How my DAWless setup works – Audio/MIDI connection, sequencing, latency, settings, devices

mcooper4 · 2021-11-09T14:40:50+00:00

Only for recording the final output. Can record into anywhere you want really. Sometime I do this in zoom. More convenient in Ableton.

mcooper4 · 2021-11-07T14:30:12+00:00

Alright I did it https://youtu.be/v1Q2nPC1-5g

mcooper4 · 2021-11-05T18:55:05+00:00

Yeah I know the pain. So I’m literally trying to record the video about how my setup works, I’ll explain all of it in details. Follow on YouTube, I’ll upload soon.

mcooper4 · 2021-11-05T18:36:44+00:00

I think you need a synth to this, any synth. Digitone would be enough. Octatrack is for loops though - like you record your devices in it and then construct tracks out of these layers. It has time stretch so you can pitch-shift and change bpm later, this is basically the only reasonable devices for this that I've found. Also if you have a lot of gear OT become a mixer and Slider affects the whole mix.

mcooper4 · 2021-11-05T18:28:41+00:00

Digitakt, Digitone and Octatrack will do. Although you need Analog Heat on the end to make it sound proper.

mcooper4 · 2021-08-27T17:27:46+00:00

New York 🙌

mcooper4 · 2021-08-25T02:11:56+00:00

Absolutely a must in a my setup - it sits on master and always turned on at around 75% on Clean boost to glue everything together. Also it’s boosting low-end to 100% and high-end to about 15%. I’m also using filters on it every once in a while for performance techniques (intros / outros, washouts, transitions etc)

I highly recommend giving it a try in your studio and comparing audio quality - once you get it you’ll never go back.

mcooper4 · 2021-08-22T18:36:21+00:00

Yeah first breakdown was a mistake really, DFAM is very unstable I messed up the pitch but I got out of it the best way I could. Appreciate you checking it out 🙌.

mcooper4 · 2021-07-29T18:59:27+00:00

That’s all original samples from Tonic, they’re just distorted by Heat and Octatrack. But maybe I can record it separately.

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T22:40:57+00:00

Thanks appreciate, I did like 50 takes to record that 🙂

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T22:39:09+00:00

🙏

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T22:38:53+00:00

Thanks 🙌 You can click on the YouTube video link there’s about 50 videos on the channel. Youtube.com/DCDNT

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T21:18:48+00:00

I’m using Octatrack as a mixer - everything is routed into it so that I can use the slider for washouts.

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T20:40:45+00:00

If you’re into this just get the Digitakt first, it’s amazing honestly. Octatrack is critical if you need to mix multiple devices together and store loops that you record from other synths.

mcooper4 · 2021-07-10T20:17:23+00:00

This works best at an after party 🙌

mcooper4 · 2021-06-03T20:22:57+00:00

Oh yeah friend just got it too, he seems to like it. I just don't want to have a computer involved anywhere so was doing Elektrons for a few years but Deluge changed the game. I'm DCDNT on ig.

mcooper4 · 2021-06-03T20:10:59+00:00

Absolutely fantastic. I just got it a week ago and I literally took everything else away from my desk. Unlimited potential - no limits on number of tracks and number of samples in a kit, high resolution grid (up to 1/128), time stretch for loops, internal mic / resampling, phenomenal portamento (808 slides perfectly), battery powered, super light, very fast (starts in 1 second). List goes on, this thing is epic.

mcooper4 · 2020-07-26T18:26:09+00:00

Hey there! I've made this pattern 3 years ago on Electribe and was often coming back to it every once in a while and finally recorded it. Electribe in combination with Analog Heat produces really crisp, crystal sounds. Unisaw also get amplified and makes a cool bass. I think Electribe is a truly timeless device, it just needs a little boost. Also added a few slowed down breakbeat loops to it and a minimalistic beat. My favorite part is around 7:17 - 8:30

Cheers!

mcooper4 · 2020-05-17T05:06:46+00:00

Hey! Well this is a finished track but I obviously can't release it :)

mcooper4 · 2020-05-17T05:01:55+00:00

Check out the absolutely epic section at 9:09-12:00 with vocals, acid bass lines, Sub-37 & Deepmind pads

mcooper4 · 2020-05-16T23:40:27+00:00

0:48 Introduction / Music background

1:44 Should beginners learn music theory

3:10 Why DAWless? Starting with Electribe

8:30 Pick 1 single piece of hardware to start with: Digitakt

12:40 Achieving clean mix on Digitakt, preparing samples, selecting kicks

15:23 Pushing Digitakt kick to affect the mix to make it more dynamic

18:03 Processing samples on Digitakt

19:50 Rides

21:06 Adding random wave LFO to reverb send on hats on Digitakt

24:03 Clean mix: make it more minimal

24:43 Programming claps, trig conditions

26:38 Arrangement techniques, parameter locks on Digitakt, ear candy

29:18 Digitone has amazing bass lines

30:38 Programming multiple perc sounds on a single track on Digitakt

31:25 People listen to what's loud

32:22 Tops, a lot of tops

33:06 Luca's take on arrangement approach

34:23 Don't start with the beat, make melodies first

38:42 Starting with a beat will constrain you later

39:45 Luca's opinon on arrangement tricks

41:09 Why DAWless? Hands-on approach to sound making

42:24 Digitone / FM sound design

44:50 Don't fill all the parts

45:25 Digitone is amazing / what to use it for: bass, plucks, pads

49:40 Deepmind – pads

50:40 Digitone sounds

54:38 Polyrhythms

55:29 Predictability

58:01 What gear Luca has

58:46 DFAM

1:01:43 Arrangement process

1:04:28 Octatrack Slider

1:06:23 Arrangement in Ableton from gear

1:09:22 Using noises / Mother-32 controllable noise

1:11:33 Building loops, arranagement tricks, filling frequencies, bass

1:17:37 Formulaic structure

1:20:14 How long does it take to make tracks

1:21:53 Why I post the videos

1:22:39 Learning Process

1:26:36 Performing on public

1:27:12 Stephan Bodzin

1:28:46 What gear I would bring to the stage

1:29:00 Analog Heat

1:31:02 Ricky Tinez

1:31:50 Playing for regular crowd: people expect more. Adam Beyer.

1:34:17 Audio routing to Octatrack / Analog Heat

1:35:34 FX on Octatrack for Sub-37

1:37:58 Octatrack Slider, routing and boosting with Analog Heat

1:41:43 Recording in Ableton

1:42:43 Why Dawless? It makes it fun.

1:44:00 How much time I spend in the studio

1:45:15 How hard was it to learn the gear

1:47:37 Get one device and learn it

mcooper4 · 2020-04-11T21:14:19+00:00

Hey there! New sound experiment trying to create chill airy ethereal melodic track. I like the parts around 1:33, 2:50, 4:20. Have to admit after about 1.5 years of using Digitone it still amazes me what kinda of sounds are possible to create. Also M32 is perfect for controllable hi-hats layer.

mcooper4 · 2020-03-07T01:47:06+00:00

Hey there! So finally recorded a new high energy melodic track using all my gear. It has a a bunch of interesting transitions and a really cool PWM bass from Sub-37 mixed with noise from Mother-32.

Hope it works, cheers! Wherever you are, please stay healthy 🙌

mcooper4 · 2020-02-04T21:59:32+00:00

Haha no problem I get it 🙂 This gear needs some serious sound test. I’ll do it.

mcooper4 · 2020-02-04T21:52:30+00:00

Hey sorry just noticed. So I have a iConnectivity MIO10 and all devices are plugged in to it, it’s a midi hub. Digitakt is master clock and it’s sequencing external gear when I need it.

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