Tiny Synths Epic - 'A Petite Retreat' on Roland S1, NTS1mk2, Volca FM2 & Beats + VMix10
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The opening 7/8 sequence on the NTS1mk2 alongside the choppy synth FM2 and LFO driven S1 is a soft homage to Steve Reich's Music for 18 musicians of course (not the Tangerine Dream copy 'Love on a Real Train' - composed for the film that Steve Reich turned down but the producers wanted something similar so asked TD !) ... in part 2 & 6 of my piece it turns a little 'Love on Real Train' for sure ...
Always a challenge with these small synths, the S1 particularly is not brilliant for 'flow' but am getting my head around the little sequencer on the NTS1mk2. Also FM2 doesn't have too many sound adjusters to play with on the fly, so most of these are slightly amended presets. The sync goes from Beats to FM2 to S1 and finally NTS1mk2. Audio of the main 3 instruments goes to VMix10 and then stereo out of that into the NTS1 where delay, reverb and of course it's own built in sequencer is added. Captured onto a Zoom Q8n4k.
0:00 Part One
7:45 Part Two
12:13 Part Three
17:17 Part Four
20:18 Part Five
24:00 Part Six
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BRILLIANT!! beautifully done!! BRAVO!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😀 Perdro, appreciated
Amazing! Love this challenges with minimal setups
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed MM - yes something about less is mroe for sure!
Sounding very good there, nice one 😁 I picked up an S-1 recently, it's stunning what Roland have managed to cram into that tiny box with such great sound, very impressive indeed. I'm surprised I've never heard of the VMIX-10, it looks like an ideal solution. I've become mildly obsessed recently with portable setups on a track which I bought a Bastl Bestie for. They're less well spec'd and more expensive, but at least they're smaller and battery powered I suppose 😅
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Cool, thanks CLM - yes all of these (incl vmix) are running off two USB battery packs, i am using some earthing adapters to keep the volca cross noise down. Agree the S1 is very flexible, just need to spend more time with it to be more seamless in longer jams.... the Bastl looks very nice but I specifically wanted one to pan mono sources across the stereo field ...
Full of surprises, love the sounds
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
cheers t1016
Bravo!!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
cheers SB!
Very cool stuff again.
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
thanks v much siggi
Nice sounding piece Gary, getting all those juicy sounds out of such a small system. The NTS1/2 looks like a nice piece of kit. Very enjoyable.
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Yes very pleasant :) Cheers Phil, time to sell all my modular now! :)
@PhilipTaylor_007
Ай бұрын
@@GaryHayes WHAT!!!!!! Your not selling all your modules?????
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
@@PhilipTaylor_007 kidding!
@PhilipTaylor_007
Ай бұрын
@@GaryHayes Whyooooo. Had me worried for a min.
Admiro lo que haces Gary...puedes jugar con una muralla modular o con un Synthe de bolsillo y logras conseguir el mismo gran resultado. Brillante Gary.👍
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Gracias de nuevo Javier. Sí, a veces me pregunto por qué tengo modulares grandes y costosos cuando estos pequeños juguetes pueden producir excelentes resultados. Probablemente más bien hago mi estilo de música independientemente de los instrumentos. :)
Fabulous as always! Love it! Is middle of top row just a mixer?
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Cheers Ellen - yes that is the vmix10 (you can see it at the start in the images without the NTS1 on top)
Consigues una buena mezcla de audio en tus videos ya sabes cada frecuencia de sonido en su lugar, creo que es un modo elegante y un comodo asiento para el viaje...por demas los EFX siempre refrezcan los espacios como una estela y tambien se agradece el conocimiento musical que compartes...👍
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Gracias Javier. Sí, intento pensar en la mezcla mientras toco, eligiendo elementos que puedan encajar en los agujeros de frecuencia. A veces es difícil mantener el flujo de efectos en lugar de simplemente dejarlo
Love this. It has a Tangerine Dream “Love on a real train” vibe! Is it difficult to play the Roland - looks tight.
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
Thanks Jodo - yes TD's LoaRT of course ripped off Steve Reichs piece (Steve was originally asked to do the film but refused, TD were asked to do something close to his piece kzread.info/dash/bejne/c6SixNumft2flKg.html ) - the Roland requires a bit of work to learn the various key combos, but the keybed is nicer than most small kit!
sweet calculators music! Prolly best of them. NTS1 is FX-only ? Edit: Oh,sorry, haven't noticed it's MkII right away
@GaryHayes
Ай бұрын
thanks Goodnota - ah nice 'calculator music' new genre ;) - yes NTS1mk2 doing sequencers and FX