My Music
Not really focused on any genre, as I play this as a hobby in my bedroom, but mainly techno, idm, jungle, sometimes I feel kinda housinā too haha.
My Gear
OT, A4, MD, TT303, EvolverMek, Korg NanoKontrol, and of course Motu828mkii and Midisport8x8 are as important as the rest of machines in this setup.
My Octatrack Setup
Iām working with this setup by now, but I have some ideas in mind to change this. First before explain the machines Iām working with, itās important to read ### How I prepare the set.
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THRU Delay, LO-FI
This is for MD.
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THRU Delay, LO-FI
This is for synths.
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FLEX Effects
This is for ipod.
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STATIC Effects
I use this for chained samples, I have vocal phrases choped in slices that I launch in slice mode.
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FLEX Effects
Direct resampling for the MD.
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FLEX Effects
Same as above for synths.
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STATIC Effects
More chained samples played as slices.
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MASTER Filter, Delay
Use this for beat repeat and some kind of stupid filtering djying.
Effects may vary
####BANKS
I only work with banks to create music, not playing live in my house
####PARTS
same as above
####PATTERNS
same
####SCENES
at this moment I use 5 scenes, 1 for an unaltered state, 1 for filtering, 1 for delay, and two to making transitions between the resampled tracks (1-5 & 2-6)
####LFOs
nope at this moment
How I prepare the set
The motu828mkii has 4 buses, I use 1 of them as a main bus with the output to my monitors (BUS 1), BUSES 2 and 3 are output to the octatrackās IN (A,B,C), and bus 4 is for A4 and Evoās IN. so:
BUS 2 is for MD Stereo out
BUS 3 is for synths
BUS 4 is for A4 and Evoās IN, in this case I can route any of the synth to use with A4 and EVO as a effect unit, and the result can be routed to Octa turning on the level of the synths on the BUS 3.
input D is for ipod which I play, resampling radio programs or some songs in the fly.
Korg Nanokontrol letās me make instant mute, solo and cue for the octa, Iām using it with ableton as a USB MIDI host, but Iām going to buy a kenton or cerebel usb midi hosting to turn off the computer.
Octatrack is the brain of all this gear, It sends the midi orders using the midisport as a patchbay for the rest of the gear, acting as a mixer and sequencing the EVO too, the others synth has their own seqs
How I Play
Well, itās all about improvisation and doing what I feel at this moment, samples and programs (on MD and synths) are prepared but I tweak them in live too.
My Transitions
Highpass filtering, delay, muteā¦