This is great! I now know that "minimal psy" is the name of the genre I like to listen to whilst coding. I'd love to see something similar for the various sub-genres of drum & bass. 'Psybreaks' really reminds me of the soundtrack to the original Wipeout game, written by Cold Storage ( http://www.coldstorage.org.uk/ ).
With D&B being my main love, I might focus some time on this. In the mean time, if you want to know the subgenre of a track, or some tracks in a subgenre, let me know :)
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This is why I love techno festivals and parties. I also like the music (and I'm a hobbyist producer myself) but the sheer freedom you have for a whole festival or even evening/weekend is liberating, is a escape from reality. And the hypnotic sound also gets me to other places, even when sober. P.S.: and by "techno" I mean the genre of EDM called techno, starting in Detroit in late 80s/early 90s and spreading through…
Care to share what software/hardware you use?
I have dedicated myself to use only hardware for a while, working on a computer for 8+ hours a day really puts me off on being creative on it so I went to the only-hardware route.
With that said, my current setup is:
* Roland TR-8S for the drums, recreations of the classic drum machines (TR-606, 707, 808, 909, etc.) and it also plays samples, it's a really cool instrument to play live and perform instead of programming but with the A-H variations per pattern it also is much more powerful than the previous TR-8
* Elektron Analog Four Mk II as my main analog synth, it can do 4-voice polyphony if you aren't using all 4 tracks for different sounds or you get 4-in-1 synths with 2 oscillators per track, a lot of options for modulation (2 envelopes per track, 2 LFOs per track, etc.). I use it mainly for basslines and some leads but sometimes will use for pads, sample them and free up the tracks for playing other stuff.
* Elektron Octatrack Mk II is my brain for the setup, my sampler, my pickup machine, looper, and so it goes. It's a VERY deep machine with tons of possibilites, artists across many genres use it (from Radiohead to a lot of techno producers) and I'm even using it to help a friend who has a solo ballad rock project to add some cool ambiance to his tracks.
* Elektron Digitone, my FM and polysynth, 8 voices, 2 per track but as the A4 it can steal voices from other tracks to play up to 8 notes at a time from a single track. This machine is really cool and inspiring, it's FM-made-easy as apart from the FM engine you also get the world of subtractive synthesis with its filters. I also love that that it has 4 MIDI tracks that I can internally route back to it to use more than 2 LFOs per track to have even more modulation.
I'm very happy with this setup, it covers all the bases while keeping it more or less compact (for a 4 synths setup).
Feel free to ask any more questions if you've got them :)
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Care to share what software/hardware you use?
Sure! One thing that I love about the music producing/synth community is that we all love to share :) I have dedicated myself to use only hardware for a while, working on a computer for 8+ hours a day really puts me off on being creative on it so I went to the only-hardware route. With that said, my current setup is: * Roland TR-8S for the drums, recreations of the classic drum machines (TR-606, 707, 808, 909, etc.)…
It looks amazing especially when you need to travel
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#185A few examples:
* projection mapping onto surfaces like mountains in nature parties
* zero-latency visuals synced to the music (and the cream of the crop demoscene type stuff)
* custom synths written in max/msp or whatever
* designer drugs, nootropics, "bio-hacking"
* experimenting with inducing trance states with "brain machines" and certain repetitive frequencies and stuff.
I really feel lucky that I got to experience all that, since I was kinda jealous from reading the Acid Test of what the hippies had and how they combined music with visuals and tech (like microphone feedback experiments)... we had much better toys :)
There has got to be cool stuff happening these days... would be a bummer to learn that 20 years (WTF?! HOW?!?) hasn't seen much progress..
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#186Wow. I'm old enough to remember when it was just goa trance. And then towards the end of the 90's the kicks became more pronounced and the melodies were dropped in favour of more psychedelic soundscapes. From that it seemed the genre split into daytime trance that was brighter and more uplifting and nighttime that was darker and more psychedelic. As a dj, people would grumble at you if you played daytime trance at ni…
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#187I have just returned from one psytrance festival. I like to go there, not mainly for the music (which I like mostly), but for the atmosphere. Meeting all kind of different people and getting out from the usual "reality" and norms and rat race and jumping into crazines, relaxing the norms and trying new things. It is so refreshing, I always return home more happy and enthusiastic about life. And yes, people eat like t…
Also, I'm not wholly unconvinced that maybe more LSD-use would make us all so much better as people.
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Care to share what software/hardware you use?
Sure! One thing that I love about the music producing/synth community is that we all love to share :) I have dedicated myself to use only hardware for a while, working on a computer for 8+ hours a day really puts me off on being creative on it so I went to the only-hardware route. With that said, my current setup is: * Roland TR-8S for the drums, recreations of the classic drum machines (TR-606, 707, 808, 909, etc.)…
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#190I enjoy coding more on psytrance! Anyone else?
Here's a monthly Mixcloud show featuring tech trance, psy tech, prog, full on, etc. Usually ranges from 138-145 bpm. I have a few developer friends who enjoy listening to it while working. I've also heard it's good music to listen to while driving. (: https://www.mixcloud.com/palanesesummer/