Styles / Music / Samples

I need to come and write more specific stuff about the music styles I choose for this project (mainly ambient), but inside of the Ambient is many other styles, so here are some of the styles I have lined up for this music project:

AMBIENT
ELECTRONIC
TRIP_HOP
INDUSTRIAL
DUBSTEP
ETHNIC
DANCE (including Goa / Psy)
FLUTE PROJECT (a little project for a flute player ;)

For now, I need to organise these samples and start working on them
Next more info ;)

Chapter 15 - Add Instruments

New Instruments Experiments.

I had a friend visit me during a weekend, he is a shy musician but has a lot of instruments, including lots of drums (as it is a drummer:)

My friend brought me a Micro Korg.

The Micro Korg
It's perfect, but too limited to work.
It's nice to take some sounds, but just that!
It's a vocoder too, which is beneficial for voices as well as specific sounds. It can make a very original effect in the music.
It's perfect equipment for live performances, but not in the style of the music I try to make here.
It's more of a (techno-minded) music machine.

a Mixer

The Mixer
Here we connected everything.

and a Kaoss Pad

The Kaoss pad
It can be beneficial to add some final effects to the overall music or make slight variations in the final sound played. He can make some extra sounds on top and other special effects.
With Kaoss pad, I think it's good just to make some minimal changes in the total sound, but it's the only one I can see included as 1 more instrument.

For now, my friend has left me the Kaoss Pad for me to have a try, but he will take it back in some months' time.
I end up not using this much.

Chapter 10 - Connections

WAVDJ Connections

Here is where the problems begin in the first place.
The wavdj works with an ancient software program, and the connections are designed to work with old PCs.
So, here is the first problematic connection I talk about...

This one, connect the WAVDJ to the mouse connection in the PC Some of the new PCs don't have this connection anymore.
I bought an adapter for this, but was there a problem there where it started? The machine didn't work correctly!
If you've been reading this blog from the beginning, you know I have to change the WAV DJ from my music PC to my older home PC for this to work.

Here are more connections...

This is where the wavdj connects for sound on the back. All of this must be associated with the PC or machine, and the sound will not come out as it should.

All these are the standard PC connections, and they have to be all connected to the PC sound card or will not work correctly.

And on the side...

The user connections are:

1- line in (here is where I connect the Kaossilator)
2- Audio output (where I connect the output cable to my Amplifier)
3- Mic input (I don't use it for now, but it can be helpful later to connect something else)
4- Audio output (I try to connect the headphones on this one, but the sound volume is cut off !)
5- Mic input (The mixer has space for just 1 mic , I don't know why I have 2 mic inputs... )

Now it's all connected and working fine ;) uffff....

Chapter 6 - Mixer

Mixer ins and outs

The 6 volumes of the WAVDJ mixer are:
1- Microphone
2- fx
3- Keyboard
4 - CD room
5 - Line in
6 - seq (drums volume)
All of these are individual volume channels and they can be switched on or off.
On the side of this is the master volume, which controls all the sound levels of the machine.

Currently, I am using just the FX, Key, Line In, and Seq.

I can connect something else in the MIC line in or use the CDROOM to add other sounds, but that will be too much for just 2 hands and 1 head :)

Ideas? Suggestions?