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Dexed: Easy Layers & Splits In A DAW
One of the things Yamaha’s original DX7 did not have, as it was May 1983, was splits or layers. Splits were the idea that you could have one timbre on the left side of the keyboard, a different timbre on the right. Layers, also somewhat obvious, was the notion that you could take two timbres…
SoundEngine: Decidedly Human
Guiding Principle I believe that art is a human-crafted expression. Consider the evolution of the visual arts. After cave paintings, humans adopted the brush. The brush was a tool used to create the art, but the brush did not create the art itself. It was an extension of the human-crafted expression. Without a brush, there…
K1v: Turbocharge It in a DAW
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – we enjoy Nils’ K1v VST a lot. It’s a spot-on recreation of the class Kawai K1 / K1m / K1r synthesizer, first released in 1988. Despite its diminutive feature set, I’m still a fan of the sounds that can be wrung out of this VST. It’s…
