“Generative Music” is a term coined by Brian Eno to describe music that is always different and changing, generated by a system but led by creative guidelines, rather than typical music which follows a set of predetermined notes intended to … Continue reading Create Brian Eno style generative music: 20 ideas and tools for Ableton, Eurorack, DAWless and VCV

Morphagene from Make Noise may seem like a simple module, but there’s a lot going on beneath the surface. This video walks through 20 tips and ideas for using Morphagene, including using it as a mono and “poly” granular synth, … Continue reading Make Noise Morphagene Tutorial: 20 ways to use it (includes firmware v155)

This video looks at two cool uses for Eurorack samplers as custom and rhythmic CV modulators rather than just for audio playback.  Typically, LFOs and multi stage envelopes are what you’d use for modulation. This video discusses two other ways of creating … Continue reading Eurorack trick: 2 ways to use a sampler as a CV mod source

This video explains a neat little sampler trick that lets you create music by *ignoring* a sampler’s sequencer: In the early 60’s groundbreaking composer Steve Reich pioneered the technique of using different length tape loops, and later on musical patterns, … Continue reading Sampler trick: how to create multi length phasing “tape loops” (shown on Digitakt and Model:Samples)

Cenk Sayınlı (AKA “Mr. Dataline”) has a day job at Elektron, but he’s also a live electronic music performance master. The speed and skill with which he plays is phenominal. At NAMM 2019, I was able to convince him to … Continue reading Dataline’s tips and tricks for live electronic music performance (shown on Elektron Model Samples)

I recently uploaded a video where I used both ends of a Stackcable (split cables made by Tiptop Audio) as a three way splitter, and I got a few comments from people who didn’t know that was possible. One thing … Continue reading Time to split: 4 ways to get more out of Stackcables from Tiptop Audio