Nautilus is a workstation keyboard that’s very similar to Kronos, Korg’s Flagship Workstation keyboard, but priced about a third less. In this video, I take a look at what was improved and what was removed, what its workflow is like, … Continue reading Korg NAUTILUS Review, Tutorial, and Comparison to KRONOS
To celebrate the release of the mixing tips chapters in my ever-expanding book, I’m going to look at what we can learn from multiple mixing flaws in Let It Be by the Beatles, and at the end of the video, … Continue reading BLASPHEMY! Learn from 15 mixing mistakes in LET IT BE by the Beatles
The RC-500 LoopStation from Boss is a two track looper and the next generation for their popular RC-30. It has a few important new features – a third foot switch, a graphic LCD screen that enables deep customization of the … Continue reading BOSS RC-500 Review and full tutorial, Including LoopStation MIDI control
It turns out there’s a hidden audio input in every MicroFreak. Arturia just released a new firmware (and special edition MicroFreak) that unlocks it. Here’s my full review with 14 vocoder ideas tips and tricks: TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 0:15 Hidden … Continue reading Arturia MicroFreak Vocoder Review: 14 Vocoder ideas and tips for legibility and fun…
Theoryboard from Irijule is a MIDI controller built to give you easy access to multiple musical scales and is designed to help you write chord progressions, melodies, and bass lines. What makes it special are its chord layout and live … Continue reading Irijule TheoryBoard Review: Can it help you write chord progressions and melodies?
TYPHON is a two-oscillator, single filter analog monosynth from Dreadbox, with digital effects from SineVibes – and it does quite a few things in an original way, both in terms of controls, and in terms of price. At under 400 … Continue reading Dreadbox TYPHON Review, Tutorial and 9 Patch Ideas
A few simple pairings can drastically transform your semi-modular synth. In this video I explore 10 ideas to extend Moog’s Matriarch, many of which are applicable to other synths: TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 0:45 Back panel jacks 1:35 Wavefolder 4:25 Drive … Continue reading Transform your synth: 10 semi-modular pairing ideas shown with Moog Matriarch
The thing that makes modules like Turing Machine and Marbles unique isn’t just their ability to generate random sequences, but also their ability to freeze randomness once a compelling pattern is presented to you. These modules are digital, so they … Continue reading Modular/Analog “RAM”? How to store generative melodies & rhythms using sample & hold and a sequential switch
There’s a good chance your studio is lying to you, meaning that it’s adding and removing sound levels at different frequencies due to reflections and room modes. So, if you create music based on the raw audio coming out of … Continue reading Is your studio lying to you? Here are 12 ways to fix it // Testing Room EQ Wizard (REW), ARC 3, Sonarworks & Adam A8X
Tracker from Polyend is a new standalone hardware groovebox based on a grid-sequencing workflow first introduced on Amiga computers in 1987. Tracker is digital, sample based, and it has basic wavetable and granular synthesis capabilities alongside a few interesting sequencing … Continue reading Polyend Tracker Review and Full Tutorial: from Sample to Song