Bleeps and Boops
Bleeps and Boops
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Lofi beats with the Roland R8 vintage drum machine and WaveRex WaveR8 card / Review and demo
A review and exploration of the WaveRex R8 card, which allows you to put your own samples on to the Roland R8, effectively turning it into a gritty lofi beat making monster.
Huge thanks to Marco for the loan of the WaveRex - find out more here -- waverex.de/de/
Timestamps
00:00 Intro lofi jam
00:54 Intro to the R8, with totally awesome demos
02:19 What is WaveRex
03:32 History of EPROMS and *cool stuff*
04:50 WaveRex in use
05:50 Downsides
06:52 R8 considerations
08:04 Jam 2 - synthy stuff
09:45 Jam 3 - more lofi joy
10:54 Summary
Still no Patreon, but you can buy me a beer/guitar strings with the 'thanks' button under the video.
Thanks so much for watching and please comment below!
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One of those times when Aphex Twin wasn't Aphex Twin - Polygon Window hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 месяца назад
A few people have requested this one - happy to oblige! A sense of the synths and drum machines that Richard had around the time is mostly based around the '93 Future Music interview - lannerchronicle.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/the-aphex-effect-future-music-magazine-april-1993/ Since the Roland R8 was used for a lot of SAW - see my Xtal video ruclips.net/video/tiynQ33EDwA/видео.html - it makes se...
Squarepusher Theme - hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Covering the uncoverable one step at a time... Also 10,000 subscribers??? Thankyou so much for each and every click/like - none of this was particularly planned, so any engagement at all is a surprise! It's been a while since I've uploaded one of these, and I have to say, 'Theme' was a real challenge. I've been obsessed with this track for years, so finally getting round to covering it has been...
The Korg Wavestation - Orbital's Halcyon+On+On Synth
Просмотров 8 тыс.9 месяцев назад
One of the greatest synth pads of all time IMHO - this video came about discovering @GyuBeats' breakdown of Orbital's Halcyon On On - link here... ruclips.net/video/XAkCBr8UmHE/видео.html - and then finding (courtesy of synth legend @jodywisternoff2414) that the intro pad was made with the Korg Wavestation. I have a Wavestation SR in my rack of 90s stuff, so thought it might be good to show how...
DAWlessly Recreating Café Del Mar on mostly 90s synths
Просмотров 52 тыс.10 месяцев назад
This was totally inspired by a video uploaded by @mastertracker510 , who re-uploaded a video that Andre Strasser uploaded (and subsequently deleted) of his studio setup for Cafe Del Mar - ruclips.net/video/eqsMFXDYYZI/видео.html Is it the GOAT? Maybe. Comments below. Sadly I don't own any of the JP8K or Access Virus synths, so most of Ferry Corsten's output is out... as is Xpander! Synths are t...
Modern sequencing on vintage drum machines: Roland R-8 meets the Squarp Hapax
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
I've wanted to do something with the idea of sequencing and automating the sounds on the R8 for a while, so now here we are..! Using an external sequencer makes the R8 a lot more suited to live use, though it isn't without some quirks (thanks Roland) Apologies to anyone who likes music and synths, these jams are quite jammy and I didn't even squeeze in a Nick Batt gurn... I've got the MIDI outs...
When banjos went techno - DAWless-ly recreating the Grid - Swamp Thing
Просмотров 4,3 тыс.Год назад
Not sure how popular this one will be, since it's certainly not as high-brow as the Warp back-catalogue, however, here's me, winning a pint 🍺 Not 100% by some way - there's some sample-library fluff and sprinkles that are needed, and I didn't have enough sends to get the long delay on the vocals... also where is the "dig it" sample? Couldn't hear it in Lloyd & Patsy.. ??? If you just want to se...
the Grid - Swamp Thing - hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.Год назад
My take on the banjo stomping monster track from 1994 - please see my other video ruclips.net/video/fGN0odN8FXU/видео.html for the making of RIP Roger Dinsdale 🪕🪕 Despite the effort that's gone into making it, the video is demonetised because of copyright, copyright, copyright... *All* the banjos, and yet the only bit that the bots think is Swamp Thing is the SH101/S1 line around 1:26 😂😂 ... If...
Synth Secrets of the Alesis Quadraverb
Просмотров 21 тыс.Год назад
Surely the most common delay and reverb unit on earth, but how often do we take the time to see what random stuff this thing does? Sooo, I'm going to try and explore a few ideas and techniques to show how the venerable vintage Alesis Quadraverb can go beyond something that just does reverbs, with the aid of the (increasingly useful) Roland S1 and the (surely legendary by now??) Elektron Analog ...
Roland R8 - The Autechre drum machine
Просмотров 71 тыс.Год назад
Many videos have been made about the R8. Everyone wanted it, it's a piece of bad gear, lots of stuff about programming a basic beat... however I haven't seen any that attempt to explain Autechre on it. This video is the companion to another one - ruclips.net/video/M9KKbuzys7A/видео.html - where I cover Crystel. Hopefully it explains a few things about the machine, how you get those weird sounds...
Autechre - Crystel - Roland R8 S1 hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
A _lot_ of people were asking for some Autechre on this channel. The big problem is IT'S REALLY HARD. Especially if you don't have Max/MSP and want to do things DAWless with older hardware... However.... Autechre did a big WATMM Q&A session a few years back, so we know that a lot of their early work was sequenced with the Roland R8 as featured here. My other video - ruclips.net/video/i2Kg9rtSfK...
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds - hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
Yes, another version of 'Little Fluffy Clouds', but this time #DAWless with a vintage #Akai sampler and a box of floppy disks because that's what they had back then Lots has been said about the samples and structure of this one, most of it covered over on @GyuBeats beats excellent Ableton breakdown. Some interesting reading for the curious: Sound on Sound interview from 1993 ➡ www.muzines.co.uk...
Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea - dawless hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 14 тыс.Год назад
A few commenters were asking for some FSOL - happy to oblige, though Warner Music Group and Beggars have interfered a bit due to copyright complaints. Sooo.. not 100% correct, and I've done a sort of shorted version for the final track, but it gets you in the right ball-park for the original track would have been created. There's a great Sound on Sound article, talking to the guys about this tr...
Boards of Canada - roygbiv - DAWless hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 66 тыс.Год назад
Boards of Canada - roygbiv - DAWless hardware only cover/recreation
Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm - hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 177 тыс.Год назад
Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsalm - hardware only cover/recreation
Aphex Twin - Xtal - hardware only cover/recreation
Просмотров 166 тыс.Год назад
Aphex Twin - Xtal - hardware only cover/recreation
Roland R8 / Nord Lead 2X demo jam
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
Roland R8 / Nord Lead 2X demo jam