Music style
Klystron's first attempts in music making were mainly influenced by Techno, Hardcore/Gabba, and Jungle.
Later productions are rather oriented towards midtempo breaks or electro. The tracks are characterized by
massive drums, hard
and serious, but also atmospheric sounds, by having
a few more than two or three different notes, and by variations in rhythm and
melody instead of soporific
monotony. The music is intended for "use" on the dancefloor. Download the best
tracks from about 15 years for free!
Music software (a brief history)
Klystron started music production on an Amiga 500 using an 8-bit sampler and the
Protracker music software, which
was probably unrivaled at that time. Later, Oktalyzer was used instead, followed by a
Protracker version running
on two Amigas on parallel. After purchasing the first synthesizer,
Octamed Soundstudio was needed which supports Midi. In addition,
Fasttracker was used on a PC to make XM
modules, e.g., for computer games and other Scienide
projects. Now,
Klystron's favourite PC music software is Renoise. All
these programs
follow the tracker concept of music editing,
which Klystron always considered superior to any other music sequencer principle.
Studio equipment
Quasimidi Quasar
(
)
Korg X5DR
Korg Prophecy
Access Virus b
Native Instruments Massive (software synthesizer)
Drums Overkill (
),
a software drum library
Behringer Dualfex EX 2100 (an exciter, processes only the Quasar signal which is a bit dull)
Behringer DDX 3216
(digital mixer)
Phonic P8A monitors
Terratec Phase 26 USB soundcard (however, not recommended)
Windows laptop
for DJing:
2 x Technics SL-1210 MK2
(
)
Gemini 424x (DJ mixer)
Serato Scratch Live