COLLISION

A throwback to classic 80s techno and house vibes, 500 represents several months of experimenting with old school techno!

I came up with the idea after taking a tour of Submerge this past year. Got to around to all the old spots and everything, and got to meet some awesome people from all over the world. Got me hooked on Model 500 and UR and all the like.

Interstate 500

Experiments with the Roland R-8M, as well as my entry into the 2019 Newgrounds Audio Death Match (Offvelo)

Roland R-8M
Roland JD-800
Roland JX-3P
Roland MKS-50
Yamaha TX81z
Behringer Deepmind 12D
Behringer Neutron
Behringer Model D
Arturia Microfreak

offvelo

A small collection of songs recorded to cassette tape, sequenced with the Yamaha RM1x. Started this after being reunited with a DW-8000, one of my favorite synths of all time.

R3M1x

This is a varied collection of pretty energetic house and tech house tracks. Most tracks recorded to either reel-to-reel or cassette with a variety of synths and drum machines.

Collected Trax Vol. 1

hi im back lol this is mega crusty, pardon the extra crust. also can't use my shift key cause its currently covered in film whoops.

this is my poly800 on pads, qy700 as brain and drums, td3 on bass, some sidechaining via the right out on the qy700 and a boss microstack compressor, and a tascam guitar cab sim on the poly800. recorded in mono through my old shitty boss mixer and onto an even shittier marantz portable mono tape recorder

Random Trash

this one is from before, but I'd let this stupid shitty account lapse and didn't reup till recently my bad guys

I like this one! its got good rytm drums, good weird live mangling from the octa, and some really good bass from the manther, love that thing

bitmatch

here's another from the day after bitmatch I think, god I love the rytm/octa combo as per usual

Backbounce

I hadn't realized I never uploaded these here I think, it's a bunch of eurorack ambient works I made quite a while ago.

The track status wait was featured in my gmod map gm_afterhours, and the album itself is loosely themed around an outbound probe leaving the solar system. Some nice textures in there!

Status Wait

Solarwinds

Receiver Active

Interstellar Transit

Initial Transmission

Heliosphere Exit

Some kinda bluesy stuff, rainy and moody. It was all just improv and features my still broken wurlitzer. Amp's shot on it, high end gets completely saturated out and it often starts breaking up. Managed to get 6 minutes without issue somehow lol.

Equipment Used:
Roland JX-3P - Pad
Wurlitzer 206 - Piano
Korg MS-20 Mini - Lead and Bass

Apartment 305

Wanted to do more with my modular, so this is the modular and the volca beats again.

Equipment Used:
Korg Volca Beats - Drums
HEK Modular - Plucks and stuff

Subclass

Neotick

A collection of cut extras that I like from my old catalog of recordings.

Reuploaded from my bandcamp.

La Petite Fille De La Mer

Final

Variation

Repetition

Motif

Introduction

Got my stuff hooked up, and was gonna use the tr707 I had gotten recently but had a few issues with disabling omni mode so I just used the TR-8.

equipment used:
roland tr-8 - drums
roland jd800 - fantasia glassy stabs
roland jv880 - playstation-ish wind stabs
behringer model d - bass
roland jx3p - string pad
korg ex8000 - resonance fall sound
yamaha tx81z - epiano

alesis midiverb 2 - drum/master reverb
dbx 166 - compression

otari mx5050 mk3 - tape

lonely inbetween

Did some crosspatching between the ms20 and behri  d

Crosstalk

Ghosts

13 - upon a lucent hill

12 - a hollow prismatic trunk

9 - crystalline memories shatter

3 - memories of life since past

2 - a since-dead tree stood

Got in my wedge the other day, and decided to do a little coffee table jam. 

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0ivjh5qiY

equipment used:
korg monologue - bass/sequencing
arturia drumbrute impact - drums/clock
behringer deepmind12 - chords
alesis wedge - master reverb send
radio shack mx1000 - drum mixing/saturation
boss bx800 - master mix/effects send
tascam 424 mk1 - tape multitracking

Montage AfxBass [dm12 mono dbi] 135

I was messing around with the deepmind, monologue and sp404 to make some lofi beats on the tape machine.

Keystep controls deepmind12 and clocks the sp404. Monologue is played by hand. 404 does beats, deepmind does arps and chords and stuff. Monologue on bass.

Recorded to tascam 424 at half speed.

3 - Terminal Emulator

Testing out my new REAPER set up with the studio, got everything hooked up again for doing piano-rolly stuff again.

Of course I got distracted instead and made a short little simple house track with the Poly61. Chord memory is a powerful drug.

Poly61 on chords, 909 cassette samples on drums, Boog on bass.

Distractions

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/Ieb_oANsPM8

Wanted to test out my DigDugDIY Purple Rain compressor, so I ran the Roland TR-8 through it into my old Radio Shack MX1000 line mixer. Kawai K1m handles other synth sounds, sequenced by the Squarp Pyramid. That also goes into the MX1000.

Then that all goes out to the Behringer Model D for filtering, and then that goes into the Alesis Wedge for splitting the signal into stereo. Recorded to tape on my Tascam 424 mk1.

Video coming soon!

Signal Commute

Still doing some synthwave! This one took me forever to put together, started it right before I moved the setup out into the former unused dining room.

So, enjoy some more chillsynthwavevapor whatever this stuff is. I just like it a lot!

Equipment Used:
Roland JD-800 - First big pad
Roland JV-880 - Under the JD pad
Arturia Microfreak - Brass chord stabs
Roland JX-3P - Bass
Behringer Deepmind12D - Brass arps (after the first big gap with the MF)
Roland MKS-50 - Brass octaves
Yamaha TX81z - Flute solo!
Behringer Neutron - Extra brass bits to go with the MKS-50
Akai AX-80 - More brass lines

707, Linn and DMX drum samples

REAPER for sequencing/editing/automation what have you.

Integrated

Change

Wanted to test some really crunchy delays, so I made something that's like borderline unlistenable. Woo!

program one - cross signal

Had a pretty catastrophic plumbing failure over here at the house, so grabbed some gear and my four tracker and ran over to stay somewhere else.

Did a little jam right before bed, made this little diddy!

Arturia Microfreak - Lofi Bloops
Roland JD800 - Pad
Akai AX80 - Bass
Roland SP-404 - Beats
Boss RCL-10 - Pad Compression (sidechain to drums)
DIY Tape Delay (send 1)
EQD Avalanche Run (send 2)
Yamaha AM802 - Mixer/Sends
Tascam 424 mk1 - Cassette Recording

Chill vibes all around. Love delays. The Microfreak runs a 16 step sequence that I live play some extra notes over, while the Microfreak MIDI syncs the SP-404.

Fogline

Was working on making a little track to workout the Roland R-8M! It's a really neat drum module, has some awesome sounds in there.

Here's a little video showing the first revision of the song: https://streamable.com/x2qqa
I've mixed it a bit more since that, so I'll get a better version up on youtube.

Equipment Used:
Roland JX-3P - Bass
Roland JD-800 - Choral Pad
Behringer Model D - 5th Stabs
Yamaha TX81z - Bitcrushy Pad
Roland R-8M - Drums
Akai AX80 - Acid Bass
Behringer Neutron - Crazy Arp

High Density

Made this for the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch! It's a bit longer and a lot more granular than my tracks normally tend to be, but I hope it was worth it!

Equipment Used (in order of appearance):
Behringer Model D - Bass (stabs)
Roland JD-800 - Pad
Behringer Neutron - Arp
Roland R8M - Drums
Roland JX-3P - Brass Melody
Roland MKS-50 - Bass/Arp (weird square thingy)
Akai AX-80 - Bass (squelch)
Korg Minilogue XD - Triangle WeeWoo
Arturia MicroFreak - Weird Percussive Bleps
Behringer Deepmind12D - Pad (pitch bend)
Yamaha TX81z - Rapid Pluck Arp

Offvelo

I wanted to do some sampling for basically the first time aside from just loading up a bunch of drum samples. So I grabbed a tune from those old kmart tapes and just messed around a bit with it. Not too bad!

Sequencing - Yamaha QY-700
Sampling - Roland S-550
Recording - Fostex Model 280

「ｌｏｓｔ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ Ｋ」

Made this as my first track, but it was pretty garbage for a first take. So I did some changes, took the bass and threw it at the MS-101, and bam. Sounds much better!

Video coming soon!

Odd/Even

Alright, and here is some really weird stuff from the other night. It's my electric field microphone pointed at my speaker, my phone on a wireless charge pad, and the spring verb it's ran through (all at different points), then that goes out to lil erebus for delay. Lots of weird here.

Antiphon provides sines and springs.

Spring Travel

Finally, reunited with a DW-8000. So good!

Have some booty bouncing deep house courtesy of the RM1X, DW-8000, and MS-101.

All sequencing/drums done on the RM1X, bass on MS-101, and stab on DW-8000. Oh also, RM1X goes through the eurorack (Antiphon, Rings, then Clouds) for some funky glitches and weird sounds to kinda add to it. So good!

Reunion

Alright, have a bit more house stuff from the RM1X/DW-8000/MS-101 trio, this time with the Wedge on the DW-8000 doing some flange and chorus action. Fun!

Follower

Have some kinda jungly techno stuff here, Using the break kit on the RM1X, sounding mighty fine. A bit more glitching from the modular for taste of course. MKS-50 with the DT-300 programmer for the arppy stuff, and MS-101 on bass as per usual.

Even Break

Alright, here's some actually good house. That last one is kinda piss poor, so have some beefier kicks and snares courtesy of the Tama Techstar TS-306
! Rest of perx is RX5, bass is neutron and chords are model D just like the last. Model D through Ibanez DM-1000 digital delay. Neato!

RXDET5 DBX

Have some more model:samples house! This one was 32 steps instead of 16 steps, I'm learning lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIjkGZ31fwU

One Arm

Tryin out the new t-rex replicator on the bass synth and man oh man, what a pedal! I've got to get used to it a bit more but it's a real damn cool tape delay. Can get crazy short and crazy long, plus some lovely inputs for feedback and time which is neato.

Shatter

Hello! Got a TD-3 from Detroit Modular, their new store is awesome. But yeah, pretty decent chill track here, very pleased with the bass line and everything. I've never really done anything with any sort of 303-like synth so this was something new for me. Had to look up the original Roland manual to figure out programming haha!

Valid Destination

Alright, last day! Since I'm doing global game jam, didn't have a lot of time to record. So this is just a dumb jam with the DR-110 and TD-3. They go pretty darn well! Wish my DR-110 had mutes, should probably get on that and the individual outs.

Trashed

Here's some chill stuff! Having a longer week, and needed a pick me up so made some tunes. This one is pretty simple, but it's got a lot of layers to it. I've got a basic video testing out my new sony fx1 in a static position that's not too shabby if you prefer listening on the tube.

Equipment Used:
Akai MPC Live - Sequencing/Drums
Tama Techstar TS-306 - Kicks/Snare
Behringer TD-3 - Bass
Behringer MS-101 - Plucky Sequence
Roland JX-3P - Brass
Korg DW-8000 - Saw Stab
Akai AX-80 - Higher Pitched Square Pluck
Behringer Deepmind 12D - Syncy Square Ethereal Thing
Roland JD-800 - Chord Pad
Studio Electronics ATC-1 (w/ 2600 cart) - Porta Sequence

Memory

Some more vibes from the TD-3/RD-8 pairing. It's soooo good!

Same set up as before, TD-8 on drums through BOSS RX-100 reverb (except for kick), then TD-3 through Electra EP-100 BBD.

Alright, just something dumb and easy for testing out the Solina SE-IV. What a cool string synth, this thing sounds amazing! Though it weighs an absolute ton holy moly.

Drums are RD-8 through a BOSS RX-100 spring verb, bass is TD-3 through BOSS RCL-10 comp/limiter and Eletra EP-100 BBD, and finally strings are Solina through T-Rex Replicator. Recorded on my Tascam 246!

Eminent Namespace

alright time for some more fun, I dunno if this sounds any good cause I can't tell anymore lol

Freese

Wanted to make something at the very least tonight, lots of fun!

Luminosity

Here's a sorta smooth track I made to test out the recently fixed up Tascam 238 rackmount 8-track cassette tape recorder! As you can tell, all 8 channels actually work and playback nicely, and no staticy clicks and pops. Now to fix the otari...

Anyways, this is pretty basic. The QX1 sequences everything but drums, and operates in 5/4 time. The RD-8 sends clock and transport to the QX1, and then I play with mutes and un-mutes and parameters till the dogs come home. I do really like making a longish loop on the QX1 and syncing that to a more traditionally timed/phrased drum loop. Great potential there.

Alright, this is getting long enough. I'm working on a video of this right now so sit tight if you want to see a few things more in depth.

Thanks so much for listening!

techroom

Hey! I've been messing around with this track for the past few days in between working from home and cleaning the house. It's not the best I've done recently, but it's still nice and chill and has a decent vibe to it.

This track's got a companion video to it! Go watch that if you like looking at synths haha

Yamaha QX1 - Sequencing
Roland JX-3P - Brass
Roland JD-800 - Solo Thing
Roland MKS-50 - Square Swells
Korg DW-8000 - 5th Stabs
Oberheim Matrix 6 - 5th Plops
Behringer MS-101 - Bass
Akai AX-80 - Main Chord Pad
Roland RE-101 - AX-80 Delay
Boss RV-100 - AX-80 Reverb
Midiverb II - Matrix 6 Reverb
Quadraverb - MKS-50 Reverb
Wedge - JX-3P Reverb

Rechord

Oooooh, this one turned out pretty smooth. Quite enjoying the Hypnosis so far, sounding as good as it looks! I've got quite a smoooooth video coming too for this track.

Manther is on bass duties, and also gate/CV's rings in 2-op FM mode. Clock from Manther slaves both Marbles/o_C-Sequins and the Rytm. Sequins sequences Plaits for chord root and chord structure, as well as providing gate to Lil Erebus for the filter envelope. Plaits' ODD output goes through Lil Erebus for the filter, then through the Blue Lantern Stereo Delay for some widening. Then there's a little Clouds muckin around and ba-bam! You got some weirdness.

Oh and of course, Rytm does drums as well as a little synthy line. Pretty good stuff!

Funky

I was listening to one of my favorite tracks and realized that I could super easily make a little track out of maybe a sample of it. Bonus points for anyone that can ID the track :D

Anyways, this is Manther on 101-esque bass, Rytm on drums and samples, and Microfreak and Plaits on aux arps and weirdness. Those two go through the Hypnosis and the DBX 900 for sidechained compression, while the Manther goes through the GS-30 again.

This is the digital take, as the damn 246 is doing a dumb again!!! I think I need to clean the heads, apparently I record too much haha.

Hubb

Heyyyy, it finally came in! Say hello to the MXR 185 drum computer, a fantastic little drum machine from the early 80s with an 8-bit punch. It's got a performance mixer, it's got live global drum tuning, it DOESN'T have MIDI, wowowow!

Anyways, I've got it spitting clicks out to the modular where the pulses get signal boosted to trigger manther's sequencer clock and also microfreak's sequencer clock as well. That seemed remarkably stable and kept everything nice and tight.

Obviously, manther is on bass and goes through the Tascam GS-30 guitar cab sim. Then the microfreak goes through the Dreadbox Hypnosis after the eurorack (with some more delay from the Blue Lantern stereo delay). Overall, not my most complicated track but probably one of the most fun I've had in a while. That dedicated performance mixer is just amazing, it's really making me miss my TR-707 that I never got a chance to send out for repairs before the quarantine hit. Ah well, soon I'll have the two of them playing off each other for an infinite well of sounds from house to techno to synthwave. Great!

PS - 185

Testing stuff in the studio. Got a vid of this on the youtubes.

Twelve

I wanted to try something a bit different tonight, this is sorta inspired by the colours EP, always loved those snappy percussions and haunting melody off of orange. So I decided to plug in my new ratchet controller in the eurorack, which ratchets Plaits to make some cool sounds! Rings is in 2op FM mode for some plonks, and then those go through my blue lantern dual delay before clouds. Lots of generative stuff going on as well, plus sequencing via sequins on o_C. Then Rytm does pluck sounds and drums, and octa is just mixing and chopping live, plus some cool fader FX.

Replay Buffer

Technically award-winning sound guy and music boy

I'm back bitches!

I post a lot of music here, sometimes slightly under-done stuff. Check back every now and then if you like a track, cause there's a good chance that a day after I put it up I will have already replaced the original file lol.

I moderate the synth discord, if you want to drop in and talk some shop or goof about, go here: https://discord.gg/hCuvGvc

My current equipment list is:
Akai AX80 (analog poly synth)

Behringer Neutron (analog duo synth)
Behringer Model D (analog mono synth)
Behringer Deepmind12D (analog poly synth)
Behringer RD-8 (analog drum synth)
Behringer MS-101 (analog mono synth)

Elektron Analog Rytm Mk1 (hybrid drum synth/sampler)
Elektron Octatrack Mk1 (digital sampler/resampler/looper/sequencer/mixer)

Korg DW-8000 (hybrid poly synth)
Korg Poly800 (analog paraphonic synth)
Korg Volca Beats (analog drum machine)
Korg Volca Keys (analog paraphonic synthesizer)
Korg Volca Drum (digital drum synth)
Korg Volca Modular (mini modular synth)

Hammond L100 (tone-wheel tube organ)

Oberheim Matrix 6 (analog poly synth)

Roland JX-3P (analog poly synth)
Roland JX-10 (analog poly synth)
Roland JV-880 (digital poly synth)
Roland JD-800 (digital poly synth)
Roland MKS-50 (analog poly synth)
Roland REVO-120 (Leslie emulator)
Roland S-550 (digital sampler)
Roland CR-68 (analog rhythm machine)
Roland MV-8000 (studio sequencer/sampler/brain)

Studio Electronics ATC-1 (analog mono synth)

Yamaha TX81Z(digital FM synth)
Yamaha SHS-10 (cheap digital keytar)

Doric 61TT Transistorized Organ (combo organ, like Farfisa)

Eurorack Modular

Tascam 246 (4-track tape recorder)
Tascam 238 Syncassette (8-track tape recorder)

Radio Shack MX-1000 (6 channel mic amp/mixer)
Yamaha EMS-10 mk2 (6 channel PA amp/mixer w/ spring)
Mackie 32-8 (32 channel/8 bus mixer)

BOSS RX-100 (spring reverb)
Roland SDE-2500 (15-bit digital delay)
Roland RE-101 (tape echo)
Yamaha R1000 (digital reverb)
Alesis 3630 (compressor)
ART Pro VLA mk2 (compressor)
Alesis Quadraverb (digital reverb)
Alesis Midiverb II (digital reverb)
Alesis Wedge (digital multi fx)
dbx 166 (compressor)

EQD Avalanche Run (delay/reverb)
TC Echobrain (delay)
EHX Small Stone (phaser)
EHX Big Muff Pi (fuzz)

Cannonball Brute Big Bell Stone Tenor Sax (duh)
Fender Squire P-Bass (bass guitar)
Fender Squire Bulletstrat (electric guitar)

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