SP-FORUMS

dr00py wrote:I did a 2-3 hour set with the 404sx + microkorg last month

I like your style dr00p

i get down on myself sometimes too. sort of like a creative identity crisis or something.

you just gotta keep pushing ahead. take an analytical/strategic/tactical look at your process and think conceptually about what you want to accomplish.

chop samples differently, stop using samples completely ...

some random sony dual-cassette deck. went hunting for a deck with a pitch knob after reading one of those xlr8r "in the studio" features with matthewdavid where he talked about tape saturation and pitching. ended up, completely by coincidence, copping exactly the same deck from a thrift shop for $10 ...

Had to go with Chess. Grimy and soulful and funky and sci fi all in one.

Shout outs:
lllll for using that eerie vocal sample that barely anyone else manage to utilize.
alnitak for some of the best use of subsonic I've heard. Bold decision, well executed. Good ear.

I made a beat on the 505, decided ...

This one was a toss-up for me. Not a bad entry in the bunch, which is amazing considering how tricky these samples were. In the end, for me it came down to:

Blindfold: more of a rhythmic ambient piece than a beat but that's why I was digging it. A risky entry and I admire the balls to do something ...

feeling this, especially that first track

Digging your tunes, Nosmo. Low key oldschool house vibes.

As I've started playing with the SP-505 more I am finding myself wanting to make dub techno with it. The 4-track sequencer is great for dropping elements in and out and the FX select is really straight-forward and utilizes the screen well so ...

first thing i ever made on the 505
https://soundcloud.com/lastryspbb/spbb198

404 on the floor in this holy fuck live set
dude turns it off with his foot toward the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJoiMlxQOcs

not sure if it's running a loop or being used just for fx. my suspicion is he's using the voice transformer to chipmunk his vocal harmonies

I remember reading an XLR8R interview with Hieroglyphic Being where he talked about multitracking with two VCRs. Trippy dude. He brings the dirt.

I'd call it a track mute. On ableton there are any number of ways you could do this. You could automate the volume for the channel(s) you want to cut out and then draw that automation into your arrangement. Or if you're triggering clips in session view, you could just stop those clips at a given ...

Dang, I'm bummed those tracks aren't up any more, I'm a big Arthur Russell fan. He's so diverse.

The way I look at it is: we're all on a sampling forum so we are all, to one degree or another, collage artists. And collage is all about taking material from all kinds of different places and putting it together to create something new. It's hard to be deliberate when you're collaging. You can have ...

404sx (to this day the only piece of gear I've bought new)
303
just got a 505, gonna try it out and see how i like it

I also have a 202 but I loaned it indefinitely to a friend who does noise music. Been thinking about selling it but I'm gonna wait til I know how much he is relying on it. Don't ...

keep your necessities in mind tho. the last thing you want is to be struggling and starving and too hungry or cold to be able to really focus on your art