solid drum groove and love the dub fx fills. The toms sound great with the hats.  A nice laid back escape. Well done!

solid drum groove and love the dub fx fills. The toms sound great with the hats. A nice laid back escape. Well done!

I love that fill at 1:40! The hihats and quiet pad in the background are also my faves. Great chill atmosphere overall!

It's funny to hear you struggle with the Volca Beats... I picked up a Volca Keys and I find it super overrated lol. They keys are responsive and there's lots of reasons to like it, but it's too boring of a synth for me. Don't even get me started with all the adapters you need for these mini synths...

I love that fill at 1:40! The hihats and quiet pad in the background are also my faves. Great chill atmosphere overall! It's funny to hear you struggle with the Volca Beats... I picked up a Volca Keys and I find it super overrated lol. They keys are responsive and there's lots of reasons to like it, but it's too boring of a synth for me. Don't even get me started with all the adapters you need for these mini synths... :)

Snare troubles all round this week! Yours sounds great to me though. Absolutely love a clean plucked thingie, I would definitely stick this on walking home in the dark. Thanks, and you too my man.

Snare troubles all round this week! Yours sounds great to me though. Absolutely love a clean plucked thingie, I would definitely stick this on walking home in the dark. Thanks, and you too my man.

inhale the heart
beat the sound
exhale the head
renounce the now

inhale the heart beat the sound exhale the head renounce the now

Thanks a lot, Eric

Processed analog hihats always deliver, I think. My drum kit in Renoise is modulating volume and a little envelope and low pass filtering according to note velocity, so it creates more nuance than its own Volca's poor internal sequencer.

Now I need te get my ass out of bed, and fill something so I could create some videos, like you.

Thanks again for the constant inspiration !!!

Thank you, gify!!!

The fill you mention was created using the internal "stutter" fx on the volca. I thought it was a delay, but it seems that is really a MIDI retrigger, so it does some interesting stuff on the envelope. I adjusted the tempo by ear, then build the entire sequence over it, though almost no trace of it remains other than those fils : they were too bright, so they're low-pass filtered and transposed 7 semitones up.

I agree that gear like this is my limit. It kills all the vibe, having to plug a cable salad of adapters. My Yamaha RM1x always inspire me - even if it's big and clumsy - yet this box by itself gets quite old after a while. I sampled it and "put in inside an MPC" a long time ago. Yeah, hardware I do not recommend.

Yeah, 2Haf... "to give me the strenght of staying with one snare sound, the will to search for a new snare when needed, and the wisdom to know which mix is better". Definitely, Snare Drum drama!!! (it even sounds good as a sound title)

Give RippleX a try. I think it could work with your beautiful arrangements.

Hope you enjoy my song on headphones on a quiet night walk

Beautiful poem. I'm really glad to see you back for another round, since I thought you'd be quite busy this year.

Gracias por escuchar, Gesceap. Siempre es una alegría saber de ti.

[quote=Tone Matrix]solid drum groove and love the dub fx fills. The toms sound great with the hats. A nice laid back escape. Well done![/quote] Thanks a lot, Eric :) Processed analog hihats always deliver, I think. My drum kit in Renoise is modulating volume and a little envelope and low pass filtering according to note velocity, so it creates more nuance than its own Volca's poor internal sequencer. Now I need te get my ass out of bed, and fill something so I could create some videos, like you. Thanks again for the constant inspiration !!! [quote=gify]I love that fill at 1:40! The hihats and quiet pad in the background are also my faves. Great chill atmosphere overall! It's funny to hear you struggle with the Volca Beats... I picked up a Volca Keys and I find it super overrated lol. They keys are responsive and there's lots of reasons to like it, but it's too boring of a synth for me. Don't even get me started with all the adapters you need for these mini synths... :) [/quote] Thank you, gify!!! The fill you mention was created using the internal "stutter" fx on the volca. I thought it was a delay, but it seems that is really a MIDI retrigger, so it does some interesting stuff on the envelope. I adjusted the tempo by ear, then build the entire sequence over it, though almost no trace of it remains other than those fils : they were too bright, so they're low-pass filtered and transposed 7 semitones up. I agree that gear like this is my limit. It kills all the vibe, having to plug a cable salad of adapters. My Yamaha RM1x always inspire me - even if it's big and clumsy - yet this box by itself gets quite old after a while. I sampled it and "put in inside an MPC" a long time ago. Yeah, hardware I do not recommend. [quote=2haf]Snare troubles all round this week! Yours sounds great to me though. Absolutely love a clean plucked thingie, I would definitely stick this on walking home in the dark. Thanks, and you too my man.[/quote] Yeah, 2Haf... "to give me the strenght of staying with one snare sound, the will to search for a new snare when needed, and the wisdom to know which mix is better". Definitely, Snare Drum drama!!! (it even sounds good as a sound title) Give RippleX a try. I think it could work with your beautiful arrangements. Hope you enjoy my song on headphones on a quiet night walk :) [quote=gesceap]inhale the heart beat the sound exhale the head renounce the now[/quote] Beautiful poem. I'm really glad to see you back for another round, since I thought you'd be quite busy this year. Gracias por escuchar, Gesceap. Siempre es una alegría saber de ti.

really dig it, love the layering

really dig it, love the layering

Thanks !!! A lot of the atmosphere is accomplished using multiple bounces, yet the song has less than 9 or 10 tracks total.

[quote=PieBaron]really dig it, love the layering[/quote] Thanks !!! A lot of the atmosphere is accomplished using multiple bounces, yet the song has less than 9 or 10 tracks total.

Wow. So many good things here. The drums hit so clean. The sound design is beautiful.

Wow. So many good things here. The drums hit so clean. The sound design is beautiful.

Feeling chilled out after this one.

Feeling chilled out after this one.

kinda waving the body at 1:53.... and still doing it....2:07 groovy......you're leaving already??....2:59....   great piece, man. de la p.m.

kinda waving the body at 1:53.... and still doing it....2:07 groovy......you're leaving already??....2:59.... great piece, man. de la p.m.

Awesome atmosphere in this one, I could listen to this all day.

Awesome atmosphere in this one, I could listen to this all day.

Nice and smooth.
- Spider

Nice and smooth. - Spider

lovely track, its so chill. nice arrangement too!
snare is sounds perfect btw, not to loud. i love that it pokes out a little.
thanks for sharing.

lovely track, its so chill. nice arrangement too! snare is sounds perfect btw, not to loud. i love that it pokes out a little. thanks for sharing. :)

I have the volca beats and completely understand everything you said above, but you managed to get some very nice drums out of that unit.  I like the laid back feel of the pads and mood with the hard hitting drums, this is a great driving at night track.

I have the volca beats and completely understand everything you said above, but you managed to get some very nice drums out of that unit. I like the laid back feel of the pads and mood with the hard hitting drums, this is a great driving at night track.