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On the octatrack I’ll almost always set the free lfos to random and have them manipulate volume, pitch, balance, amp attack. This together with only quantizing what needs it. If I don’t play the trigs in I’ll often nudge the trigs on 2’s and 4’s in some direction.
As the rytm does not have so many lfos I’ll randomize the volume mainly if the lfo is free. If not I’ll record some movement live just turning knobs slightly.
My goal doing all this is effecting until you hear it, then nudging back a bit. Unless the funk wants it.
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Microtiming on Octa
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I try to always use microtiming and velocity in most beats.
But I guess it‘s not always desired in dance music. Drummachine beats like a 909 techno beat often should sound machine like. That‘s just another type of character of music.
Anyway, imitating a real drummer is really hard, that‘s why I still love slicing snd rearranging breakbeats. Human feel already included
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