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…
Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
Heads up. I’m hosting and performing the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet’s 8th Birthday Online Concert. Artists will be performing 10 minute sets on YouTube starting at 8:10 PM MDT. Use this link to set a reminder and watch live https://youtube.com/markmosher/live. [update July 9th – a replay of this concert is now available here.
Last month I participated in #jamuary and created 7 new songs which I’ve posted as videos to this YouTube playlist. . It was really inspiring and freeing to just go for it and finish these short musical themes. Via @truecuckoo … “The idea with Jamuary is to get going with what you have, and to…
Live 10.0.6 Now Available Ableton Live 10.0.6 is now available. For me the biggest news here is they “updated the bundled Max application to Max 8.0.2.” This means some advanced Max for Live devices ( ex. Isotonik Studios Signal) no longer require you to download Max 8.0.2 and point to that version in Preferences. More…
Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
Ableton just released the final version of Live 10 today. I wanted to pass along a link to a set of videos they have to help you learn Live 10… https://www.ableton.com/en/live/learn-live/. The videos offer an overview of Live 10, Setup, Interface, Instruments & Effects, and Workflows. In a related note, I’ve been running 10 in…
Modulate This! – Synth Tech & Technique Artilcles by Mark Mosher
Despite the economic downturn, 2009 was thankfully a huge year when it came to new technology for electronic music artists. Rather than try and cover every significant release, I’ll instead list some of my favorite products and notable trends. The Year of Ableton What a big year for Ableton. Live 8 with great new features…
http://www.sonicstate.com/tv/flvplayer.swf Nice overview video of a demo of new Ableton Live 7 features from AES 2007 NY. DEALS on Ableton from Musicians Friend
Right on the heels of 6.0.9 – Ableton has release Live 6.0.10. It’s a free upgrade for both PC and Mac Users. Live 6.0.10 is online and can be downloaded using this link www.ableton.com/downloads. You can also use the "Check for update …" command from Live’s ‘Help’ menu. There are actually some big fixes in…
Ableton just release Live 6.0.9. It’s a free upgrade for both PC and Mac Users. Live 6.0.9 is online and can be downloaded using this link www.ableton.com/downloads. You can also use the "Check for update …" command from Live’s ‘Help’ menu. To see the list of what’s fixed and new in 6.0.9, read on…
Looking for some free presets for Ableton Live 6? Checkout the Covert Operators download page at http://www.thecovertoperators.org/archives/category/downloads/. The newest download they offer is Espionage – a collection of sounds from from their past and future commercial projects. Presets include select sounds from SoundWrecks, Surgical Tools Vol1, and previews from the upcoming The Muses: Covert Midi…
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to configure an external audio editor within Live, then invoke this editor to tweak audio within a clip. In this case I’ll be using the external audio editor to a normalize the audio within a clip, but you can use the audio editor to make any…
Prior to Ableton Live 6, to select a device in a chain you had to use your mouse to scroll through the list of devices. This made finding and selecting devices rather tedious when a large number of devices were involved. This problem was compounded with the introduction of Racks. There is a new feature…
Hi, this is Mark Mosher. Welcome to my blog. I’m a synthesist, Composer, Producer, and Visualist living in Boulder CO. I’m also the founder of the Rocky Mountain Synth Meet andSynth Patrol.
I’ve been blogging wince 2005 and this blog is a mix of posts on artistic news as well as synth tech & technique posts under the category Modulate This!
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