Space Improvisation - 2014 Aug 11 Yamaha AES800 , APC40 , RP255

I assigned various drum sound samples (eg, a few cymbol , hi-hat, stick, snare, bass drum sounds) to patterns within FL Studio 11 to the various buttons of the grid on the Akai APC40 which could be triggered in real time during an improvisation to alter the backing drum sounds, bass, a drone sound and a synthesizer arpeggiation. I assigned sounds in these columns from left to right for : cymbal taps, hi-hat sounds, stick and snare sounds, bass drum sounds, bass sounds, VST synth arpeggiation, and drone sound (simpler more quiet variations at the top and increasing in intensity/pattern detail towards the bottom buttons). Some of the knobs on the APC-40 I assigned to affect the filter cutoff of certain sound aspects (drone, arpeggiation) ... other knobs were assigned to delay effects which basically duplicated the cymbal strikes, hi-hat strikes, stick/snare hits, bass drums hits... so in real time I could increase those sounds in addition to pressing the APC40 buttons to select variations on the patterns for each drum sound category. This musical recording was improvised and afterward I just played around with editing a video I recorded of this with effects and whatever I felt like doing visually. I think the APC-40 is great for allowing real-time alteration of a pre-arranged set of sound patterns and this can even be in styles more like jazz, blues or rock drums and not just within the usual realm of music style (you can set everything up the way you want using any sounds you want). I used the Digitech RP255 multi-effects processor for a custom guitar tone.