Third jam of #Jamuary23. Exploring the @Bastlinstruments setup once more!

This patch was not what I initially wanted. I had a more 'poppy' sounding ambient patch, but I screwed up by switching the Kastl off. Somehow this changed the whole track so I started with a new one. This took me quite some time, but in the end I'm quite happy with this outcome. Definitely not poppy, yet I like the melancholic touch. It's hard to intentionally get a certain sound with the Kastl (for me), but if you're open & adaptive to change the machine will perform some other nice sounds :) The crackling percussive sounds are done by the Drum.

The output of the Dude was connected with the audio in of my NTS-1 which added a bit of reverb. Recorded it into the Zoom-H5. Edited the recording in Audacity: duplicated the recorded tracks a few times and panned these with the original tracks to give it a bit more depth. Also added two tracks with lower pitched variants but kept them very much in the background of the mix. EQ'ed it a bit to bring out the bass a bit more. Compressed it to remove some of the peaks, but kept the rough noisy texture. The movie was edited using Kdenlive on Ubuntu Linux 22.04

Tools used:

• Bastl Kastl 1.5 (https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/kastle)
• Bastl Kastl Drum (https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/kastle-drum)
• Bastl Dude (https://bastl-instruments.com/instruments/dude)
• Korg NTS-1 (https://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/nts_1/)
• Zoom-H5 (https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/handheld-recorders/handheld-recorders/h5/)
• Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org)
• Kdenlive (https://kdenlive.org/en/)
• Ubuntu Linux (https://ubuntu.com)

Video source files: https://archive.org/details/6400_HM_Wildland_and_Mountain_Fire_Near_Los_Angeles_01_38_21_10

Video source license: https://archive.org/details/prelinger?tab=about

Thanks @internetarchive for the video material!

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