Category: MakingMusic

  • Chasing DFAM’s “stepless” feel across other synths

    Chasing DFAM’s “stepless” feel across other synths

    We explored how to approximate Moog DFAM’s analog, continuously variable sequencer on other hardware and how these devices interoperate. DFAM baseline Arturia MiniBrute 2S Arturia MatrixBrute Sequential Pro 3 Buchla vs Eurorack compatibility Tiptop/Buchla 200t that feels DFAM-like Takeaways

  • Ableton Live 12.1 effects with sidechain option

    Ableton Live 12.1 effects with sidechain option

    Ableton Live 12.1 (Standard) audio effects that let you feed them with audio from another track (“Sidechain” input) Device What the sidechain does Where to turn it on Compressor Classic ducking or keyed compression; optional side-chain EQ Click the little triangle on the left of the device, then hit “Sidechain” inside the panel. (Ableton) Glue…

  • Logic Pro: correctly routing MIDI from DigiTone

    Logic Pro: correctly routing MIDI from DigiTone

    I thought it was easy and straightforward but I was wrong: just easy. Sending the MIDI data from the four tracks of the Digitone to Logic, to play simultaneously four MIDI virtual instruments, requires a touch of environment. You create a Monitor, associate it to a track, and then route from it to four instruments,…