Off The Grid - Hardware Jams Weekend Challenge Streamthrough

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Sep 29

Written By cstl

Weekend Challenge - Off The Grid

These days we are very fortunate to have tools at our disposal to sequence and program our gear. This can be as simple as a sequencer for an individual synth, to a complex set up running multiple synths, drum machines, samplers at the same time as the brain of your set up. This week we'd like you to step away from the grid where possible. Embrace the chaos of live playing, happy accidents and the unknown.

We don't expect everything to be played live and sequencers can still be used, but please include an element of live playing in your jam.

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Join me as I learn, tweak, and jam my way through the realm of live electronic music and hardware. Expect jams, raw sessions and unreleased stuffs coming straight from my creative corner. And hey, I'm all about embracing the bumps in the road, limitations, oopsies. It's all part of the ride, right? Content over here is not aiming to be perfect and polished, just music in the now!

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