The Garden | MPC1000, Sound Canvas SC-155, Zoom B1on | 2024.01.16 

The Garden is an ongoing document of improvisations with electronic instruments. The aim is to share the process of making music in a way that is relaxed and enriching for the musician and the listener. It also demonstrates the sound of various instruments for people interested in that. There is a companion blog (different content, same intent) here: trackland.us/b...
In this recording:
This is a take of a sequence created on the Akai MPC1000 in an hour or so before the recording. The chords are from synth preset on the Roland SC-155 Sound Canvas, recorded through some flange & distortion on the Zoom B1on (not pictured). The 808 snare and the 16th note melody sequence that come in later are from the Sound Canvas, running through the B1on in real time.
Sound Canvas ➡️ B1on ➡️ MPC input
MPC headphone out ➡ Zoom Q2
Recorded with Zoom Q2. Audio & video not edited.