SoundEngine: Set your samples free!
Why Open Sample Packs are important Recently, I’ve been going through the hard drives on my desktop and laptop, updating plugins, cleaning out stuff I don’t use, and uninstalling products that are no longer supported. One thing I noticed that surprised me, however, is that a lot of sample content that I had licensed and…
Dexed: Create a Virtual TX816
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about better ways to use Dexed in a DAW. Specifically, I’m interested in layering the same sound upon itself to “thicken up” the 6-op FM sounds that Dexed already makes. Beyond that, though, I’m interested in synthesizing new sounds by layering *different* FM sounds upon each other. In hardware,…
Vector Synthesis on K1v
The Kawai K1 was released in 1988, after the Sequential Prophet VS was released in 1986. Like the Roland D-50 before it, it’s my sense that the K1 team scrambled to respond to the relatively new concept of a joystick in the unit’s user interface. Also, like the D-50, the design team figured out practical…
Maximum MIDI Control of the LXR-02
Editing is reasonably fast on the Erica Synths LXR-02, but there still is some menu diving and cursor positioning involved. If I were to perform live with it or want to control it in realtime while making drum sounds and beats, which is likely, it would present a challenge. Enter my recent acquisition, the Novation…