Here’s a short little bass line I recorded while reacquainting myself with my Maxi-Korg yesterday. I love the gritty sound of this instrument, one of the most well known of the duophonic synthesizers. Sometimes I find myself reaching for the non-existent pitch or modulation wheels, but the limitations of these vintage devices are part of their charm and might encourage the musician to come up with new ways to play (or rediscover old ways).
Another thing that I love about vintage gear is the lack of presets. When I come up with a sound I like I simply say to myself, “you’re never going to get exactly that sound ever again”. You can always jot down the settings, but I never do. This way you’re forced to learn how to control the device and approximate the sounds that you have created in the past if necessary.
Maxi Korg Bass Line
Here’s another segment from the live recording I wrote about in the 
This is one of several little magic moments from a recent performance with Nils Westdal. You can hear the Memory Man feedback come in at about twenty five seconds. Since we were limited to using laptops for this performance I was able to include the Memory Man as an external device as described in 
I’ve been working on some music composition and production for my upcoming album so I’ve not been doing as much experimenting with processing and sound design for the last few days. It’s mostly roughs at this stage, but here’s an excerpt from a new work. 
I have come close to finishing a track that I have been working on occasionally since September, tentatively titled