My first all-synth live jam

[TwilightOdyssey]

I am starting to kick around ideas for an upcoming piece of music that I want to record as I play it live using loopers, synths, and a step sequencer. It's a lot of technology to round up so I figured the best place to start is with setting a tempo and seeing what can be done with just the step sequencer and a couple of synths.

This is the end result. Don't expect any great music here, this was mostly to see if I could do everything at once!

For this jam I used my Arturia BeatStep Pro, Roland JV1080, and Arturia MiniBrute. MIDI goes from the BSP > Roland > MIDI thru > MiniBrute

I selected a tempo on the BSP, pressed play, and let the MiniBrute throb away on a preset patch on MIDI channel 1. The JV1080 is playing 3 separate patches on MIDI channels 2, 3, and 10.

All note inputs, drums, and filter work on the MiniBrute was performed live.

Delay and reverb were added afterwards.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: My first all-synth live jam

Ah cinematicesque!
Love the somewhat 80's movie feel!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: My first all-synth live jam

Thanks! It's going to take a lot of work to pull off what I have in mind, but I think I'm up for it.
Baby steps ...

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: My first all-synth live jam

Nice work! Digging it so far, though if I may, the higher-pitched "tinky-tink" that starts in the beginning seems to be insinuating a faster tempo than the rest of the piece, and makes it a little hard to get the head moving in synch.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: My first all-synth live jam

LOL, that was the plan, mwah ha ha ha.... Seriously, thanks for checking it out. It's just the first step in a long process.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: My first all-synth live jam

Oddly, the head was bobbing nicely to the "tinky-tink" tempo, and then the 3rd "bwom" comes in and I'm like "waitaminnit, I can't possibly be this white" :lol: