opFreak - 23PO – Tristan's Zettelkasten

This is my remix of the Ballade OP.23 by Chopin:

Here is how the Reaper project looks like:

I recorded this track after working on the 19th Century Piano Fractal collection using the following setup:

graph LR
  subgraph "DAW"
    Reaper
  end
  subgraph "Audio Interface"
    MF(MiniFuse2) <-->|USB| Reaper
    MF --> DT770
  end
  subgraph "Synth"
    OP1 -->|Line| MF
    μFreak -->|Line| MF
    Reaper -->|MIDI| μFreak
  end

The main challenge of this track was to adapt the MIDI pattern to a more familiar 4/4 signature. Though I kept one part in 6/8 around the 4’ minutes, and it’s the first time ever I programmed a drum pattern in that mode. You can find the project’s MIDI here.

I used the OP-1 for the drums and the μFreak for the synths:

The kick/snare/hats were recorded using the finger sequencer.
The melodic lead is the Far Away patch.
The warm pad is the TOUT DOUX patch.
The bass is the GiveMeSub patch.

Here is the final export: