Introspective jam with Elektron Octatrack MkII, PWM Malevolent

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8 ай бұрын

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A live synthesizer and sampler jam performed entirely on hardware.
This piece started as an exercise on piano, and really deserves partial songwriting credit for my amazing piano instructor (thanks, Shannon!). I created the three sections of the song, and, when I had a few minutes during a busy day of work, sequenced them in the box with a Kontakt piano. From there I added a band (bass synth, drums, a weird arpeggio, and brass) and exported the three sections to the Octatrack.
I also knew I wanted to play the melody line on a mono synth. I tried it first on the SH-101, but it wasn't right. On a whim, and because I hadn't touched it in a while, I put the PWM Malevolent on the table, and it had the perfect ghostly-but-textured sound I was looking for. The Malevolent is an underrated synth that sounds a little bit different than anything else out there at the moment.
Once I got going on the Octatrack, the song came together quickly. As always, the Octatrack is the perfect device for taking sketches and ideas and turning them into finished songs, thanks to its arranging, mixing, effects, and most importantly, its scenes.
All in all I'm happy with where this track ended up, even though I'm always a little more unsure about my halftime pieces than the fast stuff.
Thanks for listening.
Elektron Octatrack MkII - sample mangler, mixer, effects (including for Malevolent), scenes
PWM Malevolent - synth melody (through Octatrack's effects)
A non-exhaustive list of plug-ins used during building the track: Noise Engineering free oscillators in Reason 12, Olafur Arnolds piano toolkit in Native Instruments Kontakt, Devious Machines Infiltrator 2 (on arpeggio), Future Audio Workshop SubLab XL
Performed and recorded live to a stereo output, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
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Пікірлер: 46

@AceGarpTruckingCo 8 ай бұрын

That might be the first time I've heard the Malevolent used for anything other than "LISTEN TO MY WILD GAIN STAGING"

@JayHosking 8 ай бұрын

Honestly, it has some really great sweet spots that aren't just pedal-to-the-metal. I still keep usually the drive cranked, but it has its own cool thing going on.

@sgsrules 8 ай бұрын

All your music is excellent, but I really love the ones with melancholic melodies and glitchy breaks. Thanks for sharing.

@GuitarsAndSynths 7 ай бұрын

nice to hear the melodic side of what this bad boy synth can do besides high gain gritty stuff. I really like this and the MS20 as well as the Erica Synths Bassline.

@k.p.4301 4 ай бұрын

You make it look so easy.

@mikedegrande2936 5 ай бұрын

Love that chord progression, dope af

@JamesGiannoni 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful progression, interweaving major and minor. Something about that Malevolent works so well too.

@paulmichaud7565 8 ай бұрын

Very elegant handoff from the opening piano to the lead synth of the Malevolent. Beautiful.

@AdamsOlympia Ай бұрын

I love the musicality of your work! I can only achieve this level of creativity by painstakingly playing a track at a time and layering + polishing for hours; but never via live performance like you do, or with so many devices at once like in some of your tracks. Maybe some day, after years of practice! P.s. Just now got a Keystep Pro and Virus TI2, to add to my OT/A4/MD and others. The only thing I’ve neglected is hardware effects, Just using VSTs and iPad AUV3s for now.

@EricRaymondSF 8 ай бұрын

Fun departure from some of the ambient work! Always interesting to see your different workflow methods. Thanks for sharing this!

@milDelux 8 ай бұрын

Incredible

@TheBigChoppa 8 ай бұрын

If anyone could be defined as filled with music you are it Jay! I always get excited when I see that blue dot by your channel!

@christdolphin69 8 ай бұрын

sheesh! this rules as usual

@danielbullock1019 8 ай бұрын

Your music is on a higher plane of existence. Thank you. Much respect

@thesadist7740 8 ай бұрын

Utterly love this. I always look forward to your OT videos as it's as much music as inspiration for me.....but this is so beautiful and whimsical. Amazing. Cheers dude.

@DarkSideofSynth 8 ай бұрын

Quite a beautiful little jam. Well done. Great vibes.

@tonalaxis 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Very, very good!,

@Hessencemusic 8 ай бұрын

you are it man! ... I wish I could play my OT 1/10th as good as you

@kirkdecker6228 8 ай бұрын

Your music always brings peace of mind to me. This is fantastic Jay. Never stop....

@ElectronisoundsAudio 8 ай бұрын

💙💙 Absolutely Incredible! 👏👏

@midiminion6580 8 ай бұрын

this is really good stuff. i love the way you use the octatrack.

@fart3312 7 ай бұрын

this is sick

@parristaylor 8 ай бұрын

Great melody. Jazz, nostalgia, introspective indeed, crunchy, groovy--love it.

@MikkelGrumBovin 8 ай бұрын

Superlyrical , as usual - calm as a clear winterday 😘

@UxerUospr 8 ай бұрын

There's a subtle Plaid vibe going on here that I really dig

@aleho1 6 ай бұрын

That set up gives it an orbital kinda vibe. Very nice, complimented by the layering

@brujua7 8 ай бұрын

Loved it

@stujay 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff, Jay.

@TristanBaldi 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely love that sweet lead!!

@cameronmoir5330 8 ай бұрын

That was great!

@logimite7174 8 ай бұрын

love it

@rob2323 8 ай бұрын

Very nice sounds Jay, Kind of reminds me of an old James Bond theme

@Sinnersainthuman 8 ай бұрын

tasteful as always my friend. love it 💚

@kossfort1848 8 ай бұрын

Awesome track !

@maximedecarpentries4585 8 ай бұрын

Brillant, as always! You're very talented :)

@tomesmusic 8 ай бұрын

it's beautiful! 💜

@DylanParisMusic 8 ай бұрын

This is really lovely work Jay

@HSTRTGMS 8 ай бұрын

You’re a pretty cool dude.

@JayHosking 8 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks! I really appreciate that.

@ryanhursh6322 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful! The problem I have with the OT is that it needs independent outs other wise you just have to live with a stereo recording. All of these incredible uses of the fader will never be lined up perfectly when tracking. And while imperfections can be lovely and human, I feel like most of the fader modulations should be in sync. Even if their timing is off, the macros are in still in time with each other. I just stopped using the fader then… which is sort of a waste of an Octatrack.

@tezeta3725 8 ай бұрын

I definitely agree, but as a workaround I believe its possible to to control the fader with a midi cc so you could sync the OT to your daw and then add automation for the fader so it will be in sync every time. Kinda a hassle though.

@ryanhursh6322 8 ай бұрын

@@tezeta3725 Oh werd, that can be CC controlled? I had no clue. Yeah, that's not a preferred method but very much worth exploring. Thanks!

@tezeta3725 8 ай бұрын

@@ryanhursh6322 I think so. I've never actually done it, but I believe its on the cc list in the manual

@Synth-PatchesCom 8 ай бұрын

Amazing tune! It somehow reminds me a track called "Planetarium" by Squarepusher (forgotten gem!). Have you mastered the track anywhere outside the Octa? Or the whole mix and master have been done in the box? Cheers!

@JayHosking 8 ай бұрын

Mix is all in the Octa. Added EQ, compression, and limiting on the stereo output recording (i.e. on the master). And thanks!

@Synth-PatchesCom 8 ай бұрын

@@JayHosking Ok so you don't need Ozone when producing music on Octa :) Thank you for the answer.