Morning there, Quite a few interfaces now have 2 headphone outs, (eg. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/audient-id4-id14-mkii ). If you’re on Mac still, try using GarageBand, it’s far easier to get going, whilst you get your confidence, and it’s free on your Mac. When you’re getting confident then ...

https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-radiophonic-workshop#listen It’s an interesting read for sure. £159 I think. (I have no affiliation with SA!) it’s interesting to read. “ Along with a variety of microphones, the EMT turntable and Rogers loudspeakers made especially for the BBC, there are the Maida ...

But I do think 10s are more suitable for playing chords if what you're doing is mostly chords.

I’ll definitely try a set.

Ian

But with other instruments playing, I expect you’re less likely to notice some chord intervals sounding not quite right. Yes I think this was the first time (for me) I felt I just wanted the guitar doing the work, the reverb didn’t help either, holding some harmonics that slightly jarred. Being a ke ...

E1 = -2.3 cent B2 = 0 G3 = 0 D4 = -0.4 Cent A5 = -2.1 Cent E6 = -2.3 Cent Given that the frets themselves are laid out in 12TET, no thanks. Interesting - I watched a YouTube vid yesterday of a (pro) player showing his own sweetened tunings from perfect. They looked quite extreme to me (-6 cents on ...

Red light fever. I know it well. Try recording it in shorter chunks, then when you're happy with a take from each chunk, relax a bit a record the whole thing. Ended up doing this Drew. 2 bars at a time got some great chords and then did a few passes over a longer section much better knowing I had a ...

Thanks Adrian, I’ve checked my other guitars too and I’m thinking it is a technique issue. What I think I’m doing (I’ve just recorded and videod myself playing) is because it’s more or less just some guitar picking (with some shimmery reverb) at this point and I move quickly through those barred chor ...

What is a tuner saying about it? If you finger a chord and play the notes one-by-one into a tuner are they in tune? Yes they seem to be certainly the Barred F and open C major Bm. Have you got any feeler gauges - what clearance do you have between the strings and the first fret? String to first ...

Yes I wondered about that, I could just try different inversions I guess, but I have to say I wondered whether the nut slots were a little high. But that might be a red herring I end up chasing……

I’m working on putting some simple chords and a piece of music which so far has some simple piano, basic drum beat and Hammond. Trouble is my electric guitar although tunes spot on just sounds a bit “ off” when I drop from a barred at third fret G to a similar barred at first second Bm. I’ve checked ...

Well I've never used Auditon but I do use RX for cleaning up samples when I'm creating instruments and it works marvellously, certainly enough for me. Its also easy to use which is bonus when you're not sure what you're doing :D , I just close my eyes and twiddle - as they say and it works. no major ...

Since I don't have a dedicated space for music-making, tearing down and rebuilding is a weekly occurence in Casa Asaro!

But your output is phenomenal and the quality mind blowing!

Ian

When I did it ( :crazy: ), I labelled all synths (stereo outputs included L & R), all sockets and PSUs (cause they all look the same :headbang: ), drew a wiring schematic to inputs on AI. All midi and usb cables were marked too, and I put them back one at a time testing as I went. Just take your ...

I’ve just watched the Arturia update ( :geek: )and although I’ve used pigments quite a bit in some of my past work, it’s simply amazing what it can now do. In fact it truly appears to do everything I could imagine and (not surprisingly for a musician whose definition of peak synthesis is the Minim ...

iCloud. It’s nearly perfect.. set up a folder on your iCloud Drive, save to or drag files there. Available to all your devices.

Ian

I do that with all my sample libraries which includes BFD3. Most of the programs enable this with options in the instrument for streaming to reduce any latency.

Ian

When I put it against the horribly obscure Kronos :D My Kronos is the heart of my studio and after 7 years I’m beginning to understand it! It is complex, sampling in particular but I’ve got a workflow that samples in my DAW and then translates the Logic files to Kronos. That works a treat. With all ...

They’re a real set of ideas, gone through now a few times. Interesting what’s been achieved with just one (in many cases a limited sound source). Some standouts and questions if you’re able? Adrian K - very inventive and the later development reminded me (positively) of the waiting room from The Lamb ...

Enjoying listening through these well done!
So far my guesses are, (despite not got through them all yet, and a rather ad hoc play order I’m using):

Trappist 1e - Ju06a?
Charles Dickens - Nord

I’ll post my revised guesses later

Ian

Eddy, that’s a lovely, haunting theme. Had echoes of Michael Kamen - i could envisage the opening scene of a film very easily. I’m glad you avoided dropping the motif and continued building it. The chord change to the minor created a wonderful dissonance which made me smile when the release came. Ca ...

I use Time Machine for OS and my music projects, storing to an external drive I also use Dropbox for off site storage of just my music projects which sum to less than 500Gb so it’s free. (For now) I’ve also used Backup Guru for what I now use drop box for, worked well and dead simple - LE version was ...

Why? It's not it was the first and only buyout! :think: yes quite agree Hugh. But it’s a major change for it’s engineers and its fine history. It could work out but the ethos of practically hand made instruments in the US I suspect is going to end. My concern is that the kind of instrument I ass ...

wasn’t even cognisant of this stock plugin! Not to get into a “this is better than that debate”, but when I reviewed my plug ins during my last Mac upgrade I was very impressed by the Logic Pro stock compressors, reverbs and eq. In fact I’d say to my ears they were as good as some from respected thi ...

As a pianist, I’ve tried lots of controllers and ended up with the Arturia key lab 88 ( not the essential). It’s not bad as a piano controller, a little spongy, not quite as good as the RH3 action in a Korg but pretty good. Plus the faders and knobs are great. But it’s such a personal decision, I’ve ...