Celmos Tape Sim
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:48 pm
I must share my experiences once again w/ my Brotha's.
Yes it's Friday Night, I am jamming w/ my QY700 sequencer and just found the sweetest combination of delays.
My Oberheim EDP is a blast but basically is a single source delay unit.
SpaceF's AUX delay is a dual source delay.
Celmo's Tape Sim has 3 heads.
I did a 32 bar synth pattern on the sequencer, and let it loop around while I mixed from my KS88 using these 3 delays. It soon became clear to me that a simpler synth pattern would show off the delays better. So I used one of the cheezy QY700 drum patterns and just played a 4 bar pattern where the synth did a simple quarter note followed by an eigth note, that's it.
The EDP did the BPM w/ 1/4 notes, the AUX delay did the 1/8 notes, and Celmos Tape Sim did the 1/4 note triplets. I was shocked at the simplicity, and how well it did the groove. Took off the echos, and it sounded like shit.
This was the little groove intro I was looking 4 to bring out a stage full of dancing ho's. It's perfect. I tend to wear my fusion hat too much. These FX actually became the hook, well the bass was really, but w/o the effects it was so cheezed.
My tip is buy Celmos Tape Sim, SpaceF's delay bundle, and the Oberheim is grand, but any single source delay would do the job fine. A stock CW delay. But the 3 heads of Tape Sim are key to the triplets accuracy, which glued this idea together.
I would love to hear any tips concerning dance style stuff, as I am preparing 30 songs, and twice the number of segue's by December.
Music doesn't have to be as complicated as we think.
Yes it's Friday Night, I am jamming w/ my QY700 sequencer and just found the sweetest combination of delays.
My Oberheim EDP is a blast but basically is a single source delay unit.
SpaceF's AUX delay is a dual source delay.
Celmo's Tape Sim has 3 heads.
I did a 32 bar synth pattern on the sequencer, and let it loop around while I mixed from my KS88 using these 3 delays. It soon became clear to me that a simpler synth pattern would show off the delays better. So I used one of the cheezy QY700 drum patterns and just played a 4 bar pattern where the synth did a simple quarter note followed by an eigth note, that's it.
The EDP did the BPM w/ 1/4 notes, the AUX delay did the 1/8 notes, and Celmos Tape Sim did the 1/4 note triplets. I was shocked at the simplicity, and how well it did the groove. Took off the echos, and it sounded like shit.
This was the little groove intro I was looking 4 to bring out a stage full of dancing ho's. It's perfect. I tend to wear my fusion hat too much. These FX actually became the hook, well the bass was really, but w/o the effects it was so cheezed.
My tip is buy Celmos Tape Sim, SpaceF's delay bundle, and the Oberheim is grand, but any single source delay would do the job fine. A stock CW delay. But the 3 heads of Tape Sim are key to the triplets accuracy, which glued this idea together.
I would love to hear any tips concerning dance style stuff, as I am preparing 30 songs, and twice the number of segue's by December.
Music doesn't have to be as complicated as we think.