Breaks and death jam with Elektron Octatrack MkII, Novation AFX Station

[@vicsmusicalgarden]

I love the layers here: stately Grieg melody overlaid by contrasting percussion overlaid by synth craziness!

[@dave3343]

Jay - absolutely brilliant timings and crossovers which feed directly into the soul!

[@johannlabertaler6095]

oh, a new video from a channel I subscribed once. don't remember when and why. huh. yeah well, some synth guy, idk, give it a try OH WOW IT'S FUCKING AMAZING, thanks man, that's exactly what I just needed

[@5PawZ]

One of my favourite piano pieces to play. Came here from your latest Bandcamp release. I just had to listen to this when reading the album notes on BC.

[@alegerminiasi7859]

This is beautiful! Bravissimo Jay🤟

[@Jan-k8p]

Dude. You’ve outdone yourself! What an amazing composition. 100% ear candy. Care to give Debussy a try?

[@bleepbloopsounds]

Always finish on De Bach. Never finish on DeBussy.

[@SpikesStudio3]

That has to be the funniest thing ive read this week.🤣🤣

[@NormalEnjoyment]

2:54 oh snap! This is my favorite part. Controlled chaotic bliss. Amazing, Jay!

[@brahmandaram7483]

i learnd this part of peer gynt in my childhood at piano....nice performance....and for me a nice remember....

[@Bud3a]

Bro this is really what I’ve been looking for

[@everpuremusic]

This is a nice juxtaposition of a classic piece made into ambient harmonies hold up against that frantic breakbeat!

[@chinidadian]

Stellar use of the Octatrack as usual!!

[@fogmachinist]

This is the most ideal performance of this tune ever!

[@gordon_hughes]

If you'll excuse me slipping into the vernacular; that was fucking brilliant! And I'm not the greatest fan of breakbeats. Really well done.

[@everpuremusic]

There is nothing I want more than an updated Octratrack in Analog MK2 form factor with Overbridge... It would be so good next to my Rytm...

[@NunyaB1s]

This might be my favorite song of the year… you’ve convinced me to get off my ass and do something with Schubert’s impromptus op 90 D 899

[@niklassilen4313]

This is awesome!!! One of my favorite classical pieces as well. Well done Jay and Edvard!

[@OFFMike]

👍🏾 Great trip in outer space

[@devesine]

I absolutely love [a] your music [b] classical music remixed by people who like classical music, not just a particular song [c] Grieg and [d] the Amen break fitting onto things like the Golden Ratio spiral, and this is [e] all of the above

[@kossfort1848]

Very impressive ! cool track, thanks Jay !

[@Jimantronic]

Yay for being in a cabin with a couple of pieces of gear bringing out the best music 🙌

[@Sinnersainthuman]

Euphoric! Beautiful performance Jay!

[@loopdongo1332]

Beautiful!

[@miguel_orama]

I wish I could see you play this live, main stage of some really nice summer festival.

[@hexlove]

Very cool. Haven’t seen this on the Octatrack 😊

[@final_mile_music9713]

Fabulous Jay. 👏

[@jon_gee]

Go Jay!! This riiiiips!! So dope.

[@SonicVibe]

cool jam

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

Well that was a lot of fun

[@EhsanGelsi]

Absolute banger 🔥

[@jgr6955]

Wow!!! Awesome!

[@L.Atrium]

You're more than welcome.

[@orchidsvoid]

Gorgeous and powerful jam❤ Thank you for sharing!

[@k3lash174]

The window, where are you!!!

[@ryanhursh6322]

Lol wtf I’m actually laughing because that was so insane. Absolutely incredible.

[@JamesPery]

That was really effing good! 👍

[@adamshatwell]

Awesome jam, great break beats

[@NovationTV]

👏👏

[@keetharris2010]

the way the Octatrack transitions effects and new scenes is so smooth!!!! is there any way to emulate that with midi gear and Ableton?

[@JayHosking]

Honestly, I've never had any luck truly emulating the Octatrack. It does something that no other hardware and software can do as easily, though something like the Akai Force or MPC with the 3.0 software is getting close to. I've also had a lot of fun using macros on the Ableton Push 3 to do similar, but again, it's never quite the same as the Octatrack. And thanks!

[@IamDjehuty]

Most excellent

[@littlehelix]

Fire!

[@variousdispositions]

Fantastic!

[@Tinmar_Isation]

Awesome

[@DjLukeoum]

woaw wtf its insane

[@Probbie]

Totally wonderful 😊

[@j.shelton5147]

2:32 If you didn’t have a Machinedrum or Monomachine, how might you attempt to replicate some of those sounds on the Octatrack? Asking for a friend.

[@j.shelton5147]

And also… KILLER cover, man. 😮

[@JayHosking]

There are some great Machinedrum sample packs out there. Myself, I would take those samples, make some beats in the box with those sounds, and then export the loops to the Octatrack for mangling. And thanks!

[@jasonbradley4254]

Damn dude... ❤

[@taroinagaki8749]

AFX Staion sound does not come out of Octatrack! Why is that? Please tell me how to set it up.

[@SpikesStudio3]

Beautiful. Is the OT the "One ring"? If you know what i mean. I had often thought of getting one for the performance side, but never did. You make it sing bro.

[@JayHosking]

I do know what you mean, and I think it is. I talk about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZKaXqaLn62MZsU

[@robj4010]

Bang this remix on the next Album Jay

[@connerdacus6401]

Awesome stuff Jay! Question: what are the midi settings to sync the octatrack to the bs2? Been having trouble connecting the two and have tried many different setting combos.

[@JayHosking]

On the Octatrack, make sure you turn on MIDI send and Transport send in the main settings. On the MIDI page of the Octatrack, make sure you set the MIDI channel to the same channel as is receiving on the BS2. Best of luck, and thanks!

[@JimBo-jf2qp]

So good! The performance is the fun part, right? How long does it take you to prepare your samples, patterns and scenes etc? I just got an OT recently and love playing with it, but I have almost zero samples, so getting going with it can be tiresome at times. Thanks for sharing your awesome jams!

[@JayHosking]

Preparing samples can be really fast (dump a bunch of stuff in there) or slower and more deliberate (prepare a loop of multiple tracks in the DAW). Both have their advantages, with the former being faster and the latter generally leading to strong results. Scenes used to take me longer, but you build up a repertoire of ideas for scenes as you use it for an extended amount of time. All in all, one of the fastest devices I have. And thanks!

[@milDelux]

Amazing ✅

[@treat_audio]

nice!!!!

[@final_mile_music9713]

Come on Nolan. Sign Jay up for your next movie.

[@RemiTywonek]

love it

[@spawel1]

🔥🔥🔥

[@taroinagaki8749]

AFX Staion sound does not come out of Octatrack! Why is that?

[@JayHosking]

The AFX Station's output is running into the Octatrack's input, hence the OT's effects on the AFX. Hope that helps!

[@xXxLELENDxXx]

Is there anywhere to download or purchase this?

[@JayHosking]

Soon-ish. Just about have a record of this sort of material; an announcement will be posted here, and then the record will be on Bandcamp after that. Will hit streaming services maybe a year after that. Thanks so much!

[@JamesIsCommenting]

How did you learn to use the Octatrack as a sequencer for all the synths?

[@JayHosking]

I read the manual! It's quite approachable for MIDI.

[@ryanpalma5947]

I was suicidal and this performance made me feel better.

[@nicolasjustiniano9593]

i really enjoyed this, even though electronic music is kind of a new thing to me.

[@taroinagaki8749]

How did you connect the wiring? sorry...

[@JayHosking]

OT MIDI out to AFX Station MIDI in, set the MIDI channel as same for both. AFX Station audio out to OT audio in, and then a Thru track in OT. Best of luck!

[@fattyboombatty7736]

Yeah,nice....

[@AL9000music]

❤

[@Hysteric_Subjects]

Holy fuckballs mate.

[@eddy_sonik]

👍I LOVE ! 💙⚪❤

[@mike_qbik]

Squarepusher MK II😊

[@lornemalvo4936]

Boss

[@midiminion6580]

this totally rips

[@Farold_Haltermeyer]

Out-take from the Pi soundtrack almost!

[@taroinagaki8749]

AFX Staion sound does not come out of Octatrack! Why is that? Please tell me how to set it up.

[@Jan-k8p]

Dude. You’ve outdone yourself! What an amazing composition. 100% ear candy. Care to give Debussy a try?

[@JayHosking]

Hey thanks! And maybe one day!