CJ Bolland Interview: Techno Legend Talks Electronic Music Production and the Gear He Loves

video upload by Honeysmack

This one is in via supporting member Honeysmack.

"CJ Bolland discussing how he makes music and the gear he loves: TR-808, MC-202, Quadrantid Swarm, Arturia synths, Korg Flanger pedals and more!"

"Legendary electronic musician, DJ and techno producer, CJ Bolland sat down for a candid unscripted interview in my studio in the first week of 2023 discussing his approach to making music and how it has evolved over the years, through to revealing the synths and drum machines that have shaped his work.

CJ Bolland is a pioneering techno artist from Belgium who first released his seminal early techno tracks on R&S Records in the early 1990s. Since then his electronic music production and projects has him weaving through a combination of techno, pop and electro genres over the past 3 decades. He provides insight to how he creates and the music technology that he loves. CJ also reveals a few hidden gear secrets! Has a little jam in my studio and there's even a surprise guest.

Tracks featured in this video:
📡 CJ Bolland - Golden Dreams 1990, R&S Records
https://music.apple.com/au/album/gold...
📡 Magnus - What It Is 2017, Universal
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Axzi...
📡 CJ Bolland - The Fire 2020, Harthouse
https://www.beatport.com/track/fire-o...
📡 CJ Bolland - Horsepower 1991, R&S Records
https://music.apple.com/au/album/hors...
📡 Honeysmack - Entity, CJ Bolland remix 2022, Awesome Soundwave
https://open.spotify.com/track/7yUKUq...
*All tracks used with permission for educational purposes only.

CJ was in Australia for some shows in late Dec 2022 and we recorded this chat in the first week of 2023. Mr. Bolland has been a great friend of mine since we first met at the end of 1999. He's always been upfront, genuine and humble about his career for as long as I've known him and he knows I can be a professional idiot at the best of times 🤡 Thanks again to CJ for his time and friendship! This channel is supported by my Patreons, become a member here: https://www.patreon.com/honeysmack and yes I also offer one-on-one tuition/lessons/coaching on making and performing live techno."

Introducing drumlogue, the first hybrid drum machine from Korg

video upload by Korg

Update: two new user videos by Honeysmack and Marcus Schmahl added below.

"Combining the rich power of analog with the flexibility of digital, drumlogue provides the ultimate analog sound for your beats.

Featuring newly developed analog circuitry, drumlogue builds a solid foundation for your track; it also helps you stand out with an elevated harmonic richness and thick low end.

Important parameters for each part have dedicated controls on the front panel for quick and intuitive changes – without diving into menus. For even more creative potential, each part has a wealth of further parameters accessible through a powerful onboard editing suite. Even mixing is simple, with dedicated volume controls for the analogue and digital parts.

The track you hear in this video is by Dean Forrest"

Korg Drumlogue: New Hybrid Drum Machine - First Look- Just Sounds video upload by Korg Australia


New Korg Hybrid Drum Machine Drumlogue - Honeysmack's first encounter video upload by Honeysmack



"Get ready for a super nerd session, no talking just me tinkering with the Korg drumlogue for the very first time. Korg Australia were kind enough to give me a play with a sneak preview pre-production model of the drumlogue. Unfortunately I had no manual at the time, so please excuse me in advance. Hopefully this video provides some context to its sound. I feel this will be a winner for Korg, well done! Great sound, neat size, this could be a monster of a machine.

All the sounds and effects in this video are from the drumlogue, there are no external sounds or effects. Simple stereo output from the drum machine. No other drum machines were hurt in the making of this video.

0:00 Does this suit me? Oh what does this do?
2:23 Omph omph omph, ah I see, me likey the kick drum
5:59 Electro ratchets - why not take your time and build a track
9:30 Start with speed carnivale - exploring more latin percussion then I try to break the machine!"

Korg drumlogue drum machine & synthesizer demo - no talking - video upload by Marcus Schmahl

00:00 building drum sounds & a pattern
06:13 switching through preset patterns & sounds

Korg Drumlogue Sound Demo (no talking) video upload by Bonedo Synthesizers


Korg Drumlogue Sound Demo No Talking - no external effects or processing video upload by Limbic Bits


Korg DRUMLOGUE Review // Top Pros & Cons and All 64 Factory Patterns // Full Tutorial video upload by loopop


TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:20 Overview
6:15 Connectivity
7:15 Sample parts
11:40 Analog parts
14:25 Multi engine
15:05 VPM
17:15 Noise
17:55 Nano
21:30 Sequencing
22:10 Live rec
22:50 Motion rec
24:45 Step seq
25:10 Groove
26:10 Probability
27:10 Ratchets
28:00 Ties
28:30 Motion seq
30:20 Shift buttons
31:00 Polymeters
31:35 Send FX
33:35 Master FX
34:45 Sidechain
36:25 Loop
37:10 Select
38:25 Randomize
39:00 Chains
39:35 Audio in and out
41:50 Misc settings
43:45 Pros & cons
49:10 All 64 patterns



Details and pics:

A paradigm shift in drum machines.

drumlogue marks a paradigm shift in drum machines. It offers the raw power and rich sounds of Analog, the flexibility of Digital voices, and drumlogue’s SDK for fully customizable User Custom Synthesizers.

On top of that, its heavy-duty, dynamic sequencer, customizable effects, and intuitive controls will make drumlogue a must-have in your studio to create music for any genre or style.

It’s time to take your beats and entire musical process to a whole new creative level with incredible sounds, effects, customization, and sequencing. Let drumlogue support your craft on your musical journey!

Raw Analog Power

drumlogue was conceived to provide the ultimate analog sound for your beats, and delivers fantastically; featuring completely newly developed analog circuits by legendary Korg analog synth team engineer Junichi Ikeuchi (ARP 2600 M, MS-20 mini, ARP Odyssey…) , the depth and richness of its sound is on a whole new level.

These new analog circuits - (Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Low Tom and High Tom) - will not just provide a solid foundation for your track, but make it stand out with an elevated harmonic richness and a thick low end.

Blending simplicity and ease of use, the most important controls for each of these parts have dedicated knobs on the front panel that can be tweaked at any time without any menu diving necessary, so you can quickly and intuitively fine tune your sound on the fly.
For further sound exploration, each part provides many more parameters accessible through the powerful onboard sound editing system.

Last but not least, each part on drumlogue - analog or digital - has a dedicated volume knob that will make your mixing process incredibly smooth and easy.

Digital Flexibility

As the perfect partner for its analog section, drumlogue provides 7 digital parts; 6 sample based and 1 synthesis based (Multi-Engine). The sample based parts can play any of the preloaded PCM banks on drumlogue. You can also import your own User Samples to its memory, making drumlogue an extremely versatile machine with virtually limitless sonic possibilities.

To start with, the 64 preloaded drum kits of drumlogue will provide you with a wide variety of sounds spanning several genres so you can easily kick-start your tracks.

For additional sounds, samples can easily be easily loaded into the drumlogue just by connecting your drumlogue to your computer via USB and simply drag-dropping your samples onto the main memory.

Multi-Engine and logue SDK

The popular Multi Engine from prologue and minilogue xd is now more powerful than ever. In addition to the Variable Phase Modulation (VPM) and Noise generator engines, the Multi Engine features a new User Custom slot that can play full-fledged synth voices that provide vast sonic possibilities, never before heard on a drum machine.

Custom Synths

drumlogue’s synth voices are not simply static waveforms. Custom synths can be built to not only generate sound, even implementing built in filters, LFOs, MIDI controlled polyphony or other parameters is now possible The only restriction for third party developers is their creativity (and CPU usage!), giving you unbound sound exploration.

Exclusive Sinevibes Synth Plugin “Nano”

Korg has collaborated with popular logueSDK plugin developer “Sinevibes” to include a brand new synth plugin “Nano” as a factory preset on drumlogue. This exclusive plugin explores the power behind the expanded Multi Engine and will give all drumlogue users a taste of this new platform.

“Nano” is a full-fledged virtual analog synth with a wide array of features and plenty of customizable parameters. The synth engine has dual oscillators with optional ring modulation, a 4-pole state-variable filter with soft clipping distortion, built-in EG and built-in multi-waveform LFO.

Leads, basses, percussive sounds or cinematic effects, you decide how to use this incredible sonic potential!

A True Sequencing Powerhouse

drumlogue harnesses all of its sonic power to an extremely powerful internal sequencer that is flexible and easy to use.

Tired of the same old beats? drumlogue's heavy duty 64 step sequencer makes it easy and intuitive to create complex rhythm patterns and polyrhythms that elevate your music creation process with innovative features such as per-step probability, per-step alternate trigger patterns, per-step micro offsets, per-track groove patterns and much more.

Thanks to its clear OLED display, it is also very easy to visually follow and edit your sequences.

drumlogue is both great in the studio and playing live. With its Chain mode, creating long and interesting patterns is straightforward and clearly displayed. In Loop mode you can switch between several variations to play your sequence in new and interesting ways. The Motion and Accent recording functions are intuitive and fast and if you want to try new things on your track, the Randomization function is there to help you. These functions and many more on the drumlogue will support and spice up your live performances!

Effects and customization

drumlogue includes several high-quality effects across three categories that can be used simultaneously: Delay, Reverb and Master effects.

The send amounts for delay and reverb effects can be set independently for each part, and multiple return points are available.
The master effects allow you to add that final polish to your sound and bring it all together. Master effects can be bypassed on a per-part basis, making it possible to send the effect to specific audio parts. A sidechain bus is also available to master effects which can make use of it.

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New KORG Volca FM2 w/ 6 Voice Polyphony, Reverb, MIDI OUT

Meet the new volca fmvideo upload by Korg

Update: Street price appears to be $169.99. See the dealers on the right for availability.

"The new volca fm is poised to bring unprecedented possibilities to your setup, studio, or anywhere you choose to make music, with double the voices of its predecessor, additional effects, expanded MIDI connectivity, and an intuitive interface. This next generation volca fm features a powerful 6-voice, 6-operator FM synthesizer with all 32 classic algorithms, a 16-step loop sequencer, effects, and a powerful arpeggiator all in the portable, unbeatable form factor of the volca!"

New Korg Volca FM 2: Next Generation FM Synthesizer - Sound Demo
video upload by Korg Australia

"The next-gen volca fm is a powerful 6-voice, 6-Operator FM synthesizer with all 32 classic algorithms, a 16-step loop sequencer, effects and a powerful arpeggiator that perfectly reproduces the sound of the classic Yamaha DX7 and is completely compatible with SYS-EX patches for the DX7 as well.

With 6 voices (instead of the 3 of its predecessor) the new volca fm brings a new world of harmonic possibilities to your production. It is possible to play, sequence or arpeggiate complex chords with up to 6 voices in order to bring a unique flavor to your music production. No more running out of voices when sequencing melody, harmony and bass all in one device! Moreover, the new volca fm is now velocity sensitive via MIDI, when coupled with its 6-voice polyphony, provides a much more expressive and nuanced playing experience than ever before.

By popular request, volca fm includes a lush Reverb effect in addition to the Chorus effect. Each of these two effects can be used and adjusted individually to add the finishing touch to any FM sound you are going for.

In addition to MIDI IN the new volca fm also includes a MIDI OUT (IN/OUT 3.5 mm TRS), making it possible to use the intuitive volca internal sequencer to control other devices through MIDI, making it the perfect addition to your standalone setup. Of course, it also works well with your DAW of choice thanks to note, control, and clock receipt via the MIDI IN.

volca fm also incorporates a motion sequence function to record in real time all the subtle nuances of your playing and knob movements, letting you add time-varying change to the sound. This is a great way to polish your loops, and also lets you generate highly original live performances."

Synthmata online editor

"In collaboration with Oscillator Sink, old and new volca fm users can use the completely free online editor to easily modify their patches; no installation required.

Synthmata includes an 'intelligent randomizer' which allows you to describe the type of sound you want using 11 sound-quality sliders, Synthmata can then generate infinite patches to help spark your creativity."

And a few user videos:

Review: Korg Volca FM2 vs OG // DX-7 based synth gets better // Full FM 2 synthesis tutorial

video upload by loopop

TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:40 FM2 vs OG FM
4:15 Overview
7:05 Effects
8:20 Velocity
8:45 Transpose
9:15 Modulator attack decay
10:05 Carrier attack decay
10:50 LFO basics
11:35 Algorithms
12:55 Program random
13:45 Unison
14:20 Sequencer
15:50 Arpeggiator
16:40 Motion Seq
18:10 MIDI Seq
19:00 Act/Warp Step
20:30 Diving deeper
21:00 Dexed-Synthmata
21:50 FM Synthesis
25:20 Freq ratios
25:45 Modulators
27:45 Envelopes
31:15 Key velocity
31:55 LFO routing
33:30 Pitch env
33:50 Level scaling
34:05 Feedback
35:35 Pros & cons
38:45 Playing 16 patterns

Korg Volca FM2: A Tiny, Powerful Existential Crisis
video upload by Red Means Recording

"Korg has released an update to the Volca FM, this time with more polyphony, a reverb, and other quality of life enhancements. It still made me feel weird. This video explains why. To be fair: I think this is a really cool synth. FM is a great and expressive synthesis method, and 6-OP FM is really capable. I just wish some things had been done differently."

Korg Volca FM2: 10 Minutes of Downtempo

video upload by Red Means Recording

"10 minutes of retro boom-bap downtempo made with the Korg Volca FM2. All sounds (but drums) from the Volca FM2. Some additional reverb and processing have been applied."

Sweet Child O' Mine - Synth Pop - Recreation

video upload by Luke Million

"Ever wondered what Guns N' Roses would sound like if they were an 80's Synth Pop band? ... Here's a bit of fun jamming on their classic - 'Sweet Child O' Mine. 🎹🎸🎩

​@Korg Australia @Korg

Keytar - Korg RK100S2
Synths - Roland SH2 and Jupiter 4
Vocoder - Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus
Drums - Linndrum samples triggered in Ableton 11"

KORG: miniKORG 700FS Synthesizer Sounds Demo

video upload by Korg Australia

"Here's a little sound demo of the limited edition authentic revival of the miniKORG 700, the miniKORG 700FS. The revised miniKORG 700FS offers added functionality such as an arpeggiator, spring reverb and aftertouch. The miniKORG 700FS is a fully-realized analog synthesizer that was developed in conjunction with the original designer, Fumio Mieda."

Expressive E - Touche SE (Modulation Creativity) with Latest Lie v1.5 Update

Innovative Music Australia

"The Expressive E - Touche SE controller really is an amazingly dynamic and sensitive controller to help bring human expression into your digital music world!

With the latest release of Lie v1.5 we got to check out on what can be done with this fantastic device during an improvised jam!"

Some additional details via https://www.expressivee.com/4-lie:

"Touché’s companion software "Lié" allows users to easily host and unlock the true potential of their third-party VST instrument library and hardware synthesizers. Users can quickly map synth parameters to the Touché and Touché SE interface, creating sounds and performances with an expressive depth they may never have realised their software or hardware synths were capable of.

Paired with the extraordinary control possibilities of Touché (classic version only), your hardware synthesizer take on a whole new sonic dimension. Get up and running in seconds with more than 250 presets for popular hardware instruments from companies such as Moog, DSI, Korg, Elektron, Roland, Nord, Novation and many more... Hardware presets can then be stored inside Touché to play with your synthesizers without a computer.

PLAY WITH HARDWARE PRESETS
Based on the factory presets from a selection of synths, they cleverly map Touché’s axes of movements to relevant parameters. Discover our hardware presets

CHOOSE MIDI CC
Fill the 8 slots of Lié with different MIDI CC messages, and set min/max values and sensitivity curves for each.

MEMORY VIEW
Store up to 24 hardware presets inside Touché by using the Memory View window of Lié.

CREATE PRESETS FROM A TEMPLATE
Our templates replace the MIDI CC numbers with the actual names of the parameters. A full list of supported synths is available here.

CHOOSE VOLTAGES
Customize the four CV outputs of Touché from 0V/+5 V to -10V/+10V, draw sensitivity curves and send gates.

NAVIGATION
Scroll through presets and banks in standalone mode, using the two buttons and colour-coded LED of Touché.

Touché SE (Software Edition) adds expression, depth and musicality to software synthesizers and plug-ins. It includes a sound library with more than 250 factory sounds, pre-mapped to take full advantage of Touché SE’s extensive control capabilities, as well as including more than 250 presets for third-party VST instruments."

First jam on Elektron Cycles - SYSTEM OF THE TIMES: Model:Cycles & Korg NTS-1 #quarantune Impro

Published on Mar 31, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Just got the Model:Cycles, so this is after a couple of hours getting under the hood (and there isn't a lot of complexity for sure) - I actually got this as a lightweight pair with my Analog Four mk2, for outdoor sessions, mainly so the drums & perhaps tuned percussion and some chords, can be done on this while the A4 sticks to sequences and bass.

For now a continuous 1st Jam / Impro on #Elektron #Model:Cycles - I used the NTS-1 because I was very keen on the delay and reverb control on the Cycles, just size and feedback and that's about it?
feat: Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 recorded direct to Zoom H6 no post processing
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia"

FALLING DOWN: Nu:Tekt NTS-1 x2, Volca Bass, Volca Drum, Mix. Dawless Jam Impro. Blue Mountains

Published on Mar 25, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Just a quick test jam really, audio: the Volca bass is being fed into through the right NTS-1 and the vDrum, and two NTS1s are then sent to the Volca Mix. Sync master is the drum looped to the NTS1s and then vBass.

Continuous Jam / Impro on 2 Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 and Volca Drum & Volca Bass

recorded direct to Zoom H6 via Volca Mix no post processing

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia"

END OF DAYS Two Nu:Tekt NTS-1 Ambient Outdoor Jam. Jamman XT Pulpit Rock, Mount Victoria, Australia

Published on Mar 22, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Out-Dawless Ambient Improvisation / Jam on two NTS-1s recorded on #ZoomH6
All effects live from Korg Nu:Tekt NTS-1 Loop on Digitech Jamman Solo XT
The loop at the start is capturing three layers from the right NTS-1 only. The left NTS-1 is acting as the main reverb and delay but also main arpeggiator after the opening section ...

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes on Pulpit Rock, Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains Australia"

NEVERLAND VIRUS 19: Ambient Techno Dawless Jam, Two NTS-1 Volca Modular, Volca Kick, SQ1.

Published on Mar 16, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"No Pause Dawless Jam / Impro on Korg's Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 x2 #VolcaKick #VolcaModular & #SQ1
All effects are from the NTS-1s - Continuous recorded direct to Zoom H6 no post processing

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at home in Mount Victoria, the Blue Mountains Australia"

ENCHANTING EMPRESS: Dueling #NTS-1 Jam. Two Korg Nu:Tekt Valley of the Waters, Blue Mtns, Australia

Published on Mar 12, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Eager to try out my two NTS-1s - so took them with me on a little walk down through the wonderful Valley of the Waters - several waterfalls 200m below the Wentworth Falls escarpment... there was no real prep for this beyond spending a few minutes sync'ing them the night before and trying some dual arpeggios ... so excuse the rather 'vague' feel to this one, it has it's moments but consider it a trial ...

Continuous Out-Dawless Jam / Impro on Two Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 (a 'trial' session)
recorded direct to Zoom H6 no post processing

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Empress Falls after a 360 walk down the Valley of Waters, Wentworth Falls Blue Mountains Australia"

THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK: Dawless Jam on #Elektron #AnalogFour mk2 #Jamuary2020 #VolcaDrum #Keystep

Published on Jan 31, 2020 Gary P Hayes

Hey, at least the synths will survive...

"Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation on Elektron #AnalogFour Mk2 and Korg Volca Drum

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing"

THE EAGLES PRAYER: Live Outdoor Jam Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaModular Corroboree Blue Mountains

Published on Jan 21, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Continuous Outdoor Dawless Jam / Improvisation Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
Aerial Cinematography © Gary P Hayes - Corroboree Rocks Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
on Arturia #MicroFreak and Korg #VolcaModular Delay & Reverb on #ZoomMS70 . Recorded on #ZoomH6

'If I Were An Eagle' by Mark Heathcote
If I could soar above all my inherent problems
And fly like an eagle where should I nest
Every place I would seek to rest has problems
The wind is either too strong-or-light
The cliff tops are a slither of a knife
The tree is too low or waving too high
That even as an eagle, I might suffer vertigo.
You see this is the problem wherever you go
Do I fly South, East, West or North?
If I could soar above all my inherent problems
And fly like an eagle where should I nest
I guess here right back in your arms would be best."

25 LIGHT YEARS TO VEGAS: Dawless Jam on Elektron Analog 4 mk2 MircroFreak VolcaDrum #Jamuary2020

Published on Jan 19, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Continuous Live Dawless Jam / Improvisation on Elektron #AnalogFour Mk2, Arturia #MicroFreak and Korg #VolcaDrum
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing
Time lapse footage captured on an old mac using a DV cam driving around South West USA back in 2003!"

'viridian stream' #Analog4 Tutorial 5. Jam #Elektron, Korg #VolcaKeys #SQ1 #Koasillator #Jamuary2020

Published on Jan 15, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Continuous Live Dawless Jam / Improvisation - Analog 4 Tutorial 5 - External Pads and Sequencers

on Elektron #AnalogFour Mk2 #VolcaKeys plus Korg KO2 and #SQ-1 sequencer
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing"

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Note: decided to split up the Jamuary posts moving forward with NAMM here. Remember you can search for #Jamuary2020 in the top right search box to see what has gone up.

#Synthuary2020 / #Jamuary2020 - 13

Figure Jam - #Jamuary2020 - 13th January 2020

Published on Jan 13, 2020 Matt Keil

See the Synthuary label for more. Synthuary because these are the Jamuary synth videos. More below.

"A quick jam for number 13, after a long day at work. This one uses the Figure app for iPad/iPhone from Reason Studios. Very good for making a quick beat."

THE MISTS OF REBIRTH: Dawless Outdoor Volca #Keys #Modular Jam Impro Aussie Bushfires #Jamuary2020

Published on Jan 13, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Please note the camera ran out of storage about 9 mins in, so replaced with fire ground walk footage - Continuous live outdoor dawless jam / improvisation
Composed Filmed & Performed © Gary P Hayes on Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaKeys #Kaosillator 2S
Delay on Zoom #MS70 Reverb on Strymon #BlueSky recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing
Music Performance near Hat Hill Blackheath
Fire Ground Mist in Bell & Pre-Fire Drone Footage all in Blue Mountains Australia (I had to evacuate once from here due to the fire getting within 2km of home mid December)"

Mark Mosher #Jamuary 2020 Day 13

Published on Jan 13, 2020 Mark Mosher

"For my #jamuary2020 Day 13 I'm using only my trusty @nordkeyboards Nord Lead 4 with 3 custom presets from "init" arranged into a "performance" with a split.

For those not familiar with the Nord Lead 4, it has 4 complete synthesizers each with their own FX each. Presets called "programs" can be placed into one of four "slots". Slots can be combined into "performances" where you can perform with all four slots in concert.

For EACH synth instance you create both impulse and continuous morphs which allow you to save states for pretty much any parameter in for the preset in a slot without changing presets 😮.

You can save and trigger 7 impulse morphs per slot with impulse morph buttons on the left next to the wooden pitch stick. Morph buttons are momentary switches but you can latch them as I do 26 second mark. Continuous morphs are mapped to the groovy pumice mod wheel (or map this to an expression pedal).

I used this custom set of presets and "performance" when I performed as a special guest for the Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrK) at the @cu_atlas Atlas Black Box at @cuboulder back in 2017. For this performance I used only the Nord Lead 4 with 14 programs each with a large number of morph states. Video here https://youtu.be/ScpItttfGlY.

In a somewhat related note I'm a @uccs_alumni so it was real treat to perform within the CU system 😀.

#jamuary #improv #synth #blork #sounddesign"

I kind of cheated ... self playing ZOIA patches (Empress Effects) // #JAMUARY2020 DAY 13

Published on Jan 13, 2020 DivKidVideo

"** Anyone called Floyd that's pink and feels like running? ** With the brilliant news that there's a new Eurorack version of the Empress Effects ZOIA the "ZOIA EuroBuro" as announced by Empress Effects today (link below) I thought I'd crack out the ZOIA pedal and well ... CHEAT! I say cheat as I didn't really do much musical creating today, I just flicked through some ZOIA presets and let some self running patches play away beautifully. There's a lot of rich and lush sound from ZOIA so I figured this can be more of a little ode to ZOIA and sort of a promo for it's self contained capabilities (not sponsored). I've had great fun with my guitar into it and the modular so more exploration to come."

#Jamuary2020 // Downtempo 2 - Digitone, Minilogue, Tensor, Particle V2, RV-500

Published on Jan 13, 2020 Soular Order

"My third jam for #Jamuary2020. Another downtempo one, this time featuring the Digitone, Minilogue, Tensor, Particle V2 and the trusty RV-500.

The Digitone is sequencing arpeggiated chords and a plucked bassline, plus is used for a live pad. The Minilogue is used for the live lead. I used the Tensor to build a looping pad made from some of the notes from the Minilogue, which is then run through Particle V2 for graininess and then into the RV-500 for some reverb."

THE HEALING OF THE ASHES: Live outdoor dawless jam on #Volca Modular, Keys, #Strymon BlueSky

Published on Jan 1, 2020 Gary P Hayes

"Filmed in a safe fire ground which was part of the 500 000 hectare northern Blue Mtns fires in mid Dec 2019. The fire to the south is still threatening as this recording was made.
Continuous live outdoor dawless jam / improvisation
Composed Filmed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaKeys #Kaosillator 2
Delay on Zoom #MS70 Reverb on Strymon #BlueSky
recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound no other processing"

'2020 vision'. Tutorial 4 Analog Four MkII - making grooves. Korg Volca Drum & SQ1 Sequencer

Published on Dec 30, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation / lesson
from an initialised state on Elektron #AnalogFour Mk2
and Korg Volca Drum and #SQ-1 sequencer
four track groove creation basics

Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing

PLAYING FOR RAIN ON MOUNT PIDDINGTON: Live Dawless #Volca Jam #VolcaModular #VolcaKeys #VolcaDrum

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
on Mount Piddington Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys
Solos on Korg KO2 & Delay / reverb on Zoom #MS70
recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound
no other processing. Aerial cinematography © Gary P Hayes

THE FUTURE OF REMINISCENCE: Live dawless jam impro. Analog Four mk2, #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum

Published on Dec 6, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
on Elektron #AnalogFour Mk2 Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum
Recorded into Zoom H6 in stereo no other processing