Throwback to 1997 when I recorded Ai Jawan with Haroon for our band Awaz, just months after moving from Islamabad to Karachi and setting up Zamzama studio. Using two synced Alesis ADATs (16 tracks total), Roland’s iconic S-760 sampler, D-70, JV-1020, Proteus & Yamaha TG-500 modules, plus a 32-channel Soundcraft mixing console, we created a song that still gives me chills. Unfortunately SMPTE-Timecode MIDI sync slipped and I had to sample live tabla and vocals on the S-760 that surprisingly gave