This video is a follow up to my original “14 0-Coast Hacks” video, and looks at what 0-Coast can do with a little help from a few friends. Pairings explored are: MIDI and CV controllers, preferably with built in sequencers … Continue reading Make Noise 0-Coast and Friends: 10 pairing ideas worth considering
This video provides an intro to 0-Coast as well as 14 hacks/ideas/tips/things it can do that you may not be aware of. In a nutshell… here they are: Even though to 0-Coast is a one-oscillator synth, its AD slope can … Continue reading Hacking Make Noise 0-Coast: 14 things you may not know it could do
Many synths are mono-timbral, meaning they’re designed to play only one kind of sound at a time. Whether they’re polyphonic or monophonic, and no matter how many parameters and knobs you tweak, the end result is a sound, or timbre, that plays … Continue reading Synth hack: How to make your synth bi-timbral – shown using Peak from Novation
Peak from Novation is an 8-voice hybrid synth – with digital FPGA based oscillators, an analog filter, drive and distortion, and digital effects – and it just got a pretty big firmware update with interesting new features. This video gives a brief overview of Peak … Continue reading Novation Peak 1.2: Tutorial and 10 patch ideas
Pigments from Arturia is a new software synth that is their own original creation, rather than an emulation of a vintage synth. Is it the best sounding synth ever? I think it sounds pretty good but I’ll leave that decision … Continue reading Arturia Pigments: 5 ways it will help you learn synthesis
The ContinuuMini is a new portable synthesizer and smaller brother to one of the most unique instruments I’ve ever played – the Continuum, also from Haken Audio. There are two things that make the Continuums special – their extremely sensitive … Continue reading Loopop exclusive: ContinuuMini review and tutorial
Semi modular synths are becoming increasingly popular, so much so that it almost feels like if your synth doesn’t have a patch bay, you might be missing out on something, like interesting sequencers such as Rene 2 or Ornament and … Continue reading MIDI to CV and back: Can your “regular” synth become semi-modular?
For the past two years, every time I discovered something non-obvious about Ableton Live I jotted it down, and the result is this clip and the accompanying tips to be added in the November edition of my book – available … Continue reading Don’t Panic! Ableton Live Explained in 37 minutes or less
This video is a comprehensive tutorial for Squarp’s Pyramid sequencer – one of the most feature packed sequencers out there. If you want a shorter review and comparison to Hermod, Squarp’s modular sequencer – here’s a link to it. This video … Continue reading Squarp Pyramid – Comprehensive Sequencer Tutorial
Have you ever hooked up a new piece of gear into your setup and suddenly heard a horrible noise you weren’t expecting? Or just had an unbearable noise find its way into your recording without you noticing in the heat … Continue reading 6 simple and cheap ways to fix hum, buzz and ground loop noise issues