Ekzil - "Time killer": Circuit Track / Microfreak / Volca bass

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Жыл бұрын

I am happy to present my new complete setup, which I used to make my last music 😀
Hope you like it !
Setup:
Microfreak : chords
Volca Bass: main melody
Novation Circuit Tracks: Drums, bass, chords
Korg NTS-1 / potarbox: reverb, ping pong delay, build up (using a noise osc and a low pass filter)
PO 33-KO:Voices
This jam was performed and recorded live to a stereo output.
I edited the mix in Ableton, by adding EQ, compression, and limiting (to make sure we're getting the best volume out of the track we can)
Feel free to give me your comments on the structure, the sound design, etc... so that I can improve myself 🙏
If you appreciate id, don't forget to like and subscribe 😌
Mastered version 🎧: / time-killer
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@beepybloops Жыл бұрын

Great composition, love the variety. 👏

@ssneg 3 ай бұрын

Wow.

@Kentofski Жыл бұрын

You deserve way more subscribers, I've been listening to this and your other jam tracks and they're all such bops! This one especially is quite the earworm and I've had it on repeat for like an hour! Also as someone who is trying my hand at making electronic music myself, these jams are inspirational. Hope to hear more in the near future!

@ekzil35 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment 🙏 I'm working on a masterised version of this one 😉 Glad that my jams inspires you !

@i-muts 18 күн бұрын

sounds awesome!

@CarpeDiem-311 2 ай бұрын

Melody memories ❤

@rvb9702 3 ай бұрын

YES :)

@FlorentBraquart Ай бұрын

That's really really good ! I love it ! Sounds like a dreamy kind of Justice or Daft Punk

@ekzil35 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the nice feedback! It means even more to me since they are two music groups that I love 😀

@ptshi_channel Жыл бұрын

I like your sounds and have been watching several videos you made. You’ve got it so right! « Daft-punkesque », rich and always evolving, never boring. Thumbs up!

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙏 the arrangement of the song is the part I spend the most time on... so I really appreciate your comment it motivates me 👍

@dj_roommate 3 ай бұрын

This is excellent!

@eq019_music7 Жыл бұрын

This was so engaging and well executed! I think all the small adjustments and transition effects are what makes this jam special. Well done!

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ! Yes, I like spending time on transitions.. This is the part I enjoyed the most 😊

@Thelittledroog Жыл бұрын

Love! Sounds good 🤘🏻

@chrisfes7228 3 ай бұрын

Great chord progression and the sounds are very well blended. I like the part at about 0:58 and 2:10

@ekzil35 3 ай бұрын

oh what a nice feedback ! Thank you 😀

@kneonic 11 ай бұрын

Super good!!

@kefuno Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching to your jam videos, good job! 😊

@kwazaro 6 ай бұрын

awesome!

@adamsilber-gniady6326 Жыл бұрын

Great jam!

@drewfasa 2 ай бұрын

So good!!

@Herz.Seele.Verstand 10 ай бұрын

Really awesome! I love it so much!

@sketchflorida3600 10 ай бұрын

Wow, this is cool!!! Don't stop! 🎉

@lucadelellis 3 ай бұрын

Gorgeous

@FindingSpeed 6 ай бұрын

This is huge. Congrats.

@AdrianGeorges Ай бұрын

Perfect. Burner.

@lorrenaelliott161 4 ай бұрын

2:20 ❤❤❤❤❤

@cristosanto815 9 ай бұрын

Nice bro

@playtpiano Жыл бұрын

love your work and the different styles

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 There are so many styles to explore with these machines 🤯

@cocolobeat Жыл бұрын

I was completely drawn into this amazing music! Your composition and performance are truly outstanding.

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

@marcosrotllan 11 ай бұрын

Jackwasfaster vibes, absolutely

@auxander Жыл бұрын

It was very cool! Great and beautiful harmony. Good sounds.

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁 Glad you enjoyed it !

@PeterKiMusic 6 ай бұрын

Great! Listened 2 times now, will listen more...

@ekzil35 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! I'm glad you like it 😉

@MikeRenouf 5 ай бұрын

Well done - really polished performance and a great composition!

@ekzil35 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😃

@BryanVehonsky 24 күн бұрын

This RIPS. Great work. I sold my Tracks and Microfreak but they are such a great combo.

@ekzil35 17 күн бұрын

yeah this combo is really great ! but now I switched to the Volca Keys, because it is less bulky and I love how it sounds 😉

@reveillucide7438 Жыл бұрын

Nice work

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@Damien-ni4qb Жыл бұрын

Excellent mec, trop Kool ton arpeggio

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup 😀

@lorrenaelliott161 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful 🤩 live is possible with this gear- once you know what you want to do

@ekzil35 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! The difficulty indeed is not to make a mistake or forget to trigger a scene or a voice .. 😄

@PAAmsterdam 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful track man! After 2 years of testing, buying and reselling various gear I believe this is actually the setup every beginner should go for and it’s still under $1,000 total.

@ekzil35 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! I have a few other machines.. but it's clearly this particular setup that inspires me the most 😀

@Lunejix Жыл бұрын

Waiting for the 10 hours version

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

😆 I'll let you put on replay mode 😏

@gunnarbirkeland7585 10 ай бұрын

Wow, just wow. Consider me a diciple. I will be taking my time to study all these fantastic dawless "jams" as you call them. Incredible work ! 🤩

@ekzil35 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏 It's the kind of comment that motivates me to continue 😁

@gunnarbirkeland7585 9 ай бұрын

@@ekzil35 What would be fantastic were if you follow through on your plans to make a sort of "tutorial" for your jams. (saw your comment on an earlier video) :) Like scripted or texted "what happens where and when" :) Dont let it get in the way of you creativity though, as happens to many youtubers that tends to shift towards a more gear-like-focus. Got your list on repeat yesterday@work and I am reallly impressed by your minimalistic setup, arrangement and sound quality. Minimalistically VERY inspiring and really puts my gear to shame.

@ekzil35 9 ай бұрын

I see the idea for the tutorial. You must know @JayHosking's channel which presents well what is happening where and when, and which is also a source of inspiration for my jams. But ok, I'm really going to focus on doing this kind of tutorial, maybe on my next video 😉@@gunnarbirkeland7585

@gunnarbirkeland7585 9 ай бұрын

@@ekzil35 Absolutely, he's on my list. Trying to shift focus from content-devouring to content-creation is hard in a social media circus mostly rewarding the click rate, often driven by hardware-manufacturerers. But enough b***ing already. Looking forward to your next moves

@chrisw120 3 ай бұрын

Love it please do a tutorial of the setup and how you did this so sick 👏 👏

@ekzil35 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.. I'm trying to do my best 😃 I'm still thinking about doing a tutorial, but I still have a few projects to finish first 😉

@searchingforentertainment... 3 ай бұрын

Wow! great song! i have pretty much the same setup, without all the effects and stuff lol

@ekzil35 3 ай бұрын

The majority of effects come from the NTS1, this small box is really amazing for the price... Thanks for listening. very nice of you 🙏

@profpep 2 ай бұрын

Lovely work, very melodic and the variations are great. Also an inspiration to get my circuit tracks talking to other machines. Do you have a Bandcamp or similar where I can buy this track?

@ekzil35 2 ай бұрын

This is so nice of you thank you very much 🙏. I have a Bandcamp but I haven't added my dawless songs to it yet. I would like to do a little mastering first. Anyway, I'll let you know as soon as I publish it 👍

@bgitfunk 11 күн бұрын

Is the circuit tracks the brain of your operation or is it your computer? wondering how you synced all those machines!

@ekzil35 10 күн бұрын

I never use computer during my jams. It's the Circuit Track that synchronizes all the machines 👌😊

@thyAbe 6 ай бұрын

I really liked! I have a similiar setup with Microfreak, Circuit Tracks and NTS-1, and I wonder how you can use the NTS-1 to trigger effects to only one channel of the Circuit Tracks.

@ekzil35 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! Effects on the NTS-1 are stereo effects .. so you have to use 2 input ports of the Circuit Tracks to keep the stereo. Here, both of the volca and microfreak are affected by the NTS-1 effects. To trigger the NTS-1 effects from the Circuit, you have to create a custom midi template and to refer to the midi implementation chart of the NTS-1 😉

@craigsurette3438 10 ай бұрын

This is amazing work ! the overall composition and execution on all levels is top notch, and I love the analog brass like chords especially What is the black box with all the knobs at the far right of your set up? Is it a MIDI controller or mixer of some kind?

@ekzil35 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏 The black box is a midi controller, it's connected to the NTS-1 to control the effects (reverb / delay / flanger) 😉

@lucasrreboucas 8 ай бұрын

Hey man! Awesome track! Beginner question: whats the signal chain for this setup? Since you have only two inputs for external gear in Circuit Tracks but you are using more. Thanks!

@ekzil35 7 ай бұрын

Hi ! Thank you 😀 I actually use a small additional mixer (you can see a part of it in the top right corner 😉). I connected the volca bass, the microfeak and the po33 on it. The mixer output is then connected to the NTS 1 input. And the NTS 1 output is connected to the 2 inputs of the circuit tracks (pan full left and full right, to render the stereo effect!)

@Weenu5 10 ай бұрын

This is so sick. Excellent job. What is the Potarbox?

@ekzil35 10 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 it's just a midi controller like the midi fighter 😉 it sends midi messages to the nts-1 to controls the FX (delay/reverb/flanger)

@Weenu5 10 ай бұрын

@@ekzil35 ah I see! Thanks

@3mr3u Жыл бұрын

Nice! Btw what is that box with knobs on the right?

@ekzil35 Жыл бұрын

Thank you ! It's the "potarbox", a programmable midi controller, that you can find on Etsy 😉

@javixomatic 7 ай бұрын

Cool tune! I'm currently building a dawless setup. How do you take care of the mix and EQ? Do you just get comfortable with the volume knobs being in different places? and EQ? thanks in advance!

@ekzil35 6 ай бұрын

Thank you ! For the EQ I use the filter cutoff of each instrument (until I find that the tonal balance is enough good for me) and I fine tune it in ableton (in the master stage). for the mix, yes, I just use the volume knobs on the tracks 😉