Wasn't sure whether I'd make it back in time for OHC so I did it beforehand. I used https://www.tiktok.com/@cam_steen/video/7161201621467155754 as a sample for my theme and tried to make some chill beats to go with it.

"Making of" video: https://youtu.be/vMDHjA3bwgU

Not only is this a piece based off the images, but the title has a double meaning! I have sampled some of you guys entries throughout the past OHC's. There is 8 total samples all from different users. Can you spot them all? There is a lot of fun easter eggs to find! Have fun!

what good

is a gem out of the light?

what good

they can't see the way you shine

won't you let others

see your true colors

for a minute?



what good

is your shame this late at night?

you're good

know you're gonna be all right

make them believe

even if only for a minute



get them feeling fluorescent

when the lights are low

better let them know

who you are



you'll get them feeling fluorescent

cuz the lights are low

and you let them know

you're a star

baby you're a star

Was about 20 minutes late or I would have liked to add some sustained strings throughout. Oh well.

You may think the universe in contained in this little stone right here. The macro mirrored in the micro, that kinda stuff. But no, each small rock, each grain of sand is unique. And as such, it can't be the same as the entire universe. So each ray of light reflected in its surface is unequivocally one of a kind. Just like you.

So I've had an Octatrack since 2012, an APC40 since 2010 and I rarely use them. Well tonight I used them for a hybrid hardware/sofware jam. So its not my usual fare but it was pretty fun. Here's how it works:

Octatrack for midi sequencing
APC40 faders mapped to macros in Bitwig
All sounds are built-in bitwig instruments/effects
Only 3 tracks - Drums, Bass, Lead

Basically I wanted to simulate the scenes in Octatrack, but do it in a way that could have the perfect recall of a DAW, so I used the macros in bitwig to modulate various parameters across all 3 tracks. Each fader represents a 'scene' in the elektron sense of it.

It was a totally different workflow than anything I've ever done, and since it was all midi, everything is perfectly recorded unlike a usual hardware jam where it's all audio. The downside is that I spent most of the time mapping the modulators in Bitwig and much less time actually using the Octatrack.

diverse colorization

Used AI music site Riffusion, recorded with Audacity, and also normalized and faded with Audacity, and mastered with FL Studio. Might want to turn your bass down.

Been experimenting with some Game Boy Advance soundfonts, so this was done with instruments (?) from Sonic Advance 3, F-0 GP, and Mega Man Zero. Not the worst, I'd say.

well intentioned wankery gone less than ideal. Started as an attempt to poorly do 'hard rock' with a bass guitar and a six-string. Devolved into soundscape, but didn't have the dynamic flavor to keep things interesting for 6 minutes, so I folded it onto itself down to this just over 3 minute runtime. Was a good exercise in trying to recover from a series of poorly executed ideas. 100% sourced from recordings of two of my guitars with no synths.

Atmospheric and crystalline.

Decided to use this as a chance to work on a project I'm doing with Souperion. All Gameboy Advance soundfonts for a Mega Man style stage theme. Jump'n shoot them crystals.

Heart of land

Forged in heat

Our love lies forever

Under the rubble

With every flame

and every burst

My rock doesn’t falter

The heat forges everlasting crystal

I keep my rock strong

I keep my core going

I hold my face stoic

I bathe in your lava

I face all your vulcan

I bind all my geodes

I forge all my steel

In your everlasting sun

It's this, this is what it is.