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Solarj
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I will share with you unusual procedures, workflows and tips that you can personalise and adapt to your sound and taste. And from time to time upload some live performances.
UA-cam is overflowing with great tutorials showing how to operate electronic music gear. In this channel instead we focus on how to use gear in a creative and unique way.
I am a musician, scientist and producer who loves analog synthesizers and creative digital effects. I love both worlds.
In this channel I will also post my live performances as I evolve with my live setup, sharing tips and workflows that I found useful or that I like to adopt. Techno, ambient, IDM and Electronica are the genres that I mess around the most, but I always strive to create some kind of fresh sound or vibe inspired to those genres.
Based in Berlin, the European capital of Techno but originally from Italy, the world capital of Pasta.
UA-cam is overflowing with great tutorials showing how to operate electronic music gear. In this channel instead we focus on how to use gear in a creative and unique way.
I am a musician, scientist and producer who loves analog synthesizers and creative digital effects. I love both worlds.
In this channel I will also post my live performances as I evolve with my live setup, sharing tips and workflows that I found useful or that I like to adopt. Techno, ambient, IDM and Electronica are the genres that I mess around the most, but I always strive to create some kind of fresh sound or vibe inspired to those genres.
Based in Berlin, the European capital of Techno but originally from Italy, the world capital of Pasta.
The best way to make Techno stabs (FULL WORKFLOW)
Wondering how to make techno stabs, single hits and raisers like Anyma, Innellea, Township Rebellion, Argy & company?
In this video I unveil the workflow i developed over the course of many years to produce and arrange these stabs, hits and raisers. I will the Moog Grandmother hardware synth but the process can be adapted to any other hardware synth and even a software synth with a properly mapped MIDI controller.
🚨🚨🚨 CHECK OUT MY FIRST RELEASE WITH THE KOPOSAN PROJECT ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0UmtyhrtVD85BupV4sqIVP?si=3402159df2f34e81
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/release-me/1753750715?i=1753750719
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Let's connect 🖇 on social:
Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic
Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274
Find my studio 🎧 works here:
Spotify ▸▸▸ open.spotify.com/artist/3N8ExdCB3mEpFjgI6xdQIG?si=BKBonC7jTG-DyEeN2A9bEg&nd=1
Apple Music ▸▸▸ music.apple.com/us/artist/solarj/1625485402
Amazon Music ▸▸▸ music.amazon.com/artists/B0B1YCCW18/solarj
Deezer ▸▸▸ www.deezer.com/en/artist/170754057
Find my recorded 🎛 live sets here:
MixCloud: www.mixcloud.com/koposan/
SoundCloud ▸▸▸ soundcloud.com/user-841694361
My patreon ☕️ page:
www.patreon.com/solarj
In this video I unveil the workflow i developed over the course of many years to produce and arrange these stabs, hits and raisers. I will the Moog Grandmother hardware synth but the process can be adapted to any other hardware synth and even a software synth with a properly mapped MIDI controller.
🚨🚨🚨 CHECK OUT MY FIRST RELEASE WITH THE KOPOSAN PROJECT ON ALL MAJOR STREAMING PLATFORMS!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0UmtyhrtVD85BupV4sqIVP?si=3402159df2f34e81
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/release-me/1753750715?i=1753750719
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Let's connect 🖇 on social:
Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic
Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274
Find my studio 🎧 works here:
Spotify ▸▸▸ open.spotify.com/artist/3N8ExdCB3mEpFjgI6xdQIG?si=BKBonC7jTG-DyEeN2A9bEg&nd=1
Apple Music ▸▸▸ music.apple.com/us/artist/solarj/1625485402
Amazon Music ▸▸▸ music.amazon.com/artists/B0B1YCCW18/solarj
Deezer ▸▸▸ www.deezer.com/en/artist/170754057
Find my recorded 🎛 live sets here:
MixCloud: www.mixcloud.com/koposan/
SoundCloud ▸▸▸ soundcloud.com/user-841694361
My patreon ☕️ page:
www.patreon.com/solarj
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3 creative ways to use the Syntakt FX track
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At the time of publishing I could only find tutorials on UA-cam about sidechaining the bass to the kick using the FX track.. So I decided to mess around with it in a more creative way and share with you the results :) Here I show you 3 different ways to utilize the FX track for unique and versatile sound design: on bass, pads and chords. Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ ko...
The FX track on Syntakt: CLEARLY explained
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How the hell does the FX on the Syntakt track work?What even is an FX track with a sequencer? No panic, I will show you in three simple steps how exactly the Syntakt FX track work and how to use it for pimping your patterns even more. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Step 1: Routing and static effects 2:50 Step 2: The Sequencer 5:49 Step 3: 🤯🤯🤯 P-Locks Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ kopo...
MOOG Grandmother & Subharmonicon // Semi - Modular patching TUTORIAL
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Semi modular Moog synthesizers are the perfect middle way between a fully modular syntha and a regular analog synths where many of the internal patching cannot be customized. Here I show you how to make the Moog Grandmother and the Moog Subharmonicon interact by conneting their respective path bays. 0:00 This is what we are about to make 0:23 Intro 1:20 Patching SH Oscillator into GM 2:18 Synci...
Super Booth is the best music fair ever // Super Booth Berlin 2024 POV
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Superbooth is the world's largest trade fair and festival for electronic musical instruments. Superbooth 2024, is happening from the 16th to the 18th of May 2024 at FEZ-Berlin in Berlin, Germany. I here give you a virtual tour with some footage I took while going around smiling all the time like a kid in Disney World. From Moog to Korg to more underground Chompi and modualr madnesses plus a fin...
ARTBAT rolling (analog) bass lines on Moog Subsequent 37
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Here I show you how to recreate a melodic techno rolling bass with an analog synth flavour by using one of my favorite synhs ever: the Moog Subsequent 37. After showing you how to get a fat bass sound and sequence on the Moog, I record it and show you my workflow to pimp it up in ableton to make it release ready. 00:00 Intro 0:30 Oscillators and Waveforms 1:37 AMP/FLT Envelopes 3:16 Recording t...
Make your Syntakt productions sound GOOD
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Not happy how your raw SYntakt pattern sound like? Here I show you how I pimp my Syntakt in Ableton, from setitng up the connections to the final mastering touches 00:00 Intro (bear with me, audio of the video is not great) 1:24 Bringing Syntakt into Ableton(better audio from now on) 3:28 Making a FAT low end 8:20 Snare 9:50 Hi Hats 12:35 Arp & Chords 14:47 Lead 17:05 Mastering 18:05 RAW vs Pro...
These 10 PRO ABLETON TIPS are gonna change your life
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These 10 Ableton tips and tricks (shortcuts, mixing and sound design) are gonna blow your mind! They are very simple and easy to integrate in you DAW workflow and will make your producer life much easier! 0:00 Intro 0:21 Tip 1 1:20 Tip 2 2:03 Tip 3 2:28 Tip 4 3:10 Tip 5 4:20 Tip 6 5:39 Tip 7 6:32 Tip 8 7:26 Tip 9 9:07 Tip 10 Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic F...
How to Anyma / Melodic Techno on Syntakt // Sound design Tutorial
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I show you how to do sound design on the Elektron Syntakt in order to achieve Anyma-style sounds. I got inspired by this video where Matteo plays The Light in one of their visually astounding Afterlife parties. ua-cam.com/video/WB6ofYq36jI/v-deo.html Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274 Find my studio 🎧 work...
Melodic Techno Synthesizer jam // Afterlife style (No Talking)
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This new setup I assembled is sick!And Afterlife-style melodic techno too! So many possibilities and yet not too many to get lost. Let me know in the comments down below if you want a video where I explain how I wired it up. Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274 Find my studio 🎧 works here: Spotify ▸▸▸ open.s...
Syntakt Modular Techno Sequences // sound design tutorial
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Can you make modular techno on te Elektron Syntakt? Here I show you some sound design tips to program some modular sounding sequences without any patch cables. 0:00 Intro 0:51 The basic sound and beat 1:59 The LFO trick to go modular 4:14 Add variations with 2nd LFO 5:02 Unintentional Little Jam 😅 6:19 Conclusion Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic Facebook ▸▸▸ ...
Rytm/Syntakt/Digitakt LFO speed and multiplier CLEARLY EXPLAINED // LFO beat sync
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Elektron is (in) famous for some weird implementation choices and the LFO rate is defintely one of them. What does 'speed' and 'multiplier' even mean?And how do they work if I want to sync the LFO rate to my beat? Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274 Find my studio 🎧 works here: Spotify ▸▸▸ open.spotify.com/...
Rytm/Digitakt/Syntakt AMP envelope CLEARLY EXPLAINED // ADSR vs AHD
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Did you find yourself cursing because the AMP envelope on your Elektron device was not working as you intended? This video is for you :) took me a while to understand fully this AHD concept and despite I still do not find it the best design choice, I can at least use it. 0:00 Intro 0:35 AMP env level 1 - AHD, ADRS, env reset (beginner) 3:10 AMP envelope level 2 - the HOLD param (intermediate) 4...
Sampling ✂️ on Analog Rytm // All you need to know + tips&tricks
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All you need to know to resample the Rytm internal machines and external instruments, plus some creative goodies and secret moves. Thumbnail design: tari.illu 00:00 Intro 00:25 Resampling a Bassline (Dual VCO machine) 6:35 Quantized time stretching TRICK! 9:35 Sampling an Instrument 11:49 Let's have some fun :) Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic F...
How to make professionally sounding kick
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Make your kicks sound like your favorite artists: A reproducible empirical scientific approach to synthesize kicks that sound great in any speakers, just like your favorite artist's ones! Thumbnail design: tari.illu Let's connect 🖇 on social: Instagram ▸▸▸ koposanmusic Facebook ▸▸▸ profile.php?id=61554901025274 Find my studio 🎧 works here: Spotify ▸▸▸ o...
Add chords 🎹 to your patterns // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
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Add chords 🎹 to your patterns // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
NRPN (MIDI) 💬 to control you hardware synthesizer // practical MIDI tutorial
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NRPN (MIDI) 💬 to control you hardware synthesizer // practical MIDI tutorial
Techno House 🎾 Bouncy Bass Drum // Analog Rytm tutorial (watch with headphones/monitors)
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Techno House 🎾 Bouncy Bass Drum // Analog Rytm tutorial (watch with headphones/monitors)
VJAY effects 👩🏼🎤 in Ableton with 0$ budget // using smartphone camera
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VJAY effects 👩🏼🎤 in Ableton with 0$ budget // using smartphone camera
How to connect the Analog Rytm to Ableton
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How to connect the Analog Rytm to Ableton
What's Your Setup? // Live Electronic Music tutorial - Episode 1
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What's Your Setup? // Live Electronic Music tutorial - Episode 1
PERFECT STEREO 🎧 WIDE HI HATS // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
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PERFECT STEREO 🎧 WIDE HI HATS // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
CHROMATIC MODE 🌈 THE CREATIVE WAY // Analog Rytm Tutorial
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CHROMATIC MODE 🌈 THE CREATIVE WAY // Analog Rytm Tutorial
[FREE SAMPLE PACK] 💎 Moog Subharmonicon // 11 Polyrhythmic LOOPS dry / wet
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[FREE SAMPLE PACK] 💎 Moog Subharmonicon // 11 Polyrhythmic LOOPS dry / wet
DAWLESS TECHNO/IDM performance + guitar // Rytm, Prophet6, Grandmother, Subharmonicon, Beatstep
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DAWLESS TECHNO/IDM performance guitar // Rytm, Prophet6, Grandmother, Subharmonicon, Beatstep
5 MOOG SUBHARMONICON FACTORY PATCHES 🎛 with Reactions and Effects // Moog Subharmonicon Tutorial
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5 MOOG SUBHARMONICON FACTORY PATCHES 🎛 with Reactions and Effects // Moog Subharmonicon Tutorial
TRY THIS 👉 LFO ON SAMPLE SLOT // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
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TRY THIS 👉 LFO ON SAMPLE SLOT // Elektron Analog Rytm Tutorial
HOW TO CONTROL 🕹 YOUR SYNTH WITH THE KAOSS PAD // MIDI CC Tutorial feat. Moog Grandmother
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HOW TO CONTROL 🕹 YOUR SYNTH WITH THE KAOSS PAD // MIDI CC Tutorial feat. Moog Grandmother
Beatstep Pro meets 🤝 Moog Grandmother // CV sequencing tutorial
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Beatstep Pro meets 🤝 Moog Grandmother // CV sequencing tutorial
HOW TO PROPERLY SYNC ⏱ LFO to External Clock // Moog Grandmother and Matriarch Tutorial
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HOW TO PROPERLY SYNC ⏱ LFO to External Clock // Moog Grandmother and Matriarch Tutorial
Cool! Get the most out of the syntakt
Man, I've just found your channel Really informative, thank you!
@@Pastryarchy happy to hear :)
Just found your rytm MK2 videos. Super helpful and different content from all the other stuff out there 👍
Thank you Brother! Explained CLEARLY!
@@FunkyTherapy thanks bro :) happy you find it helpful!
What about slide?! Can this machine slide (protomento) notes?
@@the_teknomads As far as I remember it does not, you have to edit the triggers tune and enable parameter slides between them. Syntakt has a normal portamento for sure
@@solarj thnx. Usually do acid vibes with OT (which does p-lock portamento), and single cycle waveforms. Good stuff.
Awesome! Very inspiring!
@@GeorgeL909 glad you enjoyed the video :)
Thanx
Waiting for the new release over here!
@@mario-kt4qr 😍 it’s coming up on July 29th!
I like the way you play with the sounds, pretty fluid
Thank you kind sir 🫶
Useful tips across your channel, and thanks for recording your voice with less room ambience in your more recent videos!
Thank you, happy you find the videos useful! And yes, I’m on a learning path to improve the audio/video quality, it’s a lot of work though 🥵 I’m doing this alone on my free time and I’m not earning anything from it :) but if the channel grows I will invest into better cameras and maybe some external collaborators (I’m quite new to video editing) so any help in that direction is highly appreciated 🙏 have a great day mate!
That milky analog sound!
@@Lordxfx soo juicy 😋
question of taste;-)
rawsome:-)
thanks mate!
you're welcome!Happy it was helpful :)
Amazing ! Do you use the velocity mod page ? (and the 2x control input mod pages ?) it's kind of hidden but they are like the most powerful things on the rytm, 3 mod pages with 4 destinations each
Thanks :) I’ve only scratched the surface of those but looks like there more to it, I’ll have a better look thanks for the suggestion!
@@solarj for the input mod 1&2, you can use an external CV controller or actually route (physically, with a cable) an individual out of the rytm, to the "control" input 1or2, and use an audio signal as a modulation source. you can even put a (waveform ?) sample on the modulation track to use it as some sort of second LFO/modulation source for the input mod. this page is at the bottom of the kit page. once in the input mod page, you can select which instrument you want to modulate, by clicking once on one of the encoder, then you turn the encoder to select destination. there is also another menu for the input modulation page, where you can enable/disable input modulation, toogle CV or audio modulation and some kind of threshold. it's in global/control But the velocity mod (shift+filter/velocity mod) on it's own, doesn't require audio routing and is amazing. This is basically almost everything you need to know, I hope that helps ! thank you for all the Rytm tutorials :D Cheers !
Hello again ! I do use the chain pattern in my live set (which I'm working on) because at some point the kick is modulating and plays different notes, over 8 bars. so I just quickly hold the chain button, the bank number, and punch the 2 pattern in the order I need them to play. to quit the chain you just press the chain button again. Also, your livesets seems really funky, one track even had lasers sounds aha where can I listen to your live ?
Nice that’s a creative use of the pattern chain function I like it :) Recently I’ve been focusing on my melodic techno project, Koposan. You can listen to it on Spotify and all streaming platforms (just released my first single) or you can listen to some of my DJ sets of originals here www.mixcloud.com/koposan/ehfm-radio-fizzy-juice-may-2nd-2024/
Thanks for the video! Best explanation. One little tip from me (took me about 20 minutes of frustration) - for the FX block sequencer to work it can't be muted (mine was)...
Thanks :) oh man how much swearing I wasted before realising that too 😅 thanks for the good addition to the video: if nothing makes sense try UNMUTING THE FX TRACK!
What's the music for 1:47, 5:32? I think it's cool. That modulation is crazy. And I listened to your music on Spotify. It's very cool. Translations can be awkward
Thanks :) the music was a jam I recorded while making the tutorial, if you want check also my other project Koposan. The first release will come out on July 29th ‘24
These synth sounds at the end are so machine cool. What machine did you use?
Thanks :) all the sounds in the video, including the end, come from the Syntakt only.
Oh I know. I meant, did you use Dual, Raw etc?
il trick dell'LFO è fenomenale! Anche mappare il secondo LFO con il Fade del primo LFO è da provare 🔥
Grazie @richardeasel 🫶 wooow sembra super interessante lo provo il prima possibile :)
good input, mate. Really helping me out with my music
@@severusslim7448 very happy to hear man :)
This feature is so musical. Mindblowing. Thank you so much for your explanations.
Totally agree I am appreciating it more and more. Thank you, my pleasure :)
Man, you have some quality hints and tips for the Elektron boxes 🤩 Thankyou so much for sharing your workflow! 🙏
Thanks a lot mate 🫶 in art/music I believe in cooperation and community rather than competition :) it’s great to share geeky elektron stuff and see that other peeps dig it too!
Really great video with great examples of patching. I’m thinking about pairing the subharmonicon with my Matriarch. I might get the DFAM first though
Thanks 🫶 wow with the matriarch you can go even more crazy, i think the DFAM is as good as the subharmonicon for patching.
Excellent as usual. Changing the envelope shape on the Amp page is cool also. Keep up with the technique vids. They are cool.
So happy to hear this man :) next Sunday the second part of this video more technique oriented will come out, check it out!
Thank you for this perfect tutorial. I have had the Syntakt for a long time and finally I understand the FX block 😄
Great to hear man :) thanks for the super nice comment 🫶
Nice! Thank you.
Thanks for your comment :)
exactly the information i was looking for, thanks!!
Glad I was able to deliver it :)
Does this work on mk1?
The mk1 does not have the performance knob unfortunately..
i fink just mastering rhythm is all you need, other gear just too much complexity: ua-cam.com/video/6OwG9ex3klA/v-deo.html
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under rated video. Thank you !
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Sweet, thanks for this
My pleasure!
Very nice!
Happy you liked this short semimodular journey :)
Elektron is taking care of his own memes by implying heavy math in the simple task of syncing an LFO. That is really funny. Thank you so much !
they almost did an ADHD envelope x)
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thank you, really useful insights
Happy you found this useful :)
Super cool! I'm gonna try this at home 🙂
Happy you found it interesting :) alone the patching possibilities are ok..but together 🤯
Perfect sunday mix. Love it.
Enjoy!
Mmmmmh, so gut
I also wat pizza upon this beat ma boiii
amazing!
Love the sound. Makes me want to wat pizza. Mmmmm
Pizza is great :)
Sound is from Tarracco Sultana..
What do you mean? :)
Oh man this is genius. Earned a subscribe! This helped crack the code for me and toss away the calculator.
Glad this helped :)
Fantastic, love it
Thanks :)
Subscribed!!!!
Thanks! 🫶
in acid we trust
And take it we must
Great tutorial TNX for this 👍🙂 If I may ask what the reference track is, it seems interesting 🧐
Thanks :) the ref track is from Unkown Concept, I think 'The Purge' check him out amazing stuff!
@@solarj I appreciate it. Thank you 🙏🙏
Yeah man it was a wicked event will for sure go back next year..