I didn't have any particular goal for this track except to finish & master something. I recorded to the OP-1 tape and then mixed and (barely) mastered in Ableton. I used a decent mix of sound engines here, but the most important ones were Cluster (for the pads in the beginning), Voltage (for bass throughout the track), and DSYNTH (for the staccato drone towards the end).

OP1 Étude #1

Inspired by Battle 52 - Off the Grid on the Operator-1 forum. Working without the grid made it easier to explore more experimental territory and avoid relying on four-bar patterns and loops. All sounds are from the FM synth engine, with the exception of the light drums which are DBOX. Mixed & mastered directly on the OP-1.

OP1 Étude #2

Picked up a Novation Circuit today and this is the first real jam. So far I am absolutely a fan. Here I have the Circuit running into the Octatrack (which applies delay) and the Octatrack into the OP1 for recording and "mastering."

Circuit Étude #1

Another Circuit jam, this time recorded directly to the OP-1 without the Octatrack in the middle. Synth patches are all by Cuckoo, drum samples are all by Samples From Mars. Still getting the hang of performance and pattern-based song structure...

Circuit Étude #2

Another Circuit jam into the OP-1. This one features Dr. Wave on the lead. There are a few mistakes—I need to practice a lot more with playing multiple instruments at a time...

Circuit Etude No3

Song from the OST for an imaginary cave in an imaginary video game.

some sort of cave??

Quick Circuit jam. Recorded directly to album on the OP-1 and mastered with Landr.

Noah Muth

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