Cool mix! I like the variety of drum sounds going on.

Cool mix! I like the variety of drum sounds going on.

ACID!

ACID!

Nice development, the melody in the second half is cool!

Nice development, the melody in the second half is cool!

Killer sounds in this one! As a renoise and plogue user myself - it's nice to hear something this fresh!

Killer sounds in this one! As a renoise and plogue user myself - it's nice to hear something this fresh!

I'll be quite honest and say..... I used plogue presets XD haha everything else is my own design though ^^

[quote=Diagamblic]Killer sounds in this one! As a renoise and plogue user myself - it's nice to hear something this fresh![/quote] I'll be quite honest and say..... I used plogue presets XD haha everything else is my own design though ^^

Drums are 100% Sampled PO-12 loops used in different ways (played straight, sliced, slowed down, etc)

[quote=vco_vault]Cool mix! I like the variety of drum sounds going on.[/quote] Drums are 100% Sampled PO-12 loops used in different ways (played straight, sliced, slowed down, etc)

Haha no shame! Some of plogue presets just sound great. 

Haha no shame! Some of plogue presets just sound great.

One of the preset is called "Road to Shanghai" and I just moved in Shanghai a few months ago... perfect! This also explains the title of the song hehe

[quote=Diagamblic]Haha no shame! Some of plogue presets just sound great. [/quote] One of the preset is called "Road to Shanghai" and I just moved in Shanghai a few months ago... perfect! This also explains the title of the song hehe

When you got a good beat you can afford to repeat it a few times

Oh man, been eyeing them pocket operators for ages but resisted so far. And PCS has been on my to-do list for ages.
I'm glad someone's putting them to good use.

When you got a good beat you can afford to repeat it a few times :D Oh man, been eyeing them pocket operators for ages but resisted so far. And PCS has been on my to-do list for ages. I'm glad someone's putting them to good use. [img]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--OgH68FsC--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/mi4ozyfa6nhvrdj1ackk.gif[/img]

Honestly I think they are both no brainers for the price (provided you have disposable income).
The PO12 is excellent for making small beats before going to bed, jamming with friends (or jamming in the car while your friend drives haha), sampling and even assemble a whole disposable track during transit to a show you are playing live ("the next track was entirely made in the bus on my way here!" haha) the live effects and stuff allow you to make things interesting during a live show too.
 
For PCS, getting 20+ chips under 100$ is hard to beat You can do crazy in depth things or arrangements with various chips that would be really complicated to do otherwise. The SID emulation alone is worth it, but it's an awesome source of everything chiplike.
 
Here are two songs made entirely with Chipsounds on Renoise:
 
http://xc3n.net/track/chipstep-6hrs-challenge-plogue-chipsounds-ep
http://xc3n.net/track/r41dfunn3r-chipspeech-automate-songs-01
 
PS: That dancing dude rocks!

[quote=iLKke]When you got a good beat you can afford to repeat it a few times :D Oh man, been eyeing them pocket operators for ages but resisted so far. And PCS has been on my to-do list for ages. I'm glad someone's putting them to good use. [/quote] Honestly I think they are both no brainers for the price (provided you have disposable income). The PO12 is excellent for making small beats before going to bed, jamming with friends (or jamming in the car while your friend drives haha), sampling and even assemble a whole disposable track during transit to a show you are playing live ("the next track was entirely made in the bus on my way here!" haha) the live effects and stuff allow you to make things interesting during a live show too. For PCS, getting 20+ chips under 100$ is hard to beat ;) You can do crazy in depth things or arrangements with various chips that would be really complicated to do otherwise. The SID emulation alone is worth it, but it's an awesome source of everything chiplike.   Here are two songs made entirely with Chipsounds on Renoise: http://xc3n.net/track/chipstep-6hrs-challenge-plogue-chipsounds-ep http://xc3n.net/track/r41dfunn3r-chipspeech-automate-songs-01   PS: That dancing dude rocks!

Yeah I always dreamed of having a really good sid VST to use with Renoise (don't care too much bout other chip atm). I'd rather use the real thing but I find MIDI clunky for the task. I think I bought PCS already just haven't looked into it yet. Will defs do!

As for the OPs, I just never ever really used hardware instruments for anything, so I am afraid to buy stuff and just have it sit around gathering dust, like so many ppl I know. They are so sexy, though, as well as OP-1.

You're definitely making me reconsider

Yeah I always dreamed of having a really good sid VST to use with Renoise (don't care too much bout other chip atm). I'd rather use the real thing but I find MIDI clunky for the task. I think I bought PCS already just haven't looked into it yet. Will defs do! As for the OPs, I just never ever really used hardware instruments for anything, so I am afraid to buy stuff and just have it sit around gathering dust, like so many ppl I know. They are so sexy, though, as well as OP-1. You're definitely making me reconsider :)

I'm on the same page re: hardware (currently sitting on a fucking expensive monomachine, x_X) but the PO12 is instant gratification material, doesn't take itself seriously, just a cool toy that sounds really good. Obviously a lot of limitations but still very usable. My friend bought one and I was like ...meh, wtv. Then we jammed and I was like... dude wtf and went to buy one the next day XD. Also considered the OP1 over the monomachine, not sure if I regret my decision yet. Next missions include using the monomachine + Sammich SID (AKA expensive dust gatherers).

[quote=iLKke]Yeah I always dreamed of having a really good sid VST to use with Renoise (don't care too much bout other chip atm). I'd rather use the real thing but I find MIDI clunky for the task. I think I bought PCS already just haven't looked into it yet. Will defs do! As for the OPs, I just never ever really used hardware instruments for anything, so I am afraid to buy stuff and just have it sit around gathering dust, like so many ppl I know. They are so sexy, though, as well as OP-1. You're definitely making me reconsider :) [/quote] I'm on the same page re: hardware (currently sitting on a fucking expensive monomachine, x_X) but the PO12 is instant gratification material, doesn't take itself seriously, just a cool toy that sounds really good. Obviously a lot of limitations but still very usable. My friend bought one and I was like ...meh, wtv. Then we jammed and I was like... dude wtf and went to buy one the next day XD. Also considered the OP1 over the monomachine, not sure if I regret my decision yet. Next missions include using the monomachine + Sammich SID (AKA expensive dust gatherers).

Makes me wanna bust out the robot like its 1983! Good job man!

Makes me wanna bust out the robot like its 1983! Good job man!

Listening to this watching the video iLKke posted and

Listening to this watching the video iLKke posted and :)

Digging the beat!

Digging the beat!

I went the "quicker than preorder" route and sampled the whole PO12 soundset from the Youtube promo (with some tape saturation for extra kicks). Sounds fantastic, although I could feel you both when you talk about "dust gatherers"... I've got a Twisted Electrons AY3 but end using both Plogue Chipsounds or Starkos TRacker on my Amstrad CPC emulator.

Big beats this week, BTW

[quote=XC3N][quote=iLKke]Yeah I always dreamed of having a really good sid VST to use with Renoise (don't care too much bout other chip atm). I'd rather use the real thing but I find MIDI clunky for the task. I think I bought PCS already just haven't looked into it yet. Will defs do! As for the OPs, I just never ever really used hardware instruments for anything, so I am afraid to buy stuff and just have it sit around gathering dust, like so many ppl I know. They are so sexy, though, as well as OP-1. You're definitely making me reconsider :) [/quote] I'm on the same page re: hardware (currently sitting on a fucking expensive monomachine, x_X) but the PO12 is instant gratification material, doesn't take itself seriously, just a cool toy that sounds really good. Obviously a lot of limitations but still very usable. My friend bought one and I was like ...meh, wtv. Then we jammed and I was like... dude wtf and went to buy one the next day XD. Also considered the OP1 over the monomachine, not sure if I regret my decision yet. Next missions include using the monomachine + Sammich SID (AKA expensive dust gatherers).[/quote] I went the "quicker than preorder" route and sampled the whole PO12 soundset from the Youtube promo (with some tape saturation for extra kicks). Sounds fantastic, although I could feel you both when you talk about "dust gatherers"... I've got a Twisted Electrons AY3 but end using both Plogue Chipsounds or Starkos TRacker on my Amstrad CPC emulator. Big beats this week, BTW :)

@laguna hehe but the samples in the Po12 are not static so you can get quite a huge number of different sound from it

as for the dust gatherers, it's mostly due to their ease of use... I have used them in some aspect but still need to learn a lot more.

@laguna hehe but the samples in the Po12 are not static so you can get quite a huge number of different sound from it as for the dust gatherers, it's mostly due to their ease of use... I have used them in some aspect but still need to learn a lot more.

H79SR8V04.GREAT.

H79SR8V04.GREAT.

Love the gear list here, reminds me of earthworm jim on snes for some reason. Loving it. The OP12 is really fun for what it is, isn't it?

Love the gear list here, reminds me of earthworm jim on snes for some reason. Loving it. The OP12 is really fun for what it is, isn't it?

Nice andante tempo - this has a has a very human walking quality. Great job! The little melody near the end is p cool too

Nice andante tempo - this has a has a very human walking quality. Great job! The little melody near the end is p cool too

yeah definitively makes me want to work with it more!

[quote=donnyjankowski]Love the gear list here, reminds me of earthworm jim on snes for some reason. Loving it. The OP12 is really fun for what it is, isn't it?[/quote] yeah definitively makes me want to work with it more!

Fun track, love the melody!

Fun track, love the melody!

Chunky love it. its not too repetitive either.

Chunky :) love it. its not too repetitive either.

I could listen to this all day.

I could listen to this all day.

Awesome hook! Totally digging the beat and the pocket operator sounds.

Awesome hook! Totally digging the beat and the pocket operator sounds. [img]http://i.giphy.com/reK3r0G1Mz6vu.gif[/img]

Digging that spooky lead sound and the 303 line, nice work!

Digging that spooky lead sound and the 303 line, nice work!

Really nice use of the PO. I'm gonna use mine in my next track.

Really nice use of the PO. I'm gonna use mine in my next track. :)

Eager to ear!
I added a link to some loops I made in the description, if you want to sample them hehe

[quote=RCole]Really nice use of the PO. I'm gonna use mine in my next track. :) [/quote] Eager to ear! I added a link to some loops I made in the description, if you want to sample them hehe

Cool! I probably will be doing it all live though as that's how I've done both my other tracks so far I'm typically sequencing everything from Numerology and just recording in one go. I think I'll try to get it to sync up with my ESX and then I can just pattern switch and live edit stuff as it's being recorded

Cool! I probably will be doing it all live though as that's how I've done both my other tracks so far :) I'm typically sequencing everything from Numerology and just recording in one go. I think I'll try to get it to sync up with my ESX and then I can just pattern switch and live edit stuff as it's being recorded :)

Cool beat and soundscape!

Cool beat and soundscape!

This had me moving about from the first beat haha - great mix of sounds!
Have you ever made any glitch-hop? I think you'd be good at it.

Anyway, fantastic track.

This had me moving about from the first beat haha - great mix of sounds! Have you ever made any glitch-hop? I think you'd be good at it. Anyway, fantastic track.

Thanks! Well I made some hip hop/(ish) stuff for sure, but not precisely glitch hop, I think... you can check on http://xc3n.net, if you feel like it The PO12 is definitely a good source of inspiration for these things

[quote=2xAA]This had me moving about from the first beat haha - great mix of sounds! Have you ever made any glitch-hop? I think you'd be good at it. Anyway, fantastic track.[/quote] Thanks! Well I made some hip hop/(ish) stuff for sure, but not precisely glitch hop, I think... you can check on [url]http://xc3n.net[/url], if you feel like it =) The PO12 is definitely a good source of inspiration for these things

I'm digging this funk!

I'm digging this funk! [url="http://giphy.com/gifs/dancing-snl-robot-xTiTnrQlrWi7wxK2re"][img]https://media2.giphy.com/media/xTiTnrQlrWi7wxK2re/200.gif[/img][/url]