Author: Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
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Videos on Using ASM Hydrasynth Poly Pressure and MPE with Ableton Live 11 and MPE Controllers
Videos on Using ASM Hydrasynth Poly Pressure and MPE with Ableton Live 11 and MPE Controllers
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Modal Introduces The COBALT8 Synth with MPE. Here Are A Bunch of Videos I’ve Found On It.
Modal just announce the COBALT8 synthesizer which is available for pre-order. It’s a 37-key (with channel aftertouch) virtual analog synthesizer with 8-voice polyphony Up to 8 oscillators per voice for up to 64 simultaneous oscillators. It has a street price of $749. After watching a few videos I’ve come to really enjoy the sonic character […]
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New Gus Gus Single and Video “Higher” Featuring VÖK
My fav band Gus Gus have a new single out called “Higher” in collaboration with Icelandic dream pop band Vök. Here you have the new Gusgus single in colaboration with our favorite icelandi band Vök. Old friends and partners from the 90s directed this amazing video. Enjoy……… Here is the video which features Vök vocalist […]
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Official and Session Videos for New Steven Wilson Single “King Ghost”
Via my friend Steve Turnidge. Steve Wilson just released an amazing video for his killer new single “King Ghost” which will be on his forthcoming album Future Bites. Below are links to the official video, a video for the song from his THE FUTURE BITES SESSIONS. Official video. See lyrics in the YouTube description. KING […]
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Mind Map Celebrating Horror & Sci-Fi Soundtracks with Synths + Halloween Albums by Myself and Another Colorado Artist
Thereminist Victoria Lundy, synthesist Chris Frain and I recently got together to do a presentation Celebrating Horror & Sci-Fi Soundtracks with Synths. Prior to the event we created a rather large interactive mind map from which we could present and play media. We only covered a subset of films on the map. Of course even […]
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New Song & Video “Happy” by Danny Efman
Danny Elfman has cooked up a new song during quarantine. Yay! One of his comments on Instagram said “You imagine I only came up with one song during quarantine?” So maybe more songs coming. Yay! Here is the this NSFW, explicit, creepy, and some might say downright gruesome video for the song. Happy Halloween! Music […]
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New DeLaurentis Single and Video “Life”
I’m spreading the word about a cool new DeLaurentis single called “Life” and the BIG budget official video for the song. Single “Life” The single is from an upcoming album called Unica. Unica is my digital sibling, my alter ego, my double and I can’t wait to introduce her to you ! Photo by Sacha […]
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Ableton as a Modular: Max for Live Envelope Follower Driving an Arp with Push 2
Here is a brief video illustrating how Max for Live transforms all of Live into a modular. Max for Live allows you to override the normal left-to-right signal flow and patch Max for Live Devices to any mappable param in any track. I’m using Max for Live Envelope Follower on a a track with a […]
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Walk-through of Playing Live Techno on Three Elektron Machines for My Song “Secret Drive to Baden-Baden”
I’ve released a new techno single called “Secret Drive to Baden-Baden”. In this post I’ll offer some links to the song which you can stream for free along with some behind-the-scenes notes on one way to perform a track like this live on three Elektron machines. Stream The Track A techno soundtrack for a secret […]
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Synth Designer Ess is Leaving Elektron to Release New Instrument with Felisha Ledesma Under the Name Fors
Elektron Synth Designer Ess announced on his Instagram feed that he’s leaving Elektron to release his own instrument along with Felisha Ledesma. “I’m leaving Elektron 🪂 From humble beginnings in customer support to designing the synthesizers of my dreams. Never could I have imagined that I would be a part of some of the most […]
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Passing Along Tip from Sonic Bloom on Fine-Tuning Ableton Live Arpeggiator Groove
Just saw this over on Sonic Bloom… Did you know that you can tweak the groove of an Arpeggiator preset beyond the setting of the Groove parameter? No I sure didn’t. Even after years of using Live. So I’m passing along this super handy tip by Sonic Bloom. Here is a link to the video […]
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Film “Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and then Legendary Tapes” Premiering at London Film Festival
Via Sonic State, I discovered a new film about Delia Derbyshire will be premiering at the London Film Festival and will be streamable in the UK. Here is the description on the film festival listing. ‘Radio was the most important thing in my life and music, music, music!’ A true pioneer in audio exploration and […]
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Heads Up – Free Event SYNTHESTHESIA 2020 Expo
Heads up. Synth Expo is putting on their first online expo today (Sunday October 4th) from 2pm ET until 10pm ET. The event is called SYNTHESTHESIA 2020. Here’s a list of what visitors can expect…
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Video of 404.zero Presents: 3.1 – “Approaching light, sound and space with a singular vision” – Whoa!
I just discovered 404.zero via some videos on the Fact Magazine YouTube Channel. “404.zero was formed back in 2016 as an outlet for the ambitious audiovisual projects of Russian artists Kristina Karpysheva and Alexander Letsius. Approaching light, sound and space with a singular vision, understanding them as essential parts of a monolithic whole, the duo […]
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Check Out Video “Mount Olympus (San Francisco)” with Electronic Tonalities by CatySynth TV
I’ve been a subscriber to Amanda Chaudhary’s CatSynth TV’s YouTube channel for a long time. The channel has been branching out a bit going beyond pure synth topics. Case in point today’s video tour of Mount Olympus (San Francisco). As lockdown continues I’m really appreciating videos like this that transport me to to an artist’s […]
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Congrats to Brian Funk on his 200th Live Pack – Birds of Prey
My friend and Certified Ableton instructor Brian Funk has just released his 200th Live Pack. Whoa that’s a lot of packs. A huge congrats and thanks to Brian for years of creating so many packs filled with inspiring and expressive sounds! I also want to mention that if you “pop the hood” on these packs […]
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