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teknoid 8 years, 4 months ago.
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Hi!
Thought I’d share this, as most of it was “zaquenced” live (+ some live drumming on the MRS-1608, some volca cross-looping, and voice samples added whilst mixing in Cubase).
Warning: heavy ratcheting ahead!
Zero to Ten in Mandarin Chinese
My lofi setup:
- Yamaha PSR-36
- Casio CZ-101
- Volca Bass
- Volca Beats (modded)
- Zoom MRS-1608 (master clock + audio recording)
- Zaquencer (can’t wait to install new firmware!)Peace
Erwanwe be jamin…
was the experiment a success?
is that ‘grandfather clock inspiration’?
way to demonstrate the capabilities of the zaquencer!
Relaxed.
Listened the whole 7 minutes, so… It’s cool.
Robert
Thanks Robert!
Not sure when to qualify my jams as “successful” really.. They’re usually self indulgent, and a bit weird.im not sure if experimental is ever something i would call any music… an ‘experiment’ suggests that you are trying to prove/disprove something. you could call it ‘practice’ i suppose, but that would connote the goal of reaching a destination state of intention which is not really experimental in nature, its an intended outcome. perhaps ‘self instructional’?
what is the experiment?
Interesting. You’re right: I wouldn’t call my music experimental.
Experimenting also means to ‘try something in order to discover what it is like or to find out more about it’ so I suppose what I meant in the title was “Experimenting with Zaquencer’s ratchet feature”.It’s difficult to put a name on the sort of music I like making. I mostly try and make the most of my cheap, limited setup. Coming from a jazz background, I like the improvisation aspect of music most of all, and (short of finding musicians in the sticks where I live) I try to find organic ways of playing my machines. The Zaquencer definitly helps towards that!
“Self instructional” maybe, as I strive to find musical concepts that will sound new to my ears. I also rather like Steve Coleman’s concept of “spontaneous composition”, and Jimi’s “experience”… so many labels..
I was actually sad to see that soundcloud makes you now choose from a list of genres. I rather enjoyed making the genre up..
aha! ive got it! ‘exploratory’ fits well i believe.
Absolutely
nice piece You seem to have a good control over the sequencer. I must admit I personally find the learning curve rather steep. Even though I used any other sequencer available and then some
well, almost 
@alien brain: Experimental music is just what it is, experimental. No need to confuse it with a scientific experiment or getting overly ‘semantic’ about it. Check wiki pedia if you need, but it seems you have already done, finding he ‘exploratory’ word ,)
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