Music and Other Occasional Creativity
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9IQt5lvZ8eA Novembeat 2020 - Day 22 This was a hard one for me to get inspired with. I wanted to try and do some live recording into the Digitakt with my Epiphone Dot Studio. I'm not much of a guitar player, so did this little line on the low E string of the guitar. It … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 22
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wE7b5slwdp0 Novembeat 2020 - Day 21 Forcing myself to make a new jam every day has taught me a few things. I will probably sit down when this is all over to really reflect on the various lessons I can take away from the experience. Two that are notable here. First, I definitely have devices … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 21
https://www.youtube.com/embed/W42Sc8ONJCA Novembeat 2020 - Day 20 This jam is short and somewhat to the point. No performance effects here, even though both the Digitakt and MC-101 are good for that sort of thing. The song came from some late-in-the-day inspiration. I wanted to send a good friend a little techno version of the happy birthday … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 20
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ub4dAm-_9XA Novembeat 2020 - Day 19 The Dato Duo is supposed to be a synthesizer for kids. And it is definitely kid-friendly. Mine enjoy playing with all the buttons, knobs, and sliders. And you know what? I do too. For this jam, I ran the Duo into the Korg NTS-1 for modulation, delay, and reverb. I also … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 19
https://www.youtube.com/embed/o-huSfwxKR4 Novembeat 2020 - Day 18 So, in video games, there's button mashing...I did the musical equivalent here. Sometimes I make a jam and I don't want to think too much, just have fun. Sometimes that fun is really repetitive. I don't mind. I enjoyed this one. First, I made a beat in the Teenage … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 18
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jvZd6WQT9zs Novembeat 2020 - Day 17 There are some days where the feeling just isn't there. Today was one of them. Polyend released a new beta for the Tracker today, 1.3.0b1. It added a bunch of new features, including the ability to monitor the line in during playback, and destructive time stretch. For this jam, … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 17
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cHEp1l7g7HY Novembeat 2020 - Day 16 So, I am definitely a groovebox kind of guy. I tend to use gear that has both melody and rhythm parts that I can sequence over my more specialized gear. As a result, the Arturia Drum Brute Impact (let's call it the DBI) does not get a lot of … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 16
https://www.youtube.com/embed/V7qYt7AZg4k Holy crap. We're halfway through Novembeat already. If this is your first look at a blog post and you don't know what I'm talking about, go back to day one. The short story is that Novembeat is a challenge (not a competition, but a personal one) to make one short jam a day for … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 15
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NGI4zM5Vkwg I have had the Novation Circuit Monostation for about a year now (keep an eye out for nice holiday discounts from Novation!). Unfortunately, I rarely make the time for it. It's not something I will play with on its own. Which means, it is always the extra step in a jam. Not fair to … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 14
https://www.youtube.com/embed/f0GQ_LfON_s Novembeat 2020 - Day 13 As much as I love grooveboxes, there is one thing that I am not super into: one octave button keyboards. I'm by no means a keyboard player. I've mentioned before that I'm the equivalent of a two-finger typist. But, I like to play around the octaves, see if there … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 13