Category: Gear

Sonic TALK 319

June 27, 2013
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Firstly we riff on the upcoming Glastonbury festival and related tales, then we discuss the transition from using vinatge electronics in the studio to live as inspireed by the Depeche Mode Access focussed stage tour, then the Presonus video shot with Oasis UK and their use of StudioLive 16:4:2 leads to a discussion on wether…

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Synth.nl Apollo Documentary Looks At What Drives Us To Make Music

June 26, 2013
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This short documentary film looks at Dutch synthesist Michel van Osenbruggen, the events that have inspired him and what led him to producing his own electronic music. Readers may be familiar to Osenbruggen’s series of albums, released as Synth.nl, including Apollo, Atmosphere and Primitives. Osenbruggen is also the man behind ‘the ultimate synth-cave‘, Apollo Studios….

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Ableton Live Tutorial: Techno Fundamentals Pt 2 – One Note To Rule Them All – Synth + Macros

June 26, 2013
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More info: http://bit.ly/16e1sAw In the second installment of Techno Fundamentals, electronic music producer and Dubspot instructor John Selway looks at the “one note lead” idea using Ableton Live’s Analog instrument. Commonly used in techno and other styles of electronic dance music where melody takes a backseat to rhythm, the “one note lead” is a simple…

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Ocean Way Plugin Review

June 26, 2013
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Ocean Way Plugin from Universal audio, a brain dump from Ocean Way room expert Allen Sides with the DSP convolution and Dynamic Room Modelling from UA. How does it sound? [Sonic State]

MacBeth Nexus Synthesizer Inspired By Bowie & Eno’s Berlin Trilogy

June 25, 2013
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Designer Ken MacBeth tests out the prototype of his upcoming MacBeth Studio Systems Nexus touchpad synthesizer. Here’s what he has to say about the demo: As I finalize the design of the NEXUS synthesizer for production- I took it the prototype through to the work bench. Basically- the work/refinements are complete. This recording has no…

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Rush raise funds for fellow musicians

June 25, 2013
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  Rush have swung into action to assist fellow musicians in need in their native Canada. The three-piece will donate $1 for every ticket sold for their five home-nation shows in July. The cash will be handed over to the Unison benevolent fund, which takes care of music industry professionals who run into hardship. Unison…

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Importing Maschine expansions without rescaning the entire library

June 24, 2013
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Showing you how to add third party Maschine expansions to your library without having to wait forever for the long rescan process. [MachineTutorials]

Live 9 407: Remixing in Live – 1. Introduction

June 24, 2013
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Live 9 407: Remixing in Live by Olav Basoski Video 1 of 30 for Live 9 407: Remixing in Live Having remixed just about everyone, from Armin van Buuren to Moby, Olav Basoski is the virtual wikipedia of remixing: This guy knows it all! Preparing a song for the dance floor is not an easy…

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Cardiak x Have Mercy

June 22, 2013
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Following Up To “Bugatti”, Cardiak Breaks Down The Making Of Ace Hood’s 2nd Single “Have Mercy”. The Track Is From The Highly Anticipated Album Trails & Tribulations Scheduled To Drop July 16th. [BeatMakingVideos.com]

Scotty McCreery Tour Video – Pensado’s Place #119

June 22, 2013
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Scotty McCreery, country music artist and winner of American Idol season 10 gives us a backstage pass to his recent “Weekend Roadtrip” tour on the 119th episode of Pensado’s Place! Soundcheck starts at 3:48. [Pensados Place]