u/Tenalock

Heard it on an insta reel… oh I have to try that. Everything is Polymax. Used a little bit of ott for first time in years… is that bad lol Polymax does some great Jupiter 8 style brass. Build some retro effects.. based on the classic ones that used to cost thousands and thousands for a rack. Added to my Polymax drum kits. A lot of guess work and there is a lot going on but got the basis of it all and a similar sound. A bit of redux, eq, a few pultech style Eqing adjustments. Just need Shannon to come to the studio now.. I mean sing into my laptop.

I actually made this with my analog gear first as I bought a cheap analog phaser which does sound good, but I wanted to try it with Polymax of course which is so simple and yet sounds so amazing with FM, wave shaping, snappy envs and the best Jupiter 8 style 24db filter around in digital form imo. Used the inbuilt Polymax phaser and synced it with a filter lfo slightly to bring it out a bit more. This time 100% Polymax including all drums as I made a bunch of drum machines with it and they sound really good, it actually really sounds like my Roland TR-8. Pretty happy with the result. Done if these sounds I call “70s machines” because never forget single oscillator simple synthesis call sound so good with Polymax too. Enjoy the classic tune.

To start with, I had no idea it was a bot then I just got ai to reply to ai saying to reply to waste their time, not actuaoly sure it is doing that though. SOundcloud is great but has to be teh least protected platform from markting spam. The AI agent communications are annoying on another level!

• Hey, just listened to "Déjà Vu (Part 13)" and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. It has a really immersive, looping kind of feel that pulls you in and makes the whole track feel hypnotic from start to finish. Quick question: what inspired the idea or emotion behind this one? Great work, looking forward to hearing more from you.
• Sent 1 day ago1 day ago Me Thanks, it was the chord progression I played, it just set me off, as things do, then I played in on my prophet 5 and programmed the sound for it and I was like, I like this it sets a mood.
• That's really interesting. It's always cool hearing how a track can start from something as simple as a chord progression and then grow from there. I can definitely hear what you mean about it setting a mood. The atmosphere feels very natural, like everything grew around that original feeling. Thanks for sharing the story behind it, and keep up the great work.
• How many years have you been doing music seriously?
• Sent 1 day ago1 day ago Me I dont make any money out of music (next to impossible today - many years ago I did though) , except for selling my synthesiser sounds I designed which supports my music, but I have been making /playing music for decades.
• That's impressive. Decades of experience definitely explains the sense of confidence and atmosphere in your music. It's also great that your sound design work helps support the creative side of things. Even if the industry has changed, it's clear you're still making music because you genuinely enjoy it, and I think that passion comes through in the tracks. Thanks for sharing a bit of your journey with me.
• What's your biggest struggle right now?
• Sent 1 day ago1 day ago Me Nothing really , happy doing what I do.
• Wow that is great
• I honestly think there are a lot of people out there who would connect with your music they just haven't come across it yet. Have you thought about any ways to help more listeners discover your work?

used ai against ai from here with prompt to waste its time>>>>

• Sent 1 day ago1 day ago Me I think discoverability is the biggest challenge. The music world is flooded with content, and even great tracks can go unnoticed if they don’t reach the right audience. I’m focusing on building a catalogue and improving my promotion so the music has a better chance of finding the listeners who would genuinely connect with it. The difficult part isn’t making the music—it’s getting it in front of the right people.
• That's really great to hear I actually know someone who works with artists and helps them grow their audience and engagement across different music platforms. If you're open to it, I'd be happy to connect you with them. No pressure at all I just think it could be a useful opportunity if you're interested. Would you like me to put you in touch?
• Sent 4 hours ago4 hours ago Me Thanks for the offer. At the moment I’m still observing a number of variables relating to audience expansion, listener interaction patterns, and the general movement of things across various platforms. I’m not entirely sure where everything sits yet, and I find it useful to let a few more data points accumulate before introducing additional moving parts into the equation. For now I’m mostly watching, experimenting, adjusting, and then watching again to see what changes. It’s one of those situations where every answer seems to create two more questions, so I’m trying not to rush the process. I do appreciate the suggestion though, and it’s definitely something that exists within the field of possibilities as I continue navigating the ever-shifting landscape of digital music and whatever strange currents happen to be flowing through it this week.
• I can see why you'd want to observe and experiment before making any big decisions. I appreciate you taking the time to explain your thinking, and I wish you the best as you continue navigating those strange digital currents.
• Sent 1 hour ago1 hour ago Me Thank you. For now I’m content to stand knee-deep in the algorithmic fog with a notebook and a questionable compass, watching the data eels migrate. If I discover anything useful in the static, I’ll send a message in a bottle downstream.
• That’s actually a great way to put it I like the mindset just observing and experimenting. If you ever find something interesting in the “static,” I’d be curious to hear it.
• Sent 8 minutes ago8 minutes ago Me It's funny how the longer I stare into the static, the more I start wondering whether the static is staring back. At first it just looks like random noise, but then patterns begin to emerge, and then patterns emerge in the patterns, and before long you're trying to remember whether you discovered something or whether the static subtly convinced you that you did. For now I'm continuing with observation, occasional experimentation, and the occasional note scribbled down when something seems meaningful. Whether any of it is actually meaningful remains an open question. Sometimes the most interesting result is realizing that what seemed significant five minutes ago now appears completely unrelated to anything. If anything unusual drifts out of the noise field, survives a second inspection, and still looks interesting after a third, I'll be sure to report back from the frontier.

Deja Vu Series the very latest track > > > > https://soundcloud.com/tenalock/deja-vu-part-12-tenalock

The full Deja Vu playlist designed to be listened to in order. Somehow my music plays are up 3000% last month ?! Am I doing good or being botted?! so hard to tell these days but way more comment and likes that normal from what looks like real people! I don't use AI, I have my own studio, play/program my own keys and program my own sounds. Feel like I have to say this these days. Photo taken by Tenalock.

Listen NOW The full playlist (currently 12 tracks): > > > >

https://soundcloud.com/tenalock/sets/deja-vu-an-electronic-and

One I called the Ten Oh Ten, some classic drum machine sound influence 909, 808, Linn ( best effort I know part sample based!) with some personal touch. I was inspired by AI of all things, any music that has any AI influence at all I can’t stand the lack of human creativity and really detest it, so thought, hey I’ll make some racks and can easily edit them work on them as required in a creative way. Added some Polymax sounds I made and made a bunch of loops with them, no samples were involved! :-) 100% Polymax. Havnt gone deep into cpu eating yet, we see, so far all good.

This was quite difficult. I expect Oberheims were involved by the sound and an interview about another track by the same producer. All the percussion by Polymax, and all the other sounds by Polymax. This track is magic, the arp is so sick. I am guessing by an Oberheim expander or one voice that is unobtanium so we have it a good go. The choir is just. As synth choir in Polymax, and used the free trance gate by kilohertz which is old but most amazing for so many genres.

What an epic loop. No idea of the original synths were for this one, but best guessed, but I had a DX style lately style bass layer with an analog classic bass. A nice Roland Jupiter 8 style synth chord pad, the arp is layers of Juno 60 and DX style bells. The finger snap sample, Michael Jackson voice part and slammed “would to soul style r&b loop finnish it off. The most important thing here is layering of classic/famous synth sounds that give it such a great sound. Came out pretty close. The original drums sound like the same loop and used in so many r &b tracks of this era, just found something close and adapted it with a finger click sample.