UNTZ! | Jack to the Sound of the Underground » Preview http://untz.nl Techno music weblog & more. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:49:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= New Gear: TB-303 http://untz.nl/2010/12/01/new-gear-tb-303/ http://untz.nl/2010/12/01/new-gear-tb-303/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:48:40 +0000 dupont http://untz.nl/?p=254 New gear has arrived in the Untz studios. The (in)famous Roland TB-303 Computer Controlled Bass Line synth. It’s a bit weird to program, but all the more fun because of it (an excellent short & sweet howto for programming a TB-303 is on youtube here if you ever wondered how the thing works). Below is a recording of my first simple jam session, of course accompanied by the TR-909 drum box. I love odd-note acid patterns. Enjoy :)

303+909test by dupont

]]> http://untz.nl/2010/12/01/new-gear-tb-303/feed/ 0 New Gear: TR-909 http://untz.nl/2010/07/31/new-gear-tr-909/ http://untz.nl/2010/07/31/new-gear-tr-909/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:29:34 +0000 dupont http://untz.nl/?p=170 TR-909New gear - or maybe old gear would be more appropriate :) - has been added to the UNTZ studios: the all time techno classic from Roland, the TR-909 drum machine. It integrates well into my Ableton Live setup, it being the master MIDI device. My findings so far: the shuffle setting creates a good groove, the sounds have much more punch than samples, and the 909 drums sit very well in the mix without much processing. Also, the real time instrument parameters are great to tweak the sound in a very direct way. It is true what they say, almost anything you do on the 909 sounds “techno” straight away.
Below is my first preview of a simple track using the TR-909.

Abltrack28-tr909test by dupont

]]> http://untz.nl/2010/07/31/new-gear-tr-909/feed/ 1 Preview: Rvaggelen & Dupont – Les Charmes de l’Horreur… http://untz.nl/2008/11/26/preview-rvaggelen-dupont-les-charmes-de-lhorreur/ http://untz.nl/2008/11/26/preview-rvaggelen-dupont-les-charmes-de-lhorreur/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:50:39 +0000 dupont http://untz.nl/?p=137 Time to put up the first music preview. This track was made back in 2002 together with Rvaggelen in one sitting. I guess this would best be described as tech house… After the long intro there are some sweet vocodered vocals from the ever wonderful Tori Amos.
This tune was never released (not even on the web) until it was put up on Soundcloud by yours truly. If you hadn’t heard of Soundcloud before: go check it out, there is a ton of music waiting for you to listen to. For your convenience, here is the soundcloud player so you can listen to the tune immediately. Simply click the play button :)
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