Synth Jam 4 | 7th Dimension - omar in the loop

I'm on a roll. This is my fourth week of making synth jams. This time I tried recording directly to my Tascam recorder from the mixer taking the computer completely out of the loop. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e6FmXVFBwK8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ### Recording Notes This is my first attempt at not using any kind of backing track but still keeping things synced to a MIDI clock. To do this, I used a DB-90 whose MIDI IN reads from the Roland Boutique + Digitakt and keeps time with my main MIDI clock. This allowed me to hear a click track acoustically, outside the track, while layring synths and arpeggiator patterns together without sync issues. Harmonically, I've also been experimenting with subtly atonal progressions. This one utilizes a major 7th triad pattern between the JU-06a bass root note and the JP-08 3rd and 7th. Normally, this isn't very atonal. However, the progression moves counter-clockwise in the circle of fifths from C. Thereby avoiding a tonal center so to speak. Here's the general gist: <iframe src="https://flat.io/embed/5ee63ad7af84845319221c61?audioSource=playback&sharingKey=c888b88295ed9d8848bbea64833b888f6aaf4330baf6bedcfed5da66bdad3d0f2da44dfc527c9486968e0465a42c6dbbd87e4dc94b931baadbcef759f91b49a1" height="450" width="100%" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen allow="midi"></iframe> ### Gear List: Here's the full list of gear I used, in case you wanna try this yourself. #### [arturia microbrute](https://amzn.to/2Y5rbNY) <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G31YMVS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00G31YMVS&linkCode=as2&tag=omdel-20&linkId=fdd197175a4cf72e4448028a824d667e"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B00G31YMVS&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=omdel-20" ></a><img src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=omdel-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00G31YMVS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; 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