First dawless deep progressive house jam w. TR-8s and piano, feat. Model D, SE-02 & JX-08

Finally, after several weeks of being busy building the “secret fx stompbox” I had some time to make another jam session. This one was pretty tough though, as it was my first time jamming with the TR-8s. While recording, I made many little mistakes by pressing wrong buttons and, because to my misfortune I’m a perfectionist, I had to stop and record all over again. The placement of the gear wasn’t optimal, so I guess that also played a role. It took me few days to put together everything and then, another couple of days to record the jam. By the way, the piano part was totally improvised, but everything else was sequenced with the KSP. I really liked the TR-8s, specially the sidechain effect on the external input which allows me to simplify my setup a bit, by not using the Alesis compressor that I used in my previous jams. The TR-8s also makes the performance much easier than the Model:Samples which I’ve been using as a drum machine. The 11 independent tracks, plus dedicated volume faders and buttons per track are really life savers for live stuff. Regarding the other gear used in this jam, for the main bass I used one of the two parts of the bi-timbral mode that JX-08 offers. The second part plays the first lead (or should I say, pad?). I used only JX-08 effects for both parts. The Model D plays the bassy sound that you can hear just after the intro. No fx here, just the dry signal. The SE-02 is the second lead which is processed by the “secret fx stompbox” adding chorus, delay and reverb. As you can see, I tweak the filter cutoff on the three synths to add some dynamics and tension. Finally, the Yamaha piano was sent to a Zoom MS-70CDR for the spacious and rich reverb (pretty complex fx chain, btw). So, I hope you enjoy this one and as always, make sure to listen with headphones!