Wave – The Wearable Ring MIDI Controller
Wave – The Wearable Ring MIDI Controller Ginki Instruments just launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for their wearable MIDI controller – Wave. Wave is a MIDI controller packed into a ring, with multiple parameters for control – pan, roll, tilt, tap, plus 5 assignable buttons on the ring. Each parameter can be assigned to control any other parameter this is MIDI mappable. You can connect it to your DAW, music apps on your phone or tablet, or the Eurorack synth the Genki has created in conjunction with Wave – the Wavefront. Wavefront is an incredible feat – a synthesizer controllable by a Bluetooth MIDI controller, and one that you can wear! Wave isn’t the first wearable MIDI controller but Wavefront makes Wave an attractive option compared to its predecessors. A few applications we can think of are adding vocal effects while singing, adding effects or launching samples while DJ’ing, doing cool pitch …
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New Tutorial Series All About Ableton’s Wavetable!!
New Tutorial Series All About Ableton’s Wavetable!! We’re very excited to announce a new tutorial series about Ableton’s new synth – Wavetable! We fell in love with the synth the moment we got our hands on it using Ableton Live 10 beta. It’s an intuitive, powerful and fun to use synth. Come packed with many different types of Wavetables, Modulation and Expression possibilities. Our first video gives and overview of the synth and go in-depth with the Oscillators and Sub Oscillator. Check back next week for the second part where we cover the filters. divider style=”clear” su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/H4lL4tSvock” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear”
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Work Smarter and Faster – How to Use Speed in Your Workflow and Get Organized
Work Smarter and Faster – How to Use Speed in Your Workflow and Get Organized We all have that one track that we’ve spent what feels like a lifetime on. It’s that piece that we work at consistently but can never seem to get it totally finished. Often times the reason is simple – we’ve probably just heard it too many times. Speed is the best way to conquer this type of hurdle but being faster isn’t always a straightforward and easy thing to do. One thing I’m sure that will help anybody pursuing a career in music (and really any career for that matter) is incredibly basic and usually underutilized – Organization. Read below to get some great tips on how to organize your projects and workflow a little bit better. By following this checklist and organizing yourself you’ll be sure to see some improvement in the speed at which …
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5 Velocity Techniques + Velocity MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet (Free Download)
5 Velocity Techniques + Velocity MIDI Effect Cheat Sheet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mJ32ymCD9k We continue with our Ableton Effects cheat sheet series. Check out the previous cheat sheets and techniques by CLICKING HERE. The entire collection is available to Beat Lab students and alumni. The Velocity MIDI effect can change incoming MIDI notes velocity in all sorts of ways. Set velocity to full with ease, randomize velocity, change your MIDI controller sensitivity or even practice hitting your drum pads hard enough. Scroll down to the bottom to download the free cheat sheet. divider style=”clear” Full Velocity Put mode to Fixed. Change Out Hi to desired output Velocity divider style=”clear” Randomize Velocity Turn up the Random knob (Up to 64 randomizations) divider style=”clear” Change MIDI Control Sensitivity Adjust Drive and Compand to your liking divider style=”clear” Velocity Build Put Mode to Fixed, automated Out Hi divider style=”clear” Practice Hitting the Pads Hard Enough …
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Temper – FREE Phase Distortion Plugin
Temper – FREE Phase Distortion Plugin Temper is a free distortion plugin released by Creative Intent that has a unique charm we wanted to share with you! This plugin was originally priced at $10 but then the developers decided to re-release it for, and share the source code. All those interested in programming can now take a look under the hood of the plugin and see how its algorithm makes it such a powerful tool. The interface is simple to use, there are three knobs for controlling the tone of the distortion itself (curve, drive, saturation), a cutoff and resonance knob for the filter, a feedback knob for increasing the overdrive signal, and a volume knob for increasing the output of the overall sound. The saturation curve can add warmth and bite to your sound, and the phase distortion can add real character and clarity to your sound. Let’s get more into …
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7 Factors to Think About Before Buying a Digital Piano
7 Factors to Think About Before Buying a Digital Piano One of the music producer’s most important tools is the keyboard, and if your compositions rely on realistic piano sounds then you’re going to want a good piano. Unfortunately, not everyone has the room for an acoustic piano, or can afford to buy one. That’s where the digital piano comes in – a digital piano uses recorded samples and an electronic keyboard to recreate the sound and feel of acoustic pianos. Digital Pianos typically have more than just one sound in addition to a Grand or Upright piano, sounds like: Organ, Strings, Harpsichord, etc. The quality of these internal sounds, the build, and the other included features will determine the cost of the piano. We’ve assembled a list of factors to think about when searching for the right digital piano, read them below. su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ The Keyboard The keyboard of a …
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