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03. Funf Stucke im Volkston, Op. 102 II. Langsam - Simply Schumann

Variatio 1 a 1 Clav  - From The Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
By Johann Sebastian Bach 
Sequenced by David J. Grossman · ©1997
Adapted for ESQ-1 By Neil Paddock
Used with the midi author's kind permission
Thanks Dave. Your midis are awesome! Hope I haven't messed it up too much. ; ) 

The Midi file used was 988-V01.mid from 
http://www.jsbach.net/midi/midi_goldbergvariations.html

Be sure to check out Dave's excellent midi resource for J.S. Bach at the link above and his Soundcloud page too!
https://soundcloud.com/electricbach

Track Notes:
This is all a bit of fun really. I am following in the footsteps of distinguished company. J.S. Bach, Wendy Carlos...
I wanted something to showcase the Ensoniq ESQ-1's latest soundpack, and I love the Goldberg Variations, so here it is.

STARTING TEMPO 100
ESQ-1 PATCHES IN ORDER
TPIANO
BEGONE
ICEPOP
PNOSTR (+ REVERB)
STRBAS
PNOSTR & SING 6
TPIANO & STRBAS
BEGONE & SING 6
HRNSEC & SING 6
HRNSEC & SING 6 & STRBAS
BEGONE TPIANO ICEPOP & KICK2 & SEGULS
KIEV KICK & SEGULS

Recorded in Reason 7.1 with an imported midi file and the VPC-1A Sound Pack 01-10

For more details check out
https://neilpaddock.gumroad.com

The Challenge:
I have tried to utilise all of the first ten sounds I re-sampled from the ESQ-1 Cartridge VPC-1A 01-10
which are, in order, with Patch Number:

41 TPIANO 
42 BEGONE 
43 HRNSEC 
44 STRBAS 
45 KICK 2 
46 PNOSTR 
47 SING6 
48 KIEV 0
49 ICEPOP 
50 SEGULS 

Introducing them in order wasn't really an option, as some work better than others. I transposed a few sections and experimented a bit with the bassline and the melody so that it sounded okay to me.

I really like the organ sound BEGONE in the second passage.

And the STRBAS rocks!!!

I threw KIEV & SEGULS in last as they really, really don't work well with this piece. The KICK 2 sounds nice though.

Bach is great, amazing etc. etc. If you haven't discovered him yet - Do it right now! ; ) Put his midis in a DAW and mess with them. The hours will disappear! It's great fun. Try it. It's what synthesizers were made for.

Variatio 1 A 1 Clav (BWV 988) By J S Bach [ESQ-1 Demo]

MIDI-files from Folkwiki.se converted to audio using Vienna Symphonic Library

02982 - Psalm Från Älvdals - Åsen1.mid

Featuring the Neil Paddock ESQ - 1 Cassette SFZ patches.

Image by Eric Castro:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericcastro/1425205585
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/


Dangerous Hills [Instrumental] - Free Download

Heroes (David Bowie Cover)

I covered this magnificent song as a tribute to David Bowie, following his death a few days ago. No infringement of copyright is intended, all the rights belong to the owners and I am not profiting by publishing. I sang, played and recorded all instruments in my home studio. Everything is played on real instruments except the drums (VST plug-in).

J'ai repris cette sublime chanson comme hommage à David Bowie, suite à son décès il y a quelques jours. Tout a été enregistré en home studio sur de vrais instruments excepté la batterie (instrument VST).

[COVER] David Bowie - Space Oddity

World type groove/instrumental created entirely in Reason 6. Artwork by: Saskia van Schagen (daughter of https://soundcloud.com/bastiaan-kooman)

Miles at the End

2 - 12 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, IV  Dance Of Bucium – Béla Bartók

2 - 11 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, III  In One Spot – Béla Bartók

2 - 10 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, II  Sash Dance – Béla Bartók

Idk how to clasify this track, one of the weirdest things I've done, hope you like it, just music!

Sigil

James Paddock - Adrenaline in the blood (Reav remix)

An orchestral soundtrack attempt which started like an orchestration practice.

Made in Cubase 6.5 using 5 instances of Miroslav Philharmonik (not fully loaded), 1 Sonik Synth 2 and 1 Retrologue.

Evil's coming

Free DD-5 Reboot pack not currently available due to selz closing down! Wav files, samples and rex loops 
https://
Click the "Buy" button. It's FREE to download.

If you would like to receive 150 free full midi drum tracks then check out this link:
http://www.howtoprogramdrums.com/?p=2867

Here's all 30 of the pre-programmed patterns from the Yamaha DD-5 Drum Machine. Recorded into a Focusrite Saffire USB 6 and Reason 6.5.2 with a single guitar lead.

Look out for a soon to be released DD-5 software emulation at http://howtoprogramdrums.com using this loop, chopped up into smaller wav files and rex files, and the individually sampled sounds. Subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when available. You can subscribe by clicking on the link below and clicking the "Subscribe" button when it pops up.:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/howtoprogramdrumscom

A popular thing to do with these nowadays is "circuit bending" - bolting on additional electronic gubbins to the old unit to make the original sounds distorted. 

This one is as it would have been when new - with no circuit bending whatsoever.

There is a demo on YouTube of a similar machine at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4aqw1JPm2A

The manual in PDF format is available from:
http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/emi/english/port/DD5E.PDF

If you would like to receive 150 free full midi drum tracks then check out this link:
http://www.howtoprogramdrums.com/150-free-midi-drum-tracks-by-james-paddock/

Yamaha DD-5 Demo Patterns

A collaboration between myself and Tom Pritchard. All synths and the main song structure are by Tom Pritchard, with additional arrangement, drums & percussion, guitars, vocals and atmosphere by myself.

I'd been put off of collaborations for a while as I always ended up getting stalled when working on something, either through lethargy or just not feeling where the idea was going. I figured it was about time I had another crack at it, and last year asked Tom if he'd be interested in working on something together. He already had a rough song idea to work with, so he sent that over and I did my thing with it and we bounced it back and forth a few times until we ended up with this.

Download link is in WAV format, if you'd prefer an MP3 then please use this link.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9860948/CollabMP3/Contrails.mp3

Adam Fielding & Tom Pritchard - Contrails

Neil Paddock is a multi instrumentalist and songwriter. 

Update Sep 2022: Selz (neilpaddock.selz.com) is no more. Look on Gumroad (neilpaddock.gumroad.com) for any sample sets now. I have updated the main links accordingly. Thanks :)

Variatio 1 A 1 Clav (BWV 988) By J S Bach [ESQ-1 Demo]

Neil Paddock

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