Akai Force - Note Latch and Phasing Loops
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- First, a quick tip for the Akai Force - how to set up a note latch button that lets you sustain notes indefinitely without holding them down. Then we get into a technique popularized by Steve Reich back in the '60s with phasing tape loops. This creates a really interesting effect. I have just started playing with this technique. I love trying out new ideas and seeing where they lead me.
The phasing loops should work fine on MPC as well. I'm not sure about the note latch trick though. TubeDigga did a video about how to do this on the MPC, and it's quite a bit different, so maybe check out his video if you need to know how to do this on MPC.
Here's a link to the loopop video I mentioned that got me onto this.
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Just ordered a force and your channel has been great to learn about the various features you can play with. Thanks!
Ha, this is exactly what I'm going to need to prepare my next live set! I'm planning to record a bunch of tape loops into the Force and perform by combining them on the spot and letting them run out of phase to produce varying textures.
Nice! If you end up with a recording of it you want to share, send it along.
Nice work Joe, you’re always coming up with novel ways to use the features on the Force. Keep them coming!
you’re an outstanding teacher! thank you so much for this!
You're very welcome, nnn! Thanks for watching.
Excellent!
I used MIDI tracks to send individual notes if a chord to an external poly synth to deconstruct and reconstruct the chord over time.
Extremely helpful, sir. Exactly what I was hoping to do with my Force. Much appreciated. Your instructional videos are excellent resources.
Thanks Will! Glad you found this one so useful. I was having a lot of fun with this when I made the video but I haven’t circled back to the technique yet. I have a feeling there’s a lot more good stuff to be found.
Amazing tip Joe
Wow, you keep on sharing amazing techniques. Thank you~~~ 👍
Thanks for watching and dropping a comment! I have some more in techniques to share in the pipeline. Stay tuned!
very nice tip 👍 thx
I was trying to do a drone note just yesterday, thanks!
Wonderful tip!
Thanks - hope you have some cool discoveries with it!
Just grandiose!
Glad you enjoyed!
Cool!!!!
Hey Andrea - glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching!
It REALLY needs a latch mode for playback. It was part of the S5000/MPC4000.
This is how most of the ‘latch’ functions I’ve encountered work. How was the MPC4000 different?
@@joefilbrun .. On the S1000/5000, MPC2500/4000, you hold a pad plus mute and it plays indefinitely. Same with all the Roland SP units, which have a dedicated button.
@@danieklerr I see. So you can un-latch specific notes/pads if there is more than 1 latched?
Is there a way to drone out a piano plugin? Tried with stage piano and fabric piano. The tail stays with a longer decay but it fades with sustain on still. (It dies off immediately if I turn sustain off tho)
It might not be possible in the native plugin if it’s not set up to sustain. You could possibly sample it into a keygroup or drum program and loop a section of it so that it can sustain indefinitely.
Also "sustain" is nice but in general synthesizers need to support a "latch" mode for chords so you can hold a chord until you play another one without releasing and depressing a sustain pedal when you play a new one.
I don’t know that I have any synths that work that way. Hmm, maybe the DeepMind does when you combine the hold and chord functions… I’m not sure if I’ve tried them together. Will have to look into it. Do you know some that do?
@@joefilbrun Moog One! Novation SL3 does it too. Any polysynth or controller I make will have it.
Yea! Agree. Akai miniak
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yes sir you make amazing stuff! That Infinite 3 you were bending to your will was an awesome setup.. can I use the Force as a midi controller to open up that Infinity 3?
Its (Moog) Subharmonicon
Haven’t ever really looked into the Subharmonicon and didn’t know it could sound like this. I’ll have to check it out.