Category: Sound Design
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Metaphorium Presets for U-HE Hive 2.1 Including Sounds Used in The Matrix Resurrections + Push 2 Jam + Sonic Lab Patch Flip Walkthrough
[Updated on 2/2/2022 to add interview with Sonic State interview with Sound Designers at bottom of post] U-HE Hive 2 is one my main go-to plugins. It’s easy on the CPU, sounds incredible. It has amazing presets and straight-forward user interface allowing you quickly find something useful yet tweak it to make it your own…
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Arturia MicroFreak Synth Tip: Converting an Arp to a Sequence Enabling Modulation Track Automation
In this video I offer an overview of one of my favorite MicroFreak features, the ability to convert an arpeggiator to a sequence. I also share a few other tips along the way. There are a few benefits to this.
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First Experiment with VCV Rack 2 VST & Ableton Live 11 Macro Variations and Snapshots
I just picked up VCV Rack 2 Pro. I’m excited about the potential to run this as a VST within Live 11 so I can integrate all this with Live’s features along with Max for Live. I recently did a quick test to test all this out using Live 11’s macro variations. Here is a…
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Patch Notes on My Ableton Live 11 MPE Factory Sounds + Live 11 MPE Tips
Ableton Live 11 released back in February so I’m a bit late with this post. I had the pleasure of contributing a teeny bit to the release of Live 11 as a freelance consultant and sound designer – woo hoo! I worked on MPE related sounds and ended up with 4 sounds in Live 11’s…
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Brian Clevinger’s Rhizomatic Plasmonic Synth Demo Now Available + Livestream Interview
Introducing Rhizomatic Plasmonic Brian Clevinger, the creator of Absynth, started his own company a while back called Rhizomatic Software Synthesis. His first new instrument is called Plasmonic. Here is a 4 minute intro video. Plasmonic combines the resonant depth of physical modeling with subtractive synthesis. Our goal is for Plasmonic to approach the depth and…
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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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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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New Sonic Encounters Soundscape “Replicant’s Dream” + Video of Improv Session w/ Analog Four and Interactive Visuals w/ Resolume
I just released a Bandcamp subscriber preview of a new soundscape called “Replican’ts Dream” obviously inspired by Bladerunner. Music and visuals improvised and recorded in one real-time pass. Music is performed on Elektron Analog Four MKI using 4 tracks with no sequencing. Visual synthesis in Resolume Arena. Video of Live Recording Sessions Here is a…
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New Sonic Encounters Soundscape “Ghosts of Time and Space” Featuring Samples from Empty Vessel’s Ghosts Audio Edition + Video of Improv Session
Video Here is the video from a session where I improvised a new soundscape called “. This was improvised on Ableton Live 10 with Push 2. Sources Samples While I mostly do my own sound design I’ve been enjoying using libraries from others to introduce pleasant surprises (“chance operations”) into some of my improvisational pieces.…
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Pink Floyd is Streaming Full Length Concerts as Part of the @YouTube Film Festival + Making “On The Run” with @MaxForCats OSCiLLOT Modular
Some weekend listening and patching ideas for for you. Pink Floyd is streaming full length concerts as part of the @YouTube Film Festival. Plus down below find a link to how to make “On The Run” with OSCiLLOT by Max for Cats. Head over to the Pink Floyd channel on YouTube now for PULSE which…
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Video: Howard Jones Transform Tour Live at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall
Some uplifting synth songs for your Thursday. Howard Jones has posted live footage from his Transform Tour at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall. The band features Howard Jones, Robbie Bronnimann, Dan Burton and Robin Boult Recorded and mixed by Stephen W Tayler. Here is Part 1. The First three songs from Howard Jones’s critically acclaimed Transform…
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Stray Cats Collection Free in Collab with Ableton, Max for Cats and Sonic Bloom
In collaboration with Max for Cats and Sonic Bloom, we’ve made the Stray Cats Collection, a free Pack of Max for Live devices. (Note: this Pack requires Max for Live, which is included in Live Suite or available for purchase for Live Standard.) https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ideas-offers-making-music-home/ More Links from Sonic Bloom and Max for Cats Sonic Bloom…
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Ableton “Spectral Textures” Live Pack is Now Free
Ableton released a new Live Pack called Spectral Textures. The Spectral Textures Pack is now free. New sounds can bring new ideas, so we’ll be offering more free sounds soon. https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/ideas-offers-making-music-home/ You can download the pack here https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/spectral-textures. One part field recordings and one part additive synthesis, Spectral Textures is a unique instrument that blends…
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Improv with Ableton Live, Push 2 and Max for Live Devices FlexGroove and Granulator II
Here is video of an improv with Ableton Live and Push2 I streamed to Facebook Live earlier today. The video is a download from my FB live stream so low rez but you’ll get the idea. I improvised it all on-the-fly. Prior to playing I setup a few tracks such as a Simpler containing a…
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Sonic State Hosting Q-SONIC – A New Online Showcase Event April 24-26
FYI – Just saw this over at Sonic State https://sonicstate.com/news/2020/03/24/q-sonic-a-new-online-event/ Here is the YouTube Playlist As we all scramble to recalibrate around what is becoming a new normal; while we hunker down and protect ourselves and our loved ones from the COVID-19 bug, we’ve seen all events in the calendar disappearing, including our beloved Superbooth,…
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Good Read “Electroacoustic Music is Not About Sound” by Eric Chasalow @NewMusicUSA @NewMusicBox
I recently discovered New Music USA which has a lot of great resources. I’m particularly enjoying the publication NewMusicBox. NewMusicBox, a multimedia publication from New Music USA, presents artists in their own words and explores the ideas behind a wide scope of adventurous music produced in the United States: concert works, jazz, experimental, contemporary opera,…
Mark Mosher 