Sample-magic jam with Elektron Octatrack Mk2, Minitaur, JU-06a
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
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A live, semi-improvised song, all on hardware, and inspired by a sample challenge! My friend Dave challenged me to make a song using only samples from one record, plus a little wrinkle (a wah-wah piano) for added fun. I did most of the heavy lifting on the Akai MPC Live II but then moved over to the Octatrack for arrangement and performance. The MPC is amazing at sampling, lazy chop, and getting the bones of the song in place; the Octatrack is the perfect companion for developing a live performance, especially thanks to its scenes. For a little extra help, I added the Minitaur (bass extraordinaire) and the JU-06a (pad machine). I'm tremendously happy with the final song, and here's hoping Dave likes it too!
I've also included some behind the scenes of my creative process, including sampling, sequencing, and arranging across the various instruments. Here's hoping the walkthrough is useful, or maybe inspires you to try something new in your own music.
Akai MPC Live II - Sampling, sample manipulation, sequencing
Elektron Octatrack - Sample playing and mangling, effects, scenes
Moog Minitaur - Bass
Roland JU-06a - Pad
Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
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This track made me realize two things: I need to understand the Octatrack better and I need an Octatrack.
Classic rabbit hole video
goddamn you got me fuck my life i need an octatrack
hahaha
This is by far the best Octatrack + synths jam I've ever saw to this day WOW !!!
Next level
It’s ridiculous how much good music is out there that is relatively hidden. Your channel contains one such pocket of gold striking. Keep it up.
this track really seems like the perfect demo of the octatrack - you show all of its core features and strengths while still making a banging song that doesn't feel like its trying too hard. great stuff!
Midway through this. I love seeing you use all the gear, but there is nothing like watching you use the Octatrack. So precise, so unexpected! Great work.
The Octatrack work is so good! im with you on this ahahah
Just love the captions that explain what is going on!
Love this! More of these sample-based projects please.
i love reading your comments on the video, it's a great window in what makes you groove. But the real treat is the music, amazing!
Pure utter brilliance!!!!
Let alone saying its all done without DAW, the song and the only creation of itself are already the top notch production
Best octatrack made song I've ever seen, period. Amazing, fresh, always changing, interesting and super groovy
thanks!
Epic track, epic performance, thanks for sharing the engineering of it all!
I have repeatedly come back to replay the song, listen to it a few times and on occasion watch the how to. Still absolutely epic!
Great work man. Really diggin the progressive breaks vibe. Probably some of the best use of an Octatrack Ive seen around.
The best octatrack jam
This is freakin amazing Jay!!! I absolutely love the range of instrument samples you utilized and scene transitions are on point as always.
Gents - it's time for an EZBOT / Jay Hosking Octatrack compilation track performance. Great stuff as usual Jay!
Ohhhh that could be tasty 😋
I'd be 100% into this!
you got my vote. or did it happen already...?
Wow, outstanding masterpiece, very impressive. Start to finish, I love the the panning and use of stereo & changing instruments. Not to mention the info & breakdown with notes...keep it rolling, I subscribed immediately...thanks again!
It's a 7-beat song. splendid.
This track was amazing. Great job.
For 30-odd years I've always used a (linear) Cubase-based DAW, right back to the Atari Pro24 days; latterly I've been trying to incorporate the Conductive Labs NDLR and Vermona MeloDICER into my setup.
However, not once have I used - or been tempted to use - anything like an MPC or Octatrak. I've simply never bothered to invest the time and effort into investigating them ... or a loop-based DAWs like Ableton.
However, videos like this are sorely tempting me to give 'em a go...
Thank you, Jay!
Mindblowingly good! Beautiful tones. And articulation. And execution! 😎👍👍👍
This was absolutely unreal. Just got an octatrack, so excited to learn it!
awesome. Its got your signature all over it. thanks for sharing
Speechless, just spot on! Love this track!
Brilliant!! Tension, Release, Melody, Rhythm. Controlled Dissonance.......👍👍
Everything on here is awesome, but this...this deserves a vinyl pressing.
This is so Hosking, i love that !
Great work, nailed the track ambience and structure with some interesting contrasts👏
Wow. This is an unbelievable track
SICK!!!!!! Absolutely SICK!!!! DAAAM‘n wuhuuuuu ok, this is..... Sick
Jay, thnx for 12 min pure joy🙋♂️
Both the composition and the „Dave sample challenge“ 👏
Certified genius pal, you're very creative and consistently great.
One of your best Jay. Listened multiple times!
absolutely a gem video. what a sound and what a demo, and what an explanation. thanks a lot
Excellent song! Excellent video! You’re stuff is some of the best stuff out there. Well done!
Amazing sampling! Loved it.
Love this set up!! All the essentials! Fantastic work!!
Man I wanna make music like this so damn bad, keep making this stuff man
This is mind-blowing good, love the explanation at the end too. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent walkthrough Jay and awesome track, we need more progressive 7/8 tracks in 2022. ;)
Awesome! I like the fact that most of your songs are in odd time signature which i really dig. Can't wait for your next video. Cheers!
😳 its so awesome, dude 😳 all music should be like these beauty you hearing right now 🥰
The Octatrack is a great tool for sure. Love the 90's vibe to this piece. Great work as usual!
best day of the week
Super sick track! Very inspirational
Amazing work dude, love the song and how you perform on your instruments!
very interesting to see how the song is made also
Phenomenal. That was amazing.
lol this is just so wonderful :) I haven't a clue what it must take to conceive of, assemble and perform something like this.
Beautiful track
Happened upon this absolute masterpiece by accident holy cow!!!
Thanks for sharing the workflow, great insights into your creations!
This is a powerful musical performance.
That is awesome. Instantly bought Sao Paulo.
Outstanding, so free flowing and "natural" even with the tech. Always nice to see a cheeky bit of 7/4 going on too. Also lovely running commentary over the top in text. Excellent stuff as always.
(edit because I notice you talked about it being in 7s later on ... should've waited until the end to comment!)
I'm liking some of the beats
Thanks for the music and Tut - always look forward to some Jay time.
My OctaTrack got a new lease of life - connecting a nice reverb to the cue out, setting studio mode (I think it is called - I'm at work at the mo so can't look) and then feeding the reverb output back into a thru track - without the waffle I set up a send FX on the OT that can be applied independently to each track. It sound soooo good now - no doubt this is all very basic for you Jay, but for me it was a new source of inspiration.
pure creativity
Great stuff as usual. Thanks for the breakdown of the track!
Excellent work thanks ! Makes me think a little bit of Amon Tobin's brazilian vibe. Nice!!
Drop some more songs, I listened to all your videos and I want to hear more!
One coming tomorrow!
Wow such a great track! I really dig your sampling abilities.
This is a masterpiece bro, amazing
super ! bravo Jay!
the jazzsolo! great!
0:22 onwards some of main samples are from Cesar Mariano & Cia. - São Paulo • Brasil, one of my all time fav Brazilian albums!
Yeah! My friend Dave sent me the record and challenged me to make a song with it. All sounds except the synths are from it.
Instantly loved!
Nice tune Jay.
Aaaaaand sold!
This was a dope remix!
not easy to pull a 7/8 on the Octatrack, mind blown by this.
Bravo et merci!
I'm following you since 2years I guess, and now I'm sure, u are a genius ;) Cheers from France, don't stop to love analog gears
There’s only one analog device in the video. Just saying.
@@LukezyM Who said there is more than One analog gears ? But ok, I should say : "don't stop to love Hardware gears" Sound better for u ?
Thats super dope dude
Excellent work as usual!
Great jam, I love the bass.
Amazing tune
Top quality stuff as always. Made a weird time signature sound very natural. Still not much idea of how the Octatrack works bar having a crossfader but been seeing it in a lot of jams around the place lately
At its heart, the Octatrack is just a sample player and a mixer, but you can take it to some great places. Worth checking out!
Excellent music. A great display of what the Octatrack can do when given a good starting point. I chose the MPC over the Octatrack but they seem to complement each other so that puts it back on the wishlist!
This is awesome!
Crushin it dude!
Holy shit this tune is fantastic. Wow.
sounds very, very nice
Meraviglioso!
It really sounds great! Love at first sound. :)
..amazing..thank you for sharing..
you are a frikkin genius
Beautiful!
that was a pretty good plug dude! i don't even make much music and i almost wanna sign up. and yea, the tune is sick, but i'm more marketeer than musician anyway :P
Love this
That was sick 😎
Shit...Now I need an Octatrack as well !!! Nice tune xx
Great song friend
god i love 7/8.
Ninja tune stuff!
Awesome !!!
Nice , man .
Perfect 🤯
Very cool
Superb..!
7/4 nice!