A new experiment yesterday evening. This is just the SQ-64 sequencing the Novation Nova's 6 multi timbral performance mode. All patches from scratch, which is...

Bass, Pluck, Pad, Kick, Snare, HiHat

...and it was a lot of fun. Effects are all the Nova ones. I only added some minor EQ and a limiter in the box.

This isn't perfect by any means, but I'm working towards being able to play live from scratch. This was recorded at the end of a one-evening jam session. I didn't even store the patches because I prefer blank canvases when I start a new thing anyway.

Experiment with Nova & SQ-64 (One Synth Challenge)

Looks like what I thought was a classic 90s Trance tune is actually from 1979.

So this is not just inspired by воскрешение by ппк in 2001, but also inspired by музыка к фильму Сибириада by Эдуард Артемьев, from 1979 (which воскрешение also was inspired by).

I don't know the slightest bit of Russian by the way 😁

Space Melody

This little jam was me experimenting with the Volca Modulars combined with a Bastl Kastle and a Bastl Kastle Drum. The SQ-64 sequenced both the Volca Modular through CV, which allowed me to use some longer sequences than the internal sequencer would give me.

All in all, I'd say, experiment successful. I love the varied percussion the Kastle Drum can create.

This was a one take recording, I only added some minor EQ and a limiter in the box.

Bastl Kastles & Volca Modular Jam

In case anybody is wondering how I feel about the Omicron variant.

Now with added Angry Pasta screams.

Everything made in the box with Bitwig, main synths are Phase Plant and Diva.

Omicron

It's been a while ... this isn't a full blown masterpiece or anything, not that I'd really think I've made any of those yet anyway. Just a little thing (song, track) I did that I'd like to share. As usual, it doesn't really fit into any genres, I think.

I was inspired by some Berlin School videos that played with polymeters. Used one here as the very first thing, but then added a more traditional four to the floor kick and, because I like Generate (the soft synth) so much, a reese bass with that.

This was fun, I hope you enjoy the little song 😁

Berlin Vignette

A week ago, I made this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkAE_lC66KQ

...with the full intention of building this very track here. It's a 1 minute acid version of a nearly 5 minutes acid hardware jam, and I made it for the Venus Theory acid contest.

The used hardware was the TD-3-MO for the main acid line and the NuBass for the secondary one, and the TR-09 delivered the drums.

(Yes, the header image is made by / with Midjourney.)

1 Minute Acid

This is also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiUNnOL40JE

Posting it here as well so I can include it on my homepage https://haslo.ch/ 😋

Drawing Heat

I have a problem with the Hapax. Because it's so easy to do things with it, I tend to throw the kitchen sink at everything. The prompt here was, "use another meter than 4/4". But why one when we can use two? So this ended up using not one, but two meters, and both odd ones.

This is also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdlMTaTPq7g

Polyrhythms

This is also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmPi1pLDsNY

DAWless Techno-ish Jam in 13/16

This is also on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyC3wx90Yis

Ambient Vibes, DAWless Jam

This was made for a remix contest of a track by Analog Kitchen:

https://www.youtube.com/@AnalogKitchen

Not quite sure what genre it is. Probably dark melodic glitch techno or something. In fact, I've made so many little glitch samples for this that I've make a glitch sample pack out of them:

https://haslo.gumroad.com/l/uulnc

A YouTube video will follow in a while, I have to think about what to do here, because it wasn't a live performance.

Analog Kitchen - Close Your Eyes To See (haslo's Glitchy Remix)

I just wanted to do something with Bitwig again, instead of hardware. The prime motivator for that was, it was evening, I had a melody in my head, and my hardware synths were nowhere near.

I ended up liking this more than I thought I would, so here you go! Have fun!

I will make a YT video with this, but it'll take a day or two 😁

Melody Box

This track was born out of two things: A rumble, and the MiniFreak virtual instrument. The rumble actually came second but quickly took center stage because I was so happy with it.

The MiniFreak is still there, it's the main melody that comes in later. The other synth stabs and tones are all Phase Plant.

I'm not sure whether this genre (melodic hardcore techno?) already exists - it certainly reminds me of those Thunderdome CDs I used to listen to in the 90s. Somebody suggested "melodic industrial", that definitely works for me.

Have fun with it! It's certainly slightly less smooth and relaxing than the last few things I've made.

Battle Angel

This was born from a meme. A few months ago, there was a TikTok going around with a Kärcher pressure cleaner providing the bass for a techno track, purely analog, no synths involved. This one isn't quite like that, it does use lots of synths.

It's also way later now. But I figured, I'd release it into the wild anyway. Not like I'd do anything else with it.

Pressure

The prime idea for this track is shamelessly stolen from @synkrotron. Have a watch here for a 3 hour stream where he builds a similar one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35Ioz30Mak

As they say, a track is never completed, just abandoned. I think I have to release this one into the wild.

Transmissions from the Void

Album out now!

Koto Dreams

This track was inspired by the Acid V synth by Arturia. I knew I didn't want to make acid. I've done that before, I'll do it again, but I'd rather do that with hardware. Software on the other hand, particularly with the range of possibilities of Acid V, gives space to much more exploration. So that's what I did. It's essentially an ambient track with a techno underpinning. Very much inspired by my drone experiments, too.

Enjoy!

Acid Lullaby

This track started with me thinking "Gee, this 8-Bit synth that i finally got, I have to make something with it". Turned out to be quite the happy little tune. Enjoy!

Oh, chiptune always has 909 and 303 sounds, right? Right?

Chiptune

Another chiptune track. Maybe it'll become an album at some point? Probably not though, knowing myself. Lots or arps, lots of squares, more UVI 8Bit synth as well as the amazing Plogue Chipsynth C64. Lots of arps. But of course, there's a 909 in there, which sounds more like an 808 at this point.

The melody that eventually comes in is Plasmonic through a Moogerfooger Ringmod pedal.

Fun fact: This one started with Mariana, the new amazing moog synth. However, it no longer has Mariana in there - the bass has been replaced with Phase Plant, where I have much more surgical control over the sound.

Chiptune II

It's been so long since my last track! I have a few abandoned ones between this and the last, but this one just wanted out.

Corrosion and decay in a world of a low drone. A bit of piano, a bit of arpeggio, all dominated by that low constant humming, ripping, tearing sound. And then there's a kick, but it doesn't drive, it's falling apart as much. And a clap, but it's not a clap, it shouts into the ether and reverberates into nothingness.

And always the track goes back to the drone. That low, crunchy single note.

Have fun! ...I think 😆

Oxidized Frequencies

This genre isn't that well-represented (Psyndustrial Dub Forest Techno-Trance, that is), so I made the genre the track title, too.

This started out as a discussion about kicks. I love Vult Knock. Then I did a rumble. Then I did a drums thingy. Then it became dub techno with a rolling bass. Then I added more and more stuff until I landed in psytrance territory with forest birds and psy frogs. How odd is that.

Psyndustrial Dub Forest Techno-Trance

I wanted to make this track over half a year ago already. It's like the third time I started it, too. Finally got to finish it in a way that I'm happy with!

It's ... strange. Techno-ish, creepy, hopefully pissing off people who aren't happy with wokeness.

I mean, what else is "woke" than "seeing unfairness where it happens"?

So, here goes.
Towards a more woke world.
With a mind virus.

Woke Mind Virus

Would you believe that this entire thing is just 8 instruments / samples?

It all started with this recording:

https://soundcloud.com/the-conet-project/tcp-d3-38-298-irdial

I built my soundscape around that.

Final Radio Message

This started with a bass line. One that's barely audible anymore, underneath all the complexity, the polyrhythms, the reverb tails, the generative rhythms, the caffeinated woodpecker hats.

Is it too much? You tell me 😄

Oh, Chiptune III and IV. They're there, just not mixed yet. I'll have to revisit them some time, IV needs some finishing touches too. This will probably become an album at some point. The "strange chiptune that is anything but chiptune but has 8 bit synths in it" album.

Chiptune V - Poly Synth Complex

A drone if there ever was a drone.

I wanted to make an ambient track; I think I failed at that. But I love the result anyway.

You wouldn't believe how much of a mess this was pre mix, too 😅

The Rumbling March of the Bird Robots

My first album is out! Just in time for #BandcampFriday.

This track was made as the climax of the album, tying it all together into one coherent whole and story arc, too.

https://haslo.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions-from-the-void

The track itself:

I'm pretty proud of the beasts. No samples were used for them; they're purely synthesized.

The track started out rather tame at first, but it became properly evil and is now the high point of the album it kind of capstones. Apocalypse. That's what the album is about, that's what the track is about. There is no avoiding it in the world that the album is set in.

Cyberbeasts of the Apocalypse

Haha, chiptune. Well, nope, not chiptune. But it has chiptune elements in it? Maybe it'll be part of that album. Probably not though. I really like the track in its own right though.

I wanted to keep it under 10 minutes, but it wrestled its way way out of that. Over 11 minutes now. And it needs every second of it, to breathe, to beat its living heart, to meditate.

It took a while to get this to work really. All the elements wanted their proper space, there needed to be enough of them to fill everything while not overwhelming any piece. And the mix, the reverb, the distortion, the granular delays ... not easy. But it was worth it. Done now.

Enjoy!
Meditate, maybe.

Chiptune VI - Monks in the Rain

Something is unleashed, I feel. A raw hot pink core deep inside. Chaotic, messy, amazing. It wants out. It gets out. It's finally free!

Raw Hot Pink Core

I made this for a contest where the prompt was "light ambient". I ended up not entering it because while it's ambient, it's not light. So it sat for a while. I figured I'd do something else with it maybe, but it really doesn't need anything. It is complete and ready to fly, fly out into the world, and land on some far away jungle planet for real.

Bye, my little song. Have fun out there!

Jungle Planet Landing

I have a hard time making tracks without 303s it seems. So there is one in here, too. The track was shorter at first, but then it felt like it was stopping just when it got started, so that's when I picked up moog Mariana and got something deep into the mix. It is complete now.

Liminal Echoes

I wanted to make something slightly more typically EDM, maybe dark trance? I found this lovely drum kit by Machinesque on op1.fun and made the first half of the track with the OP-Z synths and sample packs plus those hard kicks.

But then I was really missing a hard dirty bass. Went looking for it, and found it in a sample pack in the wonderful Hainbach's Patreon feed. Then I needed a sound the OP-Z couldn't produce, and turned to the Novation Nova for that and made a patch with three double saws and then threw in a variety of dirt. Played in that part by hand, mastered everything in GarageBand, and here goes.

Huge shoutout to my wife who helped a lot with finding the bits where the song was still lacking. We're both pretty happy with it now.

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