Directionless Studios presents an original tune using various VSTs & a couple of drum machines.

https://youtu.be/SjfgD-yo7h4

Vintage VST

Been enjoying making a few quick Looptober beats in lieu of having a full production going atm.

https://youtu.be/9axBwNYsjlU
Square arp 1 - Korg M1
Drone pad - HG Fortune's Anvilia VST
>analog out - Gadget Labs Wave 8/24
Bass pad - ReFX's Nexus
>analog out - EMU 1212m
Square arp 2 - Akai SGv01
Piano - Ensoniq KS-32
arrangement:
Casio CZ-101
Dexed & FM7 VSTs > analog out - RME Digi96
beats - Roland TD-6

H.G. Fortune! He made many VSTs & offered some up for free in a time when there wasn't that many good virtual synths or they were too expensive.

Many of his VSTs have ambience & textures great for atmosphere. I run them in an old PC w/ a pro audio card.
https://hgfortune.neocities.org/

Looptober 24

Roland TD-6 (909 Kit)
Korg DW-6000 - analog hats
Korg MS2000BR - bass/arp
Roland MKS-70 - synth string
Deckard's Dream - analog lead
Casio CZ-101 - arrangement
Yamaha RX11 - hats

https://youtu.be/IQI5vyExTEM

Looptober 30

Synths:
Ambient SuperSaw Arp: CFA|Sound Super-7 VST "out of the box" Windows XP PC w/ RME DIGI 96/8 analog out
Analog Lead: Black Corp. Deckard's Dream
Bass Arp: Korg MS2000BR
Synth Arp: Casio CZ-101
Synth Strings:
Korg DW-8000
Roland D-550
Bells: Ensoniq EPS
Supplemental Synth Arps:
Yamaha DX7II
Korg M1
Supplemental Bass: Roland Alpha Juno II

Drum Machines:
Timpani: Roland TD-6 (orchestral kit)
Long Clap: Yamaha RX-11

Rise Through Decline

Drum Machines:
Roland TD-6 (909 kit): Kick, snare, clap, tom
Yamaha RX-11: hats
Roland R5: snare
Korg DW-6000: white noise hats

Synths:
Acid Saw Bass: Korg MS-2000BR
Synth Sweep Pad: Roland Alpha Juno 2
Main Analog Lead: Black Corp. Deckard's Dream
Secondary lead: Kawaii K1m
Secondary lead/harmony: Roland MKS-70
Arp synth arrangement: Casio CZ-101

Space Disco

Instruments controlled:
Korg MS2000BR
Roland MKS-70
Roland Alpha Juno II
Vector Synth Stack: Yamaha TG33 / Korg Wavestation SR

SpaceNews1 — Live Ambient Noodling

Instruments used (in basic order of appearance):

Korg DW-6000 - Hats
Casio CZ-101 - arps
Roland Alpha Juno 2 - bass
Yamaha TX81z - horn stabs
Roland R5 / Yamaha RX-5: Drum Machines
Industrial "clank" noise - UVI Darklight IIx
Directionless - voice
Roland D-550 - Lead 1
Yamaha TG33 / Korg Wavstation - Vector Stack - Lead 2
Korg MS2000BR - Pads
Roland MKS-70 - Ending lead

Work Hard original composition (C) Martin Gore Alan Wilder Mute

This version transcribed, arranged, performed and produced by Directionless.

Depeche Mode — Work Hard. A Directionless Cover /  Music Video

(instruments in order of appearance)
Digital Analog Riffs: Roland XV-88
Filter Strings: Korg MS2000BR
Medium Bass Arps: Roland D-110
Deep Bass Arps: Roland Alpha Juno II
Gritty Bass Stab: Korg DW-6000
Midrange Arps: Roland JV-1080
Drum Machines:
Yamaha RX-5
Roland R5
Lead: Roland MKS-70

Sequencing in Renoise, recorded live in one pass to disk. Run through old analog gear to dirty master it. DAD.

Orchestral Dissonance

(instruments in order of appearance)
Bassline: Roland Alpha Juno II
Main Arp: Roland XV-88
Drum machines: Yamaha RX-5 / Roland R5
Secondary lead / edgey mid-bass FM: TX81z
Lead: Roland MKS-70
Arp Stab: Kawai K1m
White noise hats: Korg DW-6000
Pad: Roland D-550
Acid: Korg MS2000BR

Produced in Renoise. Recorded live sequence.
DAD – Digital during initial recording, Analog gear used during mixing, Digital mastering.

Neutral Interference

149 BPM

Roland Alpha Juno 2 -- Bass (Arps)
Full Bucket Music FB-3300 -- mid-bass Arps
Roland D-110 -- mid-bass Arps
Roland XV-88 -- high arps
Korg MS2000BR -- Digital Analog String
Akai SGv01 -- Matrix Brass Swells
Kawai K1m -- Ambient lead
Roland MKS-70 -- synth riffs
Vector Synth Stack -- (Soft Brassy Pad)
 |_ Korg Wavestation SR / Yamaha TG33
Yamaha TX81z -- Ending Lead
Roland JV-1080 -- Last note

Drum machines -- Yamaha RX-5 / Roland R5

Sequenced in Renoise.  Track recorded from live playback to analog mixing stack back to digital.  SPARS code DAD.

Electronic Consonance

Fm - RECOVERY

Vector synth stack run through a rhythmic delay
Roland Alpha Juno II -- LFO Oscillation Lead
Arps -- Roland MKS-70

Bass - Korg DW 6000
Synth Strings - Roland Alpha Juno II
FM Violin - Yamaha TX81z
Flutish synth - Roland JV-1080

Mechanical Symphony

Mainly a solo of the Roland MKS-70 with some light vector synth, and a little Kawaii K1m added in.

Working Memory

First Day Back (intro)

Mostly digital, yet all analog (i.e. no instrument recorded inside it's box):

Bass:  Roland Alpha Juno II
Gated ARP: the fabulous (r.i.p.) H.G. Fortune's Arracis Gold VST
 |_ analog output off Win XP rig / Sound card: RME DIGI96/8
Poly lead: PG-8X VST
 |_ analog output off Win 8.1 rig / Sound card: EMU 1212m
FM Synth lead: Dexed VST
 |_ analog output off Win XP rig#2 / sound card RME DIGI96/8 #2
Ambient Swell: Alesis S4
Poly Arpeggios: Novation V-Station VST
|_ analog output off Win 98 rig / sound card Gadget Labs Wave/8-24
Beats: Roland V-Drums TD-6 / TR-909 ROM Kit

Sequencing in Renoise.  Recorded to live mix all tracks at once.
MIDI routing: combination of traditional MIDI and Ethernet
 |_ MIDI DIN - MOTU MIDI Express 128 & my DAW PC's sound card RME: HDSPe
 |_ Ethernet - CopperLAN - ethernet run to standalone PC/VST Hosts
 http://www.copperlan.org

Current Year

Synthesizer sounds of the 70s/80s/90s analog chiptune rompler VST hardware semi-modular patch system running in DOS

I started another channel for game remix https://soundcloud.com/directionless-game

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