To date the most complex and longest Linux mus... noise, I have created. Using two instances of OBXd, two instances of Calf Filter and Sequencer64. Also using my recently procured KORG NanoKontrol2 to adjust the filter cutoffs. As you can hear I am getting somewhat frequent realtime processing glitches, I know these happen most commonly when I run Sequencer64 but I think it's my poor, long-suffering laptop.

More effects + Volca Bass. The Fush gives such a pleasant distortion and gives the Volca Bass an almost rock/metal guitar sound and the Yellow Fall delay adds nice motion to the sound. Overall, I find that these pedals make using and exploring the Volca Bass even more fun than it already was and I would highly recommend them. The Yellow Fall however injects a very prominent click in the recording when activated; maybe my unit or something to bear in mind. Patched from the Volca Bass to the Yellow Fall and then the Fush and in to the recording interface. Only post-processing used is to lower the overall volume in Shotcut as normalised export from Ardour is LOUD! Oh, and a new video frame quickly slapped together in Inkscape.

I am new to creating music (of any kind) and have been spending the past few month getting to grips with my options in Linux. I only want to use Linux and FOSS software, for better or worse ... it's a journey :) I was recently gifted a new, 61 key MIDI keyboard which I have been playing with the past few days and made this little tune. The sounds are a Rhodes electric piano from the soundfonts4u website, passed through the TAL Reverb 3 plugin. Simple and full of errors, but I enjoyed it. Soundfont in SF2 format is the "Nice Keys Ultimate V2", channel 16 — Straight Rhodes, from https://sites.google.com/site/soundfonts4u/ Software used is Qsynth, a QT front-end to fluidsynth using the above soundfont, TAL Reverb 3, and jack-keyboard from the Jack Audio Connection Kit to display the key input from my M-Audio Keystation 61 MK3. All connections and the TAL plugin is managed using Carla plugin host.

With the Korg Volca Keys in poly mode, it is possible not just to play chords, but also sequence each of the three voices separately. Sequencer64 makes an excellent example, 3 separate scenes each with a one-note-at-a-time sequence Jack_keyboard is connected to the same MIDI output of Sequencer64 to show which notes are being played.