every hardware needs some afterwards production, but ever since I tweak live and record my takes instead of program them, I don't worry anymore about "the perfect patch", just keep adding stuff and/or delete it quickly and start it all over. I come from hip hop, trackers and sample-based compositions. Although I hardly ever sample whole phrases from famoous soul records, I still mantain that philosophy of "everything is a sample". Korg Volcas are limited, sometimes muddy and very limited, but at the same time you could get their whole "operating system" reading the brochure in the bus coming back from the store. Extremely quick and intuitive, I created all the arpeggios with it and afterwards I added some panning envelope and FX tricks. If you want something that is really hard to obtain in the software realm, try a Doepfer Dark Energy. Semimodular synth with a lot of character, and below the 400 € tag. I won't recommend pure modular setups personally, because although the sound quality is really good, the price is skyrocketing and sometimes you feel it's just "doing it complicated" for the sake of it. Also, I'm exploring a mixed route. I bought a really cheap second laptop and I'm loading some Reaktor, Kontakt and some Renoise and Ableton (Lite) drum racks on it, and control it via MIDI, be it from Ableton or from some iPad sequencer. Once the sound leaves the sound card, I treat it like another hardware box and put it through my usual chain of guitar pedals or simply some overdrive at the mixing desk. I was once worried about "never leaving the digital domain" but now I just think that "it is good if it sounds good". By the way, the swing of the track was made with an iOS free sequencer: Nord Beat. An excellent straightforward app that gives you a lot of freedom. I plugged it to a Korg Electribe ER-1, yet another limited but quite fun box I'm currently selling. Wow... Quite a rant I gave! Hope I didn't bore you too much. Try some cheap stuff, specially second hand. Remember, it's not about sound quality, it's about bing fun to use, because nowdays in 2014, a lot of plugins sound way BETTER than a 2002 groovebox. [/quote] wohhooo, what a reply :) Thank you very much for your detailed answer, it did in fact helped me. In the software space i'm often confronted with just too many options. I could imagine having a rather limited hardware it does help you to focus. And therefore my hope is to have more fun. Thanks a lot for the tips once again, i will be on the lookout for the one or the other little machine.

Unfortunately, not much of a reaction. They seemed more interested in the roast chicken carcass that my wife put up on the roof...

[quote=laguna][quote=Jim Wood]Sind Sie dann? Definitely worth it; I'll let you know what our ravens think...[/quote] Please keep me posted. Hope birds dig it :) Thanks, man[/quote] Unfortunately, not much of a reaction. They seemed more interested in the roast chicken carcass that my wife put up on the roof...

[quote=Jim Wood][quote=laguna][quote=Jim Wood]Sind Sie dann? Definitely worth it; I'll let you know what our ravens think...[/quote] Please keep me posted. Hope birds dig it :) Thanks, man[/quote] hahaha... They maybe are into more modular generative stuff od something... and chicken :) Unfortunately, not much of a reaction. They seemed more interested in the roast chicken carcass that my wife put up on the roof... [/quote]

this is friggin awesome!  I love the whole swing of the beat and how the synth lines hypnotize you.  the synth arp that comes in halfway is suhweet.  def digging the whole sound of this! great job!

this is friggin awesome! I love the whole swing of the beat and how the synth lines hypnotize you. the synth arp that comes in halfway is suhweet. def digging the whole sound of this! great job!

Wicked, almost like 2 tracks for the price of one and both are mad cool! Also super interested in getting more into hardware myself...still figuring out the best way to use the volcas

Wicked, almost like 2 tracks for the price of one and both are mad cool! Also super interested in getting more into hardware myself...still figuring out the best way to use the volcas :)