Samples! Granular! Etc! The new Minifreak update makes a great synth great-ier. Here's my video on the new engines.
Update here: https://www.arturia.com/products/hardware-synths/minifreak/update
2024-12-18 18:33:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
Next week I have two biggish modular videos on the second channel, one on the new Qubit Stardust cosmic tape looper, and the other on the Dnipro (pronounced dan-EE-pro) Radiant multi-effect module.
Both are cool and I had a lot of fun making the videos and making music with them. You can check them out early access here, but keep in mind the Radiant doesn't launch until Monday. Stardust is out now.
Stardust: 2024-12-07 18:31:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
Today I released the first of MANY sound packs for the various synths I own. This is going to be a major focus of 2025 for me.
This first pack is for Syntakt.
You can get it here: https://redmeansrecording.gumroad.com/l/colorcoma
I will be uploading these packs to the $10 tier, s...
2024-11-23 20:50:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
New music for the itcho.io free music project, this time around vocals: https://jjbbllkk.itch.io/chorus-somnia
4 pieces made with the Fever Dreams Kontakt library by Ari Mason.
Come join us at 9 AM PST (about 10 minutes) for what will be the last big video project I do for the next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl4XwlWLLV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl4XwlWLLV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl4X...
The falling leaves tell a story: it's slippery.
This is the fruit of the project I've been working on for two months: a dive into the open-world music of Elden Ring: the compositional techniques, the methods, the instruments, and the lore.
A video on this is coming Sunday. It's a big one, and my last big project for the year, outside a wrap-up video in December.
The music attached ...
2024-11-11 23:57:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey ya'll,
I usually knock out my Patreon exclusive production tips/explainer video this first week of the month but I'm working my ass off trying to get the next video finished. The last two have done terribly and I'm hoping this one will do better, it's a serious passion project.
I'm working on deconstructing and recreating the music in Elden Ring and talking about how the music reflects the story and lore of the world.
I'll work on the production tips video next week. For...
2024-11-04 22:48:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Made a 30-minute semi-generative spooky patch! Audio attached.
https://youtu.be/hUlzdG8IWtE?si=7QBSlQnnFm3XG2wZ
https://youtu.be/hUlzdG8IWtE?si=7QBSlQnnFm3XG2wZ
https://youtu.be/hUlzdG8IWtE?si=7QBSlQnnFm3XG2wZ
<...
2024-10-31 22:30:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's Sunday's video: A history of convolution in audio processing and a demo of ModeAudio Airspace. I like this plugin, it's nothing completely revolutionary, but the IR library is clever and the delay is well-conceived.
ModeAudio sponsored this video and is offering 33 perfect off the plugin (which is already pretty inexpensive) for the first week of this being out, so if you're interested u...
2024-10-30 17:27:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Steinberg asked me to do presets and a video for their free spectral synthesizer, X-Stream, and I turned it into a bit of a history lesson. Here's the history of spectral synthesis and more!
Get the free Spectral Synthesizer X-Stream here:
https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instruments/x-stream/
After X-Stream is activated and installed, get my presets here:
This is the script and sources for my video on Spectral Synthesis and X-Stream by Steinberg.
THIS VIDEO WILL BE PATREON ONLY UNTIL THE VIDEO IS LIVE THIS COMING WEEK.
Video here: https://youtu.be/5g632XP7HVY
Get the free Spectral Synthesizer X-Stream here: https://www.steinberg.net/vst-instruments/x-stream/
Aft...
This is tomorrow's video. It's sponsored by Expressive E and it's a giveaway at Perfect Circuit for an Osmose. Osmose is the perfect instrument. Nothing else is. There is only Osmose.
Hi all,
This is what I've been working on for the last two weeks. Big video on a big synth. Cascadia felt like it deserved a lot of attention, and that's what I gave it.
There are two videos part of this project:
Walkthrough video: https://youtu.be/ZgDHZsAbfew
Musical performance video: https://youtu.be/cRNJ13uxYbQ
The walkthrou...
2024-10-12 19:22:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
Here's the monthly Patreon exclusive video on music production. We've done compression, delay, and making music from scratch. This time we're talking about ear candy: effects, risers, drops, swells, lasers, and more.
We'll go over different types of effects, make some from scratch, and show how to use some of them with tips and tricks to get the most of them.
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.
If you have suggestions for the next month's vi...
2024-10-07 21:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
One of my two big videos for this month is a video commissioned by Steinberg on X-Stream, their free spectral synthesis plugin. The video is mostly about the history and method of spectral synthesis with a quick walkthrough of the video at the end.
I had to make presets for the synth and realized they were almost little soundscapes on their own, so I exported each one going for...
2024-10-06 23:48:50 +0000 UTC View Postit ended yesterday morning
please
please stop
please I beg you
I cannot take the continued entering
please
my soul screams for release
I am in a hell of my own making
bougainvillea
2024-10-02 18:18:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, I'm using Poncho as the name for my improvised techno stuff. Here's session one (the first was session zero), which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgylC9hEa0w
I hope you enjoy Poncho.
Pooncho.
Poozonchoo.
Particaloozmpo.
2024-09-30 22:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Minimal? Electro? Ambient? Electronica? I dunno, I just work here.
This is a new rack I've put together around the Tubbutec Brainstep. It's fun. I'll be doing another video on it soon. I'll also be performing with it live soon. I'll keep you posted!
I'll upload the set as audio to the appropriate tier soon.
Blippity,
-j
2024-09-26 18:20:42 +0000 UTC View PostHi y'all,
I feel like I haven't uploaded a new video in forever when in truth it's been two weeks tops. That said there's going to be a delay before any new stuff comes out. Everything I'm working on now is a time consuming project and it won't be until October new stuff is coming out. Here's what to expect then:
1) a video on making a dance track with Komplete 15 (hosted on the NI channel)
2) a Jeremiah Samsonite video on the Osmose as part of a giveaway with perfect cir...
Hi all!
Here's this month's video on a tool or technique for music production. For this one, we tackle the effects of delay and echo: how they work, what they do, how they sound, and when to use them.
As with the compression video before, feel free to ask any unanswered questions below, and if there's enough I can do a follow-up video.
Also, feel free to leave a comment suggesting a topic for an upcoming video. This could be a single effect or technique, or it could be like ...
2024-09-03 18:42:16 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
Hey there,
I just ran a random number generator on the 30 entries we got to pick the winner for this, and I've reached out to them via email.
If I do not hear from them within 24 hours, I will rerun the number and reach out to them via email.
Hi all,
Donner sent me these to do a video on the D1 when it came out but the whole thing was super weird and I decided not to do a...
2024-09-01 15:38:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I do not think this is a good module
I did not enjoy reviewing this module
I am only putting this out and speaking with a slightly positive voice for political reasons
I do not know if I will work with 4MS again after this
Here's the next video, out Friday probably.
I've posted the transcript and sources too.
If you have any resources you think are cool for learning rhythm, leave a comment and let me know!
2024-08-21 15:27:35 +0000 UTC View Post
From this video: https://youtu.be/JE3QM_9sljI
character visualizer: 2024-08-21 15:25:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! Here's the next set of videos for both channels:
Befaco Oneiroi Review (Main Channel): https://youtu.be/kfVfHdVKwfc
Befaco Oneiroi Sonic Showcase (Second Channel): https://youtu.be/RjNh6xajwcg
It's an elegant box and I think anyone into experimental music/drone/stuff should check it out. Even if you're not usually into modular, t...
2024-08-13 14:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, here's the follow up to this video and post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109511790
I answer questions left by ya'll in the comments. I like this format and would like to continue it. What music production effect or technique would you like me to cover next? I'm open to suggestions.
Hi all,
I just finished this up. It will be published on Sunday.
By now you (probably?) know about my project on itch.io to make royalty-free music for people to use in their media projects and games. If not, this will be an intro for you! If you do, this will explain it in detail.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
This is in great part because of your support. If you're ever like "What do I even ...
2024-08-07 16:22:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Video here: https://vimeo.com/994568696/02b5707ee3?share=copy
I am going to be doing, on average, one of these a month for ya'll. We'll do some educational video on something that I wouldn't normally do for the main channel. In this case, it's an intro to compression.
I have a script for this that went into more detail that I never made a video for, and I'll paste it below. Hope this helps!<...
2024-08-05 14:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Feel like just getting this out and might as well do it as a premiere.
See you today at 9am PST (about an hour and 15 minutes from now): https://youtu.be/7fx0JvKeLrA
Transcript and sources for this video: https://youtu.be/7fx0JvKeLrA
Many of the tracks in here are from the excellent compilation I was part of here: https://mmxximnml.bandcamp.com/album/mmxximnml
TRACK ID: Altinbas - Tide (Or...
2024-07-29 20:32:39 +0000 UTC View Post