AE and Found Sounds (new track)

very nice indeed!

Depending on the track, anywhere from 50-80% of it is AE. I used to come up with arrangements on my AE that tended to murk up recordings (and make them really hard to edit/mix), so I started coming up with ways to keep the sound clean while keeping the live-sequenced feel - which led to this minimalist/microhouse sound.

1. I start out with a rough patch - usually, 1 osc, the kick module, and different uses of the noise module for sound and control. I've been attracted to the sample and hold being applied to my filters, lately. Since I have 2 sequencers, a lot can be done in terms of syncing ideas together to see how they'll sound before putting them together in their own channels. Sometimes, I'll also add some pre-FX with guitar pedals or in Logic to see if I can't shape the sound to be a little more crisp before committing to tracking.

2. When it comes to recording, I slave everything to Logic Pro X's clock. I run the external MIDI channel to the AE while recording synth's audio output.

3. I record found sounds from traffic noise, conversation, and whatever else I feel serves the track with my old Zoom H2 in 96khz. Most of the sessions I do with these tracks are recorded in that sample rate. I do most of the editing of found sounds by cutting up the transients with Logic's Flex tool, then make instrument sets in the digital samplers within Logic. Sometimes, I'll run the more percussive found sound sequences into my AE's filter to give them a bit more character.

I'm not the best at explaining my setup/process, I just do the thing But I hope that helps a little. 

I agree! I've been having a lot of fun seeing/hearing how folks work, too. 

Really nice and groovy!

Thanks! There's so much to explore with the AE and found sound combo. I'm really excited with the start of this new process.

It's a work in progress... Almost done, though. I'll post here in this thread when it's done!

I'm very much interested, I'd love to remix for one of your great tracks! If you'd like I can PM you some links/bio whatever if your label would be interested.

Some quick ones already:

This is the last remix I've done, a dubby remix of a techno track: soundcloud.com/stmpstmpstmp/nr28-keurslager-kurt-remix


And some of my own techno tracks:

soundcloud.com/zzzvm/keurslager-kurt-3
soundcloud.com/zzzvm/normala-mensa/s-XPVumsaepyS

This one is my personal favorite, but its also by far the hardest/most ravey one, so might not be a perfect fit:

soundcloud.com/stmpstmpstmp/keurslager-kurt-global

Thank you for asking already by the way!!  

You're too kind... I feel I have a long way to go, but it's a good place to start!

1//1 EP from my foxermod project will be released soon... The timeline of releases is still being set, so I'm not sure when. All the deliverables have been sent to the label and confirmed by them, though! So, there's that...

I don't post masters to soundcloud, but I post near-done mixes. So, these tunes will be the 4 featured tracks on that EP along with remixes from a new remix community the label I belong to is starting up, called Oddeotrax. All of these track stems will be available to remix. 

id be keeping that, nice piece.

did you sample or sequence this piece externally or was it just Ae?

Cool, There are so many cool sounds that come out of the Ae while noodling that it's hard not to sample them to use seperately while playing live.