Korg Minilogue XD - Cinematic Ambient demo - "Orange Fugue" 

Thank you :) Really glad you enjoy it! Hopefully one day I'll get to score an actual scifi film. :D

@@FallingIslands you deserve it! 11/10!!

The trick is to build slowly, revolve everything over a single tonic (root note that everything gravitates to) so that you are building with intensity and melody but not so much with chord progressions. It’s more like Classical Indian music. Listen to some Ragas for inspiration. That’s what these basically are, western scale Ragas. Oh, and make sure you blend nicely with volume and filter - create ebb and flow (like waves rising and falling). And last but not least, efx that will sustain nicely but not too much that it gets muddy. A nice clean delay going through a reverb that is neither too low or high dampened. Experimentation...not expectation!

@@GrootsieTheDog best explanation ever

This dog is an arpeggiator performance master 🐕

Thank you! Yes, that was all done with the XD. :)

Thank you! Yes, I have considered preset packs, but because I use a lot of third party logue sdk plugins I may not be able to get the exact sounds from my videos. Still, it is a possible thing I might want to do down the line. :)

He has whole albums on Spotify - I checked them all out today, and great stuff

Thank you!

Thank you! It's not a true drone per se. I just set the release of the Amp EG really high, and fed it through a big reverb. This makes the low notes seem to blend into one another. Putting the arpeggiator into LATCH mode makes the notes play without me touching the keys, which adds to the overall effect of a huge ambient pad.

Falling Islands got it. Thanks!!!

Thank you!!! Am really glad you enjoyed it. :) Regarding your question, I did not actually arpegiate the top notes separately. For the lower registers, I kept to playing only the root notes of the key I was using, so all you really hear at the low end is the bass note. It's the combination of a really high delay feedback setting and a really cavernous reverb that caused all the lower notes to seemingly blend together into one huge sub pad. I used a greater of variety of notes in the higher registers, so the arpegiation up there is a lot more audible and apparent. Was honestly really surprised by this result myself. It almost felt like I was playing a huge bi-timbral patch. Testament to the sheer power and flexibility of this synthesizer. :D

@@FallingIslands wich waveforms are being used?

Hi there! Apologies for the late reply. If I remember correctly this was all stock XD. Wanted to see what I could do with just the factory available content. Cheers! :)

@@FallingIslands In that case... have some extra KUDOS! great work.

Sorry for the late reply! Yes this was a patch I made! :) I would absolutely recommend this synthesizer. It's one of the most versatile pieces of kit I have in my setup, and the support for 3rd party oscillators and effects makes it super expandable and customisable. :)

Thank you! Ahh im not sure if I still saved the patch. I think what I used were some Saw waves with some slow attack settings. It should be relatively easy to make something similar. My "patch" was simply a starting point though, so it wouldn't sound exactly the same anyway even if I shared the patch. As the jam went on I improvised and tweaked the parameters to the point where the sound at the end of the video is completely different from the sound at the start. I think a large part of the fun of the XD is how easy it is to author your own patches though. I'd say just experiment and come up with something on your own when you get your XD. :)

@@FallingIslands Thanks for the quick reply and useful info. Can't wait until mine arrives. Keep up the good work:)

Hello there! I don't think I saved the patch, but you can achieve similar results by setting both oscillators to saw. Turn the filter to about 20%, resonance around 30%. Set EG attack to zero and decay to about 40%. Put on the Riser reverb setting. Then play the sequence in ARP latch mode, at a slow bpm. The patch at the beginning was merely a starting point anyway; by the end of the video it sounds totally different after all my knob turning and noodling. Its good to just experiment with all the settings and come up with weird and interesting results. Hope this helps! Cheers!

Falling Islands thanks...! i will try! greetings from berlin germany!

Thank you very much! To answer your question, everything you hear in this video is 100% Minilogue xd. It's all just one patch, running through the synth's internal effects, then recorded straight to audio via my audio interface into Apple Mainstage 3. No overdubs or additional processing whatsoever. :)

Hope you enjoy your Minilogue xd too! It's by far the most versatile and inspiring synth I have ever played. :)

Thank you for the quick response, and again, congratulations! Very inspiring and just beautiful to listen to!

​@@FallingIslands so the pads and the background arpeggio sequence is only one preset (the sequence prerecorded, pads played live)?

Custom patch! This was five years ago, but as I recall all I used was some simple plucked sawtooths, then fed through a generous amount of reverb and delay.

I'd say Korg but I've not had the chance to play the Deepmind 12. I'd say go to a store and try them out!

I think it depends on if you are happy with only 4 voices, but the effects can make that thing sound absolutly huge! Deep Mind is nice as well for complex ambient music. To me the oscillators sound better on the Korgie!