Shinbones Man - Sofa Slug (with video)
I got 10 minutes in and a kid not participating in the class was interested in my Tracker so I let him play with it. I finally got it back about 40 minutes later! I think I accidentally created another gearhead there - sorry kid! Fair play, he figured it out very fast, he was sampling the radio and everything.
Thankfully I’d saved my track so I got it home, sat on the sofa and hooked in my ProVS Mini to add some shimmering lofi strings on top (oscillator set to classic mode). The new 2.0 firmware on the ProVS has two new effects, Reverb and Ensemble, so I used Ensemble. It’s a bit much if you dime it (which I ALWAYS do with effects to start with! Why use it if you can’t hear it? Subtlety is overrated!) but dialled back it sounded alright.
I was so into this track I almost missed the kids’ dance recital! (which was very cute). The Polyend Tracker is a time machine that only goes forwards!
Not a flattering camera angle, I’m not quite as fat as I look here slumped back into the sofa! Haha!
I’m waiting for an X-Touch control surface before getting back to the analog rack - I’m fed up of mixing off a computer, it’s fiddly and takes me out of the music. I hope it gets shipped soon!
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