Korg Monomania Sound Contest UK monotribe music

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 28, 2011

"My entry to the Korg Monomania contest monotribe music category. 3 Monotribes used. It is called "Hi-ya" listen out for the robotic lyrics at about 1.26 :) All done live with no multitracking."

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Korg Monomania Sound Contest UK monotribe music Electro City

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 29, 2011

"My 2nd entry to the Korg Monomania contest, 3 monotribes used, all done in realtime in 1 take, track is called Electro-City. I used a slower tempo and used the drum roll function to get 2 bars instead of just 1 ;)"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe music UK - Technology & Science

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"Another attempt at a live 3 monotribe jam for the Korg Monomania contest, just used some fx and the 3 monotribes, running them at half speed allows longer patterns as seen here, the track is called "Technology & Science" and is a homage to Kraftwerk, I might do a full version with lyrics as it was hard to fit everything in 2 minutes ;) No multitracking or other tricks!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Poly Acid

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"3rd entry to Korg Monomania Sound Contest, this time using different step lengths, 3 monotribes used, the middle one has been overdriven to give a nice acidic crunch, all done in realtime, no DAW or other trickery."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Acidwerks

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 Monotribes live jam, my son (he is 11) did the video fx on the Kaoss Entrancer in realtime - Track is called Acidwerks. All sound from the 3 Monotribes only as in all my entries, one of the Monotribes has modded drums for longer decays."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music - Time Machine

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"Live jam with 3 monotribes, set to different speeds, I tried to get a 50's sci-fi theremin type sound."

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music - Don't step on my budpets

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 montribes synced up, on this one I tried to make a string type sound on the slow running monotribe. Kind of dubstep-ish hence the name."



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Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe music UK - Technology & Science

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"Another attempt at a live 3 monotribe jam for the Korg Monomania contest, just used some fx and the 3 monotribes, running them at half speed allows longer patterns as seen here, the track is called "Technology & Science" and is a homage to Kraftwerk, I might do a full version with lyrics as it was hard to fit everything in 2 minutes ;) No multitracking or other tricks!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Poly Acid

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"3rd entry to Korg Monomania Sound Contest, this time using different step lengths, 3 monotribes used, the middle one has been overdriven to give a nice acidic crunch, all done in realtime, no DAW or other trickery."

All parts here.
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PockeMix 8, 6, and 4 Channel Stereo Passive Mixer/Splitters by darenager

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The following is the description for the 8 channel mixer:

"A very compact 8 channel passive stereo mixer, ideal for small synths and drum machines such as Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators or OP-1, Korg Monotribe or Volca series, Roland Boutique JX-03, JU06 or JP-08, iOS synths or any line level gear equipped with 3.5mm sockets.

It has 8x 3.5mm TRS inputs and 2 sets of outputs, one of the outputs carries the stereo signal (TRS) or if the switch is set to mono the left signal (TS), the other output carries the right signal (TS), so all in all quite a flexible setup, by using input splitters it can actually be used as 2 independent 8 channel mono mixers when the switch is set to mono.

It has no level controls because you set the desired level on the volume control of the devices connected, built by hand using good quality parts this minimal and clean sounding mixer will find many uses, from tabletop jam sessions to expanding a main mixer in the studio.

Like any passive mixer you use the pre-amp in the device you are connecting to make up the gain, so a powered speaker, powered main mixer, field recorder or soundcard input, kaoss pad or similar will do this, if you want to use headphones then a headphone pre-amp will do it.

Although this is a new design my other mixers have been used by many satisfied customers all over the world, see my other items for those and other interesting and handy stuff.

Please note - this is nothing like a Belkin Rockstar headphone splitter which does not mix line level signals, despite what some people on the internet say, when you change the level on one of the connected devices using the Belkin you will notice that the level of the other devices change also, not to mention you will be connecting all the outputs of your gear together (just like splicing a bunch of cables together) not a very smart thing to do! So save that for it's intended use and use a proper mixer."

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Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Acidwerks

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 31, 2011

"3 Monotribes live jam, my son (he is 11) did the video fx on the Kaoss Entrancer in realtime - Track is called Acidwerks. All sound from the 3 Monotribes only as in all my entries, one of the Monotribes has modded drums for longer decays."

Update: There are 7 parts total to darenager's series. You can find them here.

Elektron Octatrack 1st test - Acid mix

YouTube via darenager | January 20, 2011 |

"Very rough first go with the Octa!"

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Elektron Octatrack 2nd test - Extreme time mangling

darenager | January 21, 2011 |

"The original loop plays as standard upto 48 seconds, then the mangling commences, still very much learning how to use it, but good fun!"

A Teaspoon of Bugbrand makes the Monotribe go wow

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Jul 11, 2011

"Monotribe into TSP Teaspoon into Bugbrand Crusher and delay, the Monotribe is sending clock to Bugbrand SEQ1 which is modulating Crusher and sending a pulse to activate the teaspoon, a bit chaotic but good fun. Mix is a bit all over the place but its just a basic demo."

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Another Monotribe TSP Bugbrand Jam

Uploaded by darenager on Jul 11, 2011

"Monotribe being processed by the Bugbrand and Teaspoon, good fun."

The simple pleasures of Techno

YouTube via darenager. remember to search for darenager on the top left of the site for more.
"Another demo of the Machinedrum driving the Korg MS10, this time the GND-SIN machine is boosted via a Blacet VCA to give a bit more range for the CV.

As on the last video all the drum sounds are from the machinedrum using synthesis (no samples)

I decided to do a bit of experimenting with triggers on this clip, as you can hear it gives a different feel to the MS10 sequence.

I really enjoyed jamming with this combination, hope you enjoy it too."

Summer in Detroit

YouTube via darenager. KORG EMX.
You might remember this live mix from way back in 2007.
It is now available on iTunes:

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Demo of Roland TB-303 + TR-606 playing techno

YouTube via darenager. Via AudioLemon.

Update: Turns out this video was actually done by fierce fish aka, darenager. I updated the embedded vid and YouTube credit to reflect this.

Korg EMX Retro Techno - Acid House Era Clonky

Another via darenager. I finally got around to watching this. Yes people I do have a day job. Anyway, I'm watching the intro and I see a salute to... MATRIXSYNTH!!! Very cool. Thanks darenager. BTW, be sure to check out the Elektron Monomachine video as well. It's gooooood...

Bugbrand modular acid house groove

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Mar 22, 2011

"Just having a play with a new set-up, good fun :)
Japan relief album here : http://darenager.bandcamp.com/album/bug-phonic
Please consider buying it, thanks!"

Vintage Style Acid House TB-303 Big Trac by Daren Ager

YouTube via darenager |

"Available to buy in high quality here:
http://darenager.bandcamp.com/album/a..."

Roland TB-303 & TR-606 patterns (enhanced by youtube)

Published on Nov 1, 2013 darenager·124 videos

"Original version here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsOeNn...
A movie I made in June 2003 of my 303 and 606. Just playing through a few patterns, mainly to test out the audio recording on my Sony Clie. Sorry about the video quality but considering it was done over 10 years ago its not too bad.

This used to be on my website which is no longer up so I put it here for posterity."

Creating swing feel on the Roland MC-4b

YouTube via darenager
"A demonstation of how to create swing on the Roland MC-4, you could also apply the same technique to the MC-202, MC-8 or other similar device, if this video proves popular I may do some more tutorials.

This is not a musical performance just a demonstration of technique so I have kept it to a simple 16 step sequence, of course you can use any length of sequence depending how patient you are.

First set the timebase to 48,12,6, this gives you 48ppqn so each 16th note will last for 12clocks, and enter your notes as normal. in the first part of the clip I am playing the sequence straight - so all step lengths set to 12.

Next we enter step time mode (shift 2) and change each alternate step to an offset of 12 but so that each 2 adjacent steps add up to 24, for example 14 and 10 as in the second example, or 13 and 11 (third example), higher difference = heavier swing feel. You can have the smaller number first or second depending on whether you want a rushed or lazy feel, also you can experiment with more complex timings for different types of groove, such as a pattern of 4 - 14,10,13,11 or whatever, just make sure that your total measure length is equal to 192 so that the sequence cycles correctly when synced. That's pretty much it, hope you find it useful and thanks for watching."

Techno in 6 sounds using nanoloop

YouTube via darenager — June 13, 2010 — "Nanoloop is an app for the iphone/ipad, it is a 6 part sequencer with sounds synthesized using FM, noise, pulse or sample. You can find out more about it by visiting www.nanoloop.com

This is my first attempt at using it for a track, it is quite easy to use and very minimal but quite interesting and a lot of fun. If you have an ipod touch, iphone or ipad and enjoy making music it is well worth checking out."

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Weevil glitchy acid

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Apr 30, 2011

"Fun experiment using the Bugbrand modular, bit of a crap mix but it was kind of a one shot deal and I had to work at low volume, still a few nice bits in there. All sequenced within the modular using clocks and divisions, no other sound sources or fx."

Octatrack acid demo2

YouTube via darenager | January 23, 2011 |
1st demo here
"Running the x0xb0x into the OT and resampling, the acid is due to be released on my digital album in March, this is just a rough demo."

Just a groove Machinedrum & Modular

YouTube via darenager — April 10, 2010 — Playing around with a bassline on the modular.

Bruce Lee tribute dub jam on Octatrack

Published on Jul 20, 2013 darenager·121 videos

"A dub jam on the Octatrack I made to honour the memory of Bruce Lee, who passed away 40 years ago today (July 20th, 1973) R.I.P"

Will it blend? OP-1+Monotribe+Bugbrand=FSU

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Jul 12, 2011

"Made a loop on the OP-1, run it into the Monotribe, run Monotribe into Bugbrand modular - crush it, filter it, FSU, weird results but kind of fun."