Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Burg (Jouni Ollila), captures a one-man synth band synth jam, Desolate Planets.
Ollila says “This is a song about emptiness in our hearts, and being far away from friends — a laid back downtempo tune.”
Gear Used:
Studio 601 synthesizer prototype, Roland Boutique JX03, Nord Lead A1, ms-20, microbrute, KORG volca sample, bass and keys, TR-8, TB-3, System-1 and the elektron analog four.
FX used: Zoom MS70 CDR, solid gold FX electroman, kaoss pad, strymon timeline, mooer reecho, jomox t-resonator
A stellar display of talent which showcases the beauty and magic of synths. A very enchanting track. Well done mate!
Excellent work. Serious showcase of talent!
Very lovely :>
Out of curiosity what’s that bit of gear you got controlling the main sequence in the top left? It has a little screen showing a waveform.
Thanks! yeah, thats the Studio 601 S3 8bit synthesizer prototype.. its actually a small 3 waveform synth, with built in sequencer and pulse sync capabilities. Very gnarly and lo-fi in a good way.
WOW, the amount of time and effort. I mean at no point did that get stale, which was impressive because I’ve seen people put tremendous amounts of time into something like this and not get results. It sounded “live,” like he was playing it.
Great stuff! Any infos on which device plays the drums and how it is sequenced?
Nothing magic with the drums, just using the TR-8 and its internal pattern sequencer. Also, there is some added percussion using the volca sample synched with the rest of the gear. Could not be more vanilla than that. cheers !
This was really good. I like the way the song continuously evolved. This is my kind of moodiness.
Brilliant!