ome-les.com » Restricted Sessions http://journal.ome-les.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 RSTRCTD – good times ahead http://journal.ome-les.com/rstrctd-good-times-ahead/2012/01/01/ http://journal.ome-les.com/rstrctd-good-times-ahead/2012/01/01/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:24:32 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=1064  

 

Just got my Kontrol S4 back from Daniel, so I got some nice times ahead!

MIDIfighter, designed by workgringo at workgringo.com

MIDIfighter, designed by workgringo at workgringo.com

I had just the MIDIfighter for a short period, as I was trying to get my new studio in order. But as one might expect I could not just keep it at that.
This is what I am aiming for ultimately ofcourse:

 

 

First things first though. I will most probably go and raid the local Ikea to purchase a 4×2 Expedit cabinet, some Capita legs, and some isolating floor panels so that I can finally start building my studio in the attic.

Next to this Daniel(James Dan) and I will be finally setting up a firm basis for RSTRCTDnl. This will become the home stomping ground of our Restricted Sessions, that will also be featured on SimplyRadio’s Simply Electro.

Production-wise 2012 will also be a nice and challenging  year. The liquid d&b(Sparkling Tree) project Daniel and I are working on is working to be a promising track. Mastering and EQing will take place this week.
If this works out to be the fine track we think it to become, we will be talking experimental projects that can work out into a musical expedition not yet encountered!

More on all of this as it will develop of course.

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/rstrctd-good-times-ahead/2012/01/01/feed/ 0 Sparkling Tree – Leslie Jones (WIP) http://journal.ome-les.com/sparkling-tree-leslie-jones-wip/2011/12/15/ http://journal.ome-les.com/sparkling-tree-leslie-jones-wip/2011/12/15/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:39:52 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=1062 After all the previous posted Work in Progress tracks, I decided to share one of my own.

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Rough skeleton is set, details need to be added.

This track keeps me busy even though I am a bit stuck about its’ direction.

“SparklingTree” by Leslie Jones a.k.a. tekki is licensed under a Creative Commons License
]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/sparkling-tree-leslie-jones-wip/2011/12/15/feed/ 0 Twin Minds by James Dan (WIP) http://journal.ome-les.com/twin-minds-by-james-dan-wip/2011/12/15/ http://journal.ome-les.com/twin-minds-by-james-dan-wip/2011/12/15/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:03:13 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=1060 My bro’ Dan posted this Work in Progress version of a new track he’s working on. Check it, it’s gonna be awesome.

 

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]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/twin-minds-by-james-dan-wip/2011/12/15/feed/ 0 Riding the waves hoaloha! http://journal.ome-les.com/riding-the-waves-hoaloha/2010/12/19/ http://journal.ome-les.com/riding-the-waves-hoaloha/2010/12/19/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:24:58 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=907 Just a short photoshop sketch I did for one of the boards I frequent:

One of my duties on the DJTechtools forumboards, is being a moderator. I try to keep everything neat and friendly.
Every now and then I tend to do a small and humorous  sketch in photoshop.

This one was a little bit more based on the DJTechtools target audience, Digital/MIDI DJ which use .wavs or .mp3s to spin their tunes in DJ software.
The DJ software often depicts these as waveforms in the Graphical User Interface for easy handling.

It basically comes down to one geeky and goofy family, hence the obvious spelling errors, the reference to the DJTechtools boards by adding the ‘play/pause’ logo to the surfboard, the digital waveform projected over the real wave and a MIDI Shaolin for my personal touch.

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/riding-the-waves-hoaloha/2010/12/19/feed/ 0 Restricted Sessions does podcasting and Electrojams.com http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-does-podcasting-and-electrojams-com/2010/12/13/ http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-does-podcasting-and-electrojams-com/2010/12/13/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:56:47 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=900 It has been a solid two weeks and exciting stuff has happened in my life.

First off, I have started writing for the Electronic Dance Blog called Electrojams.com. So far I have only published two articles and one is awaiting publication. (Yes Glen, this will be about Apprehension!)

The other item I have been working on, is getting the Restricted Sessions podcast up and running.
I have created/registered the Restricted Sessions podcast channel at iTunes, and the channel is slowly getting filled.
The crew is psyched and we are filling it with as much interesting recordings of sets as possible.

We will also try to include the restricted Sessions webcasts as we broadcast on an almost weekly basis just for that extra bit of fun.

Subscribe to the podcast here.

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-does-podcasting-and-electrojams-com/2010/12/13/feed/ 0 The Mouth has come http://journal.ome-les.com/the-mouth-has-come/2010/11/04/ http://journal.ome-les.com/the-mouth-has-come/2010/11/04/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:44:29 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=871 Not too long ago, me and my best friend Daniel started thinking about a project that had to do with vocals and harmony.

We decided back than, that we needed to go in deeper into Reaktor.
Since than, months have passed, and now Tim Exile comes along with this nice kit called ‘the Mouth’.

According to Native Instruments:

Electronic artist and innovator Tim Exile showcases “The Mouth” – a new software instrument that can turn any audio signal into music.

Sing, beatbox, or send a drum loop into it, and “The Mouth” comes to life as a highly expressive and somewhat unpredictable synthesizer, vocoder or talkbox-like instrument.

The Mouth can be used as a stand-alone application and as a plug-in in a DAW or host sequencer, covering all kinds of live performance and music production scenarios.

More info here: http://www.native-instruments.com/themouth

Can’t wait to get my paws on this beast!

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/the-mouth-has-come/2010/11/04/feed/ 0 We need to go deeper http://journal.ome-les.com/we-need-to-go-deeper/2010/08/12/ http://journal.ome-les.com/we-need-to-go-deeper/2010/08/12/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:45:17 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=811 Ik ben normaal gesproken niet echt een fan van Leo diCaprio, hoewel hij toch echt geen slecht acteur is. Toch is het onderstaande wel van toepassing op de muzikale ontwikkeling die ik aan het door maken ben:

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/we-need-to-go-deeper/2010/08/12/feed/ 0 Restricted Sessions nailed it at Tresor http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-nailed-it-at-tresor/2010/07/26/ http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-nailed-it-at-tresor/2010/07/26/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:00:03 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-nailed-it-at-tresor/2010/07/26/


Restricted Sessions nailed it at Tresor

Originally uploaded by Ome Les

Even een korte berichtje na de gekte van de MIDIfight Club in de Tresor te Berlijn.

Zoals je kunt zien hebben wij; Daniel, Rick, Mark en ik het geweldig gehad!

We hebben heerlijk gedraaid en gelachen!

De roadtrips heen en terug waren hilarisch en we waren ook zeer blij dat de DJ set zo geweldig aansloeg.

De trip er naartoe was helemaal top.
Ik had ook mijn mixertje meegenomen, zodat we in de auto konden draaien op de achterbank.

Eenmaal aangekomen hadden we eerst wat problemen met onze hotelboeking, mede dankzijn DJ Shiftee, Ed Paris and Eric, Ali Zett en Simon Ashcroft werd dat ook weer recht gezet.

Eenmaal aangekomen in Tresor waren Ed Paris & Eric op de Globus bezig, terwijl deze op de +4 geplanned waren. Na wat gepraat, bleek dit correct te zijn, maar wij hielden iig wel onze spot.

Gelukkig bleek Restricted Sessions een groot succes, progressive was volledig geaccepteerd in Tresor!
Niet alleen het publiek vond het geweldig, ook het personeel was heel erg tevreden over ons!
Ze vroegen zelfs al of we binnenkort weer terug konden komen. (Zonder datum)
Als het aan ons ligt….

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-nailed-it-at-tresor/2010/07/26/feed/ 0 Restricted Sessions doet mee aan DJTT PsyTrain http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-doet-mee-aan-djtt-psytrain/2010/04/07/ http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-doet-mee-aan-djtt-psytrain/2010/04/07/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:59:43 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=773 Daniel en ik hebben meegewerkt aan een internationale DJ set, dit keer in het Psytrance genre.
Gelukkig waren we totaal niet bekend met het genre, dus was trackselectie en mix overgangen wel iets waar we even wat meer aandacht aan moesten besteden.
Dus wat hebben we gedaan? Juist, zelf een track bouwen en deze vervolgens in de PsyTrance mix draaien.

Hier de soundcloud waarop deze te beluisteren is:
DJTECHTOOLS.COM Psytrance Mega Super Awesome Mix by Ru-Bix vs Jester

Deelnemende DJs:

  • DvlsAdvct  [USA]
  • dannyboy & tekki [NED]
  • Jester [NZL]
  • Sarasin [SAF]

Tracklist is hier te vinden.

]]> http://journal.ome-les.com/restricted-sessions-doet-mee-aan-djtt-psytrain/2010/04/07/feed/ 0 Korg iElectribe for iPad http://journal.ome-les.com/korg-ielectribe-for-ipad/2010/04/03/ http://journal.ome-les.com/korg-ielectribe-for-ipad/2010/04/03/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:41:31 +0000 Ome Les http://journal.ome-les.com/?p=758 Daniel heeft een tijd een Korg Electribe in bruikleen gehad. We hebben er toendertijd heel erg leuk mee geëxperimenteerd en ook leuke resultaten mee geboekt.
Zodoende hoop ik eigenlijk dat dit leuke (virtuele) machientje nou ook maar eens te koop komt voor normale Mac of PC, als VST.


KORG iELECTRIBE for iPad : Preview from KORG iELECTRIBE on Vimeo.

Well that didn’t take long! Here’s the first hot music App for the iPad: Korg iElectribe (iTunes link). A fully featured Electribe-R drum machine for $9.99. I’ve found that recording audio from my iPhone into Ableton has a different “out of the box” feel to the sounds when compared to VSTs. This is going to be fun!

“korg’s electribe·r has been coveted by dance musicians for ten years running. today, this indispensable instrument has been reborn as a dedicated ipad app – the korg ielectribe virtual analog beatbox! simply choose a part (or sound) and touch the 16-step sequencer to quickly build a groove. this easy-to-use interface combines forces with the ipad’s 9.7” multi touch display to offer an intuitive “hardware” feel, sure to inspire and captivate the imagination of any user. the ielectribe faithfully recreates the historic electribe·r’s entire sound engine and sequencer capabilities. in addition, it provides advanced motion sequencing, eight supercharged effect types, plus 64 new preset patterns that instantly allow the user to create music in a wide variety of dance and electronic music styles.” – korg.com

Follow Korg iElectribe on Twitter: http://twitter.com/iELECTRIBE

Maar weer hard rondkijken, aangezien ik deze eigenlijk wel als VST voor mijn mac wil hebben.
Quote is afkomstig vanaf wiretotheear.com

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