Acid Power

Sometimes, just sometimes, things turn out just how you want them to…

This has been knocking about in different guises for about 14 years now(!) – the original was a quick and simple experiment that I did using some loops I made on a very old soft synth. It resurfaced in about 2004 as a newer version of that, and then became a feature of live sets in the early 2000s when I did play out a bit. It’s finally got the recording treatment with this (hopefully) polished but punk version… :)

While I am here, just a little update. Busy building more excitement into the studio. I am aiming to get the full 18 inputs into my DAW soon, so all my toys are there when I boot up. Several new tunes in the making and recreating the new and old material live is well on its way. Look out for news of gigs in the autumn.

Anyway, here’s the tune…

The acid line has always been the feature and this shows my trick of doubletracking via a Bass Big Muff Pi and another distortion pedal (in this case a Digitech Tube Screamer) to get a low end to the sound. I played with various synths before deciding on the saw/rave sound (using Ableton’s Analog)for the second part. All the percussion is from an S950 sampler, recorded via midi on an RM1-x and then to audio chopped up in Ableton. The Electribe ER-1 and ES-1 also contribute loops.