Anthem made using 4 tracker and TR808 to tring synths (vid)

[kebu]

Hello,

I thought you may find this approach interesting enough to warrant a post here: I made a tune using only a 4 track cassette recorder and a drum machine triggering arpeggios on the synths. No sequencers or computers used (except for mastering). Only analog synths and analog drum sounds used.



First, the track was programmed into the drum machine. The three trigger outputs were used for clocking (giving rhythms) to the arpeggiators. Then, the backing track was played back and the arpeggiators played (chords or notes). This was submixed into two tracks (stereo) on the cassette deck. The melody lines and solos were overdubbed using the two remaining tracks. The last additions (noise bursts, doubling of the C-part) were added during mixdown of the song.

Synths used: Roland TR-808; Korg Mono/Poly, M500, Polysix, Poly-61, PE-2000.

Other equipment: SansAmp GT2, Lexicon MPX500, Vesta spring reverbs, Allen & Heath GS1, Alesis IO26

[Infinity Curve]

Love this track Kebu!! It was definitely one of the stand out tracks on the album. Cool to find out the process behind it.

[TheKeytarist]

this is amazing