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Massive X

Posted onJuly 4, 2019July 4, 2019Leave a comment

I’m very pleased to have made some of the stock sounds for Massive X, which included getting a pre-release copy of the plugin. Overall it’s excellent – the biggest thing for me is just the sound – the bass is thicker and richer, it sounds fatter and there are lots of ways to get physical Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsmassive x, native instruments, preset design, sound design, synth

Drum bus processing

Posted onMay 8, 2018May 9, 2018Leave a comment

For ages I was hugely frustrated with my drum sound. More and more EQ, more and more effects, tuning, more tuning, envelopes – I tried everything, or I thought I’d tried everything. The thing I was missing was bussing or grouping the drums all to one channel, and processing that channel. This gives the drums Read More …

CategoriesProduction TipsTagsdrum bus, drum group, fatter drums, processing, production

Minibrute2S review

Posted onMay 8, 2018May 9, 2018Leave a comment

I managed to get one of the early release models of the Minibrute2s and thought it worth reviewing. I’m not going to do a massive in-depth review as they already exist, and if you want to read something like that have a look at the Sound On Sound review. I got this as an attempt Read More …

CategoriesReviewsTagsarturia, eurorack, minibrute, minibrute2s, rackbrute, synthesisers, synths

Compression for beginners

Posted onApril 24, 2018May 8, 2018Leave a comment

Compression can be hard to understand but is a vital effect if you are making modern dance music, or nearly any type of music that needs to sound loud. At the simplest level a  compressor works like an automatic fader that lowers the loudest parts of the signal so the overall level of the sound Read More …

CategoriesProduction TipsTagscompression, compressors, mixing with your mind, processing

Deepmind12 review

Posted onApril 17, 2018May 9, 2018Leave a comment

I’ve had my Deepmind12 for some time but thought it worth writing some thoughts on it. I’ve recently been very kindly loaned a Novation Peak, and while programming a bank of sounds on the Peak it made me think more about the Deepmind12. Basically, I love the Deepmind12. It’s not without its faults but overall Read More …

CategoriesReviewsTagsanalogue, behringer, keyboard, polysynth, synth

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