For the creation of this track I will be using a wide range of electronic instruments, devices and software and now I’ll enlist the instruments that I used to create the musical pieces from this track and their role within the composition. These devices have been connected via midi to the computer and audio interface in order to be recorded and sequenced; the software that I used this time has been Ableton Live 11, because it’s intuitive in order to compose and also is quite straightforward in terms of midi configuration.

4ms Ensemble Oscillator – Baseline

This is a polyphonic 16 oscillators synth voice in Eurorack format, and I’ll be music it together with a simple filter to create the bass sound melody that will support the whole composition from beginning to end.

Arturia Microfreak – Arpeggio

This is a versatile paraphonic hybrid synthesiser which features 12 oscillators and 5 bespoke engines; in fact this instruments has been engineered combining the mother boards from the acclaimed Eurorack modules “Mutable Instruments”, its sounds are so clean, eerie and consistent, and I love it to be featured on the front line of my tracks.

Hologram Microcosm – FX

Together with Microfreak I’ll be running this effects processor and it will have a very important role within the composition, it will manipulate the main synthesiser sounds to create some arcane atmospheres. This FX unit in guitar pedal format uses granular techniques to create delay and reverb processing.

Teenage Engineering OP1 – Strings

The OP-1 is a little beast in terms of electronic sound, it features up to 12 different synthesis engines, built-in effects and different sequencers. I will be using it on this composition for melodic string pads.

Elektron Digitakt – Samples

This is an 8-track sampler which I’ll be using for any other sounds and samples that could be introduced on the song especially the percussion, it will be also used as a bridge to sequence other gear, and at the same time is being sequenced from the DAW, I will explain this more in depth in the next posts.