Pobol Pobotrol – The Good Life (ScarKord Remix)
I recently completed an 808-infused, electro remix of Pobol Pobotrol’s, “The Good Life” which you can listen to on Soundcloud. The direction I took the track in very much reminded…
Nightmares on Wax – Wonder (ScarKord Remix)
I’ve decided 2022 is a year to release a lot more ScarKord music, starting with this remix of the legendary Nightmares on Wax for a competition on Metapop. I’ve gone in a very…
Studio revamp 2021
Well, despite selling a ton of unused gear, I’ve reverted back to a ‘Triple Mantis case’ and started filling it up again. This definitely isn’t the final configuration, and I…
Monthly viewing – May 2021
With so much content on YouTube nowadays, but not enough time to sort out the good from the bad, I thought it would be a good idea to share an…
Mac OS Big Sur and Touch Portal
Well, I finally took the plunge and upgraded to Mac OS Big Sur. Most of the major plugin developers I use had published updates so I was fairly confident it…
Distrokid
I’ve been having a play with the Distrokid service and thought I’d upload my previous three EP’s to the main streaming and download services. So you can find ScarKord on…
Studio revamp
Had a bit of a purge and downsized from three Mantis Eurorack cases to two. I took all the modules out, then put them back in a logical (and ruthless)…
How I manage my Cubase template
As good as it’s been to finally organise my Kontakt libraries in Cubase, it does mean you end up with a template containing literally hundreds of instrument tracks. Fortunately, with…
Swarms
First new music recorded in Ableton Live 11, also featuring a great new Kontakt instrument Swarmitar from Paul Koch which provides the pads which underpin the track.
Kurzweil 900MX Pt. 4
Well, I’ve managed to sort out the cause of the noise. I swapped over the Op Amp chips and the noise practically disappeared. So I imagine one of them must…