Breakneck jam with Elektron Octatrack MkII, Moog Subsequent 37, Eventide H9

LISTEN/BUY THIS TRACK ON AN ALBUM HERE!: jayhosking.bandcamp.com/album...
A live, semi-improvised track, performed entirely on hardware, and inspired by gratitude for my month in the woods. This one is a real case for why the Octatrack is special, how it can take external input (like the beautiful Subsequent 37, here) and incorporate it into a cohesive song, how it can mangle samples, and how its scenes and faders are the special sauce for performance.
Elektron Octatrack MkII - Samples, effects, master-level mixing and scenes
Moog Subsequent 37 - Main arpeggio
Eventide H9 - reverb on the Subsequent 37
Written over the last few days in the cabin here, recorded live, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression and limiting on the master.
jayhosking.bandcamp.com/

[@Aldoistaken]

Holy sh*t that was intense, the Octatrack truly is the coolest machine everrrrr

[@kealohabraceros7617]

Can’t wait for you to feature yours!

[@dublplus3332]

Im still learning the deep corners of the digitakt. Is the octa that much more fun?

[@JayHosking]

@@kealohabraceros7617 Agreed. Get to it, Aldo!

[@JayHosking]

@@dublplus3332 Each has its own fun to make. Digitakt is awesome.

[@electrosonicnebula]

Not the machine for me but I'm always loving to see people use it on KZbin. When are we gonna see Aldo videos with the Octatrack then. Because all I see is the Digitone. Though I'm not complaining!

[@electrosonicnebula]

That's some pretty precise interaction dude. Your format of making an actual song and explaining the moves is really cool

[@kevinmillhollon1970]

I still just love this piece so much. Excellent work and thank you. I hope to go to a live show someday.

[@user-qu4vs6gy5o]

Absolutely gorgeous. One of the most emotional electro tracks I've heard in years. A true love song.

[@nicolassoulier6332]

Waooooh… mind blowing performance !!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽👏👏

[@LordoftheBadgers]

Bloody hell. That's fantastic!!

[@richardlambou1416]

And now I want a Octatrack again! I love your videos but this has to be my favorite one.

[@Bishooni]

You are the master of DAWless Jamming, keep 'em coming ! Kudos

[@medenine4828]

That was amazing. My favorite video so far.

[@ardamusaoglu1322]

ı think you sold me more music, than equipments that ı got no money for. great music again.

[@monoton891]

Youth on age, love tune

[@stevecautious]

Really enjoyed that one Jay! Love the drums!

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

My musical "Big Brother" is back ! Im delighted, blissfilled, and ROCKED to the CORE - Youre such a tight son of a mother ,- Soon.....soon..... it will be paybacktime ! 😉

[@iancain6647]

Absolutely incredible.

[@thebass1x]

The rhythm section in this track is absolutely nuts, nice work mr. Hosking

[@Reverbcore]

Magnificent, as always!

[@nalaeel219]

Damn dude. That was amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@kevinbatchelor9566]

Really beautifully distortion and movement throughout the piece. Gorgeous work man.

[@OhHeyK3vin]

Really great showcase of the OT.

[@dreamsampler9341]

so good!!! really inspiring

[@alextimchak4264]

Goddamn Jay that was just glorious. I love you you continue to show the glacier beneath the tip of the iceberg with the OT.

[@joshuacooper2088]

I’ve watched this about 6 times since discovering it 24 hours ago. Absolutely magical.

[@speeedskater]

WOW, very nice, that kicked ass

[@unodwicho]

Incredible as usual ❤️

[@daikuone]

Jay, your accomplishments put the rest of us to shame. Great tune as usual!

[@eyesintheskies]

Recently acquired a subsequent 37 😀 still getting to grips with it but already love it, only recently introduced it to reverb, saving the drum machine integration for now but looking forward to it. Nice work 👌

[@davebridger190]

another amazing track. consistently the best channel for synth music

[@cold_fashioned]

You are a whiz! That was awesome. Thanks for the descriptions as well. They are helpful for planting idea seeds in my mind. I recently started using scenes in a similar way and you're right, it's fairly easy and makes for lots of possibilities. Cheers.

[@raisedranch]

This is prob my favorite octa jam on youtube, not generally my type of music and I just LOVE this track. bravo🙏

[@benjaminbrodie9801]

Wicked beats and melody. Dude, keep it going!

[@markdelaar01]

This was soo good!

[@Amatteus]

Sounds f. amazing.. GReat Job.. Love the music.

[@grindedfranz]

Love it!

[@keekeefries6298]

Brilliant!!

[@hermeslarima9136]

I didn't expect that 🤯 mindndblowing!!

[@fewminuteswondering275]

That is really dope man, just one insanely cool performance! 👏

[@bogo4612]

Super cool as per usual

[@dr.feelicks2051]

Thanks for an informative share. Octatrack, the journey

[@audiblevoid]

Wow. Well done!!

[@xxxxLasKo]

how mad can one be to dislike this masterpiece. big up jay, nicely done 👍

[@GearHedd]

Sounds good. Like the drum line and the synth parts...

[@Spasmomen]

Loved that!

[@holydiver4728]

Awesome !

[@Apocalypsh1t]

So glitch mob! Awesome!

[@MichaalHell]

Yeah this was great! I live using the octatrack with only one synth, I feel like I can truly give octatrack and the synth the attention it deserves.

[@joielollis]

AWESOME!!

[@umanox23]

Oooof!!! damn man... amazing song!!. Greatings from Chile. [like and subscribed]

[@zbsfm]

god this is too good. What an underrated channel!

[@oscidigi7357]

This is a fantastic video of the Octa in action. Subbed my dude.

[@Jimantronic]

Yeah man! Great energy, positive vibes and Octatrack mastery. Cabin time been treating you well

[@lazarusmoment4682]

This is absolutely insane.

[@BoboRenthlei]

Dang! Sounds massive!

[@BlakeWalt]

great track !

[@Djnachocaro]

Suena genial

[@arminbasha]

nice drums and gear man! Great job

[@danielpirone8028]

Exceptional!

[@sebastianshuster5229]

So damn good my man!!!

[@sailorsaturn_]

Lovely

[@dmitriysmirnov3146]

i feel the power 🔥

[@vazdaqui8513]

Hard hitter, almost cant take it, such a powerful sound! wow

[@jdcampbell1987]

Why can't I subscribe three or four times over? Deep character in that one there... smashed it.

[@hiqwertyhi]

getting a bit of this will destroy you vibes with the glitchy drums, love it. that fill at 2:57 was brilliant

[@plazahotelmusic]

The best kind of education

[@dkamhaji]

Superb track! Would love to get a closer look at some of those cool scenes you got going on there

[@albertabalsam]

WOOW I LOVE THIS! An in depth tutorial of how you set up the scenes would be really appreciated

[@Aporiaism]

Nice!

[@moofik]

you rooooooock maaaaan, roooooock 😎

[@creaturefarm2698]

That was over waaaaaaaaay too soon. Had to listen again. Makes me want to get an Octatrack and proceed to not know how to use it for 5 years. 😞

[@SoundPusher]

Wow!

[@morethanspvrrows8783]

Bro killed the drums

[@alexistheiler3841]

WOW !

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Every few weeks I return to this track to remind myself just how much you can absolutely melt faces with only a few well chosen bits of gear. Easily one of my favorite octatrack/sub37 songs ever. Happy new year bro

[@JayHosking]

Happy new year to you!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

@@JayHosking hi Jay! I’m making a video about some of my favorite synth youtubers and obviously wanted to include you so my subscribers can come see your amazing music. Would you mind if I include a few short clips of your videos to give them a sense of your channel? Please let me know if that’s cool👍🏼

[@JayHosking]

@@MidlifeSynthesist Happy to have you include them. Thanks for thinking of me.

[@gjanalog5675]

Solid.

[@changesmat432]

Subscribed. You're really fking good at what you do. wow!

[@roryjineffect]

Killed it with the scene usage on this one. ☺️ Love your work, the crunchy drums on this are wonderful. And nice shout out to Ivar. Stumbled across him a few months back, seriously enjoyed his tunes, hit up his Bandcamp.

[@JayHosking]

Yeah, Ivar's awesome and I'm glad he has his albums up on Bandcamp!

[@roryjineffect]

@@JayHosking I happened across him on KZbin, then he popped up in Bandcamp. It was like it was destined to be! I need to look through your catalog a bit more. To support artists and for inspiration...

[@ELEKTROGOWK]

Hurrah 😃

[@Jin-Hu]

Dayum!

[@gattart]

Brilliant... nice to hear something apart from octatrack tutorials... 😁 Really glad to hear such smooth personal sounds coming from this instrument, though I guess the Moog wants front stage... Great track, thanks!

[@robertvangameren9735]

I'd go to the concert..

[@fattyboombatty7736]

Very inspiring Jay. I've now taken my OctaTrack out of my system and I'm using it in isolation for a while just to explore the possibilities. Sorry, I'm plagiarizing many of your cool tricks. The more I play with the OT the more I find new possibilities. Thanks again :)

[@JayHosking]

No apologies necessary. It’s a real honour to inspire.

[@oakfox]

Dumbfounded and inspired to hop right back to random grid locks on some more tasty stem. Fuck I love the Octatrack. Gorgeous work sir. Gorgeous 😍💕

[@jamesbowsher-murray128]

Loved it. Can you do a video on sound design/sample selection. That’s the bit that o don’t think we can see in these videos.

[@JayHosking]

I am usually working two jobs, and the little time I have usually is devoted to music. But one of these days I might do some sort of walkthrough, or workflow-type video.

[@MrKelegorm]

I really love it. Can you someday show how exactly you did it?

[@magicmulder]

Some serious Octatrack skills there, mate. Always looks so easy but I found the learning curve a bit steep when I had one borrowed from a friend. Might give it another go though.

[@rochem8ack]

man that so so impressive , and suck an amazing track !!!! do you have a tutorials how to set up these scene tricks on B ? im going check you playlist now 2 see also your BC page .......... amazing

[@sailorsaturn_]

wow

[@final_mile_music9713]

Digital + analog is the best. My studio is hybrid too.

[@csharp57]

I still want a H9 😭

[@playgroundofsound7683]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JordanService]

Fucking amazing!

[@papanovembermusic]

Bad ass! I love my octa, but you command! I'm still slave to my DAW.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Dude, you are to the octatrack what red means recording is to the op-1👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@mike_qbik]

Ido not expect nothing but best from you. Stunning. I know you do not do tuts but this one deserves one. The way you speed up and mangle OT ... excellent ! Would love to know how you did the drums. Hiw do you like sub37 after the years ...

[@JayHosking]

Drums are a loop that's been chopped into 16th notes and programmed at that level with individual pan and pitch and such. Maybe one day I'll make a break-down video. And the Sub37 is still a dream. Great tone.

[@lukeelmore8203]

Absolutely beautiful Jay. The melodies you come up with are extremely catchy and memorable. Any tips for creating great melody lines?

[@JayHosking]

Thanks so much, Luke. As much as I prefer module synths with no keyboards, I think that my favourite melodies come from synths with keyboards. Virtually all the melodic parts are driven by enjoying the sound of the synth, so just sitting and playing a sound is how I usually start. And turning on the arpeggiator, even briefly, and holding irregular numbers of keys will lead to some rhythmic ideas for the melody. But when I need inspiration, a creative sequencer (e.g. the OP-Z with its master transpose, or the Launchpad Pro MkIII) can really help and surprise me out of a corner. Thanks again!

[@lukeelmore8203]

@@JayHosking Thanks for that! Yeah, I've noticed playing with an arpeggiator really gets some ideas cooking. By the way, checked your bandcamp out as well as your site. I'll probably be purchasing your book very soon. Sounds very intriguing and right up my alley!

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

skillz

[@andrewmanzano]

Ok, when is this latest stuff going up for purchase on Band Camp? It’s been stuck in my head for days now!

[@JayHosking]

Soon! I keep going back and forth on track listing and order, and life is hectic. But soon.

[@thatmidlifevlogger4463]

Wow dude. Awesome man. I bought an Subseq37 and Octatrack yesterday. Could you please explain how you set it up? Connections and midi/audio settings ? GREAT

[@lazarusmoment4682]

DAAAAMN THOSE FUCKING DRUMS!! SO TIGHT AND HEAVY!!! Is that only the octatrack???

[@kossfort1848]

Why so short ? 3 times longer would be cooler. Anyway awesome. Просто огонь.

[@intrascendente]

Can you please make a brief tutorial on this track? 🙏