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Back in the mid to late 90s tracker stuff was what I considered "how techno was made" (I got an A grade for a presentation in "music" subject at grammar school,
by krmblg 2y ago
Back in the mid to late 90s tracker stuff was what I considered "how techno was made" (I got an A grade for a presentation in "music" subject at grammar school, mostly because tracker terminology also included "patterns", samples, bpm and such (Future Crew Demos such as Panic and 2nd Reality were my baseline back then).
Boy was it a revelation when I got my hands at a "real" 909, 303+MPC+MIDI setup..
- gagagaga7 2y agoI mean, was it? I always felt like trackers were crappy and “real” producers used real synths and drum machines, but in hindsight we now know that some of the most creative/interesting producers were trackers
- pentaphobe 2y agoIt did always feel like the "real" folk had some mysterious room full of hardware I guess it was true, but so neat that they were sometimes triggering that stuff with trackers or sampling it for use within trackers (or similarly niche software) Aphex on trackers, Autechre in Max/MSP Still curious what squarepusher used
- an_aparallel 2y agoYamaha hardware sequencer (QU-700 from memory) + later on reaktor ensembles, and a room full of hardware, obviously live bass, live drums etc.
- pentaphobe 2y agoAbsolute champ, thanks!