Jane Doe
By laguna on March 6, 2022 11:58 pm
I brought back my Yamaha RM1x to service. It's old and limited and the sounds are nothing special... and maybe that's why I enjoy working with it. This week everything is the RM1x and Ableton for sequencing. I used some tricks like the Ableton vocoder, but most of the sounds came pretty straight from the machine.
Back in the late 90s, I learnt the craft of sampling using cheap equipment, dreaming of some super lush synths I couldn't afford. Though, many years later, when I finally got some decent gear, I often didn't knew what to do with it. The RM1x is a typical groovebox/ROMpler with boring and generic sounds, so you need to add layers and fx to give them some body, but... What should I do with an almighty Serum patch with endless modulation possibilities? Or a fantastic Absynth wavetable-based preset that sounds on its own like a whole intro to a track?.
Don't get me wrong, those tools are fantastic, but... Do you get "lost" with them sometimes?.
Anyway, just a thought. This one was made on Sunday after a long and busy work shift. It's a little bit short, and I was starting to get a vibe, but I run out of time as always 
I need to catch up with the comments and the songs. I'm off-duty, finally, and happy to be at home. I hope you all are safe in a cozy place.
A peaceful place.
Love to you all, wherever you are.
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