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Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by rtisdale »

neom wrote: post #4
ghotli wrote: post #3

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make somet…

Seems like you really know your house. Not sure if you're musically inclined but if so the OP-1 is a great tool[1][2]. If you ever make it to nyc hit me up, I know James well and I'm sure he'd enjoy your thoughts around E2-E4. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqThYqldBI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umatbZ0n4mE

After wanting an OP-1 for years I finally got ahold of an OP-1 used for a decent price.

It’s an absolutely amazing device but I probably wouldn’t suggest it so someone as a first synth purchase.

Prior to buying it I got a Novation Circuit and then a Digitakt.

The Circuit is a far less expensive device (can be had for 200-300) and is very flexible.

It fits into a similar realm as an OP-1 (jambox)

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by sschueller »

NL807 wrote: post #24
tjr225 wrote: post #2

A lot of people, myself included, still love and create acid. The original 303 itself is pretty absurdly (prohibitively) expensive to acquire, and it's a tiny plastic toy and net anywhere from 2000-4000$. A case study in supply and demand - with a little bit of hype, I suppose. There have been a bunch of pretty good software emulations, most notably: https://www.audiorealism.se/abl3.html and even some much cheaper ph…

Have you considered getting a x0xb0x kit? I built one of those a few years back, and the sound was pretty spot on to the original.

Sadly some of those parts are almost impossible to get.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by scns »

ta7687 wrote: post #15
zamalek wrote: post #11

It's amazing that the iconic dance/trance clap (the clap after 1:15 in Acid Tracks) was forged alongside the 303. This exact sample (or an unbelievably similar one) could be heard throughout the late 90's and still features in many tracks today. It's the Wilhelm Scream of EDM. Acid eventually resulted in liquid trance, which eventually became psytrance. Liquid was a fantastic exploration of the nature of sound, with…

My inner pedant compels me to point out that Beethoven and Bach were both virtuosos, though your point still stands.

I do not think you are being pedantic at all. I am trying to come up with kind words, but the line "they were merely creating scores" is absolutely ridiculous IMO.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by weinzierl »

ghotli wrote: post #3

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make somet…

> For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, [..]

I liked to play a similar game: Digging up the original songs that were the source of samples. Found real gems this way too.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by emptyfile »

zamalek wrote: post #11

It's amazing that the iconic dance/trance clap (the clap after 1:15 in Acid Tracks) was forged alongside the 303. This exact sample (or an unbelievably similar one) could be heard throughout the late 90's and still features in many tracks today. It's the Wilhelm Scream of EDM. Acid eventually resulted in liquid trance, which eventually became psytrance. Liquid was a fantastic exploration of the nature of sound, with…

>Acid eventually resulted in liquid trance, which eventually became psytrance.

No it didn't, psytrance came from goa trance for which the foundations were laid in the 80's before trance popper was a thing. And what is liquid trance? Never heard of it.

But not to make this post just about whining, here's possibly the first trance track ever made, since we're talking about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT9pH9C7Oew I'm not from the 90's so I can only imagine how shocking this music must have been 23 years ago.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by scns »

bhrgunatha wrote: post #13
tjr225 wrote: post #2

A lot of people, myself included, still love and create acid. The original 303 itself is pretty absurdly (prohibitively) expensive to acquire, and it's a tiny plastic toy and net anywhere from 2000-4000$. A case study in supply and demand - with a little bit of hype, I suppose. There have been a bunch of pretty good software emulations, most notably: https://www.audiorealism.se/abl3.html and even some much cheaper ph…

Any recommendations for modern artists?

Alien Rain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4YbFr-2pjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasQbioq_rM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAY8Qd2heRc

Tin Man's Neo Neo Acid album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NmGEar2VVI&list=PLbnERUXhej...

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by protothomas »

bhrgunatha wrote: post #13
tjr225 wrote: post #2

A lot of people, myself included, still love and create acid. The original 303 itself is pretty absurdly (prohibitively) expensive to acquire, and it's a tiny plastic toy and net anywhere from 2000-4000$. A case study in supply and demand - with a little bit of hype, I suppose. There have been a bunch of pretty good software emulations, most notably: https://www.audiorealism.se/abl3.html and even some much cheaper ph…

Any recommendations for modern artists?

Posthuman - Mutant City Acid (https://bleep.com/release/111312-posthuman-mutant-city-acid), released a few days ago as it happens.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by stef25 »

Ah acid ... the sound of the 303 has been with me ever since I got a copy of ReBirth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBirth_RB-338 from Propellerhead Software back in the 90s. It's a software emulator of 2x TB303, a 909 and an 808 with distortion and delay effects. These instruments were basically the corner stone of dance music in the 80s and 90s and the software was just incredible at the time.

Before that I was using trackers on my dad's amiga but this was something different all together. I spent so many hours playing with this software and even got a Phatboy http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/phatboy.php external midi controller with knobs. This was cutting edge stuff back then.

What's funny is that I discovered the software before I actually started listening to this kind of music, which wasn't easy to find during this time. When I started going out and then discovered acid house and psytrance, recognising the 303 sounds as what came out my little ReBirth program was amazing.

A little know fact is that an Indian artists may have actually "discovered" acid house before Pierre and all those guys did. "Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat" is from 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8M2irJVJA

The sound of a 303 is absolutely fascinating, timeless and unique and the "acid" genre is still a live as ever.

Some essential acid tracks

Bam Bam, where's your child https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDyxyRcZWBA, supposedly just 1x 303 is used here and the pattern is pretty intricate.

Jesus loves the acid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhSB_6EQ0DM, apparently it's a 101 being used here, not a 303

Fuse, substance abuse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JonuLqgoQI8

Hardfloor, Acperience (Live on MTV!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFGHz5dR7k

System 7 Alphawave, Richie Hawtin rmx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWOtCXu6dCE

And here's a full length mix of classic acid tracks https://soundcloud.com/abbeloosolivier/classic-303-acid-patt...

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