OT + Akai S900 - Lo Fi Deep House

joostoftoday1 · 2013-10-23T14:51:09.000Z

[url=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s”]Here is my new track, now with the akai s 900 on drums and pad. Such a nice and warm sound! If you want a MP3 for your sets or mixes just PM me

[url=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s”]

Veets · 2013-10-23T15:11:57.000Z

Very warm, was listening to this yesterday via GS. Cheers for the share!

Barfunkel · 2013-10-23T15:16:20.000Z

Nice and soothing!

How do you like using cassettes? I’ve been thinking about getting a cassette recorder, but I’ve never seen a before/after comparison, so it’s a bit hard to tell how much of the smooth sound comes from, say, your Akai and how much does the casssette affect things.

Diapause · 2013-10-23T15:37:22.000Z

So incredibly good.
Reminds me of an Opal Tapes release or U.
PM the track to me so I can listen to it without the Youtube compression.
Keep it up.

RyanElektric · 2013-10-23T15:40:53.000Z

LOVE IT!

Got an S950 last week and I’m still learning the ins and outs (and getting an HxC floppy emulator), but THIS is such a great illustration of the magic of 12 bit analog conversion…

Are you sequencing the S900 with the OT?

jamrod · 2013-10-23T16:14:19.000Z

I love the vibe of this. Can you PM it to me as well?

What were you using the OT for?

Goosejuice · 2013-10-23T16:31:43.000Z

Sounds wicked, nice work.

FmSafari · 2013-10-23T17:00:39.000Z

I also like your minimal stuff very much. With less things you create a big vibe.
As listened yesterday I thought you have developed a very personal sound.
And this track is the best of all I heard until now.

joostoftoday1 · 2013-10-23T22:21:45.000Z

Wow, thank you all for nice feedback

@Barfunkel
I just use it as a 2-channel-recorder for my mixer. Nothing really fancy, the tapedeck is a fisher standard studio model which I bought at a thrift store for 5€, so you won’t need anything special I think. The s900 definitly plays a big role in terms of the smoothness! I’m stunned by it’s warm and round sound. The tape is more for the overall compression and “analogness”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1bn-Auhlv0 In this video I use the very digital sounding MicroWave2 for the main synth parts and the track is overall more “sharp”, so you can maybe hear a difference. But what I really like about the whole tape deck thing is that you finish tracks! You just don’t waste your time searching for the “perfect” eq settings and reverb wetness, just play a little around on your OT and hit record.

@Diapause
Thanks! I will send a download link in the next couple days, I’m a little busy because of uni at the moment.

@RyanElektric
In my opinion the s900/950 has a good and simple approach for sampling and sample managment! My aim for the future is to let the s900 play all drum samples and use the OT just as a MIDI sequencer and for other samples like loops or vocal chops.

@jamrod
The OT played the vocal sample, hihats and the quiet snare. PM should be there in the next few days

@FmSafari
Thank you very much Thats a big compliment!

Barfunkel · 2013-10-24T03:49:02.000Z

""joostoftoday1"":

Nothing really fancy, the tapedeck is a fisher standard studio model which I bought at a thrift store for 5€, so you won’t need anything special I think.

I wish I could find a nice deck that cheap here in Finland. Unfortunately, hipsters have driven the costs of cassette decks quite high. They used to be cheap, nowadays they are like 100+ euros. A really high quality deck such as a Nakamichi Dragon can be over a 1000 euros.

The one (an Akai GXC-570D) I’ve been eyeing for a month now is 400 euros. I’m not sure if I’ll be getting it, although it’s just so damn pretty that I find it very hard to resist, even though I have more important things to buy than a 40 years old casssette deck.

teevee · 2013-10-24T05:48:41.000Z

""joostoftoday1"":

[url=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s”]Here is my new track, now with the akai s 900 on drums and pad. Such a nice and warm sound! If you want a MP3 for your sets or mixes just PM me

[url=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s”]

[url=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s”]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACk3paLv_s

Hello joostoftoday1
I am a bit curious why do you use Alesis 3630 as comp?

RyanElektric · 2013-10-24T06:42:10.000Z

@Barfunkel

Check Los Angeles Craigs List if you want a vintage tape recorder- it’s flooded.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/search/msa?query=tape+recorder&zoomToPosting=&minAsk=&maxAsk=

I’m already sending an Ensoniq SQ-80 and an SD-1 to Sweeden tomorrow for a friend- let me know if you want anything and I’ll just send you a bill for the shipping and item cost.

Seriously. LA Craig’s List is a gear gold mine.

BM1600 · 2013-10-24T07:26:16.000Z

This is quality music !

Your efforts are appreciated.

Nice work.

vardagligheten · 2013-10-24T14:32:07.000Z

Really cool stuff!!

joostoftoday1 · 2013-10-24T17:42:34.000Z

@teevee

Basiclly because its my only compressor and I bought it for the cheap “pumping” french-house sound. I use it on the OT outputs for the snare, hihats and vocals

@Bm1600

Thanks man

@vardagligheten

Thank you, I like your music too!