Created about a year ago – recut to cinematic frame and sound multipressed properly. Composed and Performed © Gary P Hayes on Roland #SE02 Behringer #ModelD Elektron #Digitakt & #Analog4 Waldorf #Streichfett #Volca Drums Korg #Kaossilator Pro Arturia #Keysteps Novation #BassStation2 #Casio Piano Strymon #BlueSky Korg #Kaoss KP3 Roland #System1 Akai #EWI4000s & ESP Ltd 8 String Guitar Captured on Zoom H6
Category: Volca
Spicy Hydra Hour – going to use my Hydrasynth Desktop integrated with my Spice rack (Volca Modular, 3 NTS1s, 2 SQ1s and Volca Keys providing rich beds) … will no doubt have some spacey ambient sections and lots of sequential parts and using my XKey37 some nice poly Aftertouch expression. Streamed via Zoom Q2N 4K , audio and video via OBS into YouTube Live bit of setup stuff : Hydrasynth desktop played with Poly Aftertouch XKey37, also sends main clock to Volca Keys and from there the sync gets distributed to everything else from a stereo 1to5 … The NTS1s act as audio in for the 3 external boxes, and of course NTS1s also are their own mono synths too (so the setup is two poly synths, 1 simple modular mono and 3 mono synths) – the SQ1s are routed to Hydra and each of the 3 NTS1s (so 4 separate sequences, I tend to use the 8 step bounce on 4 midi channels). The Q2N4K acts usually as 4K video capture and 48k24bit audio capture, but in this streaming mode it sends both straight into OBS and then into YouTube live…
I removed about 10 mins from the start btw – Dawless jam / impro on Behringer #ModelD Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaDrum #VolcaModular #NTS-1 #SQ1 #KO2 recorded on a #ZoomH6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Dawless Jam / Impro on Roland #SE02 Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaKick #VolcaKeys #NTS-1 #SQ1 #KO2 recorded on a #ZoomH6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Bolero and the Final Apocalypso 0:00 Prelude 2:04 Theme & Expansion 7:00 Reemergence 11:10 The Watchers 15:07 Playground 84 17:15 Bolero Industry 23:09 Time for No One 30:17 Wheels 36:43 Apocalypso I 39:45 Running AI 45:50 Finding Beauty in Dark 50:10 Apocalypso II Dawless Jam / Impro on Behringer #ModelD Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys #NTS-1 #SQ1 #KO2 recorded on a #ZoomH6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Continuous Dawless Techno House Jam / Impro on Behringer #ModelD and Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaKick #VolcaKeys 2x Korg #SQ1 sequencer and 2x Korg #NTS-1 recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s no post processing Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Dawless jam / impro on Behringer #ModelD Arturia #MicroFreak Korg #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys Korg #NTS-1 #SQ1 #KO2 recorded on a #ZoomH6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Continuous Dawless 1 Hour Techno Jam on 2x Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 & 2x Korg #SQ1 sequencer #VolcaKick #VolcaModular & Behringer #ModelD & Korg KO2 recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Continuous Dawless Ambient Jam on 2x Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 & 2x Korg #SQ1 sequencer #VolcaKeys #VolcaDrum & Behringer #ModelD Elektron #Model:Cycles & Korg KO2 recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia Iceland Aerial Footage all © Gary P Hayes … Composed on earth day 2020
0:00 Introductory Mini Jam 3:43 Talk-through of equipment and how it works in a performance context 32:00 Jam, longer format live performance exploring aspects of the rack 51:00 Round the Back – a look at the simple wiring in the case incl: how it is battery powered Live dawless jam / impro and kit talk-through on #NTS-1 s #SQ1 s #VolcaDrum & #VolcaKeys #BehringerModelD #ArturiaMicroFreak Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing
Continuous Dawless Techno House Jam / Improvisation on 2x Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 & 2x Korg #SQ1 sequencer #VolcaKeys #VolcaDrum & Behringer #ModelD Arturia MicroFreak & Korg KO2 recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s no post processing All audio apart from the Volca Drum & KO2 is routed through the two NTS-1s (which are supplying the reverb and delays). The right SQ1 is controlling the two NTS-1s on two separate 8 step bouncing sequences. The left SQ1 is controlling the ModelD using a mix of 16 and 8 step bouncing sequences. The master clock is sent from the Volca Drum to all devices (except MicroFreak) using a sync lead distributor. Everything is battery powered using a mix of 9V and 12V (modelD) RipCords and USB powerbanks, plus items such as MicroFreak, NTS-1, SQ1 and ZoomH6 allow direct USB 5V. Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia – Aerial cinematography in Iceland, Outback Australia, Indonesia and Blue Mtns © Gary P Hayes Photography
Continuous Dawless Ambient Jam / Improvisation on 2x Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 & 2x Korg #SQ1 sequencer #VolcaKeys #VolcaDrum & Behringer #ModelD. Arturia MicroFreak & Korg KO2 recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s no post processing All audio apart from the Volca Drum & KO2 is routed through the two NTS-1s (which are supplying the reverb and delays). The right SQ1 is controlling the two NTS-1s on two separate 8 step bouncing sequences. The left SQ1 is controlling the ModelD using a mix of 16 and 8 step bouncing sequences. The master clock is sent from the Volca Drum to all devices (except MicroFreak) using a sync lead distributor. Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Continuous Dawless Ambient Jam / Improvisation on Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 and Korg #SQ1 both x2 #VolcaKick #VolcaModular & Behringer #ModelD recorded direct to Zoom H6 all effects from NTS-1s no post processing A little woodwork setup (still needs varnish – hence the pot in shot!) frame completed in two hours a couple of nights, focusing on deep sequencing, dark long reverbs and modular style abstract … Bottom row: Model D Lower mid 2 x Korg SQ1 sequencers – 4 channels of seq Upper mid Volca Kick (master clock) & Modular (switchable – probably vDrum and vKeys later) Top 2 x Korg NTS-1s mono DSP synths (providing main fx too) All battery powered with powerbanks hiding around the back on base, plus www.MyVolts.com MickXer 5-1 with two extra stereo inputs so I can have a pad keyboard like MicroFreak in front, or link in Analog4 or Model:Cycles … Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
Just a quick test jam really, audio: the Volca bass is being fed into through the right NTS-1 and the vDrum, and two NTS1s are then sent to the Volca Mix. Sync master is the drum looped to the NTS1s and then vBass. Continuous Jam / Impro on 2 Korg Nu:Tekt #NTS-1 and Volca Drum & Volca Bass recorded direct to Zoom H6 via Volca Mix no post processing Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes at Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia FOLLOW ME: Bandcamp Album Releases – https://garyphayes.bandcamp.com/ Support me on Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/garyphayes Blog (music posts) – https://www.garyphayes.com/ Facebook (Photography – 19k following) – https://www.facebook.com/garyphayesph… Twitter (26k following) – https://twitter.com/GaryPHayes Instagram (Photography 28k following) – https://www.instagram.com/garyphayes….
Out-Dawless Ambient Improvisation / Jam on two NTS-1s recorded on #ZoomH6 All effects live from Korg Nu:Tekt NTS-1 Loop on Digitech Jamman Solo XT The loop at the start is capturing three layers from the right NTS-1 only. The left NTS-1 is acting as the main reverb and delay but also main arpeggiator after the opening section … Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes on Pulpit Rock, Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains Australia
Continuous live 1 hour dawless jam / improvisation Composed, Filmed & Performed © Gary P Hayes on Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaKeys #VolcaDrum #VolcaBass Delay & Reverb on Zoom #MS70 recorded on #ZoomH6 in Mount Victoria, Blue Mountains, Australia
The Shallow Water – ambient single volca modular
Please note I was affected by the Australia fires in mid December meaning we evacuated mid to late December because the largest fire in Australia’s history, Gospers, got within 2km of our house after two months of smoke and alerts. Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes on Mount Piddington Blue Mountains Australia on Korg #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys Solos on Korg KO2 & Delay / reverb on Zoom #MS70 recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound no other processing. Aerial cinematography © Gary P Hayes
Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia on Korg #VolcaBass #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys Introducing Arturia #MicroFreak Reverb on #Strymon #BlueSky Licensed orchestral loop on Digitech JamMan Solo XT directly recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing