Akai Force vs Ableton Push 2: Which is better for you?
Akai just announced Force – their new standalone music production workstation. The design is clearly inspired by 8×8 style grid controllers like Push 2, Launchpad, and their own APC-40. The […]
Dataline’s tips and tricks for live electronic music performance (shown on Elektron 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.
Korg Minilogue XD: All 200 Factory Presets and Sequences
Korg announced the Minilogue XD in NAMM, an update to their very successful Minilogue. It still has 4 voice polyphony, but has many new features including a programmable digital oscillator,
Review: Moog Sirin (and the updated Minitaur)
Moog’s new Sirin is a refresh to the Moog Minitaur with a new look, but more importantly, it got a major upgrade to the internal oscillators that lets it play
Review: Octatrack at year 8 – Is it still worth it?
With plenty of upgrades and 8 years after it was released, is the Octatrack still worth it? This review attempts to find out, in light of a few other instruments
Time to split: 4 ways to get more out of Stackcables from Tiptop Audio
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
Make Noise 0-Coast and Friends: 10 pairing ideas worth considering
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
Hacking Make Noise 0-Coast: 14 things you may not know it could do
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
Synth hack: How to make your synth bi-timbral – shown using Peak from Novation
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
Novation Peak 1.2: Tutorial and 10 patch ideas
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