that flying lotus sound?

[john gordon]

not only his beats,but the synth sounds and bass.if i could conquer this sound my life would be complete.i guess it doesnt hurt having alice coltrane as your auntie...

[UKRuss]

You really need max4live for that sound.....

[john gordon]

mwwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[starving student]

most of it is the microkorg

[fatrabbit]

Which album or EP are you referring to? There are some real differences between them of course.

The Los Angeles album is sprinkled with dirt. I'm guessing some character-full compressors and EQs.

Here's an image of his studio (probably from around the time of Los Angeles production - might have changed since): http://www.flying-lotus.com/myspace/res ... dio420.jpg. Notice how he's hiding his software. Kind of inspiring how his monitors are in a less than ideal listening position (if that is where he mixes).

[fatrabbit]

most of it is the microkorg

That's definitely true of Dorian Concept, but not sure about Flying Lotus.

[john gordon]

space echo...i dont really hear tons of echo but maybe he is using it in a different way.

[starving student]

all of his drum sounds sound like they come straight outta the banginbeats collection and are nothing special, he just uses a good amount of efx on'em, and some videogame samples. check out banginbeats.com and listen to their demos

[3dot...]

most of it is the microkorg

That's definitely true of Dorian Concept, but not sure about Flying Lotus.

love that little thing...

[Alextronica]

Good Luck

Steve himself would even talk about that stuff. He didnt have any problem hitting me up for a toke though.

I smoked him out before one of his shows. It was just him and me. I was trying to make conversation and said "So do you use Ableton?"

He reply "I dont like to talk about that stuff" We then talked about women.

My point is Steve is cool but really protective of his sound. He wont even say if he used Ableton and I could he did just from looking at the laptop screen while he played. I didnt even get to prying about tips or synths.

You'll just have to use your ears.

[john gordon]

wow...i guess i wont ask him on his my space page!

[starving student]

Which album or EP are you referring to? There are some real differences between them of course.

The Los Angeles album is sprinkled with dirt. I'm guessing some character-full compressors and EQs.

Here's an image of his studio (probably from around the time of Los Angeles production - might have changed since): http://www.flying-lotus.com/myspace/res ... dio420.jpg. Notice how he's hiding his software. Kind of inspiring how his monitors are in a less than ideal listening position (if that is where he mixes).

just in general


@ flylos sound, thing is it's all signature sounds in other words all the pieces he tends to use have a signature character and that pick fatrabbit put up is a perfect example, if you're familiar with the kit in that pic they all have signature character to thier sounds,
I think the thing I like best about flying lotus is that his recordings don't sound 'perfect' or to clean, there's alot of phasing and dirt, sloppyness, makes even his cold stuff sound organic I like it like that

[Machinate]

space echo...i dont really hear tons of echo but maybe he is using it in a different way.

he might be using it for the dirt: seriously, run anything through that with the gain cranked and you get a cruddy 1000-play laquer single coming out the other end. Single-tap delay with no feedback and then that's a quick way of getting audio to tape and back into the system.
It was my main reason for having on in the first place, until it got overtaken by the Korg Stage Echo for the same type of sound.

[andrewbrewer]

can someone point me to the best flylo track? i picked up a cd of his and i don't think i "get it" (yet?)

[Zeddy]

can someone point me to the best flylo track? i picked up a cd of his and i don't think i "get it" (yet?)

IMO, Flying Lotus doesn't just have one standout track... you really need to listen to all of Los Angeles all the way through from start to finish. That is the best way to experience it.