Ambient Guitar Music #1 [Soundscape, Looping, Chill Out, Lounge]

Although I am playing guitar for years, it'm still fascinated

how big and atmospheric a guitar with ambient effects can sound.

I played a Godin guitar, some pedals and a looper 

(no overdubs, no synths, no mastering used in this track) 

Additional info & tips on the sounds are in the video.

Hope you’ll enjoy my peaceful chill out guitar music :-)  

Godin LGX-SA

with Pedals in the following order (*used for this track)

Barber Tone Press*
Barber Small Fry*
EHX Micro Pog*

EHX Superego* 

EHX Neo Clone (in Superego FX-Loop)* 

EHX Small Stone (in Superego FX-Loop)*

Colorsound Tremolo Clone (in Superego FX-Loop)

Neutron Filter (Mutron III Clone)

Tech 21 Blonde V2*

Dunlop Volume Pedal GCB-80*
TC Electronic SCF Chorus Stereo Out*
Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere Stereo in & Out*
EHX Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay 1100 (R)*
Ibanez ES2 Echo Shifter (L)*
Neunaber Wet Stereo Reverb (with Shimmer Update 1.0)*
Boomerang III Phrase Sampler/Looper Stereo*

all FX are on the Pedaltrain SC Pro 

sound recorded in stereo with Tascam Dr-40 @24bit/48 kHz

filmed with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ 2,0

and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF40L / f 4.0 @ 17mm/4,0

KORG VOLCA beats keys bass & AMBIENT GUITAR Soundscape live LOOPING (beats MIDI out mod)

Korg Volca Keys, Bass & Beats on a Downtempo JAM track with AMBIENT GUITAR LIVE LOOPING. Volca Beats has Mid-Out Mod and syncs via MIDI-Clock the Boomerang III (Looper/Phrase Sampler) with Software V 3.0 (enables MIDI-SYNC). All guitar parts are live played & live looped with the Boomerang III. (the Volcas are NOT looped)

One-Track Recording without overdubs and mastering. What you hear are only Korgs analog synthesizers with analog FX and my electric guitar through some stomp boxes

Volca Keys signal right channel goes into the MFB-Filterbox, the left into the mixer.

Volca Bass & Volca Beats signal get straight into the Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer.

SEND FX for Volca Beats&Keys:
Behringer's Time Machine (analog delay) into Danelectro Spring King (Hybrid Spring Reverb) into Rocktron's Tsunami Chorus for a soft Stereo FX.

Guitar Godin LGX-SA gets into Pedaltrain SC Pro:
Barber Tone Press (Compressor only for Clean Sounds)
Barber Small Fry (Overdrive)
Neutron Filter (DIY Mu-Tron III Clone)
Tech21 Blonde (analog Fender Amp sim)
Ernie Ball GCB80 (Volume Pedal)
Rocktron Hypnotic Flange
Colorsound Tremolo Clone DIY
TC Electronic SCF Chorus/Flanger Stereo (from here on the audio signal is stereo)
Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere Stereo
EHX Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay 1100 (right channel)
Ibanez ES2 Echo Shifter (left channel)
Neunaber Wet Stereo Reverb (with Wet Shimmer Reverb Update 1.0)

The video was made with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ 2,8
and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF40L / f 4.0 @ 19mm/8,0
The sound was recorded with the Canon straight from the mixer.

This time a bit noisy because the Outputlevel of the mixer was driven too low into the cam.

Korg Volca Beats MIDI Out mod

Two days ago a good friend of mine added MIDI-Out to my Volca-Beats. Too bad that I forgot taking pictures when the Volca was opened... Next Time - when adding individual Audio-Outs - I surely will make photos.

The wires go thru the battery case of the Beats and the MIDI-Out-is housed in an old MIDI-Thru-Box (MT-5).  This item routes in normal life 3 MIDI-Ins to 5 MIDI-Outs, but now the 5th Midi-Out is the Output of the Volca Beats!

If I connect the MIDI-Out of the Volca Beats with one of the MIDI-Ins, I have 4 Midi-Outs to sync to the Volca Beats. At the moment I only use it for the Boomerang III Looper, but in the future I will try it with my other Synths & Sequencers (Jomox Xbase 09, Analogue Solutions Europa, Roland Juno 60 with Midi, Waldorf Pulse I & Microwave I , Doepfer MS-404, Nord Modular Rack ....

 

Thanks to Marcbert for Soldering The MIDI-Out!

Korg Volca Keys, Bass and Beats on a Downtempo Psychodelic Space-Rock jam with guitar. The Bassline is taken from Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker and Whole Lotta Love and played by the Volca Keys.  I recorded without overdubs and mastering in one take. What you hear are only analog Korg synthesizers with analog effects and my electric guitar with additional effects. 

Volca Keys signal right channel goes into the MFB-Filterbox and both channels at 1:36 into Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (Rotary FX). 

Volca Bass signal gets into Behringer's Time Machine (analog delay). Volca Bass is used for the 1-bar chords.
At 1:53 the Neutron Filter is activated, a DIY Mu-Tron III Clone.

Volca Beats signal gets straight into the Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer.

I used SEND FX  for all three Volcas: 

EHX Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay 1100 (with DIY Colorsound Tremolo in the FX-Loop) into Danelectro Spring King (Hybrid Spring Reverb) into Rocktron's Hypnotic Flange for a soft Stereo FX.

Guitar Godin LGX-SA gets into 

Volume Pedal GCB80

Tech21 Blonde (analog Fender Amp sim)

Ibanez ES2 Echo Shifter 

TC Electronic SCF Chorus

Neunaber Wet Stereo Reverb (with Wet Shimmer Reverb Update 1.0), 

The video was made with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ 2,8

and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF40L / f 4.0 @ 20mm/4,0 

The sound was recorded with the Canon straight from the mixer.

KORG VOLCA Keys, Bass & Keys AMBIENT PSYCHODELIC JAM w guitar

Korg Volca Beats, Bass and Keys on an ambient psychedelic jam with guitar. I recorded without overdubs and mastering, it is just one take. I only used the analog Korg synthesizers with analog effects and my electric guitar with additional FX. 

Volca Keys signal left channel goes into the MFB-Filterbox and both channels at 3:49 into Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (Rotary FX). Volca Keys plays the bassline.

Volca Bass signal gets into Behringer's Time Machine (analog delay). Volca Bass is used for the 1-bar synth sequence.

Volca Beats signal gets straight into the Mixer, a Behringer Xenyx 802.

I used SEND FX  for all three Volcas: 

EHX Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay 1100 (with self-made Tremolo in the FX-Loop) into Danelectro Spring King (Hybrid Spring Reverb) into Rocktron's Hypnotic Flange for a soft Stereo FX.

Guitar Godin LGX-SA gets into 

Volume Pedal GCB80

Line6 POD2 (only Comp as FX used)

Ibanez ES2 Echo Shifter 

TC Electronic SCF Chorus

Neunaber Wet Stereo Reverb (with Wet Shimmer Reverb Update 1.0), great reverb!

The video was filmed with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ 2,8

and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF40L / f 4.0 @ 19mm/4,8 

I recorded the sound with the Canon straight from the mixer.

Volca Rack extended - some pictures

Today I finished my work on the Volca Rack extended,
 now there is enough space available ... maybe for more FX  :-)

KORG VOLCA beats keys &bass: SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (chill-out jazzy dub ...

Korg Volca Series on a chill-out jazzy dub jam with guitar: SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE. Recorded without overdubs and mastering, just one take. I only used the analog Korg synthesizers with analog effects and electric guitar. It is my first guitar recording for about 10 years...

The right channel of the Volca Keys signal goes into MFB-Filterbox and both channels at 1:47 into Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere (Rotary FX). The Volca Keys plays the bassline.

The Volca Bass signal gets into Behringer's Time Machine (analog delay). Volca Bass plays the chords.

The Volca Beats signal and my guitar (Godin LGX-SA) get straight into the Mixer (Behringer Xenyx 802)

SEND FX used for all instruments:
EHX Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay into Danelectro Spring King (Spring Reverb) into Rocktron's Hypnotic Flange (for a soft Stereo FX).


filmed with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ 2,5 (sorry, this time I didn't notice that I recorded the hole time out of focus... )
and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF135L / f 2.0 @ 2,8
sound recorded with the Canon straight from the mixer

Korg Volca KEYS, BASS &BEATS / ACID ROCK / Smoke on the water

My second video with the Volca Series from Korg.
This time performing classic Rock mixed with acid:  Deep Purple's Smoke on the water VS Black Sabbath's Iron Man. I played those songs with distorted guitars in my younger years.

The Volca version was recorded live without overdubs and mastering. I only used the analog Korg synthesizers with additional analog effects.

The Volca Bass signal gets (at the end into Shockwave Distortion for more acidness) into the analog delay Behringer Time Machine.
The Volca Keys signal gets into Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere, a cool tube driven rotary effect.
 The Volca Beats signal gets straight into the Behringer Xenyx 802 Mixer

I used SEND FX for all instruments:
Electro Harmonics Memory Man Deluxe Tap Delay into the hybrid spring reverb Danelectro Spring King into Rocktron's Hypnotic Flange for a soft wide stereo effect.


I filmed with a Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @ f 2,5
and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF135L / f 2.0 @ f 2,8.
The sound was recorded with the Canon EOS 5D straight from the mixer.

KORG Volca BEATS, Volca BASS & Volca KEYS recording just after unboxing

The first video I made with all the three Volcas.

After unboxing and a simple programming I recorded the track live without overdubs and mastering. I only used those little analog synths and only analog FX. 

Volca Bass signal gets into Behringer's Time Machine (analog delay)
Volca Keys signal gets into Rocktron's Hypnotic Flange for a soft and wider stereo FX
Volca Beats signal gets straight into the Behringer Xenyx 802-Mixer

The video was filmed with Leica M 240 & Summilux-M 50mm /f1,4 ASPH @f 2.8
and Canon EOS 5D MK III & EF 17-40L / f 4.0  @ 40mm / f4.0


The sound was directly recorded with the Canon EOS 5D straight from the mixer

Here are the pics of the new family members :-)

Got the three wonderful analog synths as a birthday present from my girl-friend about two weeks ago.
I mounted them on wood. It is now better to play them because of the less weight.

Nearly all of my FX-Pedals are bigger than the Volcas (Behringer Time Machine, Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere, Danelectro Spring King, Rocktron Hypnotic Flange)

And with the wood they don't look like toys anymore ;-)

KORG VOLCA SERIES

KORG VOLCA BASS

KORG VOLCA BEATS

KORG VOLCA KEYS

KORG VOLCA SERIES

All pics shot with Leica M 240 with Leica Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 asph.