Compositions by Tom Main

"Synthwork 40" A bit of a hiccup on the video front. The leads from the Wavestate and the VK synth didn't record, so we are left with the base video, the video which has the initial track upon which all the rest of the music "sits". The Wavestate is linked to the Kronos 2 for a large part of the music you hear. I am using Karma on the Kronos to lay-down the basic bass lines and using the Wavestate on the upper part of the Kronos to create the "windy-like" patterns. The Korg Triton Xtreme is operating the "falls". I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 😯

"Harpwork 05 After The Rain ". The Korg Kronos 2 v3 88. This is a tweaked concert harp with Karma operating, creating the random notes in conjunction with what is being played. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Jazz 278" Basic Jazz - Middle Of The Road stuff. I am using the basic rig here. I love the Rhodes from the Kronos 2. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Pyrcon". Servant of Poseidon, mentioned in the poem Eumolpia. This piece shows the "painting" qualities of the Kronos 2. It is assisted by the Wavestate and Soniscore engines. This is more of an atmospheric impression than a "tune". Good cinematic music. The Kronos is very good at this, as is the Wavestate. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Tenuous Pop Up". In this video you will notice that I have the Kronos' window "open". It is open on the drum patterning menu. I am selecting patterns on-the-fly in this piece. This is an alternative to using the scenes, which I may still use using this method. The Wavestate is connected to the Kronos using MIDI and forms part of the Kronos' sound regime. I am using the Hammond XK5's drawbars extensively to create texture and colour to the Hammond's sound. I am also using its harmonic percussion at 2' loud and short. The Leslie is internal. This piece is a recreation of a piece I performed at the TNT in Seattle, back in 2002, performed then on the Korg Triton Classic. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Synth Rave 04" Electronic Jazz. Kronos 2, Wavestate duet. Drums are Kronos 2 and Modo. I created the Wavestate's "TWM Lurker" a little while ago. I like its growly sound, which, I think was put to good use in the sparse lines in which it appears in this piece. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Groover 83" Jazzish groove. The Korg Kronos 2 and the Xtreme sit well together, played independent of one another. The Karma sequencing on the Kronos, using the strings, was a bit of an experiment with rhythmic orchestration, which seems to have worked. The Hammond XK5 was set to a plaintive setting mainly composed of 16,8,4 with a smattering of 2 and 1. I also applied a good deal of reverb and a little bit of OD. The drums were also from the Kronos (such an amazing instrument) from Karma as well as Drumtrax, fleshed out by Modo drums. The Xtreme also handled the interesting vst STS24. All in all an interesting mixed bag. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Jazz 277" The Kronos 2 and Hammond XK5. Atmospheric Jazz piece. I used Modo Drums. These I had to load into the recording post performances and then sync. It wasn't easy to do. The Kronos and the Hammond are beautifully matched IMO. I am using the Hammond's drawbars to create texture and variation to the harmonics of that instrument on-the-fly. The pianos, both EP and AP are from the Kronos as is the brass work. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Pipe Organ & Orchestra Work 07" Time to bring out Grand Orgue. In this instance the Demo Organ version. It is being controlled from the Xtreme (centre keyboard) via MIDI. The Wavestate is also connected to the Kronos as well as performing the clarinet independently. The Kronos is magnificent in its orchestral instrumentation. It is very expressive and the sound quality is excellent. I have augmented the orchestral sounds with Karma, which requires precise playing to keep sync. The Xtreme is also bringing its powerful string section into play. These instruments are excellent for Classical music. I highly recommend Grand Orgue for anyone who might be searching for an excellent free Pipe Organ vst which they can manipulate from a MIDI controller. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"When Friends Fall Away". This piece is dedicated to all those "friends" whose "friendship" faltered on the rock of freedom of thought and expression. Those who fell and/or have fallen for the "Climate Change" and "Covid Vaccination" theories to the point of "excommunicating" their so called "friends" who were/are of a different opinion. Their shame, my sadness. I have kept this simple, using only 3 instruments, the Kronos, Xtreme and Wavestate. Please excuse my lame video capture, once more slightly out of frame ...grrrr. These three instruments delivered the sentiment most admirably IMO. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love (including the "friends" who felled), Tom 😒

"Orchestra & Synthwork 27" The Karma function on the Kronos plays a major part in the backing section of this piece. The Kronos and the Wavestate are MIDIed to create one instrument, evidenced in the video showing the main rig. The Wavestate comes into its own in the central part of this video. I play each part separately in order to humanise the over all sound pallet the 8 parts played create. The Xtreme is working the bass part. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Jazz 274" The Xtreme and the Wavestate are working as one instrument (MIDI). I am playing the Kronos drums in manually, on top of the Karma drums also from the Kronos. The Xtreme is delivering the brass. All the sounds used are ones which I have built, excepting the Hammond of course. The Wavestate is also functioning as an independent instrument when I need it to. This is my full basic rig in operation. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Synthesia 19" The Kronos' "Karma" is the main feature of this video. It is providing most of the backing and drums. I am using the 8 scenes as well as the sliders per scene to alter the patterning. The Wavestate is supporting the backing on occasion and the Synthmaster is mixed in with the Kronos from the Xtreme. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Groover 82" This video features a delicious synthbrass program on the Kronos 2 (there are several such programs on that wonderful instrument). It also shows off the Karma patch which lies within it, the lovely brass and vocal ins and outs of the pattern. I like the movement this provides. I tweaked the volumes of those ins and outs and also linked the JS' XY axis to vibrato and filter, vibrato on the + and filter on the -. The Wavestate is independent of the Kronos and acting in a backing role. Drumming, in part, is manually performed on the Kronos 2, as is the bass. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Easy Come, Easy Go" The Wavestate is linked to the Kronos 2. The far backing track is Karma from the Kronos2. The Wavestate is also independent when required. The Xtreme is providing some of the manually inputted drums which I created some time ago. The "electric guitar" backing and solo are from AAS' Strum session series (and very nice they are too). The Hammond XK5 is in the role of subtle backing. The MT Power Drums 2 were played in on-the-fly from the groove engine. All these work well together in this multi-track recording. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Missa Pro Defunctis in Gmin" I enjoyed using the "vocals". Interesting to play. The full rig at work - I love the balance that exists between the keyboards which make up that rig. Each instrument complements the others, making for a myriad of options when it comes to "painting" a scene, such as in this video. I hope you find this mix of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Jazz 273" The Kronos and the Hammond, such a wonderful combination of instruments when sojourning in the land of Jazz. I am using the drawbars as part of the performance, varying the tone of the Hammond as we progress through the piece of music. What I enjoy about this method is that the tone is morphed as I play, rather than using the presets to alter the tonal quality. The Kronos' EPs are wonderful too, as are its basses - the two together making for an excellent base to explore Jazz. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 😊

"House Of Lofn" The "Hand Bells" are featured in this video. These are operated from the Xtreme from DS. The Hammond XK5 is painting a background using the drawbars variating on-the-fly. The drums are from the Kronos, fleshed out by manually playing in the drums. The Wavestate is adding to the background using a subtle wave sequencing. All the keyboards are performing independent of one another. I hope you find of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Jazz 272". Bass is on the Ibanez TR, thumbed. I haven't played bass for a while, but I had fun playing this. I routed the bass through the Xtreme's audio in using the FXers (slight chorus and reverb). This video also features DS's Tenor Sax which sounds ok but I found hard to create full expression on. The drums are the MT Power Drums 2, groove section. I find this program excellent. I manually control the grooves on-the-fly while listening back to previous tracks. I supplement the MT with the TommoDrums, a kit I created on the Xtreme and play in manually from the keyboard. The Wavestate is providing the Sub bass percussion line and also some pad backgrounds. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 😊

"When We Snuggle" melodic piece. I have the Decent Sampler and the Korg Triton Xtreme playing together to form the background. The superb German Grand on the Kronos is taking the lead whilst the Korg Wavestate is providing the violin/cello 2nd backing. These instruments, which form the basis of my rig, are so well suited with each other that they combine to form a lovely single mega-instrument. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 😊

"That Time When" Laidback piece. The Xtreme is controlling the Cobalt 8X's keyboard through MIDI. The Wavestate is being used independently in this video. The EP on the Kronos is using 2 choruses, slightly out of phase to give a kind of convolution reverb effect. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"Fantasy 30 in E Maj". The Kronos 2, Xtreme and Wavestate are working together in this video. I am using the Karma function on the Kronos on the strings, switching the various patterns on-the-fly. The Kronos and Wavestate are connected to sync their BMP, mastered by the Kronos. The Wavestate is also independent of the Kronos when playing the sustained backing line and the "vocal" lead. The video decided to go into "blur mode" on its own accord. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

" Sax Invention 12" The Korgs Kronos2 and Wavestate create a lovely deep, full string sound, playing the chord differently on each. The congas are from the Kronos. I am playing in the drums manually, also from the Kronos. The voices are from the Xtreme, as is the sax. I made them both. The Alchemy Player is providing that lilting flute phrase. All the boards were acting independently for this piece. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂

"House Of Heimdal". In this video I am playing the Korg Kronos in what I call "Program Mode". I play in various programs (not combis) selecting them from the open menu screen on-the-fly. This opened up a whole new set of vistas to play with. The Korg Wavestate carried the major chordal work in this piece (such a beautiful instrument). I like to play in lines independent of one another to give the pieces of music a more human feel, instead of playing them as a combi. The Xtreme is, well it's the Xtreme ...an amazing keyboard (in need of a bit of an overhaul now). The Modal Cobalt 8X is showing off its wonderful penchant for synth-brass. I hope you find this of interest and enjoy the music. Love, Tom 🙂