Welcome to another video where I ask a producer to get into the details of how they create music and perform. Part #1 looked at a DAWless setup, Part #2 at a setup using Ableton Live, and in this episode … Continue reading Synth Setup Tips #3 – Julia Bondar’s Compact Techno Eurorack/MIDI Rig and Performance
Metropolix from Intellijel is the follow up to their popular Metropolis sequencer. It takes the same core idea – a sequencer where not all the stages are the same duration – and expands on that in multiple different ways. Is … Continue reading Intellijel Metropolix Review and Full Tutorial
In this video I take an in-depth look at how the new Circuit Tracks from Novation compares to the original Circuit (and briefly the Circuit Rhythm which isn’t officially available as of the making of this video, so there’s not … Continue reading Circuit TRACKS vs Circuit OG: Review and full tutorial for Novation’s new groovebox
Verselab MV-1 from Roland may look like a groovebox but it has a more ambitious goal – to be an easy to use hardware replacement for your computer, audio interface and DAW software. It’s goal is to let you create … Continue reading DAW-less DAW? MV-1 VERSELAB Review and full song-making tutorial for Roland’s portable studio
The Elektron Analog Rytm MK2 is an 8 voice hybrid analog and digital drum machine, synth and sampler. It just got a new black look and a higher price, and with quite a few other drum synths and samplers having … Continue reading Elektron Analog RYTM MK2 Review and Tutorial
In this video, I take a look at a few tips and tricks to help you get more out of your synth. I’ll be showing them on the Moog Subsequent 37, but many of them are applicable to other synths … Continue reading 13 Synth Tips and Ideas, not just for the Moog Subsequent 37
Every now and then when I review a digital synth, there’s someone that comments “it’s just a MIDI controller with a built in VST” – and technically, they’re right. Any digital synth is just a controller, computer and software bundled … Continue reading Soundforce SFC-60 Review – Does it make sense to buy a MIDI controller dedicated to a plugin synth?
You asked for it, so here it is – welcome to another video where I ask a producer that has an interesting setup, detailed questions about how they create music and perform. My guest is Martin Sturtzer, an electronic music … Continue reading Synth Setup Tips #2 Ft. Martin Stürtzer: Building performance sets with Ableton Live
Super 6 from UDO audio is a 12 voice hybrid synth, with analog filters and digital FPGA based oscillators – which are intended to provide the best of the analog and digital worlds – high frequency modulation like analog … Continue reading UDO Super 6 Full Review
The minute you start making music with more than one hardware instrument, set up questions start to come up. Just like there’s no best synth, I don’t think there’s a perfect setup or hardware workflow for everyone. In this video, … Continue reading Synth Setup Tips Ft. BURG – Audio, MIDI, Sequencing, Recording and more