Posted on 03/10/2016
Let’s split it up A recent addition to my Eurorack Modular system is the “Clouds” module from Mutable Instruments. Clouds is a “Graintable” synthesizer / sampler. It samples audio from the input, and splits it into atoms. These atoms can be re-arranged, pitched, re-positioned, resized etc, and in between those settings lies an interesting world of […]
Posted on 12/08/2016
Mixed sample rates You may find yourself in a situation where you accidentally came to record at one sampling frequency, and then later record something else with a different frequency and wind up with a bunch of files with different sampling freuqnecies in the same session. This situation can actually happen in a DAW – […]
Posted on 01/08/2016
Performance at a price If you want to get the full benefits and sound quality from digital audio devices, it is imperative that the elements in the system are all synchronised to a common master clock – called Word Clock (WC). The is especially true – and even mandatory – when you are working with […]
Posted on 31/07/2016
“Any ol’ snake will do…” It may seem that “a cable is a cable”. But there is in fact quite a difference between the various cable types. Nornally the quoted performance specification of a piece of equipment requires using the proper cabling. Cabling for Digital Audio Signals For digital AES/EBU or SPDIF cable connections, you […]
Posted on 24/05/2016
ANA is definitely a well-equppped subtractive synth, capable of producing all standard virtual analog flavours. Plenty of everything, and a large modulation matrix caters for some very complex possibilities. I acquired it mostly because of the randomizing feature, which is very much in line with my current generative music experiments. And ANA does deliver some wildly unpredictable […]
Posted on 23/05/2016
Metaphysical Functions is a part of Native Instruments’ Reaktor package – currently at version 6. So you need to have Reaktor installed to use the instrument. It has been a part of Reaktor for a long time, so even early versions of the program may contain it, since it is part of the official NI […]
Posted on 31/03/2016
Posted on 21/03/2012
A powerhouse engine The Virus TI synth engine is very well equipped, and enables a wide range of sounds – from classic analog emulations, to dazzling, distorted arpeggios. The synth based on Virtual Analog technology with its 3 oscillators, dual multimode filters, generous modulations and beefy effects. The keyboard feels heavy and reassuring, and a […]
Posted on 01/01/1998
The PCM-80 is one of the later quality Lexicon hardware digital reverbs and the successor of the venerable PCM-70. A very good sounding device, with quality convertors and digital I/O that allows you to match it with DAWs and digital mixers. It contains the acclaimed Lexicon reverb algorithms, but also sports a wide range of other […]
Posted on 02/08/1996
Although my trusty Akai S-1000/1100/3200 samplers had been expanded up to the full 32MB memory, and were able to hold great many samples (enough to produce full tracks), there was still a need for a device that could hold very long stereo samples, and even whole mixes. Akai saw this need, and launched the solution […]