So, after getting tired looking for new, creative sounds I felt let's just go for a simple detuned sawtooth. Here's the result. Drums and some sampled stuff added for good measure.

Just a raw mix so far, with no mastering.

160305

So, just playing around on the Blofeld with a patch, inspiration struck and one thing led to another. A little over long, and the instrument balances are a bit off too.

160309 (demo)

With a simple synth-based background, this is basically a long piano improvisation over a simple chord progression.

The synth 'bleeps' are actually produced by my short-time-owned Mutable Instruments Ambika, although they could have been done with any synth really.  Chords from an Audiothingies P6 and drums from my trusty XL-7 complete the picture.

150724

Initially starting out with some bubbly synth riffs, this piece after a while turns to being centered heavily on sampled strings (and drums) from the XL-7,

150810

According to my notes, this is done solely with the Blofeld and XL-7. Can't remember if the occasion was the arrival of the TSCY expansion board for the XL-7 or it was just on a whim.

150315

Highlighting the Nordlead which plays a prominent role, with the E-Mu XL-7 taking up the rest.

130702

A strong lead sequencer riff, plus some other blipping going on, add a few melody lines and a rudimentary drum track and you've got one of my typical instrumentals.

For the more technically minded, this was created solely on the E-Mu XL-7, using predominantly what I'd call 'analog synth' sounds. The XL-7 is no virtual analog, but with careful selection of the source waveforms and Z-plane filter settings it doesn't do too badly.

170116 (version 170911)

E-Mu XL-7, some VA synths and piano in a classic chord progression.

200224 mix 1

In 1998 the earth passed through the Leonid meteor cluster, which inspired me to create this more experimental piece of music. Heavily relying on sounds from the Nord Lead 2 (which was quite new at the time), sonically it's on the border between analog and digital synthesis.

Leonide Return

Yeah, simple title. This tune was created in a wave of inspiration when I'd got my brand new Nord Lead 2 in 1997. The Cheetah MS-6 is also featured, but apart from that all sounds including the drums were done on the Nord Lead.

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