Posted on 26/07/2016

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Clean up your audio with surgical EQ

The odd sounds Most recording spaces show certain frequency anomalies in the form of resonances, standing waves, vents, electrical hisses and hums and background noises. Maybe the anomalies were not noticed during reccording, or perhaps it was impossible to remove them on site. But they will probably show up in mixing or post-production. Luckily there are […]

Posted on 13/07/2016

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Logic Pro X – Taming Flex Pitch

The Flex Pitch editor is a major addition to Logic Pro X, that has kept improving with each version of Logic. Although there is still room for improvements (Logic 10.2.3), Flex Pitch allows you to precisely tune and shape your vocals, with an editor resembling the standard keyroll. This tuning method is far superior to the often imprecise and […]

Posted on 24/05/2016

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Sonic Academy ANA Synthesizer

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 19/04/2016

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Arkaos Grand VJ

In early 2016 I acquired the Arkaos “Grand VJ” software. This Mac OSX app can run MIDI-synchronised video, graphics and images to the music. You assign clips and images to MIDI note numbers and send these numbers from your DAW or MIDI sequencer in sync with the music. You can even perform the video live on […]

Posted on 01/02/2016

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Telestream WireCast

Fluxic now incorporates a full TV-station With the addition of the Telestream WireCast software for the Mac Pro, future Fluxic events and concerts can now be live streamed directly from the studio. I am currently carrying out experiments with a basic setup of 2 HDMI cameras and a webcam, with extra cameras planned. Expect the first webcast […]

Posted on 01/08/1995

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Digidesign Turbosynth

Hardware dominance. In the start 1990s the world of sampling was dominated by hardware samplers from Akai, E-mu, Roland, Sequential and Ensoniq and a few more. Each hardware sampler had a set of basic digital processing tools available for the loaded samples. Going virtual But with the appearance of the Sound Designer II audio editor from Digidesign, […]