Flavius Maximus
This tune was made with a rhythm and auto-accompaniment generated by the Optimus MD-1600 keyboard, driving software instruments loaded into MuLab including Monster Drums, Analog Lab V, OB-Xd, Surge XT and a few built-in MuLab synths.
Plop Goes the World
Here’s a tune that is of the most delightful piece of cheese! Constructed solely from a 90s-era portable keyboard, the Optimus MD-1600. This is the type of keyboard you would have found in a Radio Shack during the holiday season. And oh, what a perfect fit for the TranSan Studio! It has its strengths, it has its weaknesses… but it inspired this tune, crafted from the rhythm and auto accompaniment pattern “World Pop”.
Objection
A tune with a decidedly 80s flair, inspired by Animotion’s hit song “Obsession”. Built as a test of the freely available Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software Waveform.
Pop and Bubble
Here’s a little bubblegum pop for ya, courtesy of MIDI data supplied by the auto-accompaniment of a Casio CTK-650.
Melted Butter
Similar to a previous song I built, titled Quasar, this tune is a tribute to and inspired by an old song I grew up hearing called Popcorn. I think the Hot Butter version from 1972 is the one I’m most familiar with, though I definitely recall hearing the original recording from 1969 as well. This tune features a sample of my husband making a popping sound with his mouth. Anybody can be a musician! 😉 PREVIEW
Teenage Dreamscape
This poppity throwback was built using mostly sounds from Arturia’s Analog Lab V (VST), with a few helpers thrown in from MuLab’s built-in synths.
Frosty the TranSan Snowman
Auto-accompaniment from the Yamaha YPT-320 Music Database, the preset for Jingle Bells. Melody comes from a Fluid Soundfont sax, additional woodwinds from BBC Symphony Orchestra VST, some MuLab bells, Full Bucket Mono Fury VST and Surrealistic MG-1 Plus VST.
8-Bit BOB
A few selections from the GarageBand for iPad SoundPack “8-Bit Legends”, with some OB-Xd (Oberheim) VST and U-he Tyrell N6 VST sandwiched in.
Retro Split
This song grew out of a test run of a newly released free VST called RetroGrit Lite by Audiolatry, accompanied by the Yamaha YPT-320 with a little smattering of a Mulab synth sandwiched in.
Elkasampler E-19
An up-tempo tune made from samples recorded from the Elka E-19 organ, with a little modern interlude sandwiched in.