Sounds

Fred Sound System

90sgear Definition of a mid-life crisis. Assembling synth/electronic gear you naver had the chance to play with when you were young and had no money. Now they still cost a small fortune because they are cool again and retro. And you have less time to make it all work together. Back to DAWs and computers, I guess.

It’s a collection of sounds or tracks that I recorded, remixed or created. You can listen to them online or download them. I also put things out there as Fred Sound System. Started to use GarageBand but then got trapped into the analog synthesizers, some late 90s Grooveboxes like the Roland MC-505, got a Korg Minilogue and learned a lot about MIDI and menu diving on old gear and how hard is to set up a mini studio. Even attempted to fix a couple of Alesis MMT-8 (became a fan of it since I discover that Orbital was using a couple of them in live shows in the 90s). The MMT-8 as a sequencer was amazing for the simplicity of it if we think is from 1987. Also use an old Yamaha TG500 for those typical early 90s synth sounds. I enjoy live music which leads to experimentation. Some tracks I’ve used DAWs like Ableton Live, GarageBand and others. I have a couple of tracks shared on Instagram and Soundcloud, will try to put them here as well.

I’ve also a YouTube channel where I post some of my tracks.

All songs are available through the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes.

BY: Frederico Marques
URL: https://www.fredmarques.com

Tracks

They are not ordered. Not all tracks are available for download (yet).

Live

Something Strange - live recording, more like an improvisation over a setup with a Korg Minilogue (great little synth, had much fun with it), a Yamaha TG500 and a Roland MC-505. A few blops here and there. 13/11/21.

Pad2 - my first attempt to build my first ambient track. MC-505 and Korg Minilogue. 29/10/21.

DAW

Music for Aliens - my first track on the iPad, back in the days. Soundspace experimental. There is noise error for a few seconds, I suspect the iPad was overpowered by the enconding. I will try to fix it in the future. Sharing from Soundcloud, 2014.

Fred Sound System · Music for Aliens

Chem - aka, train to hell and back. Experimental. 31/3/23 (AAC 192kBit/s) | (MP3 192kBit/s)

Cherokee - quick idea to mix a couple of TG500 drums and sample sounds from a Cherokee documentary. Experimental. 14/21/21.