Something caught in my throat.
Just messing with the MicroFreaks Voice Oscillator.
Just messing with the MicroFreaks Voice Oscillator.
Been playing with the @ArturiaOfficial #MicroFreak. Its FUN. Its Bonkers Fun.
Sadly it also has a somewhat unappealing digital ‘noise’ (a friend referred to it as “DigitalHash’) so more delicate sounds are not really viable, but cranked up its pretty bloody usable.
Its quite an interesting cross between ya bog standard 1 Osc subtractive, and something more modular with some west coast elements. Consequently as a sad old synth geek, it’s quite interesting. The conductive pads that respond polyphonically are really what made me get this as it seems like an interesting controller for future projects regardless of its own synth engine. Anyway, its a hilarious machine for creating riffy ‘acid’ type synth loops. So I’ve been reliving my 90’s dance producer life, and wishing i’d had one of these back then.
Got tasked to make some samples useful in EXS24…
Decided to take it up a notch…
ALCHEMY is rather GOOD.
Via the ModWheel.co.nz
MODWHEEL
PERC+ features 128 patches for Kontakt 5.5 or higher. It includes cymbals, bells, gongs, objects, small percussions, tuned instruments as well as upright piano and a viola da gamba. With up to 10 round robins and 20 layer velocities depending on the instrument.
We bought it back in 2014 and having used it extensively we’ve had some ideas on how to make it an even better user experience. So the interface has been streamlined to make this huge library more immediately useable. The patches are the same but following MODWHEEL’S simple principle of ‘less is more’ we’ve redesigned the GUI curating a few choice functions on the front page for the user.
These include Envelope, Tuning, Body, Reverb, Delay, Arpeggiator and Stutter Key. And of course all the usual Kontakt functionality is still available via the spanner tool.
Get your copy by making a NZ$45 donation to Tironui Music Trust
As with the original concept proceeds of sales will go to a music charity – this time one based in New Zealand.
We’re supporting Tironui Music Trust who are based in South Auckland, NZ. http://www.tironui.org.nz
They provide instruments and tuition to kids aged between 8 -12 at low decile schools (schools in lower socio-economic communities) They can play string or band instruments and learn the basics of reading music, playing an orchestral instrument and performing as a group.
Also Not an 808.
Just messing around with the Grids and the AI
Want it? Have it!
BlumRutBeat-kg
Timphonia Tutorial Walkthrough from MODWHEEL on Vimeo.
So over the last couple of months love been working with the very VERY brilliant www.ModWheel.co.nz guys building a Timpani Library.
Im delighted to say its released and is seriously Brilliant.
Given that i spend most of my time playing with the more bleeding edge sounds generators, its been an interesting discipline to keep within the bounds of this somewhat retro oeuvre!
Teaching aid… When trying to learn a bit of software, i make scratch tracks.
Heres one of them:
Chase Sequence that just Fizzles out?
Another ‘found file’ imagining a somewhat steely image of robots trying to chat each other up in a bus station.