Melodic Industrial Techno Studio Jam - All analog

[Nick Blanc]

I'm playing some more with the Pulsar 23 and it's feedback capabilities. I'm still struggling with the looper but the fun never stops. The main kick is from the Edge.

[MichaelJohn]

I like this one a lot.  All analog gets my attention!  That little bit of live playing you add is just the right touch to add that little bit of extra interest at the right spot, to keep it progressing.    Is that 8 channel mixer your max channels for live output?  I see you mute, unmute, and move volume sliders on it.  

This could definitely be played at events.   But again, you can't haul a bunch of those synths and drum machines etc to events.  You would have to pre-record each part to a DAW to use to playback the music at an event.   Only need a laptop  with a mixer.   Not near as fun as live but you could still punch tracks in/out on the fly from DAW playback.   It would be very similar in sound, but not in fun!

Adjusting live devices playing back is not what DJ's do.   But what I like is seeing the actual synths, drum machines, etc that are making the music in real time!    On a DJ playback, what heck synth made the sound?  Have no idea.   This is almost like live musicians that you are 'conducting'.   Instead of recording of them!   

What would be cool if when a track part comes in, drum or synth, have the camera show it becoming active.  

 

 

 

[Nick Blanc]

On 5/4/2025 at 11:54 PM, MichaelJohn said:

I like this one a lot.  All analog gets my attention!  That little bit of live playing you add is just the right touch to add that little bit of extra interest at the right spot, to keep it progressing.    Is that 8 channel mixer your max channels for live output?  I see you mute, unmute, and move volume sliders on it.  

This could definitely be played at events.   But again, you can't haul a bunch of those synths and drum machines etc to events.  You would have to pre-record each part to a DAW to use to playback the music at an event.   Only need a laptop  with a mixer.   Not near as fun as live but you could still punch tracks in/out on the fly from DAW playback.   It would be very similar in sound, but not in fun!

Adjusting live devices playing back is not what DJ's do.   But what I like is seeing the actual synths, drum machines, etc that are making the music in real time!    On a DJ playback, what heck synth made the sound?  Have no idea.   This is almost like live musicians that you are 'conducting'.   Instead of recording of them!   

What would be cool if when a track part comes in, drum or synth, have the camera show it becoming active.  

Thanks for the extensive comment. The mixer is a midi mixer which basically can do unlimited channels. It has a forward button so I could 'scroll' through all the channels. But it has no feedback on which channel it is, so when you do that, you quickly lose track of what channel is on what fader. So I tend to just use the 8 channels. And if I want to control other devices, I use the volume or filter knob on those devices. 

As for live, as you said, I'm not hauling this equipment around. You could do a setup with just the Pulsar 23 and a synth or 2 and a laptop with pre recorded stuff, but I'm not interested in that. 

For the camera thing, yeah that would be cool. It could be done. Right now I'm filming in 1080p. If I switch to 4K I could zoom in without losing quality. I might experiment with that. Cool idea.