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Category Archives: hints and tips
Using the Roland MX-1 in the studio: recording BFX and MFX into Ableton Live
I own two pieces of Roland Aira gear (system 1 and TB3) and a Roland Boutique JX-03, all three of which I use live in CSMA together with my laptop running Ableton live. I bought the MX-1 to ease … Continue reading
Posted in hints and tips, New tech, Technical Iussues, Tutorials
Tagged boutique, issues, music, recording, recording effects, Roland Aira, Roland MX-1, studio, studio use, technology
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Improvising with Bastl Kastle
Bastl instruments are well known for thinking outside the box of conventional synthesis, and the Kastle doesn’t disappoint- its one of the strangest and most intriguing things I’ve come across in a while. Its got to be one of … Continue reading
Posted in experimenting, hints and tips, New tech, Uncategorized
Tagged bastl, bastl instruments, FM, kastle, sound module, synthesis
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Music Fail- God that sounds shit
There was an article posted in the Guardian website recently entitled Audio Fail that has got a lot of people in a lather; sound artists foamed at the mouth and spat blood on Facebook whilst more traditional composers behaved rather smugly … Continue reading
Posted in experimenting, hints and tips, Opinions, Uncategorized
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Improvising with Korg SQ1
Last Saturday I got my hands on a Korg SQ1 step sequencer. This was released with the Korg MS20 Kit and Module. Having been a long time Ms20 user, now using the MS20 mini this was a no-brainer; its built … Continue reading
Posted in hints and tips, New tech
Tagged analogue synths, Berlin school music, Korg MS20, korg SQ-1
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New sounds from forgotten boxes- EMU virtuoso 2000
In the dim and distant past, in an era of Sibelus V1-V2 and computers were not very powerful there was a 19 inch rack unit called the Virtuoso 2000, This was essentially a sample based synthesizer with two orchestral sample … Continue reading
Recording and mixing analogue synths
The recent reissue of the Korg Ms20 with the Arp Odyssey being developed plus the growing eurorack modular market means more people are now having fun with these things once considered deeply unfashionable (I was there in the mid 80s). … Continue reading
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