First new track in a while for SoundCloud

This is a demo track for a brand new synth plugin by Plogue Art & Technologie from Montreal. This one is called OPS-7 and emulates a Yamaha DX7. Since I'm accustomed to use the YM2612, this was a nice upgrade.

[ChipWave] O. P. S 7

New release from the Toulouse Gouffre Club Label & Collective ! Representing all the influences of the Gouffre : from Italo Body & Disco bangers with our golden Gouffre's member : Pablo Bozzi and our special guests Fred Terror (Paris) & Marcus Christiansen (Stockholm), Trancy anthems from the analog duo ERROR508, slow-motion EBM from the new Toulouse Borned/Berlin Based phenomena : Incendie (releasing his first EP on aufname x wiedergabe soon) and the cinematic touch of our mighty bosses : Blind Delon.

ERROR508 - Air Trance

If you've never heard the execrable KPMG corporate anthem, give it a listen first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXUhQnOYR54

Then check out this jungle-ized remix. I love the drum fill between the intro and the chorus.

The KPMG Song... Jungle Stylee!

In early 2022, Noks sent me a demo track with her voice & guitar, recorded in her room in Dakar on an old Android phone's onboard microphone. I tried chopping it and adding a beat, but only got the guitar riff: I failed to chop the voice mingled with the guitar. I let the project rest for almost two years and now in January 2024 I'm back at it.

What unlocked progress is Alexandre Défossez's Demucs (forked from Facebook Research since he left Meta), through the Stemroller front-end, whose stem extraction let me get separate guitar and voice tracks... Easy voice chopping into a drum program on the Akai MPC One, where I added the other ingredients:

- Kick drum & high hat from the MPC's Drumsynth's Wild Night preset
- Senegalese drum sampled from Dembe, by Boubacar Diagne (unauthorized)
- "Clean+funky" preset from the MPC's Air Organ's "Funk+reggae" collection
- "Rhodes tremolo" preset from the MPC's Air Stage EP

Effects (all are Akai Air):
- Guitar: Maximizer ("Clip catcher"), Enhancer ("More transparency"), Stereo Width ("Add width to mono signal")
- Voice: Limiter ("My input is too quiet"), Diff delay ("Room echo"), Compressor ("Peak grabber")

Typical MPC workflow (main loop buildup, then copy and substract instruments) with the voice then added to each section. The three-bar sequence length felt quite odd to me !

Also, I had no idea what scale Noks was playing in, so I fed https://ai-midi.com the guitar to find it's notes and deduce the scale I would play in... I believe it is A major and, even if it is not, that is what you have.

Stem separation and audio-to-MIDI - truly an AI-enabled production !

On ne choisit pas

We are thrilled to welcome Arabian Panther’s new EP on Ritmo Fatale.

A prominent member of our Toulouse scene for over a decade, he has crafted a unique and signature sound drawing from Arab influences, techno, EBM, and even Italo Disco encapsulated in these three powerful and emotional tracks.

Through his project, he raises awareness about the Palestinian cause and brings a symbol of peace and freedom to the dancefloor. More than ever, we are proud to support his music.

Arabian Panther - The Death Of The Panther EP [Ritmo Fatale 020]
Out 22th March 24

Mix by Endrik Schroeder
Master by Charles Accarisi

Artwork by Guillaume Legoux

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Arabian Panther - The Death Of The Panther (Tribute To Odaï) [Ritmo Fatale]

Retour au coeur des années 80 avec un mix Italo Disco bourré de synthétiseurs et d’anglais à l’accent italien : Scotch, Fun Fun, Sandy Marton, La Bionda, Gino Soccio, Miko Mission…

Histoires Electroniques : le Mix Italo Disco

Murda

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Murda (FREE DL)

This is from Gameboy's 1st Mario installment, there was an Egyptian theme in the castles for some of the worlds which I remixed.

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