Update to Synthesis 101

We now have a total of 3 lessons on creating sounds. Lesson 1 – The First Sound – “Hello World” of Sound Programming Lesson 2 – Oscillators Lesson 3 – Filters We will be creating additional lessons on Amplifiers, Envelope Generators, LFOs, Function Generators, and more. Stay tuned!

Eurorack Samplers

Eurorack has come a long way in creating sounds similar to the classic modular synths.  They consist of VCOs, VCFs, VCAs, EGs, and LFOs, Noise Generators, and maybe some logic and function generators.  These days you will find so much more, like drum modules, wavetable synths, wave shapers and folders, effects, etc., and there seems to be an endless amount of […]

Coming Soon – Video Posts and Vlogs

We are still experimenting with the best way to present our tips and tricks for some of the solutions of the most frequently or in some case least frequent but relevant questions we want to share with everyone.  Many cases, words are fine, but we are at a point that we will begin recording screen capture videos to post or […]

Review: Rob Papen Predator 2

Rob Papen released a long awaited update to the world renowned Predator soft synth with Predator 2. He also released the eXplorer 4 bundle at the same time. With eXplorer 4, you get a plugin called Prisma, but we were unsuccessful in running the product when we tested it. It would not pass the AU validator tool, so we will wait for the next release to test it in full detail.

ProTools 12.7 Released

It took some time for me to consider upgrading, with the issues I have had in the past with ProTools and El Capitan.  Even at ProTools 12.6, I only loaded it on my test (non-production) system as I did not want to impact any production deadlines due to some issue with my software. At any rate, I have successfully upgraded […]

Where did 2016 go? Welcome 2017!

I have been swamped with much to do about so many things, I have been neglecting, procrastinating (add other verbs to postpone action) to post more frequently.  And now it is 2017!  One of my very few resolution is to update here at least once a week.  Eventually, that goal should be once a day. 2016 was an interesting year […]