November 24, 2014 20:20:20
December 15, 2014 08:30:58
Lance Gingell Cuckoo, that was really great. Thanks so much for posting this and explaining what you were doing. This is the kind of video I like to see, and you do so well. Can't wait to see more of the Octatrack live in future too. More like this please!
December 16, 2014 00:11:08 · Reply
Rob PT GREAT! It's getting even better and now you're doing this in front of folks instead of just inside the studio, I foresee great things, sir! I enjoyed the thought-text that flowed through the video as well. Much appreciated and glad to keep putting reward to your content/music! I'm pumped up to see more people giving more to your efforts! Goal #2 is close at hand and your talent and humbleness deserves it!
December 16, 2014 03:19:20 · Reply
Mark Harris great video, and love the way your sharing your thought process, makes the improv even more interesting.
December 17, 2014 17:57:19 · Reply
January 3, 2015 22:43:26
Christer Svensson Great video and what a fantastic instrument!
January 4, 2015 10:32:44 · Reply
Rob PT You are going to do some crazy stuff with this I can imagine. How much into the learning curve are you already? 5%? 10%? I already hear great conceptual ideas eeeeeeking it's way out without any mastery of this thing so I imagine it's going to become more massive and outstanding with more time using this instrument with it's beautiful sound design...
January 5, 2015 19:27:25 · Reply
CUCKOO It's massive! It'll take time learning to play it really well. I feel I'm perhaps 10% into playing it well. Anyone with a keyboard/ piano background will have an advantage. Anyone with cello skills will will probably have a big advantage too, since the concept of pitch is similar. But the EaganMatrix, the heart of the synth, I know about 0.1% of, ha ha. It'll take a lot of time understanding it. I think first I'm gonna focus on playing it really well. The presets are awesome, and they will last for a loooong time.
January 5, 2015 20:29:06 · Reply
January 23, 2015 18:54:11
Josh Murray Yep, Pocket Operators please! All three chained together :)
January 24, 2015 12:46:40 · Reply
joseph buczek Sweet jam!! You and Dataline need to put out an album. :-) I have to +1 a request for Teenage Engineering coverage, Pocket Operators. Perhaps you'll be doing those after NAMM here or on YouTube anyway? How about this: find other, small, interactive cool gadgets like the PO's, if there are any at NAMM? Thanks for the tunes!
January 24, 2015 17:31:35 · Reply
Homeless Balloon I like that it's improvised. Anything can happen. The human factor makes the music come alive!
May 22, 2015 15:31:54 · Reply
January 25, 2015 23:10:01
joseph buczek This is certainly a killer tool for portable musicians. I hope they did something cool, like Teenage Engineering did with their computer interface where settings and such all appear as files to a USB connected computer (and it doesn't matter what kind of computer). Price seems a bit dear at $499, though. But if they open up their system to 3rd party developers for effects and such, it would be worth it (imagine the LADSPA open source collection as a starting place!). Thanks for sharing this, Cuckoo!
January 26, 2015 00:09:17 · Reply
Caleb Coppock Thanks for all the NAMM vids! You are asking great questions.
January 28, 2015 05:35:00 · Reply
February 21, 2015 01:32:02
Mark Harris nice sounds :) do you always play with 'rounding' off ... thats quite a challenge. on my soundplane I tend to use note quantisation, I can cope with it off for monophonic lines, but I find it really hard to play chords with it off. I love the sound of the continuum, its got this 'natural feel' to it, really helped by the fantastic Eagen Matrix.
February 21, 2015 14:14:31 · Reply
CUCKOO Hey thanks! Yeah the sounds on the Continuum are one of a kind. It's truly special. Most of the time I'm playing with rounding turned off. It's difficult, but it's where I feel the potential lies. It's where I want to improve. With percussive sounds though, I mostly turn rounding on. But as you're saying, it's really difficult to play clean with rounding off. I need loud and clear monitoring, with no latency, to adjust really fast - and when playing in a mix like this, it's really difficult. And especially when playing with other tuned instruments, like any well tempered keyboard, it's a tough test to pass :) I think it works best when there aren't too many tracks. Like just 2-3 tracks.
February 21, 2015 15:00:43 · Reply
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March 21, 2015 00:25:33
Caleb Coppock This is gonna be super handy when I finally get my octatrack. Thanks man!!
March 24, 2015 21:21:47 · Reply
Grady Nickel This helped me tremendously. Thanks!
September 10, 2015 07:20:15 · Reply
david goodman not sure if this is useful and there may be errors but i made notes from this tutorial and wanted to share them so here you go: CUCKOO OCTATRACK NOTES [ + ] denotes button press New project press [function] and [project] [change] Create empty project name project [function] + [no] = backspace For live recordings set up the 8 tracks Select track then [playback] Change all 8 tracks to FLEX Now assign each track to a recording file by double tapping the track button and selecting R1-R8 Press [mixer] and adjust DIR level with knob (B) Gain it if level is low Tip- press [function] and turn rotary will snap to max and min or 0 values Recording press [T1-8] and [record] either A-B or C-D depending on input play instrument then press T1-8 and [stop] to edit sample [T1-8] and [edit] all the rotaries control sample start end zoom scroll etc Select track then [playback] and turn on slice mode loop on off etc Create playable slices across 16 trigs, press [function] and [v] select slices option metronome on [cue] [tempo] need to turn volume of metronome up [function] [Project] control metronome main volume up pre roll 1 bar? Messing with SCENES press [scene a] shows T1 red press [scene b] select T2 red keep scene a clean hold [scene b] and make changes to effects swap scenes by Holding [Scene a or b] and then a trig, active scene is Red Make 8th track master track select audio change to master SAVING [T1-8] and [Bank] [file] save and assign sample [yes] name or use assigned name assign to free flex
September 25, 2015 09:46:53 · Reply
April 17, 2015 11:11:12
Lance Gingell I'd seen a few videos of Bastl @ Messe, but this was the best. They look like fun people. Fantastic to see that wood look (even the booth itself!).
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June 9, 2015 22:04:12
Josh Murray A great jam!! I love the synth sound along with the rhythm from about 6:20 - REALLY got my toes tapping!
June 9, 2015 23:33:44 · Reply
Christina Alley 🎹🎼🎶😎
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July 23, 2015 17:20:01
Homeless Balloon Nice! I love the courage you show when jumping into creating a tune without any safety net! The main reason why I chose the Analog Keys (I also have the Rytm and MonoMaschine), was the quality of the raw sound. I picked it instead of the Prophet 12 and Pro2, which both have digital oscillators. The analog quality of the A4 and Analog Keys is so inspiring. Thanks for this tune!
July 23, 2015 20:32:02 · Reply
Patrick Necighi ... another great Cuckoo-inspiration :) Thank you Keep on grooooooving
August 1, 2015 09:03:06 · Reply
August 16, 2015 16:57:59
Rozzle Brilliant Cuckoo! Multi Map works perfectly on the AnalogFOUR with an external MIDI keyboard as well. For those with A4 and external controller, simply set the Performance Channel to match the channel of your external keyboard, and it works like a charm (Global > MIDI CONFIG > MIDI Channels > Perf Channel). Since the A4 doesn't have the AK's dedicated "MultiMap" on/off button, the best way to turn off multi map on the A4 is to change the Perf Channel setting back to a MIDI channel you're not using (e.g. 8).
August 16, 2015 20:20:42 · Reply
Olle Andersson Thanks Cuckoo! I am an AK user and I find it somewhat confusing with all the concepts of kits, projects, sounds, patterns etc. I guess it has its own logic but I dont see it yet :) So I would love a video on how you simply go about making a song from scratch and how you think about things like sounds, kits, projects and where to save this and that, where to start and so on. Of course this can be done in a dozen of ways but I think you know what I mean. Would be much appreciated. Thanx again!
August 19, 2015 00:02:33 · Reply
September 1, 2015 12:38:11
Josh Murray The Continuum sounds so groovy!
September 1, 2015 12:48:49 · Reply
Christina Alley Funkiest video yet, Cuckoo!
September 1, 2015 14:14:29 · Reply
CUCKOO Thanks man! I've got 1:50 hours of audio recordings ;-) I might release something to listen to. It's all improv. And I think editing it a little bit will make it nicer to listen to. But the main reason I recorded it was both to try playing with Hans, and to record lots of drums that I can chop up, and use for future Cuckoo music. But the jams turned out so nice so I might consider releasing some tracks as well.
September 28, 2015 13:52:21 · Reply
September 30, 2015 19:02:39
MikeB Cool jam. One thing that I'd find really useful is some discussion on how your workflow is configured. This is a tremendously complex topic with the octatrack so seeing someone explain how they set their project up (either in the jam video or in a followup/response video) would be something I'd value highly as a subscriber.
September 30, 2015 21:27:59 · Reply
CUCKOO Thanks Mike! I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I definitely have the Octatrack in focus. I want to make a whole workflow video, but as you're saying, it's complex. There are so many ways it can be used! I think the best I can do is to make a useful example of how I'm planning to do it, without thinking of every ways to use it. Right now I'm thinking channel 1-6 for pre recorded samples, sliced for live play. Channel 7 possibly for voice input, or something else live input, channel 8 as a master..
September 30, 2015 22:18:35 · Reply
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Mugison nice set, congratulation
November 25, 2014 08:21:29 · Reply
Christer Svensson Looks and sounds like everyone had a lot of fun!
November 25, 2014 19:26:54 · Reply
CUCKOO Thanks. Yes it was a remarkably successful gig. Even though my preparations were at its lowest ever! This had me really worked up.. Now I wanna do this all the time!
November 26, 2014 10:56:13 · Reply