How I Create a Cinematic Track Using One Synth + Effects // My New Favorite Thing of The Perfourmer

[@chrisharrison809]

Bro, this is so great. Thank you. I really have been listening to your music non stop. I play it in my orchestra classroom when kids come to class every day to set the mood and I often drive and sleep to it (not at the same time) lol

[@OoraMusic]

OMG thanks a lot. Would love to see that :) and hope to keep producing good stuff!

[@pixelwash9707]

Thank you for this, and I also appreciated the backstory about the failed first take, and the decision to write the whole thing off to experience if it failed again, definitely made me smile..

[@OoraMusic]

:) you should have seen me when I realized i forgot to record the audio ahahah

[@peladoclaus]

You and Vosne really make the vermona really sing with soul..

[@OoraMusic]

He is great!

[@peladoclaus]

@@OoraMusic That guy has to be a ghost producer right? I found him by looking for octatrack and vermona as a search.. really nice stuff.

​@@peladoclaus thx for the words guyz ! Really love Oora's work ! Moody and Soulfull !

[@javadca20]

I like your music, effortless, light, and magic between the notes

[@jakeforaker9628]

“[this synth] is the blank canvas on which you paint, using your colors - the pedals.” Damn. Subscribed.

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks Jake :)

[@mantis834]

I've watched many of your videos, they're absolutely brilliant. I'm slowly putting together a small, minimal synth + pedal setup in the studio for the time being (perhaps for live performance later). Admittedly I sometimes feel overwhelmed with all the routing, having a basic 2 in 4 out interface, if I should get a mixer to route everything through (so to have the option of just jamming without a DAW, much less be looking at a screen) or get a patchbay, etc. For now it's basically a Minibrute 2 and an MS-20 Mini (adding a Moog Mother 32/SubH/DFAM in January), with a few pedals on the way (Meris Polymoon, Ventris reverb, Strymon El Capistan and FC Shallow Water). I've seen great videos on the use of patchbays in lieu of a mixer but I feel a mixer is a bit more flexible, no? I can see everything going inline from one synth to a few pedals into an input on the interface, but once you start adding 2 + synths a more than a couple of pedals that you want to rout a few different things to, a routing hub, not too unlike what you have there, could be very useful? Even a small 12 channel Soundcraft or Mackie type of thing? Would you consider doing a video on basic routing for those starting out with a small-to-medium setup, how to interface with a DAW, maybe have the option of running a microphone through the pedals, also the option to mix through them from the DAW out and back in, etc...love your channel, learning so much already!

[@OoraMusic]

A mixer Is really important to me. Id go with an ssl six, or wait for their new bigger model. Anyway try to find a 4 aux send model to play with effects!

[@Octaveplex]

Best synth video on KZbin.

[@RapidFlow_Shop]

Thia is one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I have had the pleasure to hear! Fabtastic 🙌🏽

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks Erik

[@WillHatton]

SUBBED! Just started binge-watching your content man, looking forward to seeing more in the future! Great stuff

[@OoraMusic]

Welcome aboard! Thanks!

[@trevord9811]

Like many others, I find your workflow so informative. Mesmerizing. Thank you.

[@OoraMusic]

You're very welcome!

[@frakaelectrosonparis7819]

thanks man for this very clear process and perfect ambiance. I am following your pace, with vermona, and few effect and I found it very relaxing . you inspire my music journey in Paris and your explanation is so helpfull. I don’t say I do the same, just a fraction, but this is very rewarding. This vermona is so tactile. still control it with deluge, I will dig into octatrack in few months ... step by step . thanks again .

[@OoraMusic]

Very happy my videos can help you out! thanks!

[@onurkucukarslan6538]

Your use of fx is definitely great, but the Perfourmer sounds soooo good by itself alone.

[@OoraMusic]

definitely

[@el_dani]

Once again, very inspirational (to go back to the studio and try, play and repeat)! Grazie mille 😊

[@OoraMusic]

:)

[@llcoolpete]

I think you've officially sold me on the Vermona PerFourMer

[@OoraMusic]

ahah use my affiliate links then, so I get a few dollars :D

[@llcoolpete]

@@OoraMusic oh you know I absolutely will (once they're in stock - looks like I was a week too late)

[@llcoolpete]

@@OoraMusic aaaand pre-ordered via affiliate link ^.^

[@unsaame9505]

I agree with you about the Fairfield pedals, such a shame they are not stereo. The Strymon Deco might do (part of) the job but still. In terms of weird/"destructive" pedals, I found this Black Hole Symmetry from Collision Devices, which can be deadly! Anyway, watching your videos always make me drool on the Perfourmer. I'm quite close to pull the trigger on one of those, but I'm worried that even though it sounds lush, it might also get a bit "samey"... Thanks for sharing your workflow, it's always very interesting and informative, and always a go to when I lack inspiration. Cheers!

[@OoraMusic]

Will check that out. I would not really worry about the samey issue. I feel each musician have its own voice. Just aim to be honest with your work and you will be fine :)

[@VanaVanaV]

Hahaha I'll end up buying a Vermona Perfourmer mk2 because of you, nice setup

[@OoraMusic]

sorry :D

[@marcusturner142]

These track breakdowns are super helpful, Thank you!

[@OoraMusic]

Glad you like them!

[@nutritionontape]

Really exquisite sounds. I would love to see you do a Vermona vs Vermona jam to hear what the synth and drm1 sounds like together

[@OoraMusic]

Great suggestion!

[@albertocampedelli2334]

You can try instead of using Y cables: come out p4m into the effects and into the abcd input of the OT, here you can manipulate all four the mono tracks separately and have a master on track 8 (maybe it’s more for of a live environment with fewer pieces of gear) but the mangling capabilities of the OT are so powerful for me! Anyway love the video, the idea and the sound.. very nice selection of gear as usual! Continua così @OoraMusic

[@OoraMusic]

Hey Alberto! i tried having all single channels on the octa but was a little overkill. Also im using neighbor machines for more fx, so i would need all the 8 tracks. Would be a super powerful setup tho!

Very sweet soundscapes. I think i'll grap your chase bliss audio pedal, it'll feat well with my Perfourmer 😁 🍻

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks man, big fan of your music. The DW is a cool pedal, lot of character

@@OoraMusic thx too ! Love your texturized atmospheres. I see you're also big fan of tape sound hehe We should try a back2back perfourmers someday 🎶🖤 Actually i've check the ChaseBliss products and the Mood sounds also super interesting. Now i need a new mixer to use all these inserts 😂

[@audiblevideo]

Gellato and Beer... Quite the combo ;)

[@OoraMusic]

YEP

[@GrootsieTheDog]

I think electronic musicians forget to ask themselves the most important question: The question isn't: What kind of electronic music do I like or would like to make? But rather: What method of producing electronic music would I enjoy? You changed the way I make music. I think now of building a song vertically instead of horizontally. A sort of contradiction - building complexity within simplicity. A single repeating phrase or two and building up the sound, tear it down...and building it up and moving the song forward through modulation/synthesis instead of constantly introducing new melodic and harmonic phrases, etc. Although my 707 has 8 tracks, I use three tacks per external synth so that I can build up using one single synth, and then and only then I might add another synth to add some further texture.

[@OoraMusic]

Thanks for sharing this, really glad you found your personal workflow!

[@robistocco]

A good addition to your lo-fi / melancholic army would be the Demedash T-120 Videotape Echo: it's really unique!

[@OoraMusic]

yep i have that on my list!

[@tendingtropic7778]

Great video again! question: does the sound of the vermona get routed through both the mono output per track AND the stereo output on the back of the unit at the same time? or is it the one or the other? And how did you connect the output of the individual pedals to your model 1 mixer? mono jack to 2xrca cable? or do all the pedal outputs go in your octa?

[@OoraMusic]

I actually don't know if using direct outs will remove signal from the stereo out, need to check. Im using y cable stereo to 2 mono!

[@nicobeltrami8896]

Hi you! I got a perfourmer mk1, im wathing some pedals to buy, you know i it's possible to insert more pedals on a single vermona voice?.. like i can not find a solution in my mind of wich cable i can use to do something like this. Would like to have a Fuzz and a Flanger on the same vermona voice but don t know if possible

[@earlsfield]

Huh such a nifty solution for an insert on Perfourmer.

[@OoraMusic]

yep :)

[@nebula0697]

Send pizza, gelato, and beer to this guy. Even if you're used to putting together tunes with changes and chords you can leave that out of an electro performance and focus on evolving textures as Federico points out. Also you can focus on short sounds and get the tails and sustains from the effects. And if you have drums you can try having only one drum play on one step, which sounds pretty cool even when an actual drummer does it. All these rules among others are meant to be broken of course but quickly get you into electro land.

[@OoraMusic]

Very well said !!!

[@shadowfall2823]

You've got to love buying from Perfect Circuit: "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock", "Out of Stock".

[@OoraMusic]

I know, Is bad for me too, but at the moment with covid most reseller are out of stock :(

[@tobiaswinkler6971]

what sequencer is that you mentioned in the beginning to sequence the mk4?

[@aminal5]

I saw a bunch of videos where you explained your routing. I really love your sound and I have kind of a similar setup with an Octatrack and a performer. do you always leave things in the center of the stereo image?

[@OoraMusic]

thanks! most of the time i dont play with stereo field a lot, but im starting experimenting with that too!

[@aminal5]

@@OoraMusic Thanks a lot for the answer. Now I'm even more impressed :D Do you do a simple eqing in the Octatrack? I always wonder how you get that clean sound. And that even without using the stereo field. I'm thinking about getting a model 1.4 because I also want to go further into performance, but I'm afraid that the mixing possibilities are too small because I have a drum machine and a polysynth in the setup.Maybe too much overlapping frequencies.

[@PsychologyAcademia]

Oora when you record midi notes on the Octatrack do you use the same pattern for all 4 channels of the Perfourmer. Or do you have a different pattern and notes for each individually. Ive been meaning to ask you this for a while. Thanks. Love the sound explorations in Cinematic mode :).

[@OoraMusic]

I have different channel for each synth voice!

[@andrewsmith8762]

Hi, great video as ever. I noticed you changed your monitors?

[@OoraMusic]

yes! I changed the a77x with the s2v, better suited for my room!

[@toddtyler]

Could you please link the Norns sequencer script that you mentioned in this video? Thank you!

[@alexg8233]

I think it is called Kria Midi.

[@soundclinic7832]

hey oora do you know anywhere where the vermona is in stock? I am trying to buy one but I cant find anything :( Great video once again!

[@sonderbass]

They make them in batches so I’m sure they’ll release them again soon. Perfect circuit will get some for sure

[@richardjames111]

Juno got 3 in stock at the beginning of the week, but I got the last one... Apologies 🙂

[@tchu0001]

You should definitely reserve one, the ETA is about 5 months

[@OoraMusic]

I ordered at Perfect circuit last year and took a couple of months. Hopefully they will have a new batch soon! ( and dont forget to use my link :D )

[@maarzt]

I ordered mine from perfect circuit too the wait was reasonable

[@federicouffreduzzi2601]

Hi there! Just amazing, came here after the track to see how it works. May i ask just how each track from the Octatrack goes to each section of the quad synth? Thanks!

[@OoraMusic]

Hi! i have track 1 and 2 of the sinth hard panned to left going into in A and the other 2 hard panned to right going into B

[@federicouffreduzzi2601]

Actually great, i was hoping it was not a "midi" stuff.

[@aeko]

Does using the inputs to run external audio through the filter eliminate the synth voice (synth OR ext input) or can you put both through at the same time?

[@OoraMusic]

It does eliminate the voice

[@trimusfree]

Great! One question ,how do you like so far the Isla 2400 ? Is it on your workflow yet?

[@OoraMusic]

So, whiule i think is a superb instrument, I just sold it to buy modular gear. It was not fitting my workflow, sadly.

[@trimusfree]

Damn ! I just ordered One Ahah

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

Great tut again

[@OoraMusic]

thanks!

[@R3V1ZION]

Excelente presentación! Suscrito

[@OoraMusic]

gracias!!

[@Jimantronic]

Great explanation, thank you 🙏

[@OoraMusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@liamsierra8466]

Buen video!!!🔥🙏🏻 Tambien hablas español? Serias una pieza clave para personas que hablen español

[@OoraMusic]

Im italian :)

[@Gyuudon-enjoyer]

Bummed the Chase bliss affiliate link is sold out. :[

[@OoraMusic]

yep, its very hard to find anything these days...

[@latenightfortunecookie]

Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water Link doesnt work!!!! :) (btw)

[@OoraMusic]

ops let me see!

[@latenightfortunecookie]

@@OoraMusic how is your keyboard connected to the octa and the vermona?

[@jon_gee]

🙏🏻✨✌🏻

[@OoraMusic]

:)

[@genepozniak]

Nice. But it's "TRS" not "TSR." ;-)

[@OoraMusic]

My bad :)