Good stuff being posted!
I recorded a little something earlier, Syntakt & 0-Coast only.
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I’ve been meaning to jump back into making some more synth based stuff. But I wanted to contribute. So here are some clips that I compiled from my Instagram.
They are actually a pretty good representation of how I approach using synths in making beats. Two of them are just basically toying around with a sequence that doesn’t have any drums on it. Two of them are toying around with a sequence by adding some drums and seeing how everything plays together. And two are pretty much finished beats where I sampled some other little synth jams I did, chopped them up and put some drums underneath.
There are also notes for the set up of each one in the video description.
A few of these have acoustic drum samples so they don’t completely fit the bill for this thread. The second little jam has an acoustic hi-hat and crash sound that I recorded literally decades ago. And the last track has some drums and congas that are sampled from some records.
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I started making something but once it morphed into a soul tune I realised my hip hop terms of reference don’t extend past about 1990.
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Only just spotted this thread.
Is there a deadline?
Hope not… I need to learn how to make hip hop first. 
Nice ones! Really digging the chord work—interesting to me how sampling vs. poly synth can call for pretty different approaches to working with chords, and these sound really fresh.
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Does using an MC-707 count given the drums are sample based?
I don’t mean to be flippant or rude… I’ve just found myself not caring. I’ve come to a personal realisation that stuff like this is a distraction from just doing my own thing and focusing on music that I like, without external influence.
If anyone wants to take over and set deadlines/parameters etc… knock yourself out 
Awe that’s a shame. I like these little challenges, for me at least it pushes me to think outside the box (excuse the pun).
It’s not a competition so I don’t think it needs a deadline. I think the synthesised beats element is worth’s keeping tho rather than using samples which sort of defeats the object.
I might just be shouting into the abyss tho
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I didn’t consider this thread to be a challenge driven thing in the first place so let’s just keep it rolling as long as it’s fun.
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I might still make something. It’s more the extra life ‘responsibilities/distractions’
I’ve been more on a Techno tip at the mo, but maybe I’ll learn some stuff I can channel into this.
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Will do.
Newfangled Audio Generate
Sugar Bytes Drumcomputer /Aparillo
Fors Lux / Ego / Romb
Arturia Tape Mello Fi
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Nice work fella really well realised beat…
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Thanks a lot !
Having a thread dedicated to Synthetis Hip-Hop is a good idea.
Hope we’ll keep it alive.
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Yeah for sure, I’ll try and get some stuff posted soon…
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So yeah I went back in on the last beat I posted did some edits and added an acapella… not sure if it works or not but hey it’s done now onto the next one…
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Well…that’s quite awesome !
Good choice of acapella, Roots Manuva is a boss.
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Ah thanks man, appreciate it… and yeah roots manuva is definitely a legend, shame he’s had so much personal strife these last few years…
I must admit i’ve lost tracks after the second LP so i’m not aware of anything recent about him. But I’ll always remember the initial shock of the first album, it’s a classic case of a perfect record.
Your track is spot on with his style.
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If this ever gets revived, I am down.
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