deepmind 12

A bunch of Berlin-school inspired and otherwise sequence-driven tracks in a similar style.

Berlin School and Sequences

All sounds from the Korg Mono/Poly (with scratchy pots I need to clean)

Mono/Poly Mission

A little something in an approximation of the Tangerine Dream/Berlin School style, with maybe some Carpenter thrown in to confuse things. Really love the tightness of the MOS-Lab moog modules on that pluck bass.

Video version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGX6JEJwOcc

Flute: Omnisphere
Bass drone : Korg Mono/Poly, latched (introduced with flute)
High sequence: Kilpatrick Phenol, Korg SQ-1 (first sequence heard)
Classic-sounding sequence: 3-osc MOS-Lab Moog-style Modular, SQ-1, El Capistan (second sequence, introduced with drums)
Drums: Roland TR-8, clocked from SQ-1
Resonance sequence: Yamaha CS-15, two 8 step sequences, one per oscillator. Korg SQ-1 (tuning went all funky on the CS-15, but I kept it in anyway)
Explosion: Camel Audio Alchemy

Everything except flute and explosion recorded live in one take into Cubase 8 on Windows 10.

A bit of a hint on the name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine

Major Atway's Nightmare

Messing around with the arps and sequences on the new DeepMind 12. Restricted myself to just presets.

Multi-tracked in PreSonus Studio One on Windows 10, with no additional effects. All sounds as-is from the DeepMind 12

DeepMind 12 Sequence

Behringer Deepmind 12 analog synth exploration.
Recorded straight from the synth, multitrack recording. No external effects.
Enjoy.
Patch set by GEOSynths (and some by me).

DeepMind Exploration

Sounds made with DeepMind 12

And the literature which created the idea to this music:
https://andreasbrandhorst.de/kantaki-bald-geht-es-los/

The Kantaki Watching The Time - DeepMind 12

HellDiver - DeepMind 12

Live performance video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Os9CUFFmYY&feature=youtu.be

I don't usually put my modular work on SC, but I made an exception for this one, as it's really not very 'modular' sounding!

State Azure - Gyroscope (Modular+Digitakt+DeepMind12)

Short improvisation on the DeepMind 12
Vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1-AY2k7YGY&feature=youtu.be

State Azure - The Magpie (DeepMind 12 live improv.)

YouTube video version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raZpmmfsm2I

All sounds from Novation Peak. A couple presets, and some of my own stuff. Sequences done using on-board arpeggiator on the Peak, clocked from Studio One. Multi-tracked, of course.

Very slight EQ and limiter after the fact, using Ozone. Otherwise, no external effects. Some distortion was intended, some was not. 

In case folks are interested:

- Intro feedback pads are modified preset. Love this patch.
- Bells starting around 1:04 are preset. I recorded it twice and use those clips throughout
- Supersaw drone/pad starting around 0:53 is from scratch
- Robot noises at around 1:20 are preset
- Berlin bass is a simple 3 osc patch I made, 8 voice unison (sounds about the same at 4 or even 2 voice because I didn't use a lot of spread)
- Secondary bass around 2:21 is modified preset
- Drums starting at 2:29 are modified percussion preset combined with modified bell preset. Like the bells, I recorded this once and then duplicated it on the grid.
- High sequence starting at 2:54 is a variation on that Berlin Bass patch
- Pad you hear starting around 3:30 is modified preset
- Closing high sound that comes in around 3:54 is preset

Distortion came in from four places
- Intentional distortion effect use
- Filter overdrive
- Adding noise to patch (just sounds like distortion)
- High resonance (mostly unintentional)

My audio interface was never overdriven.

Screen shot of Studio One project here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/psychlist1972/44361671612/in/album-72157656152472382/

Hybrid Horizon [Novation Peak Berlin Sequence / Demo]

Berlin school track.

Created with the Behringer Odyssey and Rhodes Chroma Polaris

YouTube version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWQkpvx8jk

Polaris C

A bit movie soundtrack, a bit classic Diablo, a bit of ... well, who knows? :)

Starts off with ambient soundtrack-type things going on, and then ventures into some classic Berlin school-type work, with a twist or two.

Title is a bit of an homage to a game I used to play in 5th grade on the C64.

YouTube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZuXMA5MzC4

YouTube Video (just part 2 with the Berlin sequence and drums)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiMiQE_4414

Image source and license link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14079872@N00/14958276333/in/photolist-oMP5q6-89m4v2-89m4yv-arfo5J-bGB3Z-78Vn5T-4XYyoo-LScht-24CurCX-UEZPmM-9gDZei-47rYqp-2GxPZ-bL2YxT-6k6aLx-3g56C-7c4TNp-K4VoM-6HPpnb-bp4W1-fuGzrj-e4oUHw-2hjxxq1-44xSJr-6LPG2s-QMe17d-4UYsPi-6PquQd-2wrnJE-5maMmr-4D11tV-8MXrsp-51ivQw-Zx7kmd-28hkkzi-24Fa8NZ-pWYqeZ-RR5RnF-2hyQr52-8zrQkY-5zoP4A-c64Q-t1V3F-vfYZJb-5XXYoN-nS4Efv-4DUtZH-t1V3C-3aRhCG-7cHmNQ

Below The Root Parts 1 And 2

Author. Speaker. C64/SID Fan. Electronics n00b. Programmer. Woodworker. Amateur deep space astrophotographer. Work at Microsoft, on MIDI and more, to fund my hobbies and help invent new ones. I like to play with sound. I'm Chair of the MIDI Association executive board.

DeepMind 12 Sequence

Pete Brown