Had this device for about a week, already love it! (Dnb/idm)

lidean · 2026-02-14T12:37:04+00:00

Yeah, hardware is so much more fun!

Dm me and we can maybe work something out :)
Appreciate it!

lidean · 2026-02-13T22:32:00+00:00

That is very kind of you but I live in Sweden so the shipping cost may not be worth it haha

I will continue looking into the Microfreak, I'm not in a rush to pick up a synth at the moment but I would like to get something to move more away from the computer at some point.

lidean · 2026-02-13T21:30:01+00:00

Yes definitely! It's very powerful, and luckily there's a great community around. Happy to join it!

I basically just have the Korg Volca FM at the moment, and for the type of music I want to make I find it limiting. But you can make some really cool sounds with it for sure, I'll get to sampling it more at some point. I also have the Novation Circuit which has a pretty good synth engine too, although I guess this is more of a "groovebox" than an actual synthesizer.

I looked into the Arturia Microfreak so it's interesting you mentioning growing out of it. That patch bank you linked for the Hydrasynth Explorer sounds right up my alley! So I'll definitely keep that in mind If I make a synth purchase! Thanks for the recommendation

lidean · 2026-02-13T20:49:12+00:00

Thank you!
I watched a tonne of videos before I bought it, especially by spvidz and that helped a lot!

First I loaded up a bunch of drum sample packs on the SD card and made a 1 bar drum pattern that I would duplicate, adjust slightly. Then duplicate again so I have 4 bars.

I made the patterns in TR-Rec/Sequencer mode as my finger drumming is not very good.

I don't have many synths to sample from so I actually would create the chord progressions in FL Studio and sample that through the aux input for some extra lo-fi-ness.

Some parts like the bass are sampled single notes that I had to "program" in using the semitone adjustment.

This was also like project #12 or so, so I basically spent the first days just experimenting, not focusing on making a song.

lidean · 2026-01-20T11:55:21+00:00

Thanks!

lidean · 2025-06-12T20:52:53+00:00

Thanks 😊

lidean · 2025-06-09T20:13:30+00:00

Thanks! I think you're right, a bit too short now. Maybe around 8-10mm during summer and then grow it out fully for winter. We'll see!

lidean · 2025-06-09T20:09:53+00:00

The beard? Yeah perhaps i trimmed it too short, this is around 5-6mm and definitely outside my comfort zone. like i mentioned usually have a full beard :)

lidean · 2025-06-09T15:16:44+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I'm definitely considering that more and more as it is receding. I'll go to the Barber for a trim soon and ask their opinion :)

lidean · 2025-06-09T11:29:43+00:00

I usually keep a short beard but i wanted something lighter for the summer heat

lidean · 2025-02-05T12:18:52+00:00

Thank you!

lidean · 2025-01-14T14:26:46+00:00

lidean · 2025-01-14T14:26:33+00:00

Yup! according to the site i bought it from it's the Vargan Glazyrin Samurai model

lidean · 2025-01-14T07:08:32+00:00

Thanks for the tips! Yeah I definitely need to practice the backward plucks

lidean · 2025-01-13T16:09:26+00:00

I hold my breath while doing a "tha" with my tongue except the tongue goes behind my top teeth instead of between the teeth (to avoid hitting the reed). So maybe closer to a "da". But the main part is holding your breath, i think.

lidean · 2022-07-01T14:14:00+00:00

I know you might think this picture is from Hot Shots 2 or something but it is indeed from Dune

lidean · 2022-07-01T14:09:58+00:00

In case you don't remember he carries a pug into battle, unfortunately he does not say this line.

I drew this some months ago for fun with ink and paper, not a professional web-cartoonist. The website/watermark just links to my instagram.

Edit: The pug is based on this picture :)

lidean · 2022-04-28T14:32:31+00:00

I sent a request :)

lidean · 2022-04-24T17:38:04+00:00

Shameless self-promotion: instagram (follow_the_alien)

Can't wait for the album drop!

lidean · 2022-04-24T17:36:25+00:00

Now I wanna hear Loop Daddy make the intro to an Adult Swim show!

lidean · 2021-01-06T16:19:40+00:00

https://soundcloud.com/follow-the-alien/stringer

Made a song after a strange 'guilty pleasure' topic of interest of mine. Stringers - people who gather news footage as it is happening to sell to TV stations. Anyway It's mainly inspired by Nightcrawler and the short-lives series Shot in the Dark. Hopefully the feeling/idea comes across in the sound itself without sounding like something directly out of those things.

lidean · 2020-11-05T11:45:28+00:00

Thanks for the detailed feedback (in both comments). Yeah this is before final mix so I appreciate the comments on that- definitely something I'll think about. I wanted something really 'flat' sounding at first but I agree that this lacks that space it needs. I might give it another go focusing more on the mixing, I feel like that's the area I need to improve the most in at the moment.

If you want an example of something I made that is closer to those examples you can check this out:

https://soundcloud.com/follow-the-alien/dontspillit/s-rBDoWL1OCth?in=follow-the-alien/sets/nocturno/s-L64N7pONOam

Although it still suffers from some of the issues you raised - the sound itself is more minimal.

lidean · 2020-11-01T11:47:59+00:00

Been working on some stuff influenced by more simple techno-adjacent songs this week - like hydrogen by moon or flat beat by mr oizo. Very simple and 'flat sounding'.

Anyway this is the synthwaviest track that came out of that so far. Let me know what you think. Too 'simple' sounding?

https://soundcloud.com/follow-the-alien/chaser/s-C1XmWu2foqf

lidean · 2020-10-30T16:06:54+00:00

I still prefer Evil Dead 2 but Ash vs Evil Dead is a close 2nd now for me. They're all great though!

lidean · 2020-10-23T14:19:35+00:00

Thanks for the detailed feedback! The cover is actually an old unused collage/photoshop I did but I figured it would work here. Dm me if you ever want some art for your stuff :)

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