Octatrack - Dark Ambient Techno - “Rising Shadows”

I love cinematic atmospheres and I love rhythm, so today you get both.The textural, tonal sounds and the bassline in the track are samples made with my Wavestate and the Organelle S.
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Thanks for watching, enjoy the music and have a great day!
#elektron #dawless #ambienttechno

[@ErwinSchrodinger64]

I was so reluctant to get an Octatrack because I drank the Kool-Aid. It's old and very, very difficult to use. Already had the RYTM MKII and Analog 4 MKII. My only dissapointment now is I wish I would have gotten so much sooner. It truly is a unique piece of hardware that it can be what you want it to be... a mixer, drum machine, sampler, mangler, effects processor, MIDI controller, and even a synthesizer.
To the OP, you had me at cinematic and atmospheric techno... track is perfect. Seriously, this is the type of music I want to produce. Did you purchase the samples or did you record these from a DAW or synthesizers or both. Thank you for posting.

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you so much for your compliment! I agree it is pretty complex tool and takes time to get used too. It is indeed a bit outdated when it comes to crystal clear productions, but as a musical instrument itself it will always have its place:). I hope they are making a mk3 version though! The samples, besides the kick drum, are all mine, mostly from my Organelle and the Wavestate…

[@TheTomekkkk]

Fett💪🏻😘

[@JosuaKarlson]

Danke dir!

[@plagueofgrackles]

Ooo! Lovely bubbles! Cool ear candy. Now I have to listen to your other stuff 😁

[@JosuaKarlson]

Hahaha thanks my friend! Go for it there are many compositions from the last 3 years:)

[@hdslave]

This is very well done. I've been watching hardware techno jams everyday for a while now, I don't even listen to Spotify or whatever anymore and this one really stood out to me much like the Yan cook jams

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks for the compliment! I am working on it to get better every day:)

[@JazzyMatteo]

Can I ask something guys...
I have just bought my Jaspers and I have all my instrument oreganized, finally...
But how can I have all this midi equiment controlled eaily without having so many usb hubs, ideally having 1 cable connected to my laptop and then sending and receiving to and from the different keyboards. Is that even possible? Thanks

[@JosuaKarlson]

Hey, yeah should be possible but I guess I am not the right guy to ask since I am purely hardware focused and only use the PC for recording and editing…Good luck though and thanks for coming by 👍✌🏼🌌

[@JazzyMatteo]

Thanks, have a great Sunday
@@JosuaKarlson

[@naiveloops]

Awesome stuff man, totally cinematic indeed. I see a prison escape. A woman runs and hides in the shadows while she investigates the murder she was wrongfully imprisoned for. The tension builds up. She suspects the chief of police is involved. Will she succeed?

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks 😊, you have a vibrant imagination. Nice to hear that I was able to inspire your fantasy!

[@AlecDrow]

That´s how You use this device!

[@JosuaKarlson]

👍🎶🖤

[@acidagogooo]

how is the project structured? is it a pre made song that you put onto the tracks on the octatrack, or is the octatrack sequencing everything?

[@JosuaKarlson]

I have two longer stems loaded, the rest(drums) are all programmed in the OT!

[@fpsoundpacks]

The most awesome track i've ever heard with octatrack! Is this a raw recording without extranal effects or post editing?

[@JosuaKarlson]

WOW, what a compliment! Thank you so much! It got a little bit of compression but thats it. But I prepared my samples properly...they are coming from my Wavestate and the Organelle:-)

[@russcontact]

Well now I know my studio needs a boombox
Nice track!

[@JosuaKarlson]

Hahaha, thanks 😁

[@axel_huth]

👍🥽👍

[@JosuaKarlson]

🙏👍🖤

[@Mr.Tubster]

Goodn mate 🙂 Liked this one, well done! We see us, geezy 🙂

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you 😊 🙏✌🏼

[@nStueckKuchn]

Nice! Und das nächste Video bitte mit Tracker! :)

[@JosuaKarlson]

Haha, yes. Mal sehen wie lange ich brauch um ihn zu meistern. Ein zwei Video sind noch in der Warteschlange, aber ich bin echt hooked!

[@Somnambule]

Yeah, great sounds, love this track❤️‍🔥! Greetings 🖖☺️

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks man!

[@JosuaKarlson]

If you like the video check out this one 😈: ruclips.net/video/TvotYBokX4g/видео.html

[@cameron-smith]

I like it. I've been calling this style 'Hard Minimal Techno'

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks 🙏

[@trnngthngs]

And I think it is quite groovy....

[@JosuaKarlson]

👍🙏

[@IDontTalkToCops]

Very nice man. Enjoyed that immensely. Liked and subbed. Looking forward to checking out more of your tracks

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks you so very much my friend!

[@trnngthngs]

Dig. It. Hard.
Really love the combo of 'ambient' and 'beat'. Something I am striving for. How to combine the two.

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you so much 🙏. I am searching for a while for that sound aswell! The Wavestate brought me definitely a bit further with it. Here I sampled that Korg and the Organelle for the ambience🙂

[@florafunk4515]

Killer

[@JosuaKarlson]

❤

[@pfmmodule5144]

Nice. Subbed. Working on some dark ambient right now with the Octatrack paired with Model:Samples.

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you! That’s the combo that I started out with Elektron. I added the Digitone to them about a year later:).

[@robvbeats]

nice work~

[@JosuaKarlson]

🙏

[@rectangulo2306]

awesome

[@JosuaKarlson]

💚

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

Very cool!! Nice sound

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you very much! I do appreciate it🌌🖤

[@jomoswagos]

enjoyed this a lot ❤

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you 🙏 🖤

[@Fedor_Tkachev_Music]

superb work in all ways!

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks Fedor!🌌

[@astralscare1124]

🔥love it

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thank you!

[@spiegelkind2387]

Grosse track!

[@JosuaKarlson]

Danke

[@KeithDuncanSound]

Good stuff

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks Keith!

[@gwads5404]

very nice

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks:)

[@soundofmai]

Best track I've heard on the Octatrack to date, really nice work!

[@JosuaKarlson]

OH wow, that is a very big compliment. Thank you very much for listening. I am glad you enjoyed it🙂

[@frostrootrecords]

Big energy! Cool vibes 💀

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks 🖤⚔️

[@Hessencemusic]

wow.. I love this!

[@JosuaKarlson]

Thanks, I am glad you like it:)

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

it needs groove;-)

[@JosuaKarlson]

What do you mean?

[@marsoblivi0n945]

It’s obviously more complex than just some groove and it needs none of that. Would cheapen it.