CODE & Omega

Scalar

Thanks For Asking (Don't Ask Mix)

What Is Real? (prod. chillingcat)

Tough, inventive, no-nonsense genre-bending hook-laden guitar-based multi-ethnic dance-music, that flouts convention.

BestLife

Power'ouse Mix

THE AMERICAN DREAM - I REALLY DON’T THINK

Main synth chords: SE3X in Paraphonic Mode

Supplemental synth chords (Chicago turnarounds): CODE Omega 8

Piano: Mid-‘70s Heirloom (Childhood): 87 Warren Drive, San Francisco, CA, Yamaha C7—which in the early '80s laughed off a dicey and punishing slide down a flight of concrete stairs (ours), reportedly generating (once bottom was rocked) a very non-joyful noise, louder than the re-creation of the the earth, this last time out; EMU Extreme Lead carves out Jazz-e-er changes

Primary synth bass & leads: SE-02, an indispensable sonic & EMOTIONAL tool BTW

Additional synth bass colors: SE-3X, Boomstar Modular Sensei System (glorious), Tonestar 8106, Midimini V30

Synth drums: Boomstar SE-80, Boomstar SEM, CODE Omega 8

Visceral ending analog: Midimini V30

Unconscious Matt Weinhold vocal channeling: Salvatore St. Regis
Additional Portugal boots-on-the ground imagery: Carlo St. Regis
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Wanted to gather and connect all the SE kin. Did, with some needle-drop .wav surfing and repurposing (that’s how I include Monte Neuble in nearly everything now—talk about indispensable feel!)

The main ‘3X riff felt complete and vibrant in solo mode; pushed on until a diversity of unity was gained, and “gained honor”

Enjoy,
MSR

The American Dream - I Really Don't Think

Once again I’m on the inside — lookin’ out looking in.

SEM-filtered CODE Omega8 & @saintregis (Instagram) bring the water and its spirit to my eyes.

Single track purity, polyphonic power and purpose: sometimes it's disclosed like that.

Minimal sweetening, limiting and spot normalization, so do enjoy the wide dynamic range and culmination—now with bonus audio!

MSR Christmastime '22

CODEberheim 8

SEVEN SURE 3:03

SE-3X Paraphonic Gooseneck and Magnificent 3 Chord Monte in Eb Major

A CODE8 w/CS-80 filters gets the party started with bright and bratty horns—hard—like St. Regis used to sling in the ‘80s, via our fridge-sized RA-200, periodically rotating-speaker amp.

Greg St. Regs’ immortal patch #1 on the SE-02 then pairs and nearly overtakes the initial CODE bass work.

Shimmering CODE background colors and creations abound, including (but not limited too) cagey vocodering and gorgeous collapsing strings (nearly soloed at end in the Easter Egg hangover). "You'll see."

My vocal-eazy leads on the SE-02 channel Keys 2 genius and my good friend (ladies & gentleman), @monteneuble !

Boomstar Brotherhood Drums (SE-80 Chapter) created vast swaths of the root percussive elements—practically all, including hi hats; claps and rims not included. Blame sound wizard & partner-in-crime Sean Charles.

Some Brian Scroggins DMX/EMU Modular magic from a fruitless EMU/Fred Z/Grass Valley adventure, many decades/lifetimes back, swings in and out—Ishtar appearance as well. And I miss you brother. Avidly.

Stereo“Jaco” bass: CODE. Always juicy it is. 

Pocket "Princey" 80’s SEM-filtered chords (Abm to AbM) bounce & thrill. Celestial celeste and ancient tech Cathedral organ offer healing & wisdom ;) with bonus happy feet pedal board dance, tracked incongruously enough with one of CODE8's “Pigalle Party” patches. "A little spritz of water, a subway station, surrounded by bistros, Pigalle ... ." I'm thinking more Josephine Baker.

Guitar samples repurposed and reworked from our Modmax and Wolftone pedal demo archive; performances courtesy of Grecco Burrato, my elusive, but nevertheless marvelous friend.

MSR needle drops responsible for wildcard tones and pulses.

Enjoy,
MSR
5-11-23

Seven Sure

The American Belizers

A Greg St. Regis requested, rework of my track, The American Dream, which he was certain needed refocusing & melody (sung over the phone); that's his "mosquito" - thanks @saintregis ;) - melody, ultimately harmonized. Much more fund to play than expected, BTW.

And just like the old days, when my brother would reign in my feral overgrowth of ideas, sometimes secretly, he was... right—again!

Glorious Eb Maj main paraphonic riff: SE-3X

Fender Rhodesy and other non-Rhodesy paraphonics: SE-3X

Supplemental polyphonics, FX, basses & “housey” turnaround: CODE Omega8

Leads, most Basses & FX: the mighty & always immediately marvelous, SE-02

Needle-dropped, durty guitar leads: Throwback Grecco Burrato on the ModMax Filter & Phasor

Stutter Basses: Boomstar Modular Sensei

Stolen (think repurposed) SE-3X bass slide: Keys 2 Legend, Monte Neuble

Analog Drums: Boomstar Brotherhood—far too many synth hi hats litter my Analog streets, with their trademark, pinched and punchy frequency fulfillments, but I love them so.

Dope visuals up on Insta.

Enjoy,
MSR

The American Belizers

Freer

First solo Omega offering still sounds stunning 21 years later.

A few secrets, snips, reverses, in-song overlays, a touch of EQ, limiting, and “Gaucho” right-side-wet, make for a nice 90 (sec).

And yes that patch change madness was tracked in real time—sans punches.

Stock SEM & Mini SE filters…

Enjoy,
MSR

Phat Fu '23

An autumn afternoon at the Champs de Mars by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A red balloon makes its way through the September skies towards the infinite, across the oceans of water and time, through the distances of geography, dancing its dance over the clouds and painting a rainbow in the gray skies of autumn.



Produced by Grecco Buratto, Marconi de Morais and Sandro Feliciano. 

Recorded by Benny Faccone and Mixed by Moogie Canázio.
Painting by S.U.S.H., Photograph by Caesar Lima, Art Design by Jeri Heiden at Smog Design

Grecco Buratto - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar 
Zé Luís Nascimento -  Percussion 
Francis Varis - Accordion
Antonio Carmona - Background Vocals and Additional Percussion


O Amor a Voar (G. Buratto)


Vai pelo céu 
Passeando no azul 
Vai voando rumo ao infinito 
Vai de encontro ao sol 
Num ballet pelo ar 
Meu amor a voar pelo mundo

Vai pelo mar 
Navegando ao léu 
Sobre as ondas do tempo, invisível 
Uma gota de dor 
Uma nau de papel 
Uma lágrima encheu o oceano

De beleza, de cor 
De tristeza, de amor 
Das lembranças que trago comigo
Das canções ao luar 
Teu olhar, Praia Mar 
De te ver num espelho sorrindo

Corações a pulsar 
Um balão a bordar 
O teu nome nas nuvens de outono
Corações a brincar 
Um balão a pintar 
Um arco-íris no céu de setembro

Foi meu amor 
Ganhou asas, voou 
Foi buscar o seu próprio destino 
Navegando no azul 
Sobre as ondas do mar 
Uma lágrima cai , infinita

É a beleza, é a dor 
A tristeza e a cor 
Das lembranças que levo comigo 
Caminhar ao luar 
Na cidade , o lugar 
Onde tudo teve seu início

Corações a pulsar 
Uma nau a bordar 
O teu nome no mar de Santiago
Corações a brincar 
Um balão a pintar 
Um arco-íris no céu de setembro 
Corações a amar 
E o amor a voar 
Pelos céus de Paris nesse inverno

12-09-06

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Published by Agora Eu Sei Songs/SESAC

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O Amor A Voar

Factory songs recorded from the SE-02.  There are two songs total.

SE-02 Factory Songs

Learned from a youtube video. Just had to learn it because it's such a great tune. It revolutionized my understanding of chords on the Irish BC accordion.

Metsakukkia - Finnish Waltz in Amin

Feel good vibes, the kind that'll walk you through a windows 95 installation without loosing your shit.  Where was thing track when it was most needed? 
- This is the backing track to one of the first in-house videos I did for Modal. (Covering Modal VST).

Tutorial

Having fun layering an assortment of patches I dialled into my 2004 Studio Electronics Omega 8..  

I have always liked the array of multi-mode filters this synth has to offer - it adds a great deal more sonic potential to an often overlooked and very capable analog beast.

NB:  Although it might sound like it, no phasers were used in this recording.. what you are hearing is copious use of the superb band-pass and high-pass filters in the Omega 8 being modulated by the LFOs.

Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2021.

Seven Sure

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