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max marco
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demonstration and discussion of the power and potential of electronic musical instruments for both live performance and performative composition - ideas and inspirations for new (and old!) ways of approaching electronic musical instruments and electronic music production
visit my Patreon at www.patreon.com/maxmarco for high quality music downloads, sample packs, project files, and access to one-on-one consultation
donate via paypal - paypal.me/maxmarcomusic
visit my Patreon at www.patreon.com/maxmarco for high quality music downloads, sample packs, project files, and access to one-on-one consultation
donate via paypal - paypal.me/maxmarcomusic
Sample Pack Challenge Deadline Extension (studio sans acoustic treatment)
I'm moving about a month earlier than I originally planned, so I'm extending the Sample Pack Challenge deadline to May 20th (ish). Hope to have my studio back up and running by that point in time. When I was taking down my acoustic treatment and putting it into one big pile it surprised me how little I needed to take down before the reverberations and early reflections started getting obnoxious again.
Big thanks to everyone that has participated in the sample pack challenge, whether you've submitted an entry yet or not! :)
to support this channel and gain access to Elektron project files, sample packs, high-quality music downloads, and 1-on-1 consultation visit www.patreon.com/maxmarco
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Big thanks to everyone that has participated in the sample pack challenge, whether you've submitted an entry yet or not! :)
to support this channel and gain access to Elektron project files, sample packs, high-quality music downloads, and 1-on-1 consultation visit www.patreon.com/maxmarco
donate via paypal - www.paypal.me/maxmarcomusic
SPOTIFY - open.spotify.com/artist/3fQNKTtQRk5b5AQbdmDBd6
BANDCAMP - maxmarco.bandcamp.com/
SOUNDCLOUD - soundcloud.com/maxmarco
FACEBOOK - maxmarcomusic/
TWITTER - maxmarcomusic
PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/maxmarcomusic
PATREON - www.patreon.com/maxmarco
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Відео
FREE SAMPLES: Challenge Announcement + Octatrack Production Session
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Sample pack challenge time! (accompanied by an Octatrack production session). I'm keeping this one simple, use only the samples provided as your audio sources, use whatever hardware or software you prefer. The challenge submissions have a soft deadline of April 20th, 2020. Stay tuned for the 'finalists' round! Multiple entries are allowed and encouraged, video submissions are also encouraged bu...
Modular Mess: DIY Eurorack Case Power Supply Swap
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I bought the Intellijel power supplies in June 2018 so this project had been on hold for a while. I put a TPS80W in my first DIY eurorack case, but when I started making my big cases Intellijel power supplies were hard to find and the Malekkos were readily available 0:00 removing modules 2:25 rail removal 4:58 'standoff' removal 6:24 epoxy removal (sanding) 9:29 Crafty Beaver 10:11 epoxy applic...
Octatrack PSA: RECYCLING! (needledrop sampling session)
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doing a bit of sampling recently from commercial recordings made me realize I should try recycling my own tracks. Although I don't use them very often, static machines make it fast and easy to work with very long audio files the track I sampled - open.spotify.com/track/4GmdkVsLiNNerxNURCW8Ds 1:01 auditioning samples 1:54 sound #1 7:23 neighbor machine FX 10:33 re-sampling channel 14:07 re-sampl...
unidentified | octatrack, sony pcm-d100
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is the source recognizable? I may do more 'Octatrack bootlegs' in the future if I can successfully obscure their origins. There are certainly better tools for this purpose, but the Sony PCM-D100 does have a customizable EQ along with speed and pitch controls. Recorded directly from Octatrack main outs, with post-production compression, EQ, and limiting applied. to support this channel and gain ...
disconnect | octatrack
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Feeling fast lately. Only one pattern was used. Unlike other recent Octatrack projects, this one does not use any of my own samples. Recorded directly from the Octatrack main outs, with post-production compression, EQ, stereo image adjustment, and limiting applied. to support this channel and gain access to Elektron project files, sample packs, high-quality music downloads, and 1-on-1 consultat...
Octatrack: CUE basics + Studio Mode
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Elektron Octatrack CUE fundamentals and how I'd like to see 'studio mode' features broken out and enabled separately. to support this channel and gain access to Elektron project files, sample packs, high-quality music downloads, and 1-on-1 consultation visit www.patreon.com/maxmarco donate via paypal - www.paypal.me/maxmarcomusic SPOTIFY - open.spotify.com/artist/3fQNKTtQRk5b5AQbdmDBd6 BANDCAMP...
Fancy Mouse Meals ASMR | Sony PCM-D100
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Testing the Sony PCM-D100 field recorder for mouse ASMR recording. Capturing these very soft sounds was quite challenging - an apartment in the city is not a quiet environment - you can hear planes passing overhead, the elevated train five blocks away, car honks, the radiators turning on, the upstairs neighbor, and sometimes even my breathing. I have wooden floors so the slightest shift of my w...
Octatrack: Does it DITHER?
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Does the Octatrack dither? I generally recommend to have the Octatrack flex format and recorder format set to 24-bit, and use 24-bit sources for best audio quality, and this might be one of the reasons. During these tests I also encountered a 'click' artifact/bug that is a result of internal re-sampling, but after publishing the video I discovered that this seems to be due to the default filter...
Octatrack: WMD Synchrodyne Session (sample-based music production)
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this Octatrack production session focuses on using 'drones and tones' sampled from the WMD Synchrodyne and Expand, a complex eurorack synthesizer voice utilizing VCOs to clock phase-locked loops that control the cutoff frequencies of two resonant switched capacitor filters. Due to this unusual architecture the WMD Synchrodyne offers a wide variety of sounds that exist somewhere in the no-man's ...
Eurorack Modular Loop Sampling Workflow (Ableton, Expert Sleepers, Silent Way)
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Brief overview of how I utilize Ableton and Expert Sleepers Silent Way for recording and curating trimmed loops from my eurorack modular synthesizer setup. 0:00 modular systems highlights 2:58 Ableton and Silent Way 7:09 auditioning modular mudpies to support this channel and gain access to Elektron project files, sample packs, high-quality music downloads, and 1-on-1 consultation visit www.pat...
Tracker Berlin | Elektron Monomachine
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This composition used a single 16-step pattern, and song mode was employed for a hands-off arrangement. One of the sneaky tricks I used not shown or mentioned in the captions is p-locking LFO destination :) Recorded directly from Monomachine main outs, post-production reverb, compression, EQ, stereo image adjustment, and limiting applied. The Monomachine snapshot used for this recording is publ...
why you SHOULDN'T buy an Octatrack
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Much of my channel is basically an Elektron Octatrack advertisement, so highlighting the shortcomings was overdue. Not all statements accurately reflect my personal opinions. Depending on your goals and point of view, the Octatrack is either eminently capable, or hopelessly crippled. Obviously I think it's pretty awesome, but my love for it is not blind. to support this channel and gain access ...
Confessions of a Gear Hoarder (my electronic music studio and home gym)
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the video nobody asked for :D 0:00 iteration one teardown 4:55 'studio' highlights 10:15 eurorack modular cases 12:14 rogue squat rack 12:58 gear closet stowed gear 17:57 power cabling 18:19 Sir Greybeard "Nunu" Fuzzynuts pics from May 2018, before I put up acoustic treatment - imgur.com/a/yNR4vTr my acoustic panels consist mainly of edge-hardened Rockboard 80 4'x2'x2" panels wrapped in microsu...
Elektron Machinedrum: One Voice, 16 LFOs
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Much like a modular synthesizer the 16 LFOs on the Machinedrum are able to be routed to modulate parameters on any track, as well as modulate the other LFOs. With this much modulation available it's interesting to see what's possible with just a single voice and without using any parameter locks. 0:00 function parameter control-all example 1:10 EFM bass drum 2:05 LFO #1 2:24 LFO #2 3:31 LFO #3 ...
Slavish Master | Elektron Machinedrum, Octatrack
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Slavish Master | Elektron Machinedrum, Octatrack
Octatrack Gremlins: Mr. Bill + woulg's Reverb Tail Artifacts
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Octatrack Gremlins: Mr. Bill woulg's Reverb Tail Artifacts
A Powerful Sense of Dread | Elektron Octatrack
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A Powerful Sense of Dread | Elektron Octatrack
Elektron Machinedrum: EFM Cowbells, Self-patched Processing
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Elektron Machinedrum: EFM Cowbells, Self-patched Processing
Octatrack: Internal Mixdowns - Long Recordings
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Octatrack: Internal Mixdowns - Long Recordings
Simplicity | Elektron Machinedrum UW
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Simplicity | Elektron Machinedrum UW
Anti-Climactic Mono Incompatibility | octatrack
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Anti-Climactic Mono Incompatibility | octatrack
Elektron Machinedrum UW: 10 Minutes (ATC Breakfast Mix)
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Elektron Machinedrum UW: 10 Minutes (ATC Breakfast Mix)
Octatrack Fake-outs: 'Live' Reversing and Re-pitching
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Octatrack Fake-outs: 'Live' Reversing and Re-pitching
Elektron project files, sample packs, music downloads, and more!
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Elektron project files, sample packs, music downloads, and more!
End of an Elektron Era? an Octa-father departs
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End of an Elektron Era? an Octa-father departs
Monomachine Basic Pattern: Sine and Noise
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Monomachine Basic Pattern: Sine and Noise
i love max and i wish he would come back but i have noticed that he uses a lot of british colloquialisms. like "maths" and "bits"
i need to go to chicago synth city since i live like half an hour away or so
That is so impressive ! ❤
Buy Deluge instead
What a cool idea! Love the background music too.
the musical result sounds strange...lake a broken modular....cannot imagine that this will kill the charts...
I’ve owned an octatrack for 4 years… when does the physical strength aspect of ownership start? You’re so buff yet I'm so soft. Time to read the manual. Also, where the fuck are you? The world needs you Max.
Extremely inspiring. Thanks for making these!
Very good tutorial, thank you!
Hi Max! can I achieve the same result hooking the OT to a Midihub (so I'll be able to set my Dawfor Recording Sync and Midi Modulations monitoring/recording) and then back into the OT, instead of loopin into it?? Thanks a lot for your suggestions and help! you really made my day with all of your stuff on the channel!
Good evening, is that the OT midi implementation chart at 5:17? is it available anywhere? Thank you, your tutorials are insane!!!
Cool vid. Do a op1 field review, please.
Many thanks for all your vids!! I'm a fresh Octatrack owner and this help me a lot. Warm greets from Holland. 😊
Hey man. Hope you’re doing well and still making music!!!
This is an excellent demo! Thanks
Truly sublime!!!!
talk about learning something today..
final bits sounding hella autechre
This is an awesome trick both for understanding the OT's compressor and then be able to use it as it best, thanks man!!!
nice work out 🎚️
up down fill is my top rant 😂 why!!
Best arp video on the tube. Thank you
I wish you still made videos man. There is no one close to your level on UA-cam.
I hope you're doing well max. Know that your videos have inspired loads, particularly in the octatrack and machinedrum realm.
fantastic
Thanks for this tutorial. One thing I can’t get is the relationship between the 4 notes on the main page and the sequence in the note offset setup page. What exactly is going on between the two?
Ok I have answered my own question… it offsets the note, which is what it says in the manual, but I couldn’t get it. So it first plays the 1-4 note arp as entered on the note page, then any settings made on the arp setup page will offset (or mute) the note in addition to the initial arp settings. Incredible!
Absolutely genius
Just as I’d begged to borrow the money, I saw the prize slip thru my fingers at £1650! 🤦🏻
Biggest drawback for me aside from the lack of inputs and polyphony and chromatic playback is rhythmic resolution Takts are much better at this
Was it just me or did it say ‘I crap a lot’ at around 13:50?
Must be why it’s so expensive USED
Please STOP changing the camera angle. SOOOOO distracting
He hasn’t made a video in years so this may not have the effect you’re hoping for
Ok, but what stuff would you recommend instead of Elektrons to drive at least 8 audio an 8 midi tracks? MPCs have many other issues. Maybe PolyEnd Play?
Reminds me of been stood in the arcade on the end of Brighton pier whacked out on ketamine!
Get a digitech whammy and pitch bend it that way 👍
I feel like a victim of reverse psychology 🤦🏻
Inspired me to finally tackle figuring out song mode on my rytm 🤛 Nice jam it’s different listening to a mono machine vid that is chilled rather than hectic. Sounds ambient but with a backbone 👍
And i was so stoked to buy one...😢
I was moving some samples around and came across this sample pack again that I downloaded way back when. I hope you come out of retirement someday!
I have both. The MD KILLS THE RYTM. Love all elektrons tho
yeah.. master level muscle flexing with a shure sm in the hand
Honestly what seriously bummed me out was the fact that they didn't end up allowing for over bridge on the MK2... Serious buzz kill :/
Uh …, maybe you could attach the screws and the washers to the boards, put the epoxy at the marked places on the case and put the boards with the attached screws in place? I know it’s 3 years after the party, but if you haven’t already, you ( or anyone else watching this) could try it this way nexttime.
4 years ago i watched this video and bought one ocatrack afterwards
Great elektrochannel 😌❤️
I think I'm convinced, thank you
Hope in 2024 you are still doing stuff on the Monomachine?
Really looking forward to working through the rest of your Octatrack tutorials; this one was exactly what I've been looking for
Sorry if I am misunderstanding but are you saying that the lofi effect… makes the music sound… lofi?!
Max, You were one of the most inspirational and insightful channels I found at the beginning of my music journey and one that I miss the most since your departure. I hope you’ve found peace and joy in whatever road you’ve taken.