Escape vanilla modulation: Nikol shows you waveshaping powers
You wouldn’t make music with just simple oscillators, so why only use basic, repetitive modulation? In the latest video in Bastl’s how-to series hosted by Patchení’s Nikol, waveshaping gets applied to...
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How to recreate vintage polyphonic character, using Softube Modular
It’s not about which gear you own any more – it’s about understanding techniques. That’s especially true when a complete modular rig in software runs you roughly the cost of a single hardware module....
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How to make a multitrack recording in VCV Rack modular, free
In the original modular synth era, your only way to capture ideas was to record to tape. But that same approach can be liberating even in the digital age – and it’s a perfect match for the open VCV...
View ArticleMax TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos
Max 8 – and by extension the latest Max for Live – offers some serious powers to build your own sonic and visual stuff. So let’s tune in some videos to learn more. The major revolution in Max 8 – and a...
View ArticleAbleton Live 10.1 is out now; here are the first things you should try
Ableton Live 10.1 is here, a free update to Live 10.1 with some new devices, streamlined automation and editing, and new sound features. So what should dig into after the download? Here’s a place to...
View ArticleThe ABCs of Live 10.1: 2 minutes of shortcuts will help you work faster
A is for Ableton Live – and Madeleine Bloom can get you up and running with a bunch of 10.1 shortcuts in just over two minutes. Madeleine of Sonic Bloom is one of the world’s top experts for staying...
View ArticleGet going with MOTU’s DP10 with these videos
DP10 for Mac and Windows, unveiled this spring, brought breakthrough features to the long-standing favorite DAW called Digital Performer. So now it’s time to dig in and start using the new stuff. DP...
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Learn synthesis basics in your browser, free, with Ableton
If you still don’t know your LFO from your amplitude envelope from your square oscillator – or you’re trying to answer this for someone else – Ableton have made everything visual and playable and...
View ArticleNovation’s latest videos “hack” advanced features out of their synths
I know a lot of the folks at Novation on a personal level well enough to say – they’re synth lovers, day job and after hours. What’s great about their latest video series is, some of that comes out. Of...
View ArticleEscape vanilla modulation: Nikol shows you waveshaping powers
You wouldn’t make music with just simple oscillators, so why only use basic, repetitive modulation? In the latest video in Bastl’s how-to series hosted by Patchení’s Nikol, waveshaping gets applied to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to recreate vintage polyphonic character, using Softube Modular
It’s not about which gear you own any more – it’s about understanding techniques. That’s especially true when a complete modular rig in software runs you roughly the cost of a single hardware module....
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to make a multitrack recording in VCV Rack modular, free
In the original modular synth era, your only way to capture ideas was to record to tape. But that same approach can be liberating even in the digital age – and it’s a perfect match for the open VCV...
View ArticleMax TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos
Max 8 – and by extension the latest Max for Live – offers some serious powers to build your own sonic and visual stuff. So let’s tune in some videos to learn more. The major revolution in Max 8 – and a...
View ArticleAbleton Live 10.1 is out now; here are the first things you should try
Ableton Live 10.1 is here, a free update to Live 10.1 with some new devices, streamlined automation and editing, and new sound features. So what should dig into after the download? Here’s a place to...
View ArticleThe ABCs of Live 10.1: 2 minutes of shortcuts will help you work faster
A is for Ableton Live – and Madeleine Bloom can get you up and running with a bunch of 10.1 shortcuts in just over two minutes. Madeleine of Sonic Bloom is one of the world’s top experts for staying...
View ArticleGet going with MOTU’s DP10 with these videos
DP10 for Mac and Windows, unveiled this spring, brought breakthrough features to the long-standing favorite DAW called Digital Performer. So now it’s time to dig in and start using the new stuff. DP...
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Learn synthesis basics in your browser, free, with Ableton
If you still don’t know your LFO from your amplitude envelope from your square oscillator – or you’re trying to answer this for someone else – Ableton have made everything visual and playable and...
View ArticleExplore the visual wonders of TouchDesigner: Summit, free workshop video
Few software tools have proved as expressive in generative visuals or audiovisual performance as TouchDesigner. Get introduced to its AV powers in a new, free video – or if you can make it Montreal,...
View ArticleMake an ultra-simple DIY oscillator, inspired by vintage Heathkit
With a stupidly simple number of parts, you can make this oscillator on just a breadboard. Its inspiration is classic, vintage DIY gear from Heathkit. Electronics class is in session with Synth Diy...
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Now that MOTU’s DP does clips, here’s a video explaining how to use them
If you normally leave a DAW like DP in order to do non-linear clip triggering with other software or hardware, MOTU have something they’d like to show you. There’s no mistaking what this looks like –...
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