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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …