optimum
Poochie
really? when I log in to the file factory site it says no-ones downloaded it, sorry
Glad you liked it
Thanks, just got it. Compares well with Rustie's refix
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bare BARE BONES
New one
Brandy & Flying Lotus - Sittin' on top of the Camel
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ag6...ittin_on_top_of_the_Camel_Bare_Bones_Boot_mp3
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Brandy & Flying Lotus - Sittin' on top of the Camel
http://www.filefactory.com/file/ag6...ittin_on_top_of_the_Camel_Bare_Bones_Boot_mp3
PM for wav
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Little recent piece by Matt Woebot on the synth technology which is making wonkiness possible:
http://www.hollowearth.org/blog/2009/06/simon-reynolds-on-dilla-in-guardian.html
The more technologically aware of you will have probably grasped this some time ago, but it was a useful explanation for me.
http://www.hollowearth.org/blog/2009/06/simon-reynolds-on-dilla-in-guardian.html
The more technologically aware of you will have probably grasped this some time ago, but it was a useful explanation for me.
optimum
Poochie
Yeah I don't think he's right it's not really a nightmare to program that stuff, u can just automate it by drawing lines. It's sometimes quicker to use a 'knob'/controller. You can adjust the settings to allow for a percentage on pitch bending/modulation/whatever you want.
UFO over easy
online mahjong
samiyam and ras g use the sp-303
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Brainfeeder was fun last night, though I found Flying Lotus' set a bit noodly/erratic. Ableton (I assume that's what he was using) really fits with 'wonky' insofar as you can warp beats and loop things etc. It fits the skittery aesthetic of the music but I thought that a vibe never really got built up as it would in a 'straight' DJ set.
As soon as he dropped a beat straight like 'Massage Situation' or the Weezy RMX it went off. Wasn't feeling the more IDMish aspect of it though.
As soon as he dropped a beat straight like 'Massage Situation' or the Weezy RMX it went off. Wasn't feeling the more IDMish aspect of it though.
four tet's a big fan of these also.
optimum
Poochie
Yes all, including Four tet were influenced by Madlib using it, especially on the Madvillain lp.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Have you all heard Rollin Rat, the Rustie track that's up on the LuckyMe myspace?
http://www.myspace.com/thisisluckyme
(Scroll down the playlist a bit for it)
Not sure how old/new it is, and don't know whether it's based on samples from American stuff or is a collaboration or whatever, but it's just a knock-out tune. Guaranteed to stick in your head for days.
http://www.myspace.com/thisisluckyme
(Scroll down the playlist a bit for it)
Not sure how old/new it is, and don't know whether it's based on samples from American stuff or is a collaboration or whatever, but it's just a knock-out tune. Guaranteed to stick in your head for days.
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not sure this is really true:
I think joker tends to favors hardware.
and an i'm preety sure I read Take and Ras-g etc. seem to like sampling circuit-bent synths and old junk keyboards etc.
Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
Thanks for the response on the soft-synth article. It appeared convincing to me, but then as I said before I have very little first-hand understanding of the technology.
Perhaps a more plausible claim would be that in general the availability of soft-synth programs make it easier or at least more appealing for people to generate and use these sort of sounds; not that every single 'wonky' producer (who of course don't make up any single, cohesive group) is using soft-synths (I don't think Matt actually claimed that in his post but you could perhaps get that impression from it).
Perhaps a more plausible claim would be that in general the availability of soft-synth programs make it easier or at least more appealing for people to generate and use these sort of sounds; not that every single 'wonky' producer (who of course don't make up any single, cohesive group) is using soft-synths (I don't think Matt actually claimed that in his post but you could perhaps get that impression from it).
It's not the availability of soft synths that he's saying encourage wonkification, he's saying it's the controllers. I don't think this is entirely right, as optimum said it's never really been difficult to automate parameters on soft synths. In identifying Novation though he might be on to something in that they have this technology called Automap which is supposed to make your hardware controller automatically map it's controls to whichever synth or effect plugin you bring up. Setting those things up can be a pain in the arse and not really conducive to the uh creative flow. So the idea is it makes twisting knobs on screen based synths more convenient. I've heard that Automap can be a bit ropey though.
Yeah Joker has some nice gearage by the looks of it. Alesis Andromeda which is a very powerful modern analogue synth and lots of outboard compressors, pre-amps etc. That's the sort of thing big news techno and minimal producers get up to as well.
Yeah Joker has some nice gearage by the looks of it. Alesis Andromeda which is a very powerful modern analogue synth and lots of outboard compressors, pre-amps etc. That's the sort of thing big news techno and minimal producers get up to as well.