I had the privilege of experiencing a concert of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Sternklang (Sound of Stars) in Vienna. Sternklang is a work composed by the contemporary musician Stockhausen in 1971, in which five groups of musicians perform in a park at night [...].
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 [...].
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 [...]...
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 [...].
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.
I have been using the Octatrack for more than 4 years now, but it has been a long time since I had a problem with no sound. [...].
'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.
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 [...].
Have you ever heard of the term GAS? Gear Acquisition Syndrome. I learned this word on youtube and sighed, "I know what you mean. I bought one thing and immediately wanted the next one, and bought equipment one after another [...].
The Octatrack can be set up very freely, so it is interesting to explore how to use it in a way that suits you best. As an example, here is my recent setup. In this setup, the Octatrack is used as a sampler, effects pedal, and mixer [...].
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