My first song with my new Octatrack. Everything was done entirely on the Octatrack aside from a little gentle volume limiting added in post.

Octaventure

A quick snippet of the fanfare from Final Fantasy with my MODX to demonstrate that you can evoke the sounds of old SNES games even with modern hardware.

Final Fanfare

A brief ambient snippet of a BladeRunner-esque track that I'm working on. All sounds are from the OB-6, and all EQ, compression, reverb, and delay are from various Native Instruments effects (Passive EQ, Vari Comp, Replika XT, RC 48, and Solid Bus Compressor).

Ambient OB-6 Snippet

The Ritual

This is a comparison of Spitfire's BBC Symphonic Orchestra versus the Prophet X. This is in response to a question about the suitability of the Prophet X as a sampler.

The first sound is from BBCSO, which is a gorgeous sample library. It is a cello ensemble. Note the lack of vibrato during the first and last notes (I love slow strings with no vibrato). Also note the dynamics and wonderful legatos. BBCSO has jaw droppingly beautiful legatos.

The second sound is the Prophet X with an ensemble string section. Many nice string libraries will allow you to control the volume with the mod wheel so you can program in your own arcs. The Prophet X doesn't do that by default, but I used the mod matrix to control the volume with a mod wheel. There is no ability to fade vibrato in or out, so vibrato is constant. There are also no legatos because the Prophet X doesn't support it. I think this sounds a lot cheesier than the BBCSO example.

But I don't think it's a fair comparison. The Prophet X isn't intended to replace your sample libraries. It's best thought of as a synthesizer that can use a 150GB sample library as sources for complex modulation.

And on that thought, the third sound is the Prophet X using string samples as part of a complex synth patch. I think the sound is quite beautiful, and unlike anything you'll find in a sample library.

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