This weekend I booked a day in Propeller Music Division here in Oslo, together with incredible drummer Hans Hulbækmo. I've always had this feeling that there's some interesting ground in synthesizers and acoustic drums yet to explore.

I was playing on the Analog Keys as a master, and I set up an Analog Rytm to act as an always in sync click track, and then the Continuum Fingerboard, with its unusually rich sound palette.

Mostly I set the tone first with a sound, perhaps a bass. Sometimes Hulbækmo started grooving before me, and then it was easy to tap sync the Analog Keys and jump right in. It was a truly interesting, and less chaotic than expected, experience. Definitely something I want to explore further.

I just recorded this one little peace on video. I think it's a nice example of what we were doing. For the next time though I think I'll try to prepare a little more, and perhaps rehearse a few times, and explore dynamics a little more. It's easy to end up in high energy land when jamming, but sometimes keeping it sparse and quiet can be really powerful.

I hope this can serve as inspiration for some of you. It was a really kick ass experience for me!

cheers

CUCKOO

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PS. I have absolutely no experience in mixing drums, so this is more or less the levels straight from the raw recordings, with some minor adjustments. Mixing multi track recorded drums I think I have to give to a professional mixing engineer for now :)

Hello, I made some more Octatrack progress today. My goal is to make several palettes of samples that are made to work together in groups. And then fill up the Octatrack with a set of pattern banks, ready for fast improv. I'm interested to know how fast, and how "live" you can play, and build up jams and tunes with the Octatrack.

I'm obviously still a beginner, but I'm getting into the workflow bit by bit, and I'm feeling more confident every time.

For this jam I didn't create any elaborate Scenes thought. It's a good thing to prepare the scenes. This is where you can get really creative.

Well, I hope it can serve as some inspiration :)

Cheers

CUCKOO