Creation - Ableton Move as Master Clock - USB Sync Jam (DrumBrute Impact + Apocalypse + Pill)

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"In this dawless jam, I wanted to experiment with the Ableton Move as the master clock, syncing the Arturia DrumBrute Impact using nothing but a single USB cable.

Actually the setup worked quite well throughout the session, even if the clock jitter is really visible on the DrumBrute Impact's tempo display.

The rhythmic foundation comes mainly from the DrumBrute Impact and its internal sequencer, while all melodic content (bass & pads) comes from the Ableton Move.

For this jam, I used four 'Audio Tracks' on the Move, loaded with loops and sequences that I originally recorded years ago in my DAW using software synthesizers such as Reveal Sound Spire, Arturia Spark... It was interesting to give these older recordings a new life inside a hardware-focused workflow 😊

If you're using an Ableton Move with external hardware, I'd be curious to hear about your experience using it as a master clock 😉

Hardware used:

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Lead 🎸 (Sequential Take 5 + Eventide H90 // Ableton Move)

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"The session features the Sequential Take 5 playing the LEAD in real-time throughout the whole jam.

The Ableton Move handles the Drums, Bass and Plucks.

There’s no MIDI sync or sequencing between the devices here as the Take 5 LEAD is performed live throughout the jam."

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Escape - Live hardware jam with Sequential Take 5 + Ableton Move

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"Back to another 2 minute jam (less or more ☺️).

This session features the Sequential Take 5 playing live chord progressions in real time through the Eventide H90: First section = Tape effect
Second section = + Aggravate distortion for a more industrial impact 😎🤘

The Ableton Move handles the Drums, Bass and Plucks.

There’s no MIDI sync or sequencing between the devices here as the Take 5 chords are performed live throughout the jam.

Hardware used:

// DRUMS, BASS, PLUCKS:
Ableton Move (Groovebox).
Track 1 🥁 = Drum Rack (homemade drum kit),
Track 2 🎸 = BASS Wavetable synth,
Track 3 🎹 = PLUCKS Wavetable synth,
Track 4 🥁 = Audio track (a couple of percussion loops)

// 🎹 PADS:
Sequential Take 5 (5-voice analog synth) + Eventide H90"

Twenties - Hybrid Setup Jam (Analog + Move)

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"This one’s built around two main pieces of gear: the Vermona Perfourmer handling nearly all melodic duties (bass, plucks, lead), and the Ableton Move taking care of drums plus a few piano/strings layers.

You already know the Perfourmer is one of my all-time favorites, but the Move keeps surprising me: super versatile for a 4-track box, and I feel like it doesn’t get as much love as it deserves ❤️

Everything is sequenced from the Hapax, I skipped the Move’s internal sequencer this time as it's easier to control all the sequences only on one machine. The breaks come from the Hapax 'FILL' feature as usual.

I treated the Perfourmer like three separate instruments:
Voices 1 & 2 → plucks (through H90)
Voice 3 → bass (Apocalypse + Julianna)
Voice 4 → lead (Lofi Junky + BigSky + Pill for ducking)"

Perfourm 🍀 (Vermona Perfourmer + H90 // Apocalypse + Julianna // Lofijunky + Bigsky + Pill // Hapax)

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"For this * very long * 'one synth only' jam, you'll be able to hear the sound of the Perfourmer with and without the effects pedals 😉 (and even with and without the MIDI effects of the Hapax sequencing the Perfourmer).

The Perfourmer is setup like 3 instruments here:
Voices 1&2 for the PLUCKS thru the H90 pedal
Voice 3 for the LEAD/PADS thru the Lofi Junky + Bigsky + Pill pedals
Voice 4 for the BASS thru the Apocalypse + Julianna effects

The Perfourmer is fully sequenced by different tracks of the Hapax."

Exit Earth 🌍 (Roland SE-02 // S-1 // TR-6S // Cre8audio Boom Chick // Arturia Minifreak // Hapax)

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"In this video, I keep exploring the Hapax sequencer’s capabilities even more:
Program changes to switch between different presets (TR-6S and Minifreak)
Automation (enabling and disabling MIDI LFOs controlling parameters on the SE-02)
MIDI effects: Arpeggiator, LFO, Randomizer, Output, Scaler, Swing, etc.
Modulation
Fill button used to make drum breaks, mute some tracks etc.
Conditions for notes to play when a certain condition is met...

All 5 instruments in this jam are being sequenced by the Hapax.

The little trick I used here is that, thanks to the Hapax' MIDI Output plugin, the BASS track or the ARP track can sequence the S1, depending on which MIDI Output plugin I've enabled.

⚠️ Heads up: I miswired the Minifreak, so it’s totally out of phase - if you listen in mono, it’ll disappear. 👻"

Relativity (CHORDS Roland J-6 + H90 + Pill pedals // DRUMS TR-6S // BASS Arturia Minifreak)

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"In this jam I'm using the sequencers of each of the 3 instruments (unlike the previous video [here] where I played the BASS and CHORDS in real-time 😉) .

The jam starts with the J-6 playing the CHORDS, then me adding effects from the H90 (Delay, then Phaser).
The DRUMS are being introduced gradually.
For the drop, commes the punchy BASSLINE from the Minifreak.
Later on, I enabled the Pill pedal triggered by the drums (TR-6S) which ducks the PADS each time the KICK hits in 🦆"

Rise Me 🌅 (Arturia Minifreak // Roland J6 Chord Synth + H90 with new granular effect // TR6S)

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"Happy New Year my friends! 🎹🔊
May 2026 bring you endless jams, wild synth waves, and machines that push the limits of what's possible. Thanks for jamming with me—here's to more electronic adventures ahead!

For this first jam of 2026, after having used the Arturia Minifreak as only instrument in my 2 last videos, I wanted to try it with a couple of other instruments. In this jam, only the DRUMS (TR-6S) have been sequenced, I'm playing the BASS (Minifreak) and CHORDS (J-6) in real-time 😉

The jam starts with me triggering some CHORDS on the J-6 and adding the cool new granular effect (Grainmod) from the Eventide H90 pedal.
I then fade in the DRUMS and finally play the BASS in real-time.
I'm using the AUTO FILL feature of the TR-6S so that there's a break at the end of each 8-measure.

** Hardware used **

// 🥁 DRUMS:
Roland TR-6S (Digital Rhythm Performer)


// 🎸 BASS:
Arturia Minifreak (polyphonic hybrid keyboard with dual digital sound engines and analog filters)

// 🎹 PADS:
Roland J-6 (Chord sequencer with the tones of the renowned JUNO-60 synth)"

Exponential ⤴️ (Arturia Minifreak) #onesynthonly #fromscratch

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"2nd video with the Arturia Minifreak hybrid (digital/analog) synth, with a OneSynthOnly jam (after the first video where I used 5 instances of the Minifreak in multi-track: • Cinefreak 📽️ (Arturia Minifreak // Conduct... 😉)

The jam starts with me recording in step mode a sequence.
Then the sequence is being played with me tweaking some parameters like adding delay, fading-in the second oscillator (superwave), modulating the analog filter etc.
In the second half of the video, I switched to the mode where I can transpose in real-time the sequence recorded (i.e. you can no longer play over the sequence, when you press on a key, it transposes the whole sequence to this key). What is really cool is that Arturia added the Scale feature which I really love, thus making it possible to transpose within a defined scale like on the Keystep Pro! 🤩"

Cinefreak 📽️ (Arturia Minifreak ; Conductive Labs NDLR Sequencer) #OneSynthOnly

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"My first video with the Arturia Minifreak! What and amazing and versatile synth! Was really impressed of how it sounds and all the features it has in such a small form factor 🤩

As usual, I recorded this jam only a couple of hours after getting the Minifreak, it's really very easy to get started with!

However it did take me a lot of time to record all the parts in multitrack (though it is a OneSynthOnly jam), mix the audio and edit the video, really hope you'll enjoy it ☺️

Here's how I proceeded:
I first "played" the NDLR sequencer and recorded the MIDI notes on 4 different tracks for the BASS (= DRONE track on the NDLR), PADS, MOTIF-1 and MOTIF-2.

Then I sent the MIDI notes from each track to the Minifreak and tweaked the knobs etc. in real-time (except for the LEAD part which I played throughout in real-time).

** Hardware used **

// BASS, PADS, MOTIF-1, MOTIF-2, LEAD
Arturia Minifreak (polyphonic hybrid keyboard with dual digital sound engines and analog filters)

// SEQUENCER
Conductive Labs NDLR (MIDI Four-track, Sequenced Arpeggiator, Chord and Drone Player)"

Solist 🎸(Roland JD08 + Bigsky + Pill // SE02 + H90 // TR6S // Erica Synths DB01 Bassline + Lethargy)

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"Let's go for a 5-Minute Warning video, with some real-time guitar-like sound solo playing! 😊

0:00 - Scene 1: Intro starts with the STRINGS (JD-08), ARP (SE-02) and DRUMS (TR-6S)

0:46 - Scene 2: DRUMS knob reload for big sound + BASS (DB-01)

1:17 - Scene 3: SOLO 1 improvised (JD-08)

2:02 - Scene 4: Bridge

3:04 - Scene 5: SOLO 2 improvised (JD-08)

3:50 - Scene 6: Outro

Some tips used here:

TR6S (DRUMS): I used the 'KIT KNOB RELOAD' feature to get back to the big drum sounds as it was saved in the kit (I previously moved the knobs to pitch up/down and reduce the decay of all the sounds for the intro)

TR6S (DRUMS): the VINYL SIM effect is used on the TR6S' master bus to heavily compress the DRUMS

TR6S (DRUMS): I used the internal LFO to modulate a few parameters on the DRUM tracks to add some subtle variations

KEYSTEP PRO (Sequencer): I used the Chain feature to chain 2 patterns in order to have an 8-bar pattern for the ARP sequences

KEYSTEP PRO (Sequencer): I used the Scene feature to load different patterns and mutes in one time (to switch to the bridge for example)"

Subboom 💥 (Moog Subharmonicon + Microtubes X + Bigsky // Cre8audio Boom Chick + Lethargy + H90)

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"This is my second jam featuring the Boom Chick 5-voice analog drum machine 🥁
Digging a little bit further this time by using 2 patterns (with chance/probability etc.) and its handy individual outputs going through some pedals (Dreadbox Lethargy Phaser + Eventide H90 Vintage Delay and Plate Reverb)!

So the Boom Chick is playing all the drum parts and the Subhamonicon the harmonic parts (BASS & ARP/LEAD). The Subharmonicon is synced to the Boom Chick with its analog clock.

The challenge here was mainly to try to get out of the 4-step sequences inherent to the Subharmonicon 😉
So I changed in real-time one of the knobs of the sequencer to play random melodies, and used another method by turning the FREQ knob of VCO 2.

Still haven't really read the Boom Chick's manual though (just had to dig into it to better understand how "chance" worked exactly)."

Subtribe 2/2 Ft. Mister Goldhand 🎷 (Moog Subharmonicon + H90 // Korg Electribe MX EMX1 // Saxophone)

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"I am pleased and honored to have a very special guest on this Subtribe sequel 😃"

Last Blue 💙 (Korg Electribe MX = EMX-1) #groovebox #onesynthonly

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"So I recorded only one pattern here with all the tracks being uses. I.E. 9 drum tracks and 5 synth tracks.

Quite a lot of the EMX1's parameters were internally sequenced (MOTION SEQ), especially the routing to the 3 effects (which you can clearly hear in the intro on the rimshot sound) and the cutoff of some of the synth tracks 😉

Throughout the track I muted and unmuted the different tracks, including unmuting all tracks at once by using SHIFT+SOLO, and even made a risky improvisation on the ribbon arpeggiator 😅

At the end of the track, I finally bring a modulation to take the jam one step further ✈️"

Paradise 😇 (Moog Minitaur // Waldorf Streichfett // Roland S1 // Volca Beats // Mininova // NDLR)

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"An unexpected impromptu performance with the same setup as my previous video, hope you'll enjoy it! ❤️

The NDLR is sequencing with:
Drone track: the Moog Minitaur (BASS)
Pad track: the Waldorf Streichfett (PADS)
Motif-1 track: the Roland S1 (ARP)
Motif-2 track: the Roland S1 (ARP)

The DRUMS are coming from the Korg Volca Beats and the LEAD is being played in real-time on the Novation Mininova.

00:00 Intro
01:07 Improvised Solo
02:40 Bridge
03:14 Outro

A couple of tricks I used here:

I used the STUTTER EFFECT of the Volca Beats as a delay here on only one voice (not the master bus). First it's on the Open Hi-Hat and then swapped to the Closed Hi-Hat (creating a sixteenth note rhythm without changing pattern)

I'm using one of the NDLR's LFO (Square wave) to modulate the octave of the PADS.

I've used the hidden CHORUS of the S-1 synth to create the wide ARP 😉"

DeaR Sun 🖤 (Moog Minitaur / Waldorf Streichfett / Roland S1 / Korg Volca Beats / Novation Mininova)

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"This is one of my most personal jams, hope you'll enjoy it 🖤

The NDLR is sequencing with:
Track 1: the Moog Minitaur (BASS)
Track 2: the Waldorf Streichfett (STRINGS)
Track 3: the Waldorf Streichfett (PLUCKS)
Track 4: the Roland S1 (ARP)

The DRUMS are coming from the Korg Volca Beats and the LEAD is being played in real-time on the Novation Mininova.

A couple of tricks I used here:
The Waldorf Streichfett has 2 engines (STRINGS + SOLO), which can be played independently if needed. This is what I did here, where Track 3 of the NDLR is sequencing the SOLO engine, and Track 2 the STRINGS engine.

I'm using one of the NDLR's LFO (Random wave) to modulate (by sending CC) the TONE parameter of the Waldorf Streichfett SOLO engine.

I've used a second LFO on the NDLR to modulate of the parameter the octave parameter of Track 1 (called the DRONE track on the NDLR) which is sequencing the Minitaur, hence playing from time to time a note with an octave higher 😉"

Summer 😎 (Moog Minitaur + Boum // LXR 02 // Nymphes + S 1 + Timeline // Streichfett // Keystep Pro)

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"Last 'long' video before a summer break (I'll be eventually uploading some 'Shorts' during July 😉)

It's been quite some time that I didn't make a "from scratch" video, so here we go again! (See all my "From scratch" videos) [embed below]

On the setup side on the sequencer (Keystep Pro), before recording:
I defined the tempo and number of bars of each track
I setup the scale (Dorian)
I setup the tracks I wanted to be transposed in real-time (tracks 2 = Minitaur and 3 = Streichfett).

The video starts with the recording on Track 2, of the BASS line (Moog - Minitaur), then on Track 3 the CHORDS/STRINGS (Waldorf - Streichfett), on Track 1 the DRUMS (Sonic Potions x Erica Synths - LXR-02), on Track 4 the ARP (Dreadbox - Nymphes + Strymon Timeline delay).
I recorded part of the DRUMS in real-time, and the KICK in step mode (hence being able to setup randomness on some steps and conditions too, i.e. the step plays on the fourth time it's triggered only...)"

From Scratch by 2-Minute Warning

Unity ♥️ (LXR 02 + Boum // Nymphes + S 1 + Timeline // Moog Minitaur // Streichfett // Keystep Pro)

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"Hardware used

// DRUMS
Erica Synths x Sonic Potions LXR-02 v1.7 (digital drum machine an integrated sequencer, 6 different instruments) + Oto Machines Boum (full analog stereo warming unit)

// ARP
Dreadbox Nymphes through Roland S-1 through Strymon Timeline delay

// BASS:
Moog Minitaur (analog mono synth)

// STRINGS Waldorf Streichfett (Digital string synth with dual sound engine: 128-voice string section and 8-voice solo section)

// SEQUENCER Arturia Keystep Pro sequencing all the instruments (including the DRUMS of the LXR-02)

Recorded in one shot and mixed in Ableton Live."

Lux 🔆 (Erica Synths LXR-02 + Oto Boum Compressor // Ableton Move 1.5 // Arturia Keystep Pro)

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"2 minutes, no warning! 🥳
In this video, I really wanted to make use of the 1.5 new features of the Ableton Move like sequencing the different tracks of the Move from another sequencer (Keystep Pro here) and its new Auto Filter effect 🤩 (I was really waiting for these 2 updates!).

So the track starts with DRUMS played and sequenced by the LXR-02, through the Oto Machines Boum stereo analog compressor.
I then introduce the Move by opening the new Auto Filter effect.
The Move is playing some secondary percussions (Track 1), the BASS (Track 2, sequenced by Track 2 of the Keystep Pro), the ARP (Track 3 of the Move, sequenced by Track 3 of the Keystep Pro) and the CHORDS (Track 4 of the Move, sequenced by Track 4 of the Keystep Pro).

So with this setup, I was able to transpose in real-time the instruments played by the Move 😃

Hardware used *

// DRUMS
Erica Synths x Sonic Potions LXR-02 v1.7 (digital drum machine an integrated sequencer, 6 different instruments) + Oto Machines Boum (full analog stereo warming unit)

// BASS, CHORDS, ARP, secondary DRUMS
Ableton Move v1.5

// SEQUENCER
Arturia Keystep Pro"

Dreamer 💭 (Sequential Take 5 + H90 / Nymphes + Microtubes X / 0Coast + Timeline / TR6S / Hapax)

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"Back to the ~2-minute format 😅

In this track, the Hapax is sequencing all the instruments, starting with the Take 5 where I tweak a few knobs. Then comes the BASS played by the Nymphes. For this sound, I used its LFO's delay parameter. Thus you first hear the sound without any modulation, then comes the syncopated part at the end of the sound! I finally launch the LEAD part played by the 0-Coast through the Timeline delay and DRUMS, played by the TR-6S. The Hapax FILL button is being used here to activate a couple of MIDI effects on the different tracks.

Hardware used *

// 🥁 DRUMS: Roland TR-6S (Digital Rhythm Performer)
// 🎸 BASS: Dreadbox Nymphes (6-voice analog synth) + Darkglass Microtubes X (Multiband analog Distortion)
// 🎹 PLUCKS: Sequential Take 5 (5-voice analog synth) + Eventide H90
// 🎸 LEAD: Make Noise 0-Coast (semi-modular analog mono synth) + Strymon Timeline (Ice Delay)
// SEQUENCER: Squarp Instruments Hapax

Recorded in one shot and mixed in Ableton Live."