who’s gonna listen to all those tracks for real? not me for sure 
I love it all. I’m not too worried about sub genres.
And I can’t wait to listen to each and everyone’s tracks. I can recognized all the hard work, and I feel like I know everyone a bit more through their music.
Plus, the private messages show how much passion everyone has for making music.
And the range of source material is wild. I’m learning so much about what’s out there.
The plan is to drop the playlist on SoundCloud, and have generic thumbnails. Then once everyone votes, and if they want to guess where the samples are from, then I’ll post the results with thumbnails from the source material. I’ve been pulling images and saving them in the folders with everyone’s submissions.
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Ok I think imma drop out. I want to upload some jam on top of the chains I made for this challenge. I’ll upload it here, I have no problems with it not being vote for. Good luck to all contestants and I probably would take a listen
Finally had time to get some beats rollin! Feels good to do some faster stuff after some slow burn dub and hip-hop.
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Actually attempted to get something down last night. Nothing wowed me but at least I started. Gonna have another go today/tonight.
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that’s my presentation.
there’s a soundcloud link in the description as well.
Vampire Hunter D was maybe the first anime I remember watching. I was 5 and I don’t think I understood much from the dialogue but was impressed by it and it scarred me for life.
Really enjoyed recording this jam. The DFAM and Soma Ether are going left and right in the M8 without splitting the stereo jack into 2 monos. I’m using a track on the M8 as a semi randomly VCA and FX Send from the audio inputs. The DFAM runs unsynced.
I really liked preparing this thematic piece and would be interested in the next DnB challenges as well. Happy Holidays!
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You didn’t read the instructions, did you? 
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no, you didn’t read my last post 
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Ah, ok 
Well, for better or worse, I think I’m done with my track.
It took a left turn on me.
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I am digging the end result so much that I’ll prolly just drop a shorter edit for the battle and save the full version for a release later next year (along with replacing the sampled content with my own versions).
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Downloaded this pack a few days ago, and realized I already have it loaded in my Mc101, in which I created a few jungle patterns 2 years ago.
So I sampled them in OT, and started to mess with it.
First time really using OT for a full track, nice way to learn and practice 
It needs some adjustments, and I won’t have time to make it perfect as I would like but anyway, will submit soon.
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Me too - twins!
Beware the sample browser is a heap of shite and the synths in standalone mode are dumbed down a lot. Still, it’s a great bit of kit! Did you apply for the cashback offer from NI?
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I miss my OT. It was always hungry for more jungle breaks!
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Looking forward to it. You gonna release a sample pack? I collect breaks.
Edit. I didn’t read your post right. Haha. What pack did you get twice? It must be good.
Twinsies! Almost. I got the mk 3 just for those reasons. I’m like the hybrid setup, so I can browse the samples on my Mac with XO or Atlas or Synonym.
And also have full synth functionality.
If I need standalone, I can whip out the 404.
But I was going to jump right in to make a track, but I underestimated the learning curve. And the QuickStart guides that NI put on their website are from 2017, and the browsers all different than what they walk you through. I had to give up because it was so frustrating.
I’m going to do some research with some YouTubers to try to get my head around the workflow.
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This pack @TRAINTRACS shared: https://rekkerd.org/junglejungle-1989-1999-samplepack-by-blu-mar-tensounds-of-early-drum-bass/
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Nicely done. I’m thinking about hooking up an ipad mini or something just as a standalone synth to augment the lack of good synth options in the plus. Gonna add a battery pack too so I can use it on the bus lol.
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Get some Drambo action.
I gotta say, the 404 was hard because of how specific the workload.
Machine is hard for the opposite reason. It’s such a broad tool. It seems like it can do anything you need it to, you just need to get into the design flow.
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