Music and Other Occasional Creativity
https://www.youtube.com/embed/JewSJHaWExo Novembeat 2020 - Day 25 The next oldest piece of hardware that I own is the original Korg Electribe S, the ES-1. It is still a lot of fun to mess around with--there is proto-parameter locking with motion value edits--but, the not great sound quality is a lot more apparent to me as all … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 25
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Y68fP8xRiI Novembeat 2020 - Day 23 I "discovered" something great in my Polyend Tracker today. I say it with quotes because it was probably obvious to everyone else already. Similar to parameter locking on the Digitakt, you can lock a parameter on the Tracker without a trigger being tied to it. So, in this jam, … Continue reading Novembeat 2020 – Day 23
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/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/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/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
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