Golden (Instrumental)/Huntrix (Circuit Tracks Version)

The first moment I heard this fantastic piece of perfect polished kpop I knew I'd have to have a go at recreating it on the Circuit Tracks.

Here in all it's glory is the simplified electronic arrangement I used to back up edited acapella vocals in my previously released recreation. Listen to it here
   • Golden/Huntrix (Circuit Tracks Vocal Version)  

I programmed and sequenced as much as I could of the original track. With just 2 synths to play with I had to be economic with the pads, and the bassline in particular filled almost every microstep of all the 16 patterns! In the end there was only one bar I had to lose from the song to fit it in...see if you can spot where??

There are some great scores on Musescore but in the end I split the audio stems and slowed it down to work out what I thought would work for the Tracks.

Everything you hear is entirely the Novation Circuit Tracks. There are no other synths or effects used.

More details for synth nerds

BPM 123BPM, time signature should be 12/8 but I reduced it to 4/4.
Most patterns were played at 1/4 speed and the sequences recorded live to use every microstep of the pattern memory. I will have a video up soon showing how I use this technique to squeeze more notes into the Tracks and Rhythm so subscribe and look out for it.

Synth 1 - bass synth (mono)
Synth 2 - detuned sawtooth with filter pad (chords and melody)
Drum1 - 707 bass drum sample, Simmons tom rolls plus Linn Cabasa and 909 snare grace notes.
Drum2 - alternating bassdrum and snare samples (layered from multiple samples but including Simmons SDS sample layers)
Drum3 - triplet 707 hihat pattern
Drum4 - on my other version this was reserved for the edited 8 bar vocal samples.

Any other questions leave me a message in the comments and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did recreating it. Stay tuned for more next week!