Starsky Carr Fires Up the Reliq: Techno Track Building in a Box

Here’s where it gets spicy: the Reliq’s onboard LFOs and envelopes mean you can ditch a handful of extra modules and still keep your sound wriggling. Carr shows how you can free up rack space and keep things moving, with the Reliq slotting in as both sequencer and modulator. It’s the kind of efficiency that turns a cramped setup into a lean, mean techno machine.

Let’s talk drums: Carr lines up the kick and closed hi-hat to run full bars, while the snare comes in on the backbeat at a totally different rate, and the open hi-hat loops in tight on the offbeats. The Reliq handles all this with a casual shrug, showing off polyrhythmic sequencing that would tie lesser gear in knots.

There’s no hand-holding here – just raw patterns and real hardware interplay. If you want to see how complex rhythms can drop into place without tripping over themselves, you’ll need to check the video. The groove is tight, and the machine keeps up.

This isn’t the full Reliq manual – it’s a speed-run jam to whet your appetite. Carr promises a deeper dive soon, but for now, this is proof that the Reliq isn’t just another pretty face in the rack. If you want the nitty-gritty details and sound demos that words can’t do justice, you’ll have to wait for the big review or just hit play and let your ears decide.