Highlighting Session - MicroX

I got the Micro-X list all printed up, now I'm just narrow it down by highlighting the once that sounds cool...


Here are my best two fans, Tiki and Sake lounging along with the beat.

Job Hunting

At the moment, I am in a hunt for a security guard job. I gotta detect, deter, observe and report. If I do get this, I will eventually keep on updating my security registration until I am fully armed. I lagged a bit since I got my security registration card due to safety reasons. Now I am fully determined.

It's a dangerous duty but I try to motivate myself by getting me a TR-808. And among other things that keeps the world go round. I may not even end up getting the TR-808, since you can pretty much sample the beats into the MPC 1000. Authenticity is always better though...

MicroX List

Lately I've been listing all them cool patches from my MicroX. So I don't have to browse to every one of them patches and see what matches to a certain melody. I do recognized all the cool ones but it's better to list them up. That way, I could just jump to it, and pick what I really want to use, and have more flexibility to make a track. Specially using the sounds to the MPC 1000.

I also took this idea from this dude from Hawaii, this dude also has MicroX and uses the MPC 1000 as one of his main sequencer. I was gonna post his Youtube Video to this blog but the dude gets on my nerves, he makes cool beats though. Specially making Riddim. I myself likes Reggae Beats, and usually mess around with Reggae Loops from free royalty CDs and then making it unto DUB style sounds using Kaoss and Logic Pro's Delays and Reverbs. I never really got around with the real instruments part. But I'm gonna try and experiment onto this later by using my MicroX. I really like the sound of DUB style music man, and I think it can also blend to other type of style. Despise the marijuana cultural influences.

I recently updated my Profile in Myspace, added this fun looking graphics. The photo is from Alum Rock Park. I haven't gone there for a while but I will later. The park is just 10 minutes drive away. The hills around my area are pretty near by.


There's this news lately of a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in North Korea. I also think it wasn't from a natural cause, but in fact another possible Nuclear War Head Test. Or they probably got hit by someone. Something more advance. Possibly some aliens...

So I am gonna shut up for a little bit and get this list and other stuff done...

Project 050309

It took me about a week to compose it unto a full track. And then it took me another week just to fix the compressions, mastering, etc. Sorta annoying fixing the sound quality than the creative process of it. Hey man I ain't no sound engineer. I just wanna make music. But it's done, one thing for sure I'm gonna be needing some racks to get better sound quality. My speaker monitors also needed an upgrade, maybe a couple of KRKs would work. I will eventually save up for that. Just few more projects and I am good to go. This track is partly done using the MPC 1000, the samples are from my MicroKorg, MicroX, and Virtual Synths. The only sample from a record are of Asha Puthli and it's only a small portion of her vocals. It's been tweaked to make it sound different from the original track. My MPC 1000 lack memories so I had to use Logic Pro to complete the sequencing. I know, I had the damn MPC 1000 for hella long time. Since 2007 I think? Anyway, I still have a lot of catching up to do. Like loading up new drum kits.

It sounds better using speaker monitors than a laptop built in speakers. So speaker monitors are recommended. I still have no title for this track, and it is about someone. My brother says it's sounds like a weird television theme song from the 80's or the late 70's. And then started to bobbed his head.

MPC 1000 - Session 042709

Les Filles De Paris. I have no idea what that means but I do know that it's French. It's a song by Paul Anka. My folks has Paul Anka in the list when singing karaoke, actually I think most middle-age Filipinos do. The dude is Middle Eastern and I always thought he was an Italian American. Like one of them drunk guys with Sinatra or Elvis like outfit singin' in Vegas and all. Anyway, I got this Record awhile back, maybe around 6 years ago. It was a present I believe but I forgot whose it was for, or perhaps it's the other way around and someone made a joke and gave me this as a present.

I played it again, and I notice that this album has a lot of tracks in it that are really worth sampling. It's an Essential Collection and it comes with 2 vinyl records. So I put it on for a little test yesterday, took one little sample and then chopped it up in my MPC, I'm still new to this MPC sequencing so it's a little off beat, more of a rough-draft. But I'm gonna try and push this a little forward, like maybe record more acoustic instruments using my R-09 field recorder or a microphone, and then load that up to my MPC. For sure Vinyls is a must or CDs for samplings. It's unlimited on what you can sample really, but sound quality is also an important key element of making tracks. Unfortunately, my MPC is a bit limited, for theres not enough memory to my 32MB Flash Card. I need at least 1GB to load up more samples, and space for some saved up sequences and programs. The Hard Drive needs an upgrade as well.

This is my first video choppin' up a record sample. Again, this is just a rough-draft and I am still going to change the beats and lay some other samples to it. And then do all the arrangements and finalization in Logic later. So don't throw any stones yet if you're already an expert. I disabled the star ratings for this video just incase.

Turntable Scratching

I've thought about this before. And once and awhile I do it on my turntable but without the mixer as a fader. I've also played around to our family stereo record player (technics brand from the 80's) back when I wasn't doin' music. I do have a turntable but you can't really scratch on a ttUSB. My turntable is designed for getting less popping sounds when recording old vinyl records, and into cleaner MP3 datas. It's always cool to sample them scratch sounds on to your tracks though. It all depends on what kind of track your doing too, you just can't add scratching to every track you have. I was gonna get me either a QFO or Controller One both made by Vestax. And since it's only for scratching purposes, all I need really is one Turntable built for scratching (possibly a used one) and a Mixer (also a used one).

This here is DJ Qbert jamming on his own designed QFO, it has it's own built in Fader, and other features. Cool instrument. Built for scratching.


This here is Ruckazoid jamming on his own designed Controller One. Ruckazoid emerged from San Jose. What's cool about Controller One is that it has this built in synth like buttons. It ain't really a complete set like QFO for you still gotta get a Mixer for this. Maaan at first by watching this video, I thought you can sync Controler One to a synthesizer. But it was just the record that he was jamming with that sounded like it was sync to a synthesizer, which is a techno/electro record music. His basically juggling just like chopping a sample in an MPC. But it ain't that easy to do, for that takes some skills and years of practice. All depends on the individual on how soon they can master the art of turntablism.


I would probably find bargains for something like these here:

The Needle Drop

Here is DJ Qbert illustrating basic needle dropping.

Lovers Lane 3000

One of the track I recently did. Can't really come up with a title so I just called this Lovers Lane 3000. I was gonna call it Capsulator Music 3000. Which is one of them capsule elevator but in the future. Like The Jetson or sometype. Because the song sounds like an elevator music. The title is just a title that I think fits with the sounds. And it isn't particularly about me but more about the music itself. Like a story. Maaan I gotta find me some samples. Some upbeat tunes. Something I can add in to my track that has more life to it. I don't dance but I like making dance music too. Maybe on the following tracks.

The ending solo on this track is something I sorta embeded in my mind from one of them new pop music and made it unto my own. Something I would send as a demo.

This track is all done by Virtual Synths: Minimonsta, ImpOSCar, and Rapture. I used an M-Audio Keystation 49e as a Midi-Controller.

New Setting

All the gears are in and the Electric Outlet is also fixed. I did everything correctly to fix the Electric Outlet except for not taping the exposed copper wires. But it's running cool now. I ain't gonna make music in a little while due to other priorities but I will practice whenever I have the chance.


The final setup.


I thought my stuff ain't gonna fit to this new room. But reading and watching how Japanese people sort their stuff in small spaces gives you ahead start on how you gonna fit them. And it works.


Here are the CDs my bro left and I mixed it with my own CDs. Some I didn't notice I already have a copy, so I scribbled few CDs. If I was only a DJ, there's probably enough to play here. I still have to make the mixtape later and then post it here as a blog. I'll start with some old school R&B and Soul.

Cables and Music CD's

So far we got two roommates in one room, expecting two more for my older room and they will be in the house this weekend. We are thankful that is taking care off. I emptied my older room all in one night and moved to my newer room. Not everything are in my new room yet, I still gotta fix the Electric Outlet to get some electricity going to my room. I'm using a cord temporarily, but mostly for my laptop. I'll post the final setup later.


My clothes went in first and then the electronics.


Separating the Midi Cables, Audio Cables, RCA Cables, Electric Outlet Strips, and Etc...


The bed are also in now. This here is Sake being comfy on the first night of bed.


My little bro left some of his CDs. Mostly R&B, Backstreet Boys, and all them Rap Artists from Cash Money Records. Not my taste of music but some of his stuff sounds pretty good. I was sorting the cool ones and the outdated ones. One thing for sure, 15 years from now, all those outdated music will sound cool again.


That's Tiki Munkey keeping me company.

I'll listen to some of them CDs and make a mixtape later. And then I'll post it here as a blog so you can have a listen to them. I'll start with them R&Bs, again not my taste of music but maybe I'll picked the good ones.