here’s a jam I started work on tonight, abusing the AR compressor into insane distortion. a few other sounds here and there from the rest of the elektron family, but the main distorted bit is AR. Let me know if you like it, and thanks for listening!
I dug in and improved the mix a bit as well as added a few overdubs with ms20 near the end. I also made the intro and breakdowns a bit more interesting… I’m thinking it’s done now. Let me know if you like where it went over the iterations. Cheers and thanks for listening!
Yeah, the pattern mainly started out as an experiment to see how much distortion i could get out of the AR compressor and have it still sound good. I dont really like the built in compressor for actual dynamic control, but like all elektron compressors, it is a good FX device instead. I had been listening to a bunch of Techno Animal and The Bug before doing this and was itching to something extreme…
Yes, I was totally into Techno Animal when they came around. As some might consider their sound kind of 90s-ish I think their formular is quite timeless. They’ve got that flow, none of those cut-up-ableton-automation-wanking-edm-tracks can even come close to. Who needs 100 break-downs when you’ve got a beat like this: