"The intro bassline came after noodling with volca keys sequenced by my old and trustworthy mc505. I programmed a basic beat. It wasn't going anywhere in the beginning but instantly things started to take shape and I grasped my minilogue to play the main riff progression layered with a pad from my virus TI. Then I started singing the chorus and the main body of the track was almost ready . This song almost wrote itself from an initial moment of machine frustration . That's why we never give up when things don't go well."
"Join us for a listening party tomorrow March 2 @ 7pm"
"This video is a #dawlessjam in one take, minimal setup composed with the following:
#bassdrum and #ts1 sequencer from #bvrinstruments.
#bitbox Micro from #1010music.
#mc303 from #roland .
Composed with the aim to make #fastpaced #technomusic and added some #nineinchnails musical tend."
"When the Arturia Microfreak drives the Moog DFAM. That gives you something more musical than just a groove machine. So much to explore with this Moog if you take time with it.
This electronic symphony reminds me this strange landscape we found lost in the middle of Mongolia.The specter of a lost serenity, absorbed by the sky.
I hope you will enjoy this song as much as I had fun playing it."
"Ambient and cinematic, drop into the black sand shore of mystery. Moog Matriarch Lamentation and Audiothing Noises for the strange and mystic feeling. The Arturia Minifreak for this ... I don't know ... chord generative and the Mopho X4 for the pad. Have fun with this almost 10 minutes of dark drone endless reverie shadows dance.
Verse 1) Upon the blackened shores, where whispers roam, Where windswept tales are carved in ancient stone. In the misty veil, secrets softly sigh, Beneath the northern sky, where dreams can fly.
(Chorus) Black sands beneath my feet, In Iceland’s embrace, where mysteries meet. Where the wind’s wild song entwines with the sea, In this land of endless reverie.
(Verse 2) Through the veils of fog, a world unseen, Where shadows dance and memories convene. In the echo of waves, a melody untold, In the heart of nature, where stories unfold.
(Chorus) Black sands beneath my feet, In Iceland’s embrace, where mysteries meet. Where the wind’s wild song entwines with the sea, In this land of endless reverie.
(Bridge) In the depths of the night, where stars ignite, In the soul of Iceland, where magic takes flight. Through the misty morn, the secrets call, In this timeless land, where wonders enthrall.
(Chorus) Black sands beneath my feet, In Iceland’s embrace, where mysteries meet. Where the wind’s wild song entwines with the sea, In this land of endless reverie.
(Outro) In the whispers of the wind, I find my song, In Iceland’s embrace, where I belong. Forever bound to this ancient land,
I hope you will enjoy this song as much as I had fun playing it."
"Soundscape improvisation in the art of an old science-fiction movie with an Erica Synths Bullfrog, Infradeep PVX-800 + GRP V22 Vocoder, Vermona Perfourmer + MXR pitch transposer and a Melbourne Instruments Nina Synthesizer.
All recorded live, with soft mastering.
"I decided to use my Volca Keys to the maximum of these capacities.
I find these possibilities very interesting.. I particularly love the unison mode, with portamento. It sounds really crazy 🤩 (check at 01:20)
It gives the possibility to transform a chords progression to a catchy melody 😃
As always, I try to make my compos sound professional with relatively inexpensive hardware.. I hope you find this video inspiring. Give me your feedback in the comments, It really motivates me to continue 🙏
Setup:
Novation Circuit Tracks: Drums, bass, organ, arpeggio
Volca Keys: Lead
Volca Bass: Bass
PO 33KO: voices
Korg NTS-1: reverb, chorus, build up with the noise oscillator"
"Recently I received a clone of the 'rings' from mutable instruments to replace my 'telharmonics', and an 'MFX' multi effect from ALM. After a few test patches I dove into a melody that swept me away. And from a melody, I made a complete piece to which I just had to add a bass line to bring depth. As always, I tried to explain this patch with some subtitles. The way I use the filter for this patch is well explained (with other techniques) inside a XAOC Zagrzeb dedicated video from @MonotrailTechTalk Don’t hesitate to ask for more in the comments."
"Phase Plant is an impressive next-gen software synthesizer with classical subtractive synthesis, wavetables, sample player and granular algorithm on board! It allows you to connect an unlimited number of modules together quickly and conveniently, and also includes advanced effects chains, making sound design incredibly fun.
In this soundbank, LFO Store’s sound designer, Otto K. Schwarz, made the most of PhasePlant's potential by creating an exclusive 50 multi-layered presets, each with its own unique modulation features. Here you will find atmospheric pads, bright plucks, exciting cosmic leads, powerful sequences, and even more. These sounds are perfect for different styles of electronic music, as well as for scoring soundtracks.
Each preset is modwheel - assigned and has 4 to 8 additional modulation knobs - this allows you to modulate and customize the sounds to the needs of your own musical works. Each preset is accompanied by a philosophical quote for inspiration. Explore the capabilities of the Phase Plant synthesizer and let your musical compositions reach a new quality level!"
"In episode 1 [posted here], it was fun to dive in. Then I found out that the system isn't just a matter of putting all modules in a case, wiring up the I/O on the back and get to work. It's modular (duh) so it's more a matter of recipes where the order of modules isn't fixed. Having all modules in a case doesn't exactly help to understand them either, there's just too many variables and it's extremely easy to make a wrong connection with the 'pale pink stripe' down or up on the LBZ ribbon cables. You really need to double check and then again. XAOC, make them red. Please.
In this episode I tried to get the Rostock module to work. It's a bucket brigade 'delay' with 64 memory locations. Or a shift register. Anyway, it allows you to accumulate values from the bus and store them so you can loop it. However, with a clock running at 2 mHz you don't hear 64 bytes when millions come by. If it's even audible it's in the nanosecond range. I had to slow down to actually see the module work.
XAOC has provided cool patch examples in the manual and I focused on delaying/looping rhythms with Rostock, Lipsk (bit inverter) and Poczdam (router/binary output). I am also using Odessa in the video, which is a truly amazing VCO which also has a Leibniz header on the back to control partials with bitmaps. I absolutely LOVE this system and can't wait to get started on episode 03."
