

With two full-length albums and two EPs released and hundreds of sold out shows performed in the last several years, a recent late night television debut on Conan following a special guest performance on The Eric Andre Show, it seems as Mac DeMarco nears his 25th birthday, he’s outgrowing any sort of slacker stigma. It’s at times haunting and warm, and a bit more refined and sophisticated, but still plenty playful, retaining the guts and soul of classic Mac. The overall feeling is lost love, or perhaps love never found, yet Mac embraces this without making it an overly somber experience for the listener.

There’s a bittersweet, romantic sensibility present. Conceived and recorded entirely by himself in a short period between a relentless tour schedule at his new place in Far Rockaway, Queens, Another One is eight, freshly written songs, expanding the arsenal of Mac’s already impressive catalog. Lastly, turn on the Chorus I effect to complete the sound.Like the days of Steely Dan, Harry Nilsson or Prince releasing a classic every year (or less) comes Mac DeMarco’s Another One, a mini-LP announced almost one year to the date of the meteorically successful Salad Days. To set the vibrato speed, set the rate fader in the LFO section to 1.24 Hz with a delay time of 0.23. This controls the amount of pitch modulation, and finding the sweet spot is the key for many patches. Set the decay fader to 7, sustain to 0 and release to 5.5.įor the pitch vibrato, set the oscillator’s LFO fader (at the top-left) to 1.3. To create some movement in the patch, set the filter’s env fader (envelope modulation) to 2 and set the VCA switch to env, which will set both the filter and the volume to be controlled by the ADSR envelope. Set the main VCF filter’s frequency fader to 6 and resonance to 4, which will filter out some of the high-end, but still leave plenty of high-mids. Raise the HPF filter to halfway, which will filter out some of the bass-end frequencies.
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The patch can be created in TAL-U-NO-LX, a fantastic and inexpensive software emulation of the similar Juno synths.įrom the default setting, turn on the square wave DCO and reduce the sub-oscillator volume to halfway. More Products From MAC DEMARCO MAC DEMARCO. The Chamber of Reflection lead synth was recorded on Mac’s Roland JX-3P, a vintage synth with a highly recognisable Roland chorus sound. Artists A-Z About us Contact us Shipping and Delivery Return Policy. The former is an awesome female quartet from Nagoya, Japan. The melody and chords are interpolated from the Shigeo Sekito song The Word II, reworked with vintage synths. Mac DeMarco’s latest meander down under saw the OG jizz-jazzer and his bandmates hit the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney for the first show of the tour, with the spectacular stylings of CHAI and POND on support. Must be another one Must be another one she loves Must be another one Must be another one she loves. Chamber of Reflection stands out on Salad Days as the only song that replaces Mac’s signature chorused guitar with swirling layers of synthesizers. Feeling so confused You dont know what to do Afraid she might not love you anymore And though she says she does And hasnt lost your trust Who could that be knocking at her door.
