Sunday Synth Jam: This synth jam/controllerism workout features Carl Rag putting the new Akai Pro APC40 mkII through its paces.
Technical details:
Carl Rag performs a live remix, using the APC40 mkII at the Ministry of Sound. Carl performed in Ableton Live Session View, using the Toolroom Records artist launch packs, as well as AIR Music Tech’s Hybrid 3.
To learn more about the APC40 mkII, see the Akai Pro site.
Where is the Computer bro?
Possibly the worst kind of music ever imagined
What exactly is “deep” about “deep house” music?
Probably the same thing that’s intelligent about “intelligent dance music”.
I stick to producing “Superb, Ultimately Constructed, Keyed Scores” or “SUCKS music”.
The music featured in this clip is not deep house. Extremely far from, actually.
I wasn’t trying to be a jackass really. Genre names just don’t make sense to me sometimes.
Grindcore. I get it. Synth Pop. I get it. What IS ‘deep house’?
And if that’s not what this clip was, what is it? Seriously, I have absolutely no interest in that ‘sound’ and hence, no idea what to call it. 😉
Been waiting a long time for this..don’t really care much about the promo but cant wait to upgrade.
Yeah this controller looks nice, way better than that poor excuse of a groovebox maschine
So… I guess the words “live” & “jam” now mean someone playing a heavily practiced sequence of button presses in realtime?
WTF?!
Let me see here…why aren’t you all featured anywhere with anything of yours for the world to witness? Just wondering.
You’re forcing me to name drop.
My graphic designs are featured worldwide. Look at any Exxon Mobil oil label, in any corner of the earth. That’s all my work (for better or worse; you can only push things so far with corporate clients).
My point was that, in my head, “jam” means that you start something from scratch, thinking up musical phrases ON THE FLY. This “demo” is NOT on the fly. Everything is set up, and he obviously practiced the song.
This is obviously a show off of the controller and its features, I have no idea why people from synthopia called it jam.
Simple misconception, I’m about to clear it up for you:
Improv = Jam
Jam != Improv
When people “jam” it doesn’t mean it has to be completely improvised. You can jam on a chord progression, where everyone knows the next part, etc. Jamming just means impromptu playing, it does not need to be improvised playing.
As for the style of the music… I can think of one reason why that club is empty.