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Updated version with less cheese:
https://soundcloud.com/border_down/output-1-2-july-19
https://soundcloud.com/border_down/output-1-2-july-19
Updated version with less cheese:
https://soundcloud.com/border_down/output-1-2-july-19
i like it. sounds like it'd fit the soundtrack to a movie(it'd be played while someone is taking a late night drive or possibly a journey somewhere).
Another WIP Jupiter 8v test. I uploaded it but I can't get it to play for some reason and now my previous upload won't play either. Other people's songs play fine though.
If you can hear it, keep in mind that it's a work in progress but I need advice on making the slide less cheesy.
https://soundcloud.com/border_down/july-17
Ok Lightmanraygun.. I checked off "follow" on your soundcloud. Listened to the 1st so far & its good. Going to blast it in my car after work.
Will checkout Border_down also
Most of my stuff is long gone, I had a few different configurations when I was still rockin' it down in Atlanta.
Teh original:
At its peak:
Novation X-Station 25, Korg KP3, Korg EMX-1 (killer), Shure SM57 (for vocoding), MBox 2 w/PT 8 LE, Macbook Pro, Logic Pro 9, Reason 4 & Record, Event ASP8 monitors (I'm sure my neighbors loved those, lulz). Not pictured: Juno 106, several guitars.
I eventually got tired of it all and sold most of it off to travel, which I did for a couple years. I'm getting back into music again, though just as a hobby this time around. All I have left is the Macbook, Mbox, X-station and an Akai APC40, I think the Juno is still floating around at my parents' house. Of the old stuff, all I really miss is the Electribe and the monitors.
I've also previously owned a Roland Fantom X6, Yamaha DX-7 II, Casio CZ-1000 and a Virus rack synth.
Made a new track an hour ago:
Starting to get a grip of that dreaded Notator...
Thanks, guys.
I'm still struggling with getting the most out of Notator. It's an ancient sequencer software that runs on Atari ST and was first released in 1986. The version I'm using (3.21) is the last one that came out in 1993 and I even bought another Atari ST (ST-E with 4MB RAM) for it. My original ST-F has only 1MB RAM and certain functions don't work properly on it. Thank god all that old computer and software stuff is dirt cheap now, got an offer for the ST-E with Notator 3.21, monitor, MIDI expansion dongle and all manuals, etc., for 70 Euros.
So - why that old-ass Notator on Atari ST instead of a proper DAW software, I hear you ask? Because old technology and software still got it. Just think about it, most of the stuff in the late 80s and early 90s that I/we still hold in high regard was made on either Atari Cubase or Notator, or with hardware sequencers. It's a pure MIDI sequencer, very reliable, has spot-on timing and a lot of functions for making tracks in a "semi-live" way which is right my cup of tea. Before Notator I used a Roland MC-50 MKII hardware sequencer for almost 20 years and it wasn't easy for me to make the transition. There still are some problems I have to fix with Notator and my setup but overall, its very flexible track-method of composing and arranging make it my #1 choice for loop-oriented technoid music with hardware boxes. I don't need audio sequencing like in modern DAWs and also don't have a computer fast enough to control a relatively big setup like mine. It's also friggin' expensive to get into all that current DAW + plugin stuff if you don't wanna go the warez route (like me). The buttons on my good old MC-50 are quite worn-out now, some of them have to be pressed like mad to get a reaction from them which sort of breaks my flow (and my fingers). I talked to a service tech about replacing them and it would cost me about 250 Euros. One day I'll bite the bullet and get it repaired because it still is great for live gigs (and because I don't want to use a computer on stage) but for now, Notator is my sequencer of choice.