In all the time I’ve had the Digitone, I never tried using it to sequence other instruments. Last night I tried it with the norns timber engine and got some lovely results. Took some samples of a few of the instruments we have floating around here as fodder for continued experiments…
Another long day at work. 2 deadlines complete! (That’s what they always say) Typically I would have just gone straight to bed, but I didn’t have a chance to do anything creative all day so I pushed myself to play around for a bit. Knowing I have to make a post is weird sometimes — like I’m just making it up. Well, I suppose that’s what creativity is, no? Anyway -- I played some of my bell samples with Timber/Norns > Avalanche Run > Shoebox. For a minute there, I lost myself. Goodnight.
When I first used Ableton, I was absolutely blown away with the fact that I could play samples as synths. Being able to transpose, add envelopes, and edit loop points on the fly was like uncovering an entire new world of possibilities. Timber by Markeats is like reconnecting with an old friend who still has ideas to share. Here’s the tail of a (much) longer recording I made this morning with a wurlitzer sample.