For the Synth Fans....

GavRichList

Recorded this over the weekend. Pretty nice showcase for the Oberheim Matrix 1000, Moog Sub 37, Sequential Prophet 6 and MFB Tanzmaus. 

Pleased with how it turned out; nice to only use analog instruments, and on a personal level, happy with the mix as I'm new to Logic and still feeling my way around. Anyway, free download if anyone wants / cares.

stratman3142

Another good one. I really like your music.

GavRichList

Very kind, cheers 

Teetonetal

+1 Talented chap.

mixolyd

Really nice sounds and arrangement, nails that 80's analogue synth feel.  By about 1:00 I was wanting some more development though either away from that repeating arp figure or arranging it differently.

Jonathanthomas83

Mate that is superb. Lovely stuff!

gusman2x

Very nice.

I've always, always loved soundtrack(y) type synth music. I'm currently enjoying all the heavy synthwave stuff that's about at the moment. Worth checking out Carpenter Brut in London in January. All these guys are ex-black metallers.

What do you use to programme the drums?

GavRichList

@gusman2x the drums are from the MFB Tanzmaus. Really good sounding machine. Pretty grim to program as a standalone, but sequencing via midi removes all that ballache. 

Have tickets for S U R V I V E in Manchester in Feb. Cannot wait. If you've not checked out their MNQ026 and RR7349 albums, would strongly recommend. 

lasermonkey

I rather liked that!

mixolyd

gusman2x said:

Worth checking out Carpenter Brut in London in January. All these guys are ex-black metallers.

Carpenter Brut is the man!  I much prefer his output to that of SURVIVE etc, he really knows his songwriting.

GavRichList

Will check him out 

ChuckManual

Really nice. I like it.

gusman2x

mixolyd said:

gusman2x said:

Worth checking out Carpenter Brut in London in January. All these guys are ex-black metallers.

Carpenter Brut is the man!  I much prefer his output to that of SURVIVE etc, he really knows his songwriting.

Saw Perturbator last month (who's most recent album is the tits). He was great, but he was supports by Gost who was an AMAZING performer. Heavy as anything. Really quite house-y

goldtop

Excellent stuff. Are you recording the synths to audio one track at a time, or staying sequenced and tweaking?

GavRichList

The former, but only because my interface is a solo. I want to get an 18i8 ideally. 

Moss

Great, but needs to be about 10 minutes longer 

goldtop

GavRichList said:

The former, but only because my interface is a solo. I want to get an 18i8 ideally. 

Interesting - 'workflow' as you kids call it is doing my head in a bit at the moment. I'm revamping my setup around an MV-8800 = no PC, no DAW, no distractions, no must-have plug-in to install.  Now wondering whether to MIDI sequence several synths into into a bigger mixer, or record one-by-one to the HDD.

I suspect that I lack the commitment to record until it's all finalised.

GavRichList

I enjoy the building block nature of recording. Think I'd still record track by track. In actuality, I record something via midi sequencing, then end up re-tracking the audio as and when I make arrangement changes. Would be arduous if I didn't enjoy it so much. It helps that I love my little home studio - really pleasant way to make music. 

bbill335

gusman2x said:

Very nice.

I've always, always loved soundtrack(y) type synth music. I'm currently enjoying all the heavy synthwave stuff that's about at the moment. Worth checking out Carpenter Brut in London in January. All these guys are ex-black metallers.

What do you use to programme the drums?

Carpenter Brut is THE GUY. I'm using the popularity for comparatively dull Stranger Things score to try and introduce more people to him.  Hoping to get down to Milton Keynes (!?) to see him.

GavRichList

Just had a listen - its good, but I don't find it an appropriate comparison to SURVIVE - different animals to me; SURVIVE are way more soundtrack, whereas the nods to French house are far more apparent on CB. Have any of you listened to Megadrive? Not so keen on the later stuff, but VHS and Futurescape are bloody wonderful. 

Jonathanthomas83

Going to see both in Bristol, can't wait!