I got the octatrack a 2 weeks ago, this is my first attempt at recording a jam with it. First and only take, it is raw, unmastered and straight out of the box. Also plenty of mistakes
I am sending the M:C to a through machine on the OT. Kick, bass, stab and some percussion is from the M:C
It seems to have taken a bit longer than @Ess predicted (I’ll have to dig out that post later) but it does seem to be that people are finding ways to get some quite different sounds out of the M:C.
its not exclusively Cycles sounds bu i think this showcases how amazing the kick and tone machine can be on this device, by far my two most used machines.
Minimal Techno jam made with sampled audio from the Ruhr Museum in Germany, all samples are from natural materials and stone objects. Kick and bassline is synthesised on the Model:Cycles, and everything is arranged and mixed on the Octatrack.
Note: this was mixed live for the very specific acoustics of the room. In a more regular room I’d likely mix differently, for example not have as much hard panning.
Obviously no techno in this project. I was going for down-tempo, droney, ambient-ish complementing the slow moving, minimalist light-scape.
When an abrupt transition occurs it 's because I had not prepared a pattern switch on the M:C well. Because of the kit-less save structure one has to be very conscious about doing smooth transitions. This is my only real gripe with the M:C. Apart from that it’s an awesome little box. Crazy what sounds come out of it. At first I doubted whether I should have gotten a DN instead but now it’s a keeper.