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donald ferguson
United States
Registrace 27. 05. 2012
i have played music since jan 2023, most of my recordings are produced exclusively on portable devices, no daws, or computers, and serious limitations on dubing layers into recordings. if i do use computer software to "studio up" a sound i will tell you but i want my best work to be something that can be performed live. that said i am becoming more attracted to the software which limits live goals. many of the tracks i have named require only hours to begin and finish. most patterns have a base that loops after a minute and a half but remain unique with the punch in FX used to create layers throughout several minutes. live recordings like violin operator take longer than hours on account of more time in melody creation using another instrument. i aim to keep this content straight to the point and not mislead you in any way. im not copying anyones work musically, my direction is one that requires me to ignore music covering and traditional music structure. i do hope you enjoy.
Video
Minnetonka trail loop with some vibes
zhlédnutí 21Před měsícem
some video lightly edited of a ride around one of the Minnetonka trail loops with a beat i made, hope u like the ride
Some Birds Followed Me Home...
zhlédnutí 167Před 4 měsíci
like it sounds, these seagulls and crows showed up at my job one day and after giving them some apple fritter pieces they never stopped showing up. withing a few months they had tracked me to my house, and now show up every day. They are often at the convenience store i frequent in the mornings as well. the crows and the seagulls have showed up at the same time now at my home and work for well ...
HYSTERIA #3 FINAL VERSION
zhlédnutí 171Před 4 měsíci
this track was recorded in 3 versions show on this channel. another that has not been published. the microfreak really helped unlock some of the faster playing bc getting good timing on the akai was more difficult at this speed. if you have any questions let me know and tell me what you think in the comments
HYSTERIA #2 FULL VIDEO. ( primary melody begins @ 1:15 )
zhlédnutí 31Před 5 měsíci
dont skip until 1:15, thats when it kicks up a notch. this is dawless jam using 2 pocket operators an akai mini play and the arturia micro freak. the audio you hear is what was captured during the video, no splicing from unseen takes and as usual not post editing to the audio at all. oh, the little line mixer was needed as well. you might like to also know the chorus melody herd playing from th...
MACHINE STEAM - AUDIO ONLY
zhlédnutí 26Před 5 měsíci
i first made a beat with a melody on the ORBA 2. i sampled that loop into the pocket operator and pitch shifted it down to slow it down and space out the drums, i expected more degradation to the audio esp in the lead instrument but it seemed to provide a smooth lofi efffect. more layers were added resulting in this funky tune that sounds kinda like some turn of the century coal powered music m...
DIGITALOFI #1
zhlédnutí 43Před 5 měsíci
i made a melody on the micro freak and sampled it into the pocket operator. i used a mini FM transmitter to send the audio into the radio of that tape player, this effect is clear until the intro is over. the audio changes. i only used the intro audio from the video and added a 3rd take of that same track onto this video. so at about 40 seconds when the sound of that audio changes is when the 3...
Hysteria- AUDIO ONLY
zhlédnutí 90Před 5 měsíci
2 pocket operators synced together and the akai mini play line mixed to create base recording and the chorus vocals were dubbed onto that recording right after using the same akai with different instrument selected. just loped it from my mp3 player back into the zoom handy mic.
Live Lead Sax played on keys. Too hot, Too tired
zhlédnutí 9Před 6 měsíci
this is a live audio/video capture of a recording i made using a handful of battery operated devices. 2 pocket operator ko's un-synced. The akai mpk mini play for the keys, hart mini mixer and the zoom h1n handy mic. the dialogue sample came from the movie "life". please comment and let me know if you enjoyed it.
COLUMBIAN GOURMET- DAWLESS JAM
zhlédnutí 7Před 7 měsíci
this audio used 2 pocket operators and an akai mpk mini play. there is no post editing so you hear what i herd when i played this. the focus was on the bass and the overall dynamics of the track with regard to the dialogue and the live input of the FX. i am just now past the 1 year mark playing music without formal guide or training of any kind and am trying to put together something nice for t...
FREESTYLE BEAT MAKING START TO FINISH 2 POCKET OPERATORS AKAI MINI
zhlédnutí 37Před 8 měsíci
this beat came together as seen. i recorded each piece i played into the zoom mic and then played it back to sample it into the pocket operator. there was a shaker sound added from the pocket operators drumkit. while recording additional parts after drums i remove the metro and line mix the current state of the sample loop from the pocket operator so i can record each layer individually while h...
MAKE MUSIC FROM NOISE.
zhlédnutí 48Před 8 měsíci
This track was made with a few samples. some traffic near my home, a common receipt printer, a large hydraulic pump at a car wash and the robot voice that directs cars into the car wash itself. they hydraulic pump sound is the main attraction here bc it was changed and layered onto its self to create the lead instrument heard in this track. its original and was made using a digital mic with lin...
ALL TOGETHER NOW
zhlédnutí 22Před 10 měsíci
the newest thing ive been working on right now 11/12/2023 i have now been playing music of any kind for about 300 days total .the primary melody seen being played on the keyboard was later sequenced into the pocket operator. this allowed me to change the instrument on the keyboard to add the synth voice backup herd in this track. just 2 instruments, no computer. sorry for no video on the final,...
KEEP SMILING
zhlédnutí 8Před 10 měsíci
This is a recording i made using the pocket operator and some audio sampled from a vinyl record. the intro is the sample played with added drums and bass. after onscreen countdown, the same sounds from the sample are reassembled in a new order but the drum and bass and tempo stay the same. some elements of the sample were collected in pieces so they could be more easily manipulated into the new...
GUN LINE
zhlédnutí 17Před 10 měsíci
this is a beat i sequenced on the pocket operator. it uses some movie quotes from 3 movies, and a few sound fx. the bass and lead instrument sound are captured live using an akai mpk mini play 25 key. the keyboard was lined into the pocket operator and then directly into the recording device. this audio is what was captured. no after editing, just a dawless jam. i hope you like it and can you t...
learning to make music. Day -228- "president gilligan" pocket operator KO!
zhlédnutí 71Před rokem
learning to make music. Day -228- "president gilligan" pocket operator KO!
Arturia MicroFreak + Pocket Operator " Synthesized Vinyl"
zhlédnutí 65Před rokem
Arturia MicroFreak Pocket Operator " Synthesized Vinyl"
Arturia MicroFreak + pocket operator- "Synth Jam #2"
zhlédnutí 79Před rokem
Arturia MicroFreak pocket operator- "Synth Jam #2"
Live and UnCut. Arturia Micro Freak + Akai MPK + Orba 2 + Pocket Operator. First Jam- "Warm Sun"
zhlédnutí 81Před rokem
Live and UnCut. Arturia Micro Freak Akai MPK Orba 2 Pocket Operator. First Jam- "Warm Sun"
Akai MPK mini Play + Pocket Operator + MPC Beats. "DJ Break It Off"
zhlédnutí 118Před rokem
Akai MPK mini Play Pocket Operator MPC Beats. "DJ Break It Off"
-Orba 2 + Stylophone + MPC BEATS- "PushRide"
zhlédnutí 63Před rokem
-Orba 2 Stylophone MPC BEATS- "PushRide"
Practice session with orba 2 (pushRide)
zhlédnutí 35Před rokem
Practice session with orba 2 (pushRide)
my first real attempt to play a string instrument. 8 hours in im wishing inhad picked one up sooner! thanx samo!
Get it my brother Don❤
Great 👍🏽 video my man Don! Keep up the biking adventures
Well done. Keep it coming,🥰
thanx a lot! that was a tough one for me and could have still been improved. time for the next track!
@@donaldferguson7777keep on rockin bro😊
Smooth, cool, and fresh, thanks for this piece of art!
im been recording for a little over a year now. i think thats the nicest thing anyone has said about my music. thank you :)
Here a random watcher thanks to completely random youtube recommendations... I'm glad to watch/listen this! Thanks for this catchy music!!!
thank you for you kindness, very much appreciated. i dont get alot of feedback here so im glad to see you enjoyed a couple tracks. im small time in the scope of youtube but as a result im reachable so if u have any questions or want to see something more closely, let me know.
BTW. i saw that miku video, pretty funny. if u do another an need some custom audio reach back out to me and il try and make something audio for one of your vids. thankx again for the feedback.
Like the the show playing and visual and the music definitely brings hysteria to mind
i just looked to respond to this and it looked like ur comment was thumb'd down. idk y but that was fixed. had an obscure canadian comedy called corner gas playing. i usually have that screen playing something when i jam.
All the visuals are great but I especially like the ones inside the cathedral with no roof
thanx dude, this was all stock footage from my video editing software. i usually use very little of that stuff but i had no good videos or photos of my own to fill out the time of that track.
This is amazing!!
thanx brus! fun one to play.... just kinda keeps rollin off the fingers
@donaldferguson7777 funny you say that as I watched it I was like look at those little guys dance (fingers) lol
Fire
thanx bro, got some more otw
P R O M O S M ✋
i have done nothing to promote this video but tell people i know about it. dunno what you mean by PROMOSM?
100% on board with colaboratin. il share what ever i got with ya homie. we can talk details and ideas via email donaldfferg3@gmail.com
This actually is pretty good man i like it, by chance are you open to collabs? i make lofi myself
I'm new to this and trying to buy my son a midi controller to go with MPC Beats. You mentioned audio you created on Orba 2 ... does MPC Beats recognize Orba 2 as a midi controller? It doesn't look like there is a manual option to select it as a controller from the MPC Beats preferences. Thanks!
i just plugged mine in ( orba 2 ) and in preferences on MPC beats it pops up instantly as "artiphon orba 2 usb" as both an midi input and a midi output. it also instantly assigned the orba's 8 slices to the A tab of sample pads on the mpc software dashboard. i have not used the orba as a midi controller just as a stand alone unit. do know this device can be very buggy when used with the provide software with crashing, dead ends to device ability, and the loss of previously recorded data. there is also a noticeable amount of buzzing produced by the unit if you are pulling audio directly from the orba's aux port, that noise gets louder as more of the lights turn on especially when adjusting the volume on the unit its self, lots of statiky buzzing going on while the led lights pop on to show the volume level you are selecting. as a stand alone unit it does quite well and is a bit of a secret weapon for beat/music makers looking to find new melody structures for their music. for that one quality alone and how well it does this the orba is worth it. but i would be very speculative on its reliability as a midi controller. i do hope that helps, and i appreciate opportunity to do so. let me know any time if i can answer something else.
@@donaldferguson7777 Amazing, thanks so much for all of that info! Cool song btw!!
thanks :)@@kirstiemclatchie6008
Enjoyed the music .
thanx! got some more for ya
The beat goes on.
it went on so long it got a sequel
Nice jam
thanx! this one always gets me bobbin around like what ever im doing is more important/intense
@@donaldferguson7777 👍🙂
This beat sound mix is calming yet interesting
thanx dude, it is the most complex live recordings ive made yet.. i hope to see this workflow advance greatly
Buckle up this beats has speed
think it needs a crowd sound.. like that dull roar of the crown stiring right before the drops...
I have the same stuff! I'm about to put it together. I have the street fighter po does it sync in time with the orba?
i actually never tried syncing the po and orba. im practicing most of my equipment pairing using ear timing and physical merging of sequemces... currently i am doing this most on the pocket op KO and the atruria micro freak.... getting some very interesting results.... videos pending. thanx for subbing in homie, you can chat here with me about ne thing. wanna collab? im all about it. just here for fun, learning and of course connecting. i appreciate ur msg and am open to some pocket operator colaborations... lets smash some sequemces together and see what happens <("<) (>")>
I was thinking about grabbing the MicroFreak that would be awesome!@@donaldferguson7777
could someone test this in headphones and tell me what you think. im for some reason just now testing this and the results are different. help.me out with your opinion
this primary melody is almost identical to another one of my beats. just part but its like the same exact keys and order.... somehow im just noticing this.... can anyone guess what other beat has this same melody pattern in it? different sound same keys.
Like your introduction into your studio .
thanx dude, its kinda my chill zone, spend most my time there.
Cool beat, keep it up
thanx! glad you like it. game on @matilhasan czcams.com/video/dEPJOSSUA4k/video.html
Digging this beat .
it may be the coolest one ive pushed out of the pocket operator with no other equipment. fun fact- those deep oohhs and growls are the chord instrument pitched down with the punch in FX. it was originaly an orba chorus sound i pitched up after sampeling it into the pocket operator. doin that allowed me to "un pack" a compressed sound that apears later in the srquence and is qued at will so something new can happen later in the track. pocket operator sampeling ftw
stay tuned.... pushRide found its way into the studio, results pending.......... <("<) (>")>
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Funky techno rythum beat.
bootsNcatsNbootsNcats. BROWNchickenBROWNcow!
Stay passionate for your music.keep improving learning your art adding to your own style.
gonna hang out in the rythem room for as long as the lord keeps that door open for me. nice vibes in there <("<)
Funky beat . Can you use a mixer to switch it up?
oh yea that would be nice, i really want a sdand alone unit of any size that i can run my audio through and effect live from multiple chanels. woukd cut down on the amount of time i would soend editing sounds and structures for intros and breaks. a mixer would be nice!
Swag😎