Full Live Set with Octatrack, Digitakt, and Digitone (51 min)

[@EZBOT_]

Transitions (please skip around!): 5:12 10:11 14:57 19:35 25:18 29:06 33:17 36:33 40:41 43:33 47:57

[@rrrobart9]

EZBOT I still love “get good at it” the most. It’s primo.

[@EZBOT_]

@@rrrobart9 my favorite too! ❤️

[@rrrobart9]

29:06 - 43:33 is where it’s at. That drop at 40:41 is juicy electronic goodness brother.

[@EZBOT_]

@@rrrobart9 I am happy to hear that you listened to so much of the set!

[@rrrobart9]

EZBOT it’s that good. Part of it is that I want to see how you do it, but I’m returning cause it’s that good. You’re on to something. How did the crowd respond to that drop?

[@MatthewAllen_FMA]

OMG I was today years old when I realized you are based in Seattle! Ill come out to the next one!

[@EZBOT_]

Ya! Playing again this Saturday, 8:30 at Substation!

[@andrewdonaghy2060]

Damn EZ if i had half your chops I would be killer. Great Set!

[@jessejarrar]

This was really sick! Good use of the stereo field and clean transitions. Love the variations in each hi hat hit in panning maybe the lfo to the filter was a bit of what I was hearing. Sounded great!

[@jvnllA]

Ultra nice. And there are so many hints in this video to handle elektrons. Thanks!!

[@EZBOT_]

Yeah! Thank you for checking it out 🙏

[@pprkut425]

Great performance at Re-Bar on Thursday! I had a great time. Some of the most original stuff I've heard in a while.

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you so much! Did I get a chance to meet you?

[@pprkut425]

@@EZBOT_ yeah Alex brought me along. I had no idea what to expect as it was a last-minute invite. I was pleased to hear something original, but still comparable to some other artists I'm familiar with. I mentioned to Alex that I really enjoyed the part at 29:06, and it reminds me a lot of "You Got Me" by Scuba and also makes me think of "Fumes" be El Huervo.

[@EZBOT_]

@@pprkut425 Ahh yes, you were the best! You cheered so loudly you made me look up from what I was doing, haha. Thanks dude! Yeah, that is my favorite part of the set too, that and the very end.

[@quantummonastery]

Damn amazing!

[@dylanleroysynth]

Fantastic! Appreciate the amount of work that goes in to this. I'm a new Digitakt & Digitone user here, so really enjoyed them at work in your set. Keep up the great work!

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you!

[@sebastianesquivelv]

The tune at 11:00 is fantastic. Congrats

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you!!

[@Buildingempires101]

It’s very good. Is it a rework of Daft Punk?

[@EZBOT_]

@@Buildingempires101 no sir, just something I wrote on the piano and later programmed into my Digitone. The bass line might feel familiar but its because its so common to use chromatic half steps as basslines. regardless that is quite a nice compliment :)

[@Buildingempires101]

EZBOT sounds really good :-)

[@EZBOT_]

@@Buildingempires101 Thank you so much!

[@ybotmusic]

Wow, the synth that comes in at 6:05 is BIG! This is awesome!

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you! That is the Sequential Rev 2, that was the only sampled synth in the whole set. Everything else is digitone. :)

[@ybotmusic]

@@EZBOT_ Of course I find the one thing. The interaction between all the devices is really cool. It was fun trying to figure out what was going on in the track transitions.

[@EZBOT_]

@@ybotmusic That is for sure the hardest part adn exactly what I would be watching myself.

[@rrrobart9]

Excellent work! So smooth... yet glitchy. I think you can tour with your setup. Then again, what do I know? I guess I know what I like, and I know mastery when I see/hear it. I hope your show went as well as this run. Thanks for posting this.

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you! The show went great and I have another this Saturday! It's a lot of fun!

[@rrrobart9]

EZBOT Was that your first show ever?

[@EZBOT_]

@@rrrobart9 It was my second show with just Elektron gear!

[@rrrobart9]

I really love your vocal snippet work. Earlier I mentioned the sparkle app for cross synthesis with vocals in mind. Check out this track I made to see what I mean : soundcloud.com/user-568820716/connection I’m curious about the Vt sitting there. Is it there to process pre sample, or do you use it live?

[@Runehammer1]

love this set.. really dope

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you so much!

[@mkultra7578]

Great vibes and thank you for sharing your workflow.

[@EZBOT_]

You're welcome and thank you!

[@HarmonyMusic]

Great set! Inspiring! Keep up the good work!

[@EZBOT_]

Thanks!

[@trulyors]

Lovely set!

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you!

[@oakfox]

that bass at 30:00 is real nice

[@EZBOT_]

Yeah! I love that part of the set, that bass patch turned out really well.

[@thomasvandendool6613]

40:41 💖

[@manfrombkk]

Very Nice :-)

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you!

[@cls6200]

Great set! I've struggled to find a role with my Octatrack. Do you find it useful mostly as a mixer for live use and to use scenes as transitions? It seems like that is the role you're using it for here and that many people do. Studio-wise, it is a powerful sound shaping tool but I find I get more done with my digitakt, digitone and analog four.

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you so much! I really want an Analog 4 MK2!

[@am5790]

I dont know why I never found you before all your composition and arrangement ooz elegance and stylee. sub'd PS. tempted to replace AR with DT.....only help up because I hav not really explored ARs' deep enough.

[@EZBOT_]

Thank you so much! I have a AR and it can definitely replace the DT but it's bigger, more complex, and requires more attention. Not a bad idea though cause it's awesome

[@ringandtones]

Very nice performance and also very inspiring for someone like me who's just starting to make music. I have two questions if you don't mind: - Do you have the arrangement all in your head or do you have it written somewhere nearby? How much do you improvise? - I only have a DN so far and cannot decide whether I should get a DT or OT next (leaning towards DT). What do you think? Keep it up. Oh and I totally dig your

[@EZBOT_]

Hahah, that label gets me some attention! It's my fast reset if I get too weird! So the way I make these tracks is by creating systems. They all have similar elements. It's not the sound elements but the system in which I move through the songs. I improvise as much as I can, the better the system the more flexible I am to improvise. I try to keep all certain types/feeling/volume of sounds on specific tracks and use re-sampling as much as I can to make weird remixes of the song on the fly. I always have a vocal element, I always change the BPM, and I try to take risks and change things as much as I can. That way I can make my songs feel much longer than just 1-2 patterns.

[@ringandtones]

​@@EZBOT_ Really appreciate the reply. Thanks for the insight.

[@myceliumtechno]

Great stuff man! I've been considering the VT4 for creating vocal samples as well. How do you value it? Currently I use the the OT for all kinds of vocal fx.

[@EZBOT_]

I think the VT-4 is fun and easy but not comprehensive. I would recommend a more substantial vocoder if you're wanting vocoded sounds. Like the boutique vocoder. VP-03 I think it's called

[@mit136speichenumdiewelt]

You are my hero ;-) This setup is like the same, "Octatrack Tutorial Video: Mixer, FX Box, External Remixer?" I bought recently the Octatrack to create a dawless setup for jamming and have fun. The machine are Toraiz SP-16, Waldorf Pulse 2, Korg Monologue and the Octatrack. Maybe you can share the Project of this "Octatrack Tutorial Video: Mixer, FX Box, External Remixer?" if I'm to silly to do this ;-) Do you also a PayPal address? Stay healthy

[@EZBOT_]

Project file is located on my Patreon! :) Patreon.com/ezbot I will also be updating it with some more tweaks this weekend. Paypal is paypal.me/ezbotmusic also I do private lessons over zoom with high quality video and audio

[@EZBOT_]

Hi, what is your email? Also, you can join the discord discord.gg/KUSBH9h

[@claycowartisamazing]

Very videogamey my guy.