maknouchi
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maknouchi

Hobbyist who loves electronic music and coffee

Ideas
  • 2026-05-03
  • 2026-05-03

Octatrackの根本的機能を考える

Octatrackと再度向き合うにあたって、今までと同じ使い方ではつまらない。もっと根本的な、Octatrackならではの機能とは何かと考えていました。 以前の記事でも書いたように、Octatrackはサンプラー、エフェクター、ミキサー、ルーパー、M […]

Gears
  • 2024-12-17
  • 2024-12-25

Consider Octatrack's potential as a looper.

I recently acquired a Terra from Soma laboratory and have been trying to figure out how to combine it with a looper, but I have found it quite difficult to use it with the Octatrack. This has forced me to rethink my traditional usage. Terra has a si [...].

Coffee
  • 2024-12-01
  • 2024-12-25

The benefits of coffee for me (in a spiritual sense)

Today I would like to talk about coffee, a beverage that is indispensable to my daily life. Coffee is consumed in various situations such as work, conversation, and as an accompaniment while traveling, but why is coffee so loved? My personal feeling is that the time I spend drinking coffee is the time I am proactively living [...].

Artists
  • 2023-10-29
  • 2024-12-25

Kyoto, Ambient, Ryoji Ikeda

I went to the Ambient Kyoto installation and Ryoji Ikeda "Ultrasonics" (live) in Kyoto over the weekend, and it was a very stimulating experience. Ambient Kyoto I went to Kyoto for two [...]...

Artists
  • 2023-10-11
  • 2023-10-11

Roxane Métayer live 2023/10/9 in Kurashiki (Desert time Kurashiki)

It was so wonderful live that I'm writing this without losing my excitement. I first heard of her through her album "Perlée de sève" released this February on the Marionette label. I first heard of her through her album "Perlée de sève" released this February on the Marionette label. The genre [...].

Gears
  • 2023-10-01
  • 2023-10-01

First things to do with Octatrack

In this article, I will describe what I wish I had done earlier when I started using Octatrack, looking back. Creating a Template First of all, one or two things are about to happen: the Octatrack will be used to create each audio track, MIDI track, and [...] from the utility-like settings.

Ideas
  • 2023-09-19
  • 2023-09-19

Restrictions on Production

'What people respond to when they see art, it's a struggle between the artist and the constraints' Saul Steinberg (Austin Cleon. The Class of Creativity. It is a struggle between the artist and the constraints.

Ideas
  • 2023-09-10
  • 2023-09-10

Advantages of Introducing MTR

This time, I would like to talk about the production environment. In today's DAW-dominated world, I started music production with a DAW and a laptop, but I have found many unexpected benefits from the introduction of an MTR (multi-track recorder). Here is the one I use, ZOOM's Live [...].