Hey folks,
Thought some of you might be interested in this. Paul Wagorn/Puffboy asked
me to remix a track of his. I basically re-recorded it, using my own
instruments (we have some overlap). I used the two melodic elements of his
track--the bassline and the melody line. The rhythm track I made from bits
sampled from my MOTM system. I sampled straight to hard disk on my PC, using
a Soundscape Mixtreme and SoundForge, then played each sample into my SP-12,
where I did the final editing and assignments to the different filter
settings in the SP-12 (different outputs have different filter settings).
It's the first track on my mp3.com page:
http://www.mp3.com/baldbastard -
Superimposer (Baldly Bastardized mix)
The reverb is the Furman RV-2 spring reverb. Other than one of those
ubiquitous breakbeats and a hi-hat, all percussion is sampled from the
modular.
I really enjoy sampling the modular for percussion, and I've only done it
once in awhile before this. I'll probably do it a lot more often now. I find
that the best way for me to do it is to just hit "record" in SoundForge and
start playing away. That way I'll be sure to capture any happy accidents. I
can go back to that big file anytime to pull out bits and pieces. The SP-12
is ideal for me for a couple of reasons (and I assume the 1200 would be
similar if not identical for my uses). First, it's totally easy to use for a
dumbass like me. Second, you can move all your samples wherever you want in
the performance section--you don't have to keep them in user slots where
you'll have to put tape all over the box telling you where they are. You can
put your new "kick" right where the SP-12 kick(s) was (were). Finally, you
can easily reassign samples to various outputs. As I've mentioned before,
sending a breakbeat or other sample with variable dynamics through outputs
1-2 and 3-4 is really cool, as those output filters are set to react to the
dynamics. The first two outputs are used by default to filter the toms in
the SP-12 sample set.
Anyway, I've had little to contribute since my studio's been dismantled, so
I hope this is over interest to someone.
Bald Bastard,
the poor, new homeowner
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