Suzanne Ciani is an electronic music pioneer, composer, sound designer responsible for iconic sounds in commercials and video games, AND not only a pioneer but someone who is still leading the pack today with amazing modular performances. But what you … Continue reading Part 1: Quadraphonic Master Class with Suzanne Ciani
Grandmother is the latest semi-modular analog synth from Moog. There have been increasingly more and more semi modular synths released in recent years and the demand for rewiring synths and interfacing them with other modular gear grows. In this clip … Continue reading Unlocking Grandmother’s Secrets: Review, ideas and tips for Moog’s latest semi modular synth
In this clip I’ll look at a few ideas to take your semi-modular synth to the next level with Eurorack modules. In particular, I focus on a few that might make a big difference in what you can do with … Continue reading 7 Semi-Modular ideas, tips and tricks for synths like MatrixBrute, Mother-32, MiniBrute 2 and more
The Moog Subharmonicon is a lovely instrument that unfortunately, as of June 2018, isn’t available other than the 100 attendees that built it at the 2018 Moogfest Engineering Workshop. What’s unique about the Subharmonicon is its ability to take a … Continue reading Synth trick: How mimic a Subharmonicon with Maths by Make Noise
Maths by Make Noise is by far the #1 eurorack module on Modular Grid – both in terms of rating and popularity. In this video, I explain what Maths is and why it’s so popular. Maths sounds complicated and if … Continue reading 22 reasons the top eurorack module is Maths by Make Noise
The Behringer Model D is a great analog synth – and by design it’s monophonic. However, if you’ve seen my channel before, you know I’m not going to let that stop me from trying to play more than one note … Continue reading How to “upgrade” your Behringer Model D to a duophonic synth
I recently received for review the VariFO, a new and relatively cheap quad LFO module from VoicAs – a new eurorack company. With so many LFOs on tap, it inspired me to put together a clip with beginner as well as … Continue reading 10 creative ways to use LFOs
A really short and sweet video on how to play pads or chords on a monophonic synthesizer: Continue reading Quick synth tip: How to play pads/chords on a MONO synth
If you’re not using an external keyboard’s modulations to contol your sounds, you’re missing out on a lot. Here’s how to bring sounds to life on the Elektron Digitone, Analog Four (both MK1 and MK2) and Keys. Continue reading Live expression on DIGITONE and ANALOG FOUR/KEYS: How to bring sounds to life
This is a relatively short clip, but conveys an idea I’ve not seen elsewhere. The idea is to get out of the monotony of “standard” repetitive LFO shape modulation by applying a wavefolding to a regular LFO, creating much more … Continue reading Quick synth trick: How to create complex LFOs with wavefolding