Digitone Keys: OutRun - Magical Sound Shower [live performance]

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"A live performance of one of the OutRun main themes: "Magical Sound Shower" using the Elektron Digitone Keys.

Track 1 and 2 is played live, whereas Track 3 and 4 is controlled by the built-in sequencer, doing bass and drums."

Warhawk [C64] music on TI-82 Calculator - HoustonTracker 2

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"This is a TI-82 remake of the Commodore 64 soundtrack for the game Warhawk, originally composed by Rob Hubbard in 1986. It is programmed down to the deepest details on a Texas Instruments TI-82 graphing calculator using “HoustonTracker 2”.
I start with a tech dive into how sound is generated on Commodore 64 and the TI calculator (which doesn’t have a sound chip) as well as 1-bit music in general. Then the song appears, including a custom-written visualiser that I made.

0:00 Welcome
0:20 Commodore 64 & SID
0:58 Texas Instruments TI-82
1:27 1-bit audio on TI-82
2:04 Pulse Interleaving
2:57 HoustonTracker 2 overview
3:47 Warhawk background
4:08 HoustonTracker 2 startup on TI-82
5:58 Warhawk performed on TI-82

HoustonTracker2:
* https://irrlichtproject.de/houston/"

Update:

Warhawk on C64 by Rob Hubbard:

C64 Rob Hubbards "Warhawk" Oscilloscope View



Unknown Planet by John Keating:

John Keating - The Unknown Planet - Space Experience - Studio 2 Stereo

Model:Cycles - "No Time to Die" (Billie Eilish) Live Performance

Published on Feb 27, 2020 tubesockor

"This is a live performance of Billie Eilish's song "No Time to Die" from the James Bond movie with the same name, on an Elektron Model:Cycles.

I really liked the original arrangement and wanted to see how far I could take it on Model:Cycles, trying to replicate every (well, almost) single harmony and note.

This was achieved by sequencing a background consisting of beats, bass and a combination of chord machines with all kinds of harmonies and intervals p-locked. On top of this I use the trig keyboard to play the lead melody live."

Elektron Analog Heat - USB Class Compliant Audio Walkthrough

Published on Nov 10, 2019 tubesockor

"The Elektron Analog Heat recently got a firmware update (1.20) which enables USB Class Compliant Audio. This means the Heat can be used as an audio insert to an iPhone, let an iPad run audio plugins pre or post the Heat's own processing, be a sound card to a computer or just allow a live recording of the audio coming out of it into a smartphone.

This video covers a walkthrough of the different configurations, with some simple examples of each."

Model:Samples does Amiga Tracker Music - Crystal Hammer

Published on May 1, 2019 tubesockor

"Recreating the classic Commodore Amiga tracker song 'Crystal Hammer' - on an Elektron Model:Samples. The song was originally written by Karsten Obarski back in 1987.

The first section is a background story about Amiga and trackers in general, as well as the process on how this recreation was done.

All the sounds were converted from the original ST-01 files, and the song data was manually input on the Model:Samples, only using four out of the six available channels (all for the sake of authenticity)

At 3:25, the music starts.

This was made possible thanks to the new firmware update 1.02A, which allows samples to be parameter locked."

PO-33 & 35 live: Depeche Mode's "It's Called a Heart"

Published on Jan 9, 2019 tubesockor

"Did a live cover of Depeche Mode's 'It's Called a Heart' using two Pocket Operators PO-33 and PO-35. The singing parts are played using the PO-35's vocal synthesis.
It took quite some planning and practicing to fit things into these limited devices...

0:00 Intro, background and behind-the-scenes
4:45 Full song, played live

Credits:
* Contains image of E-Mu Emulator II by Matt Friedman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Em... (CC BY 3.0)
* Original song written by Martin L Gore"

Join in the Chant - Nitzer Ebb cover on PO-12

Published on Dec 9, 2018 tubesockor

"Drums and bass played and jammed like the 2006 Remaster of Nitzer Ebb’s ”Join in the Chant”. Performed on a Teenage Engineering PO-12. Feel free to chant like Douglas McCarthy on top of it.

(This is a bonus recording I had some plans for back in 2016, but never did anything with it, so could just as well make it public two years later...)"

PO-35 "speak" NAMM Jam - Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator

Published on Jan 26, 2018 tubesockor

"This is the new PO-35 'speak' Pocket Operator from Teenage Engineering. During the NAMM events I got hold of one and created a quick little jam, showing some of its features."

The Immortal [NES] - Live on PO-28 and PO-32 Pocket Operators #jamuary2018

Published on Jan 15, 2018 tubesockor

"Live performance of an in-game song from the NES (Nintendo Education System 8-bit) game "The Immortal", using two Pocket Operators PO-28 & PO-32 from Teenage Engineering.

Quickly jammed in one take so figured it would match the #jamuary2018 flow of videos :)

The game music was originally composed by Douglas Fulton for the Apple IIGS, but a number of ports were made and C64-hero Rob Hubbard arranged some of them for NES (which my version is based on).

The PO-32 takes care of the bass line and some percussion (all sounds were created in Microtonic and then transferred to the PO). The PO-28 handles live playing and background melody."

PO-32: Gesaffelstein - Pursuit [live performance]

Published on May 15, 2017 tubesockor

"Gesaffelstein's 'Pursuit', performed live on a Teenage Engineering PO-32 'Tonic' Pocket Operator .

I tried to be as close as possible to the original, combining both programmed patterns (used up all 16 of them) as well as live playing (used up 15 out of 16 sound slots)."

New Frontier [Hubbard/Hall] - on Pocket Operators PO-20 & PO-28

Published on Nov 6, 2016 tubesockor

"Rob Hubbard & Max Hall's "A New Frontier", performed live on Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators PO-20 and PO-28.

Everything filmed in one take as usual.

Two Pocket Operators were used:
* PO-20: Bass, kick, hats, chords bleeps & pads
* PO-28: Lead sounds, background bleeps

Since this song would need a Bb-note, which isn't available on the PO-28, I emulated this by quickly bending a B - always something :)"

Wintergatan's Marble Machine - performed on Teenage Engineering OP-1

Published on Apr 3, 2016 tubesockor

"Another tribute to Wintergatan's amazing 'Marble Machine' song & video! Here performed live on Teenage Engineering OP-1 instead of a gigant ball machine. I tried to be as true to the original as possible (down to each separate drum hit :) ). Instructions on what's going on are available in the video. I'm using the LEGO accessory to get better control over one of the parameters."

Delta [C64] - on Teenage Engineering PO-28, PO-14 & PO-16

Published on Feb 14, 2016 tubesockor

"Here I do yet another live performance of a Commodore 64 SID classic: Delta, by Rob Hubbard from 1987.

Three Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators are used:
* PO-28 Robot: main lead, blips and drums.
* PO-14 Sub: bass and extra percussion.
* PO-16 Factory: secondary lead.

Both leads are played live, but some special tricks had to be done in order to overcome the "fixed scale" of the PO's, in this song that actually uses two scales. The PO-16 runs a few patterns where some notes on certain occasions are raised a half step. That way the range gets much wider.

Due to the 16-pattern limit of the PO-14 and PO-16 I had to break up the mid part and cut the parts together. Everything is done live though, so it's totally playable."

Commando High Score - on Teenage Engineering PO-28 & PO-14

Published on Feb 3, 2016 tubesockor

"The old classic Rob Hubbard song from the C64-game Commando, performed on two Teenage Engineering PO-28 & PO-14 Pocket Operators.

All filmed in one go, no sound editing."

OP-1: Live jazz jam - "Flamingo"

Published on Jan 5, 2016 tubesockor

"A walk through/tutorial how to create a background for the jazz standard 'Flamingo' on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, and then play melody/solos over it.
0:37 - Drum beat on Track 1
2:09 - Bass line on Track 2
3:38 - Chords on Track 3
5:10 - Lead melody / solo"

Kygo - Firestone (Cover/Tutorial by 8-year-old on Pocket Operators)

Published on Jun 14, 2015 tubesockor

"Kygo's 'Firestone' as covered by an 8-year-old on three Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator synths - PO-12, PO-14 and PO-16.
Various sync modes will be described as well."

PO-12 : Tutorial by 8-year-old, using drum-machine from Teenage Engineering

Published on Apr 21, 2015 tubesockor

"One year later, the kid is back - this time with a tutorial on the Teenage Engineering PO-12 rhythm 'Pocket Operator' drum machine/sequencer. In Swedish (with English subtitles) - all recorded in one go."