The second part of my two-part series making percussion/drum sounds for Ableton (and/or any sample-based drum setup). This time, we used synths! Percussion […]
Video: Korg opsix Sound Design Session
This week’s video is two hours(!) of mostly no-talking sound design! Take note: I have moved my streams from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday […]
Video: The Magic of the Korg opsix
This week, I took the opportunity of my stream to expound on the magic of the Korg opsix, a wonderful FM-first, deep and […]
Video: Understanding FM: Algorithms
This week’s stream, we tackle the vexing question of the FM algorithm (spoiler: it’s just a flow chart!) and I talk my way […]
Video: FM as a Secondary Technique
Another week, another stream! This week, I discuss the use of FM synthesis as a secondary technique to add sizzle and screech to […]
Video: Pigments Filters Explored
This week’s livestream is a look at all of the filters included in Arturia’s Pigments. There’s a bunch of them, and we barely […]
Video: All About Sweeps
Filter sweeps (and the extended class of timbral sweeps) are one of my favorite types of sounds. From classic transition effects and classic […]
Video: Subtractive Basics II Exercises
This week’s stream was a walkthru of the exercises from the Subtractive Basics II lesson on the excellent Novation Circuit Mono Station. This […]
Video: Subtractive Basics Exercises Walkthru
This week’s stream was a walkthru of the exercises from the Subtractive Basics I lesson on the excellent Novation Circuit Mono Station. We […]
Videos: “The Rest of the Owl” in Pigments
We just about wrap the year’s streaming with two videos in Pigments focusing on revising, polishing and cleaning up patches — in other […]