New Ostraka Track: Tunguska Dub

I produced this track soon after I got my DSI Tempest about five months ago. As a keyboard player one of the first things I did was hook up a MIDI controller to it. Although the Tempest is a legitimate, six-voice, polyphonic, analog synth it does not yet record chords into the internal sequencer. To get around this I simply synched the Tempest with Ableton Live and recorded the MIDI there. Obviously not an all-at-once-live-playing endeavor, but many of this machines limitations have pretty simple and effective work-arounds.

After five months of sitting on the track I finally decided to clean up the mix a little, give it the title Tunguska Dub, and preview it on SoundCloud. All of the drums, the main melody, the dub organ, and the wub bass are done on the Tempest. The SCI Pro-One is handling the main bass part, and the Super Jupiter is making the arpeggiated counter-melody.

Dueling Monotribes 121BPM

This video features me and Lucas Melchior improvising on two synched up Korg Monotribes. This time with the tempo at 121BPM. The Korg NanoKontrol is being used to apply swing to the sync signal as well as control delays and filters.

Dueling Monotribes 140BPM

This video features me and Lucas Melchior improvising on two synched up Korg Monotribes. This time with the tempo at 140BPM. The Korg NanoKontrol is being used to apply swing to the sync signal as well as control delays and filters.

Dueling Monotribes at 150BPM

This video features me and Lucas Melchior improvising on two synched up Korg Monotribes. This time with the tempo at 150BPM. The Korg NanoKontrol is being used to apply swing to the sync signal as well as control delays and filters.

Dueling Monotribes at 85BPM

This video features me and Lucas Melchior improvising on two synched up Korg Monotribes. The Korg NanoKontrol is being used to apply swing to the sync signal as well as control delays and filters. As I mentioned earlier, we are teaching a class, titled “Drum Machines,” starting January 17, 2013 at the Ableton certified training center Slam Academy in Minneapolis.

Sign up for the class here:
http://slamacademy.com/2012/11/09/drum-machines