Last weekend we released our first EP. The EP contains 6 techno tracks and is almost only Elektron boxes, so I thought it might be interesting to share with your guys and hear what you think?
Really nice and congrats on the release!
Would also love to hear some insights production wise and how you uses which box.
I can imagine the other fellow nauts would like all the nitty gritty details!
Aaah yeah sorry.
We use a different combination of boxes for each track. But the ones we uses is: Digitakt, analog four mki, Analog rytm mki, Octatrack (sold now), Erica synths DB01 Bassline, Roland TB03, Behringer ms1 and Behringer model D.
We usually make one or 2 patterns on the machines and record the sketch into Logic pro. Then record layers and new patterns on top, so its a kind of hybrid solution. We never managed to finish any music when going completely dawless.
Iâm not sure I understand your question correctly, but we mostly use the internal sequencers, connect all the machines together with midi cables and then just send midi start and stop from Logic pro. We never use midi inside the daw with VST instruments, not because they doesnât sound good, but simply because we love to twitch knobs and buttons
Really nice work! If i could offer one piece of feedback is that (to my ears at least) the tracks sound a little muffled, I kept wanting to hear the hats and top end in general cut through the mix a bit more but otherwise great tracks.
Do you use midi to sequence inside logic or do you record everything as audio?
I prefer hardware too and the only the VSTi from a VIRUS Ti. So most tracks consist of recorded audio.
Awesome! Itâs always fun to take an idea to another level and make it a final song.
There was a threat recently on turning jams into tracks and how to choose the right pieces to work with. Very interesting concepts, wondering how you go about selection?
And yes, I got stuff online, not gonna spam this post, though. Iâll just leave this link to the latest techno live set
Listen to SYNCED BOXES, a playlist by Andreas Roet on #SoundCloud
Thanks, Iâm so glad to hear that.
The structure of our songs is more or less improvised, itâs still something weâre working on and try to learn from other artists, but for us, itâs about what feels right in the song.
I canât say we really got a recipe for how to select the right pieces, but for us, I think itâs important to have a strong idea before we record anything into the daw. Sometimes the idea isnât that good and we have to work a whole lot harder to get the track done, but I guess thatâs just how creativity works, sometimes you have to force it a little bit and go on for hours.
Great stuff, really impressed! do you record your jamâs in separate tracks and mix it after?