The Z-DSP a cartridge based open-source variable clock digital signal processor from tip-top audio. Let’s break that down: cartridge-based means that it needs one a cartridges with an algorithm that determines how it works. Variable clock means that you can … Continue reading Tiptop Z-DSP Review, first look at Reverb FDN and 5 other effects
I’d love to hear from you! Please mail me at: ziv (at) loopopmusic (dot) com Here’s some background about this site and its companion YouTube channel. What drove me to open this site and channel is my deep appreciation for others sharing their knowledge online, and the need to reciprocate in kind. I do enjoy digging deep into what a piece of electronic music gear can do – and learning by having someone show you is the best way to do that, especially considering cryptic manuals some manufacturers create. It almost goes without saying that aside from having someone teach … Continue reading Contact & Privacy
If you’ve seen clips of Elise Trouw live looping, aside from being an amazing artist, you’ve seen her effortlessly live loop without touching a looper. All she does is play her instruments and sing, and the parts she plays loop, … Continue reading 3 ways to live loop hands free (like Elise Trouw…) using Ableton Live and ZenAudio
While walking the halls at NAMM 2018 I met the team from Genki and was very impressed by their WAVE product. They sent me one and this is my review: More about their IndieGoGo campaign here: http://bit.ly/WaveOnIndieGoGo * Note – … Continue reading Review: WAVE ring gesture/motion controller by Genki Instruments
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
The Haken Continuum Fingerboard is a combination of an extremely sensitive surface and and powerful and complex synthesizer, tailor made to take advance of its expressive sensors. The Continuum has been refined over the past few decades by Lippold Haken, … Continue reading Haken Continuum in depth review, and what is the Matrix…?
Here’s what this clip is about: Going modular is a lot of fun but can get very expensive, very fast. But there’s a way put together a hybrid modular synth in a gradual, focused way, by only getting the modules … Continue reading Hybrid modular – The one must-have module: bridging Eurorack and VCV Rack, Softube (ES-8 and MOTU)
Dave Smith has been making synths for 40 years, and traditionally has sold them at a relatively high price. With the Rev2, an update to the original Prophet 08 analog poly synth, that has changed. The 8 and 16 voice … Continue reading Review of the Prophet Rev2 by Dave Smith – is it the analog poly synth for you?
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