Analog / Digital Synthwave - Moog Minitaur / Waldorf Blofeld / Roland JX-08 / Volca Sample

Lofi Synthwave featuring Waldorf Blofeld for leads, Roland JX-08 for strings, Moog Minitaur for bass, and Korg Volca Sample for drums. A fun mix of digital, virtual analog, actual analog, and sampler. Talk about ticking all the boxes! I really wanted to record this one to my cassette four track, but after getting everything set up I thought it was broken. It turns out that after 20 years in storage I just forgot how monitoring works on it! Now that I know it works, look for some recordings to tape in the future, when it fits the genre. Here I used Sketch Cassette II from Aberrant DSP for lofi effects, plus Magic Switch from Baby Audio for chorus and width. That's become one of my favorite plugins for enhancing mono synth recordings!

I wrote this one with my Maschine Mikro MK3 and then exported midi to my DAW for final sequencing. Experimenting with different writing workflows has been so much fun!

Gear used in this video:
Waldorf Blofeld https://amzn.to/4a6aNky
Roland JX-08 https://amzn.to/3OtiZ4p
Moog Minitaur https://amzn.to/40w2Ws4
Korg Volca Sample 2 https://amzn.to/3OvvqfW
CME Thru5 MIDI Splitter https://amzn.to/3suo2Kq
Maschine Mikro MK3 (for writing) https://amzn.to/41pR7nQ

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