Music and Other Occasional Creativity
https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9cN2uBrO5k Novembeat 2020 - Day 11 For the next few videos, I have to film at my day job desk in my house instead of in my studio space (also in my house). Long story, but it involves partial quarantining. Stupid covid scares. The MC-101 and the OP-Z are in a similar category of not-cheap, … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 11
https://www.youtube.com/embed/iBklomj0Z6I Novembeat 2020 - Day 10 Since March, I have been working from home. It's a pretty noisy place with noisy kids, a needy dog, and other people running around. On the one hand, I'm never alone. On the other hand, I'm never alone. During my workday, I have taken to listening to the ChilledCow … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 10
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ij2B4uqsF5I Novembeat 2020 - Day 9 I really like the Roland MC-101. It doesn't have a funky sequencer like the Elektron boxes. It only has 4 tracks. And the menu system is kind of a pain. But, it has literally thousands of excellent presets. It handles samples wonderfully (both loops and one shots). Each track can do … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 9
https://www.youtube.com/embed/O30JsktXRBQ Novembeat 2020 - Day 8 I learned a valuable lesson today: check your levels before hitting record! The first take of this recording, I had the volume too high, and when I started adding reverb, the bass part started horribly clipping. I didn't really hear it in the headphones, but once I dropped the … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 8
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjGY1XAGmnc Tonight, I wanted to do a jam that had a more defined chord progression. So, I made some piano chord samples in Reason's Radical Piano plugin. I know just enough music theory to figure out scales and chords, but my hands aren't so dexterous on a keyboard...I learned note playing on xylophone and marimba … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 6
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FzjgDWPMj_E Novembeat 2020 - Day 5 I thought this was going to be a quick jam. I set up all the devices and plugged them into each other a few hours before getting to it. And when the time came to sequence the Microfreak from my Digitakt...well, nothing. I went into settings in both devices. … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 5
https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpRsip_9w5E Novembeat 2020 - Day 4 After the frenetic granular drumming of yesterday's entry, I thought I'd go for something a little more chill today. I think, unfortunately, it also came out a little anemic. The Digitakt is a beautiful sampler. I really love nicely built hardware. It's a pretty close call between this one … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 4
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pukFyjxjGn0 Novembeat 2020 - Day 2 This was a rough one for me. I used the Polyend Tracker to send two channels of MIDI to the OG Electribe A. The problem I kept running into was that something from the Tracker was causing the notes to hang on synth part 2 of the Electribe, but … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkmD9HhkCRc Novembeat 2020 - Day 1 I thought it might be helpful to write a bit more about what I am trying to do with my Novembeat jams and how I made them. This first jam was made with the Polyend Tracker, which is a delightful sampler/sequencer/groovebox. The sequencer is in the style of a tracker. Notes and other … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 1