The Days before DAWs

Published on Aug 22, 2017 mik300z

"Been away for a while. Good to be back and thanks as always for watching.
Just a note on the set-up
Esq is master clock, running Tr-08, juno 6 and JP-08.
Most of the sounds are actually from the ESQ.
A truly inspirational and creative instrument

My BandCamp: https://michaeldaniels.bandcamp.com"

Yamaha CS80 - Chaos

Published on Jun 10, 2016 mik300z

"I was very lucky recently to play around with this at a studio for a few hours (thankyou studio people) I took home what I recorded and layered in some strings, Rhodes piano and even more brass sounds from my ESQ1. Video is confusing at times, but it was like working backwards..no timeclock etc..hence the title! Also allowed me to fill in parts where I was tweaking or adjusting the sound of the CS80. It was an honour to be able to play it, it truly is a beautiful and expressive instrument."

Halloween synth special

Published on Oct 27, 2015 mik300z

"Based on halloween 3 soundtrack. Esq 1 synced to P3 sequencer with litttle improvs here and there...a few extras added later but this was a live performance of sequencing in the John Carpenter style...I"

Blue monday VS lucifer (cover)

Published on Feb 26, 2013 mik300z·61 videos

Synth spotting starting with a Sequentix P3 sequencer. Minimoog Model D plays a lead role. Let this one develop.

"Love to hear this played in a club , any dj's out there let me know;) Lucifer was a track composed by Alan parsons for anyone who's not familiar to it.
Thought these two classic tracks would sound good together if I recreated them using hardware synths and then use P3 sequencer and ableton live to arrange and do some audio experimentation. After 'the chase' cover I made some years ago it always annoyed me that I couldn't change the awful drums , had to record in one take in those days. The video is a series of clips I made over the week as I was putting this together. Love to hear this played in a club , any dj's out there let me know;)"

John carpenter style noodle with p3 sequencer and minimoog

Published on Feb 15, 2013 mik300z·60 videos

"Hooked up the P3 to demonstrate it's ability to be creative with old skool sequencing, the minimoog is the only synth I can't midi , so just noodling with it;) Cheers for watching!"

Love on a real train - Tangerine dream (cover) using P3 sequencer

Published on Feb 11, 2013 mik300z·58 videos

"I love this track, thought I would give it a try using the sequentix P3 sequencer. It has 8 tracks, with each of the synths connected to it, it allows old skool sequencing plus ability to jam a little with it. There's something really tight about hardware sequencers that DAW's simply can't do. The p3 manual will take some good bed-time reading to get a grip on it fully;) Thanks to C for giving me the opportunity of using it"

Synthy jazz multitracking

Published on Jan 5, 2013 mik300z·55 videos

"Happy new year folks, this is a liitle song I started in the kitchen dropping some chords, melodies and jazz percussion into the ESQ sequencer then playing along with various parts (clumsily), trying to come up with a song. Levels are off the wall, especially the elec piano at high notes apologies! I really liked the chord sequence, kind of happy/summery sounding . The drums are from the juno G, also the E.piano , i'm playing the juno 6 lead and the rest is from the esq itself. I tried using the Roland vp330 vst but its so heavy on the CPU I had to record directly to cassette as ableton just couldn't handle such a powerful sound;)....erm no the vst is just not perfect but I dont mind, having the sound of the vp330 is good enough for me! Funny, i enjoyed recording to tape for a change..oh the memories:):)"

Juno 106 up close and personal

YouTube Published on Jun 16, 2012 by mik300z

"A little noodling with the 106, its back from its holidays in the USA (thanks Ron) .. forgotton how good it sounds, got this really sweet violin type sound from the original sound bank and tweaked it a little, apologies if it goes on too long:)"

Mik300z's Roland Juno G

YouTube Published on Apr 18, 2012 by mik300z

"Price 580 euros. As above, with orginal manual and power supply, I bought it new for just under 1K , email me via YT for price and shipping details, or questions Etc. As far as I know, shipping would be around 60 euro within europe"

This one in via -Ad1073cH

Synth Jam with a Unicorn intro

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Mar 22, 2012

"A sweet setup of synths, thankyou Hannah for the video work! A bit of a synth bash more than a jam but really enjoying working with a new set-up:)"

Sequencing a Roland Juno 6

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Mar 21, 2012

"Ha! just figured out i could run the Juno into the yamaha and use its sequencer.. Juno 6 and 60 were pre-midi but luckily for me my little baby had a kenton kit installed when i bought it. You can play around with VST's all day but sequencing analogue is something special when you know you're not supposed to be doing it at all;)....why did I spell discovered wrong?!! I dunno ,oh well its stuck there now"

Vangelis Reve . A live synth jam by mik300z

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Feb 20, 2012

"Another of my favourite Vangelis pieces, kind of had a few keys figured out and filmed this cover/tinkling of it. A few bum chords/notes as per usual! synths used
Juno G-elec piano
ESQ 1 - CS80 flutey sound
Moog LP - CS80 brass
Juno 6 - windy noise
Microkorg- strings
Yamaha An1x- soft percussion (using its step sequencer)"

Short story...Moog patch settings and a new song from mik300z

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Dec 19, 2011

"wow, can't believe the response I got from the weekends video of a moog doing a CS80 emulation. This is a quick walkthrough of the settings, accompanied by a new song I put together in the last couple of days inspired by the sound and of course...Vangelis himself and all that went on at Nemo studios in London (hence the patch name!) All you LP owners please let me know if I left anything out,..A very merry Christmas to all of you who support me. It's been a difficult year, my wife has been seriously ill, apologies for not replying to emails:)
Mick."

Vangelis CS80 sound from a moog little phatty ...finally!

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Dec 17, 2011

"Working on the moog for a while, didn't like it at first, vary raw and growly..:) trying to tame it"

Tomorrow's World TV theme (cover)

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Oct 1, 2011

'Classic from The BBC radiophonic workshop around 1978, reminds me of thursday night before top of the pops! Hope you like my version"

With the wind

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Jul 18, 2011

"A synth and piano improv:. Kinda rusty at the beginning but I loosened up a little:)"

Yamaha an1x- sequencer and lead sound
Korg x5 - percussion
Juno G - Piano
Ensoniq esq1 - all Vangelis type leads
Juno 6 - pad/pwm lead
Microkorg - arpeggio
Moog little phatty -crazy bass

Astral fare (original music) by mik300z

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Apr 11, 2011

"Started this A few months ago with just the opening chords from the juno 6, lucky I kept theaudio and video of those, built the rest of the track around them and been working on it on and off since. I can now put it to bed! Cheers for listening:"

sequences chords and melodies ..

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Mar 16, 2011

"Thought I would share an evening of inspiration I got from playing with a simple sequence from the an1x. Timing is off all over the place , If I can build the track into something , I could share the progression of it..if anyone is interested of course:)!"

1973 Minimoog plays Tangerine dream- Logos (cover)

YouTube via mik300z | Mar 2, 2011 |

"A good friend has loaned me his minimoog for a while, I want to make the most of it:) This is one of my favourite TD tracks. Think I found the sweet spot on the moog although the tune/tracking is a little off. I re-created the pads/chords using the juno 6. Took me a day to get those to sound close to the original.Thanks for watching!"

R2D2 ringtone

YouTube via mik300z | January 31, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Free mp3 download http://www.box.net/shared/09bmtvqy4f
Makes a cool ringtone, made entirely on the Juno 6 with no processing, just a bit of fun:)"