aTuned to the Jungle (Jungle on Circuit Rhythm)

[@djgalactic]

Great job Marc!

[@MarctheDarc]

Thank you very much mate, good to see you again 🙂 been watching some of your videos from time to time, you sure go some cool and beautiful places!

[@TheSoundrookie]

Pretty cool for something done in a hurry. There's definitely something to develop further when you get the time. Locrian is a rather rare scale to use. Björk, and a few others have, but not many comes to mind. Rick Beato has a video on the subject I saw a while ago. First time I heard about it, though I did know the music he mentioned. Stay cool dude.

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks a lot mate 😁 I'm definitely evolving it to a full track. Reckon I'll be playing it in some form at the concert. Yeah, it's a pretty interesting scale, between the flattened 2nd and 5th it can sound really dark and sinister due to the dissonance. I didn't stick religiously to the scale, just to take it a step further relative to the challenge presented, but sounds like I actually made it less dissonant in doing so. Done right it is pretty damn cool for the darker sides of styles like techno, neuro, and so on. And likewise, hope to soon hear some new music from you as well 😉

[@SebticSmile]

Love that jungle beat - great vibe

[@MarctheDarc]

Thank you very much mate 😃

[@acefstripe]

Nice work under time constraints! I must confess not knowing what Locrain is…

[@MarctheDarc]

Thank you mate 😃 Locrian is a so-called "mode"; and modes are variations based on scales. Scales are defined by the tonal interval between the scale degrees (notes of the scale). The classic example is the C major scale made of the 7 white notes of a keyboard, with C as the root note, or 1st degree of the scale. 7 notes means 7 degrees of the scale. However, if you keep the exact same notes, but start with a different root note, you get different tonal intervals, technically a completely different scale. But since it's has all the same notes, instead of calling it a different scale, it's called a mode. The major scale is also called ionian mode. With that in mind, C major has 7 notes, meaning it has 7 potential root notes, or 7 modes. The most common of these (apart from major/ionian) is the minor scale, or aeolian mode - play a C major scale with A as the root note, and you get the A minor scale (also called A aeolian mode). Start a C major scale from B, and you get B Locrian mode. Of the 7 modes based on the major scale, this is the weirdest and least useful (most of the time). Crucially it has a flattened 5th degree. Where the other 6 modes have a 5th degree, 7 semitones, or a perfect 5th, away from the 1st degree, or root note, which is the most consonant (pleasing) interval in all of music theory. Locrian modes flattened 5th is only 6 semitones, also called a tritone, away from the root, which is the most dissonant (displeasing) interval in all of music theory. Also making the diatonic chord for the root of Locrian mode a diminished chord.

[@TAKFULLHOUSE5150]

Sounds cool! Awesome performance and track! thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day

[@MarctheDarc]

Thank you very much for listening and your kind comment ❤

[@intotheluminiferousaether]

Great jungle groove! Nice use of the Circuit!

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks a lot mate 😃 I'm really groovin' with the Circuit Rhythm.

[@Interdimensions]

Brilliant Jam! Very much like Prodigy around rave times, sweet 🔥🔥

[@MarctheDarc]

That is seriously high praise mate, thank you very much 🥳

[@Interdimensions]

@@MarctheDarc Seriously, beginning is instantly like "No Good (Start The Dance)" and whole jam reminds me of No Good mixed with Out of Space :D

[@MarctheDarc]

@@Interdimensions I don't know what to say. I love early Prodigy, as well as a lot of 90's stuff. That's all my prime inspiration. So it really means a lot to me, for somebody to think my music can hold a candle to any of it.

[@travisbenjaminsimpson]

Banging jungle! Love this groove ✨🔥✨🔥✨

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks a lot mate, I'm very happy you liked it 😁

[@sinfo_netik]

Massive old school style !!! Super cool jam !!!

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks a lot mate, glad you liked it 😃

[@wirebaby_official]

Great jam. So much out of the one box. Very impressive.

[@MarctheDarc]

Thank you very much 😃 It really is a crazy little box. I've only started using it recently, so still trying to learn. And my first sample-set (that I've used for the last 2 challenges) is only half full atm. But the features and the workflow is dope AF. I could use a few more sample-mangling parameters, which means you need to bring "more ready" samples into it, but that's really all I can fault. I seriously think, with more work and familiarity, one could prepare an entire liveset with this 1 box, and rock up to a gig with nothing else. I've actually made it a goal for me, to do an 1 hour livestream with nothing but this Circuit Rhythm, around the end of the year. No idea if I'll be able to swing it 🤣

[@wirebaby_official]

@@MarctheDarc The Circuit Rhythm is great. Looking forward to your 1 hour livestream.🙂

[@cornishwavesmusic]

Wicked entry buddy

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks mate 😃 Not to be smug about it, but really impressed with what I managed to do in 30 mins.

[@g-tracks]

Love the Circuit Tracks but dam the Rhythm is SICK!!!!!!! Great Track 😁

[@MarctheDarc]

Thanks a lot mate 😃 Circuits are generally cool, but I've really gotten bitten by the Rhythm in particular. That thing is crazy powerful, fast and intuitive. I've actually set myself the challenge/goal of doing an hour long livestream performance by the end of the year, using nothing but the Rhythm.

[@g-tracks]

@@MarctheDarc That is awesome and I totally know it is capable of doing that. I have a Rhythm and I love it as well. I have not done a whole lot with it yet most of my KZbin videos are the Tracks. I subscribed and I look forward to seeing more. Have a great day 😁

[@MarctheDarc]

@@g-tracks Sounds like I'd best return the favour, and check out some of your videos as well. And a great day to you too 😁

[@Ninzumecha]

Do you feel limited by the storage space for breaks? i felt let down by the PO KO 33, bit love the Circuit Tracks! Niiice tune by the way, somewhat Wax Doctor

[@MarctheDarc]

Not really. Going in, I thought the total sample length would be an issue, but so far it hasn't at all. Breaks, and other such loops, fit rather neatly, balancing number of sample slots with total length pretty well. The limitation of 128 samples per pack, is felt a bit in relation to one-shots specifically. And with the right synth groovebox buddy, I reckon that won't be an issue either. Still with 32 packs (with SD card), each having their own pool of samples, it's not bad. I'm still working out the most efficient way of filling a pack though. I think with the POs, you gotta get into that particular workflow. They're not really to my taste either, but I've seen people do some pretty impressive things with them. Thank you very much for listening and your kind comment 😃

[@Ninzumecha]

@@MarctheDarc thanks for the interesting content! Yeah, full songs I’ve made on the PO33 didn’t sound great, but linked with other things, I have had some nice results once put through effects