#dawless jam

[cyberloops]

I've been in a bit of a funk lately. Work. Stress. Life. I got a few new toys, and I haven't really had a chance to play with them lately. That changed. I recorded this a few weeks ago, as you can see from the date on the jam. I was feeling like absolute crap at the time, and I didn't want to be seen on screen. (I also didn't want to bother putting pants on, so I'm sure the feeling will be mutual to anyone reading this) But I had managed to hook up my three new effects pedals to various synth outputs, and I linked my new Sonicware Liven XFM and Model D up to my setup in a way that worked for me.

Then I worked out a simple baseline and a couple drum beats on the Circuit. I have two analog synths doubling the bassline, and I don't remember if I also used one of the XFMs four voices to triple it or not. I think I did use the XFM at one point to double the Model D, where the XFM was doing some quiet arpeggios and the Model D was holding the first note of the chord. I know I had the Model D controlled by the Circuit, but the sound from it was running into the XFM because at a couple points I used the XFMs built in bitcrusher effect.

I've got another shorter jam that I did yesterday that I actually filmed, so I'll probably try to get that one up soon too. I hadn't actually listened to this one since I recorded it, so just for fun I decided to keep that same bassline and drums and hit play on the Circuit to see what I would produce from the same starting point when I was feeling completely different. When I post that one, I guess we'll all see what else I could do there.

This is one of the first jams I've done in a while that makes me feel like some of the ones I did when I first started trying to make cybergrunge soundtrack music in Nanostudio.

#cyberpunk #music #cyberpunk aesthetic #neon noir #synth #synthesizer #dawless #dawless jam #dawless jamming #dawless jammin #jam session #screenside jam session #don't look at me #cybergrunge #cyberpunk music #cyberpunk soundtrack

[noodlegirl-googlyeyes]

HEY gay people in my phone. I got a 303. just like fatboy slim was talking about. listen to my music with your ears now

#my music #dawless jam #tb303 #electronic music #Youtube

[foreversprung]

(SEF)

#ambient #miami #tropicaldepression #dawless jam #broken beat

[benjamindehli]

Synth jam with the Roland PA-120 mixer

#roland pa120 #roland pa-120 #korg polysix #korg ms-20 #korg ms20 #doepfer dark energy #dreadbox erebus #roland sh-09 #roland sh09 #fulltone tube tape echo #dawless jam #synth jam

[postex]

Listen/Buy here: Decay EP by postex

#bandcamp #urban decay #dub techno #dubby ambient #electronic dub #electronic music #techno #moody #chill #lofi chill #moody music #gloomdub #experimental electronic music #dawless jamming #dawless #dawlessjammin #303 #syncussion #underground music #electronica

[imalma]

Here's a recent EP

#dawless #ambient #ambient jam #EP #sampler #synthesizer #experimental #bad #epic #real #bandcamp #Youtube

[galactictapes]

Little dark ambient doodle on the SH-4D

#ambient #roland #sh-4d #music #dawless #jam #dark

[the-backspin-alchemist]

Cybercosmic // A DAWless Jam

I have made a thing.

It’s a music thing.

I hope you enjoy it.

#youtube #Backspin's Videos #Backspin's Music

[depthbuffer]

let's summon demons

i finally recorded my first "live" modular synth track - the one i've been banging on about having had patched up for so long now that it was starting to become an issue, and block me from working on other things... the heat finally died down long enough for me to get in the fancy shed and do it. video is up already, as mentioned. audio, after i've applied a bit of light compression just to normalise the volume with the other two tracks finished so far, will be up on Bandcamp soon, as part of the Memento Potato work-in-progress album. and, in keeping with the Memento Potato ethos, i'll be recording and/or writing something about what i learned along the way, before finally ripping out all the wires and moving on. (strictly it's not a "DAWless jam" - there was a DAW on percussion duties & some light background pads - but the DAW *was* running from the same clock as everything else, and I *was* live-controlling its pattern changes, not just letting it run end to end. i don't have a drum machine, sue me)

#youtube #music #electronic music #eurorack #modular #modular synth #dawless #well almost

[cyberloops]

This was a long one again, so I had to compress the file a bit to be able to upload it to tumblr.

#cyberpunk #music #cyberpunk music #synthwave #retrowave #synth #synthesizer #dawless #dawless jam #dawless jammin #dawless jamming #jam session #screenside jam session #cyberpunk aesthetic #aesthetic

[spinningvoices]

Created a playlist to keep all my dawless jam videos in. Someday I might record with better equipment than a cell phone camera

[gasnewsletter]

Two Round Robins - Interview & Studio Tour

Gear List

Synths & Grooveboxes

Teenage Engineering - OP-1

Teenage Engineering - PO-33 KO

Teenage Engineering - PO-35 Speak

Teenage Engineering - PO-20 Arcade

Monome - Norns Shield

Monome - Grid

Bastl Instruments - Kastle Drum

Korg - NTS-1

Korg - Monotron Delay

Nintendo - Gameboy Color + Arduinoboy

Recovery Effects - Instrument 01

Alesis - Micron

Yamaha - VSS200

Tape Stuff

Tascam - Porta Studio MK II

Sanyo - Dictaphone

Sanyo - Pocket Corder

DIY Cassettone

Loads of tape-loops

Pedals & FX

Electro Harmonix - Memory Man 2

Boss - DD-7

Boss - Looper

Boss - RE20 Space Echo

Boss - Tremolo

M-One - Effect Unit

Controllers

Akai - MPK mini

Native Instruments Maschine Mikro MK2

Interface & DAW

Audient - iD4

Logic - Pro X

Instruments

Acoustic Guitars

Deering - Banjo

Mandolin

Violin

Lapsteel (modified)

Electric Guitar

Kalimba

++ small musical toys, instruments

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Who are you and what is your relationship with music?

I live in Ljubljana, a capital of a very small central-Europe country called Slovenia.

I started making music in my early teens. Coming from a non-musical family, it was your usual "Dad bought me a guitar" story that through trial and error and some basic lessons transcended into a music-making love affair, that seems to roll on.

I never really bothered with playing other peoples stuff, like most of my peers did, but I'd rather strum away and try to find my own thing from the very beginning.

From your usual early-teen metal phase I moved on to alt-rock and then it kinda jumped into all sorts of genres. In my early 20s I started doing film scores for smaller movies and various other media. This helped me to become quick in the various technicalities of music composition and production.

After my job at SAE Institute sadly ended, I moved on and did a lot of freelance work within the music field, before getting another regular 9-5 job in another media educational institute, which still provides my main income.

It's hard to survive only with musical output in Ljubljana, Slovenia especially if you come from a rather non-privileged background. So having a regular salary definitely helps that when you focus your creative energy on making music, the output is strictly what you decided to be.

What's the one thing in your studio you can't live without?

It's a hard question since every synth or music making gadget, at some point, is like a little baby that you can't live without. But thinking of it logically...

It's probably my laptop.

Thinking with heart however, I'd probably go with TE - OP-1 or Monome - Norns Shield.

What's your process?

Since I consider myself a newcomer into the intriguing world of DAWless jamming and ambient music, I tend to find my process to be constantly shifting.

However, what I seem to revolve around is texture. I start with texture - may it be a sample, synth or a field recording. The initial sound and colour has to draw me close enough that I can just sit and listen for a few minutes, enjoying the soundscape.

I learned slowly (and I still do) that I need to take time with each new sound element, processing it and still keep enough space within the atmosphere to let the piece breathe naturally. I was guilty (and still am at points) of doing the newbie mistake of adding and adding different harmonic layers, melodic ideas until all that is left is an asynchronous mess.

I still have a long way to go until I'll be comfortable enough to call myself anything close to a sound artist.

How would you explain your style?

I'm drawn towards a sound that sounds nostalgic, innocent and broken so I guess my style would be considered in the brighter spectrum of ambient music.

Taking a lot of ideas from nature and childhood, I try to create something that I would consider warm, beautiful, calm but at times chaotic. A lot has to do with gear that I own (or at least aspire to own) that I just enjoy the sound of and believe that such sound will push this initial style into a firmer ground as well as new territories.

Norns was something that changed my style as exploring. It's scripts forced me out of my comfort zone of quantized based music. It helped me understand that emotion is not grid-locked and my (now more open) mind found ways to conceptualize the uniqueness that came out of that little machine.

A similar breakthrough were tape-loops as well. There is no doubt in my mind that my style will evolve and something I consider now to be groundbreaking will look like a mere happy accident that kind of happened.

Has this journey of building a hardware setup changed the way you think about music or life in general?

Definitely!

The thing I really disliked when my creating was only based in a DAW setup was getting home from work and having to open my laptop yet again, staring at the same screen and making something that seemed I made a million times before. With this typical DAW fatigue I started losing interest in creating electronic music and found that strumming away on an acoustic instruments was a far more satisfying creative session.

But soon enough, the limiting sound that strictly acoustic instruments produce pushed me to search for alternatives. Once I got myself an OP-1 everything kinda changed. I took it to the park and found out that I really enjoy noodling on these portable synth around the beautiful scenery and I just let these droney textures take over.

I always knew that music has a healing effect on me, but making something that seems so naturally slow and evolving really adds it to a new level. Ambient sessions have now become far more therapeutic.

Music making (at least in this context) is now a far more meditative experience that makes me more relaxed than it used to with just creating a track in Logic Pro and now I come out of it far more satisfied.

What’s your ONE tip on music-production or creativity?

Be bravely slow.

I did a lot of music with a mindset of being quick is the only right way. But now I find that this tends to push me back into making the same stuff over and over again.

But taking time and really enjoying the process is a way more rewarding experience, giving you a sense of yearning for more exploration. You take this feeling and let yourself be hungry for a new session or better yet a new exploration into the whole unpredictable world of sound. This will then make you excited whenever you sit back with your gear just to noodle around and most importantly have fun doing it.

A book/movie/article that fueled your creativity?

Huh, a hard question since a lot of books, movies and music inspire me, but if I'd have to put a finger on it I'd say probably Steinbecks "Grapes of Wrath". I took a lot of themes from that book and used them in lyrics for a folk inspired EP I'm working on.

Another book that greatly inspired my sense of trying to mix emotion with a unique take on creativity is Danielewski's "House of Leaves". I absolutely adore that book.

Do you have a question in mind that you think I should have asked?

 "What is your current dream gear?"

Anything by Ciat Lonbarde

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Friends, this is a past issue from the G.A.S. Newsletter. Every Tuesday and Friday a new artist is featured.

#studiotour #producerlife #musicstudio #homestudio #mystudio #producer #musicproducer #synthesizer #soundengineer #sounddesigner #beatmaker #musician #eurorackmodularsynth #eurorack #electronicmusic #gasnewsletter

[kaputalism]

Dawless jam from today

#dawless #elektron #digitakt #ms20 #analog synth #techno #live techno #microfreak #arturia #behringer

[lattechill]

DAWless music production - a tactile experience

Have you ever thought about what makes DAWless music production different? For me "tactile" was one of the first ones coming to my mind. But there are some more. Let's explore them.

DAWless music production differences

I have already posted a little guide on DAWless music production and given some more tips later, let's not spend more time on that topic. The reason why I post about this topic is about touching, turning on and off, pushing, swiping, swinging, and all the other things one can easily do while being DAWless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93g49fEgd8 It has been years now since I continuously use PO-33 KO, a simple and budget DAWless instrument. Technically a little sampler that offers me a kind of on-the-go music production experience. And I enjoy taking it with me, jamming then recording it. Imperfect but on-the-spot sketches, which is like drawing with music to me. I often record some noises around and implement them in the beat.

Difference to MIDI-based instruments - though both tactile

Putting it simply: with DAWless you can leave for the moment. MIDI instruments (I use many including both pads and keys) are also tactile but in a sterile environment. As stated above, a DAWless can be easily and effortlessly taken outside. And it subsequently boosts one's creativity as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcS5t1KapiE Despite being tactile, MIDI instruments are built for in-house use only. Let alone you are to have a laptop as well round the clock to enjoy the full potential.

Mobile applications - not so tactile

On the other, if only mobility matters, you may choose to use your phone only, right? It is. I use Koala Sampler a lot for this purpose. My smartphone is with me around the clock, so why not fully benefit from it? Even more, from time to time I think about buying a tablet again (I was a happy owner of the old Nexus 7 2013) to produce more beats. What makes a huge difference here is the lack of any button or slider or anything to boost the production process.

Limitations of DAWlessness

The downside of this music production is simply the mass amount of limitations. Most samplers have their own workflow that is often least intuitive to DAWs. Which requires much more time to own and master. Furthermore, you need to prepare your sampler for your journey, to have enough (and good) samples and instruments recorded in order to jam. Many can save a limited amount of patterns and flows, so you need tools as well (minimum your phone and some cables) to record them. I mean, some can store the recorded sessions easily, but then you are going up with the price pretty fast. And lastly price. We all die of owning a dope MPC, or SP404, but take your time thinking of your dedication before purchasing one. On the other hand, cheaper ones have more limitations in every aspect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90Lkk2QTYY All-in-all they are fun to use and a beautiful way for expressing your musical ideas for your audience. An imperfect but cool way. As stated above, to me producing DAWless is like sketching. I enjoy the touch of the gadget, the tactile-ness so to speak. I embrace the limitations of it and ultimately: live for that moment.

Read the full article

#dawless #lofi #PO-33

[opiateclubinc]

Jornada de Hardware Musik

Desde o começo do ano decidi começar a montar meu setup "dawless", ou seja, um setup que não precisaria do computador com uma Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), como Ableton, Logic, FL, ou outros. Queria me desligar ao máximo do computador.

Aprendi o básico da síntese substrativa no KORG Monologue, primeira peça que comprei junto com o Volca Beats. que se comunicam via sync i/o.

Até aí meu setup estava muito bom, junto de uma MPD26 para fazer o controle de volume e reverb, ainda usando a DAW apenas pra processamento de efeitos.

Logo comprei uma SP404SX, sonho de adolescente que fazia beats lofi.

O sampler se comporta bem como um looper e também para processar efeitos externos.

Você deve estar se perguntando, onde estaria o problema? Até eu comprar todos os itens *que deu 5.500$* isso saindo barato...

ainda preciso de uma mesa, de um gravador zoom para gerar o .wav, caso eu não use totalmente a daw...

então... Atualmente acho que cheguei a conclusão que somente e DAW não me serve, mas a junção de DAW com Hardwares, me trouxe o timbre do analógico, com a praticidade do digital.

A partir de agora estou conseguindo masterizar esses equipamentos e logo menos soltarei LIVE JAMS usando os mesmos!

Seeya!

jefsvx.bandcamp.com

opiateclub.bandcamp.com

#lofi and chill #lofi house #acid techno #acid bath #acidcore #analog synth #experimental music #ambient #synthesizer #dark synth