Jupiter-8, Juno-60, TR-707 – 1980s style
Background information:
An ’80s synth / dark improvisation in my style utilizing mostly early ’80s Roland synths. I’m using a few “live” performance techniques like acting on the synth volumes and filters in real time. The verses are a bit “straight” but the choruses have a good chord progression and sound nice (if a bit melancholic) with the huge, magic, silky string sound of the JP-8, and the electric bass following on the high notes, wait for them đŸ˜‰
Equipment:
Roland Jupiter-8 = octave arpeggio synth bass, strings, pad, lead
Roland Juno-60 = pad
Roland TR-707 = drums, arpeggio sync
Fender Jazz = electric bass
Fender Stratocaster = electric guitar
Roland M-10DX = submixing, reverbs, echoes
Cakewalk Sonar X1 PE = recording, effects, compression
Koushion and the Moog MIDI MuRF
A quick example of using the Koushion app to sequence the filter bands on a MIDI MuRF, esentially creating your own patterns on-the-fly. Learn more at www.experimentalsynth.com.
Rob Papen’s Predator soon on Reason
Rob Papen has announced that he is bringing RP Predator synthesizer to Propellerhead Reason as a Rack Extension, Predator RE.
Predator is a “phat sounding” killer synthesizer that combines inspiring presets and first-class features to make this your ‘go-to’ synth for contemporary music production.
The user interface has been designed so that almost all controls are visible on screen, making it fun and incredibly easy-to-use. And if you’re unsure about a particular synth function, simply right click your mouse to access the help screen.Predator is packed with powerful features such as Preset Quick Browser, Preset bank mananger, Preset Morphing, Intelligent Preset Variation, MIDI and Synth Controllable FX, Unison Detune, Chord Memory and an extremely versatile Arpeggiator.
Included preset banks: HipHop (NY, Club, DirtySouth and Gfunk) banks. Jump, hardcore, breakbeat, various Trance styles, DnB banks. Hardcore dance, House, SFX banks and much more…
Last but not least …Predator also includes PredatorFX, allowing you to use the incredible filters, modulations, effects and vocoder as an FX plug-in within your music host.
Predator 1.6 is out now with even more presets included klangMedium “Ambient bank/Downbeat bank” and JoMal bank.
Details are to be announced for Predator RE, but Papen says it will be available soon.
Tachyon and Piano with Jordan Rudess
Jordan demos his latest musical tablet instrument
A little improv showing the magic of having a seamless transition between two sounds (and images) on the playing surface. For more Tachyon information go here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tachyon/id544585980
Sunday Morning Arturia Minibrute Jam
Keith Handy on the Minibrute
Roland Jupiter 6 + Roland Gaia “Super Midi”
Background info below:
In this video I have Midied out of the Jupiter 6 into the Gaia which allows me to play the Gaia through the Jupiter 6. The Jupiter 6 is set on an arpeggio string patch in which I have added some portamento. The Gaia is set on a Sawtooth Synth patch. The two synths sound very good together!
Jody Wisternoff Studio Tour
Taking you on a synth by synth tour of his studio, Jody shows off all the great gear he’s collected over the years.
“You can purchase the full In The Studio With video and magazine from http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk or purchase digitally from http://goo.gl/eITPa“
Octatrack – Rearranging a sample
Elektron dig deep into the functionality of their Octatrack sample/beats workstation, showing us how to rearrange a sample using Slice and Chromatic modes. SLICE MODE and CHROMATIC mode is used in real-time recording mode to make a rhythmic melody out of a guitar sample. Filtering is applied as well.
Samples courtesy of Loopmasters (www.loopmasters.com)
Download the project used in this Pro Tip here:
http://files.elektron.se/pro-tip/PROTIP5.zip
Roland Juno-60
BRUNO ENDER LEE – “Roland Juno-60” – recorded February 2007, every sound is made with Roland Juno-60, on three stereo-tracks, just added some delay & chorus, taken from the CD “Analogue_Syn”
Among the first in Roland’s amazing Juno family! Six analog voices of polyphony and patch memory storage!! The Juno-60 sounds great, however, like the Juno-6 it lacks MIDI control. The Juno-60 includes 56 patches of memory storage. The Juno-60 is still popular due in part to opinions that it sounds better (punchier) than the Juno-106. The Juno-6 and 60 are very rich sounding synthesizers and are great analog machines as long as you can withstand the absence of MIDI control. The JSQ-60 sequencer is an external sequencer controller for the Juno-60 and is usually worth acquiring. Of course nobody can deny that the wooden side panel look is a true sign of Vintage status!
How to mix vocals – Reason Tips
More info on Reason: http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/
Gary Bromham’s guide to vocal recording: http://goo.gl/Vjyek
In this Reason Tips video Mattias gives you some valuable pointers on mixing vocals. Since vocals are often what carries the track, it’s important to get them sitting right in the mix! Learn how what frequencies to pay attention to and how to make a de-esser in Reason’s mixer in this video.
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