I kind of feel this site has lost its way generally. Views and activity seems to be at an all time low. Techno is massive again but people aren't tying themslves to the 'mmnl' tag any more. As a fashionable term associated with all that click clack, m-nus stuff, it's dead. Although the name of a sit...

marcneyen wrote:Check out the Siel Orchestra 2.
Essentially it's an Arp Quartet.
100% analog , old and cheap (<300E)
For strings and pads it should be a good tool.

hi marc, can i ask if you have any new material on the way? I must have played "a walk nearby" a hundred times by now...

some great advice in this thread cant wait to try out the techniques discussed, im gonna be grabbing an SH-101 in the coming weeks, was wondering, is it possible to achieve a nice sine sub bass on that synth, ive checked vids and cant seem to find any with that sound, it sounds nice for leads, and ...

Fishing for ideas, eh?

You seem to have added some extra percussive sounds, added the mangled, low pitched vocals, and made the breakdown a bit more epic and atmospheric - is that right? For a start, if I'm right in saying you've added the shuffled 16th claves from the last version - why? That's the opposite of what I was...

Minimal deep house. Dreadful.

I was only blunt because you clearly have all the technical skills in place. If you didn't, I wouldn't even be honest with you because I don't wish to discourage you from building up your skills. On the basis of this track you just need more ideas, musically, beyond 4/4 beat+pulsating LP bassline+FX...

I'd agree with your friends, and I do like minimal and techno. It's a well-produced, well-judged, well-executed, but utterly bog-standard minimal track. Your sound design, programming, arrangement and engineering skills are solid. I liked your creative use of automation in particular. But this track...