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[CrazyHarij]

hey guys, i finally got my computer fixed at the music store, so it works together with my mixer and my monitors. i realised how crappy most of my earlier tracks sound due to mastering on an awful soundcard and speakers. not only are my new monitors (tannoy reveal 8d) awesome sounding, they also really portray the sound as it does sound. such a huge difference. also, now i can finally record properly from my mixer into my computer!

ambient sort of weird thing:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/e24a6fe1-1877-4c5b-a397-85f17bfed99e/transient.mp3

two tracks using my microkorg and tr-606 drum machine, a little playful and childish:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/8dfddae3-bbad-4e01-9dea-ec526a5a5a7c/i-love-my-606.mp3
http://www.esnips.com/doc/59d711db-9ae6-4849-8580-64a01c152420/i-love-my-606-pt-2.mp3

maybe i'll post more tracks in this thread or i dunno, just wanted you lads to know

 

[CrazyHarij]

simple track with some field recording with my awesome mic:
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=15928

 

[Absinthe]

Got that sparse electro feel to it, which is good for some things, but I think you could buff it up with more layering and some variations of the beat.

Try integrating the 606 with something more contemporary. You can route its output into your programs/effects, right? Always interesting possibilities with that.

 

[CrazyHarij]

absolutely, i'm just experimenting abit for now. i love what aphex did to the 707 in drukqs, i'm definitely going to try and experiment more with the possibilities i have.

it's kind of annoying that the 606 is so uneven in its beat, the tempo seems to change substantially with temperature and various other weird factors. if i start it to a metronome it's vastly out of beat after just a few bars! same for the 707, seems to be well known for its weird tempo

a solution could be not quantising melodies and other stuff and rather going with the drum machines' (i have them synced up now) tempo.

 

[Absinthe]

Drukqs didn't actually use actual analogue drum machines, as far as I know. At least not prominently. A lot of the sequencing just isn't possible. Virtual replications seem far more likely.

That's always been my main hesitation in picking up analogue gear, though. Their subjection to the physical elements can **** with with your work. =\ I just keep thinking back to Richard's post on Planet Mu's boards. It sounds like a far more personal and rewarding experience, but at the expense of getting things right how you want them. I dunno.

 

[CrazyHarij]

i think he threw in the occasional loop at a high BPM. i'm positive there are random 707 hihats, cowbells here and there, could be sampled i guess.

i compared my 707 to some samples i downloaded and i noticed that mine has a wee bit higher pitch. kinda cool how different it can sound. the difference between my 606 and the samples i've heard are rather big, especially the snare and bass drum don't sound the same at all.

but yeah, that's kind of what it's like. it is a little straining but a heck of a lot more fun, digital stuff has kind of staled for me interface-wise, i'm feeling much more like i can do the stuff i want to do, it feels alot more personal. its kind of hard to explain the difference between a more hands-on approach, i mean i'm still using everything in conjunction with DAW's but it's a whole other feeling having everything travel through cables and EQing with the mixer and stuff. i've kind of gotten back to having fun playing around and doing what i want to hear myself.

there's this cool little "insta-glitch stutter" effect on my analogue-digital converter (basically what connects my comp to my mixer) that i found out. basically, if i record in ableton for instance, play something through the mixer and then switch the AD converters "optical out source" (basically what will be output) from analogue in (the mixer) to optical in (what the comp is sending), it records what it's recording so it kinda feedbacks, so basically the audio that was last recieved is looped. like cutting a small slice of audio and looping it, but done with the press of a button. especially fun to do with the drum machines at high speeds.

 

[Absinthe]

i think he threw in the occasional loop at a high BPM. i'm positive there are random 707 hihats, cowbells here and there, could be sampled i guess.

Oh yes, you can definitely hear a lot of 707's, 909's, and 808's all over the place. But I think they're from recreated drum synthesis on a computer. The pattern switching/editing would just become too tremendous on analogue gear. You can hear the distinct difference between the way they sound on drukqs and, say, Analord.

I know a few instruments that do similar things. You can recreate all the old-school drums through physical modelling, but also take them a step further.

 

[CrazyHarij]

http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=16067
some guitar playing, bear in mind ive just started learning the damn thing

more field recording:
http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=16070