The Northern Shore ⚔️ Live Dungeon Synth

Recently, I embarked on a journey to create half of a Dungeon Synth Split Album with a friend. The project isn't ready to share yet, but I learned a lot in the process! It primarily features the use of a Moog Grandmother and an old Yamaha DX21... and then a ton of spacial reverb and delay to make it feel as though I am truly.... playing in a dungeon.

Fine and dandy, but I noted that the DX21 is sort of a bugger to work with. I enjoyed it, mind you, but it's somewhat inflexible and hard (for me) to modify and tweak sounds the way I like. I stuck with its presets and really worked the project around the standard presets of the synth. I'm pretty damn new to FM synthesis, too, so I don't really get the ins-and-outs of how they work.

All that said, fast forward gear to more recent times, I've really gravitated towards Elektron Gear. I own the Digitakt and the Analog Four. Their process makes sense to my software developer brain, and I love Elektron device's output. Quality stuff. So, naturally, I started watching youtube videos of the Digitone and I was hooked. I needed it. Soon after, I checked the local Facebook synth swap group I'm a part of, and sure enough, a mutual was selling theirs for a deal to which I gladly purchased.

Fast forward to today! I'm getting a feel for the synth and all of it's capabilities. I created this little track over the last few days along with my morning coffee. Feels good!

May this track inspire you to lift a sword and shield, and protect the north shore of unspeakable peril and evils which lurk its sandy beaches.

Thanks for reading!

In addition to the live performance above, I did record and polish an audio version of the same sequence: