Love the flexibility and recall of digital? Me too.
Here are some ways to combine an analog synth with a computer environment.
Get additional oscillators into your Minilogue!! Connect your minilogue and use it as a modular system in your computer!
You’ll need either a 5 pin MIDI to USB, or a USB cable to connect the Minilogue to your computer.
Download drivers, and firmware updates http://www.korg.com/us/support/download/product/0/544/
Correction in the video! I said that for your MIDI tracks in your DAW, use the MIDI OUT option (you’ll see in the video what I mean). When in fact you’ll need to use the MIDI SOUND option provided by the driver.
To increase your plays, exposure, and sales (perhaps) try creating a music video. It doesn’t have to be high budget.
I would never have heard of the band Ok Go, if it were not for there amazingly creative videos. I would not have found them on Soundcloud or any other audio website. But on social media, people share videos 100 times more often than they will share an audio file. Videos are appreciated in social media communities, where shared audio content is usually rejected and brings negative reactions.
It’s obviously a video generation! Which is not necessarily a negative thing; it can be an opportunity! If you can get over the learning curve of creating videos, this could be a wonderful thing for your music!
Here’s a Playlist I created of all the videos below, so if you want to watch all of them you can. What would you add to this list??
It can be high on the creative factor and get views/listens!
Another one from OK GO, because it’s one of my favorites.
In the quest for creating new and interesting sounds, I wanted to figure out how I could run my audio/MIDI tracks through a virtual synth, and use the effects to creatively alter the sound. It took some time, but I have it figured out and wanted to share the secrets!
If you own the Moog Modular (version 2.8+) or download the free demo, you can try this!
I don’t know that I have very usable results yet with the patches I’ve designed and the sound sources I’ve tried them with, but I can hear the potential. And it sure is fun experimenting with this!
So you’re interested in buying a talkbox? Or perhaps you own one, but are not satisfied with the results you are getting, and you’re left wondering if you can do better?
Maybe you’re a fan of Daft Punk, and you’re wondering how they get their melodic robotic vocal sounds?
Well, in any case, you have come to the right place.
As far as I know, this is the first and only talkbox shootout on the internet.
{patting myself on the back}
Here you go:
Three of the most popular talkboxes, in the same place, used by the same performer for the same lyric and melody. I was striving for clarity of lyric, adjusting settings for each device for maximum clarity.
Here is the uncompressed audio file of the blindfold shootout.
This producer duo DaDa Life explain their techniques for using and recording with a (Banshee) talkbox. Fast forward to the 20 or 24 minute mark, and you’ll see/hear them demonstrating how they use and record the talkbox. This was one of the most helpful bits of information that I found in my research. Thank you DaDa Life and Future Music Magazine!
Make sure to check out Future Music Magazine’s – YouTube channel. Get a cup of coffee, kick back, and watch as an electronic producer walks you through their production process, with tips, plugins, tricks, techniques ….. you gotta love the internet!
Creative Audio Production on iTunes (free episodes of the podcast). The podcasts are a few years old now, but the creative ideas, tips and tricks are timeless.