Mortal Contact
Here’s a tune that starts off with a driving synth loop from Looperman artist Twistedloop, followed closely by a pumpin’ beat by Fanto8BC. Throw in some arps, booms and crashes, and you have a 90s-flavoured song well suited to action video games.
Tamagotcha
This tune is built upon a noticeably nineties theme, an organ riff reminiscent to the cheesy pop hits of the 90s.
Bubble Bubble
Here’s a simple electro-pop tune with lots of percolating arps over a pumping TR-909 rhythm laced with some randomized hi-hats and a sweet loop from Looperman artist “alividlife”.
Auto at the Disco
Here’s a tune that sandwiches a Korg i3 workstation synth into the MIDI path of a Yamaha PortaTone keyboard’s auto accompaniment function set to Disco. Throw in a bit of live piano and some melodies played on the i3 and an old Korg MS-10 analogue synth, and you end up with this happy, poppy song.
The House on 25 Yamaha Street
Two synths a decade apart: the Yamaha PSR-225 from 1998, sending its auto-accompaniment tracks to the Yamaha MM6 from 2008. In this selection, a nineties House style played through a far more modern Motif-based sound engine.
Auld Lang Syne 2019
Time for a new transanitized version of the holiday favourite. This new version features some pumping loops from Looperman artist “Fanto8BC”, with some Roland KR-500 and Korg i3 sandwiched in.
Send the Transmission
Here’s an upbeat, bass-boomin’ drum-thumpin’ dancy tune that includes some very cool loops from Looperman artists Rasputin and LouiveMane.
Bwolaloolaloo
Here’s an uptempo track featuring a solid, pumpin’ drum loop by Looperman contributor “axeleon”, later perked up with some effected hi-hats courtesy of Looperman contributor “Krolbeats”. All wrapped in a percolating arp punctuated by a long-tail reverb’d pop sound.
Caught in the Filter
In a continuation of getting to know the MuLab software better, I decided to try some track automation for frequency filters. A few arps and a PortaTone dance rhythm later, and we have this upbeat tune!
Duophonic Membrane
In this up-tempo ditty, I managed to sandwich in several sounds from an old Yamaha PortaSound PSS-130 keyboard. This compact little music maker has a unique sound, all generated by a square wave generator. Don’t forget, you can download all of these songs for free at TransistorSandwich.com.
