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…
Mutable Sheep
I’ve been running the alternate ‘Sheep’ firmware on my Mutable Instruments Tides module for some time now and really like the range of sounds you can get out of it.…
Kurzweil 900MX Pt. 3
Finally, some progress! I replaced the relay, but this didn’t seem to make any difference. Next, I replaced the nearby capacitors (quite a tricky job on a 30 year old…
Meat Beat Manifesto – ScarKord Mixtape 3
Here’s the third and (possibly) final Meat Beat Manifesto mixtape and I’ve gone downtempo for this one. Features lots of snippets from Subliminal Sandwich which is one of my favourite…
Adam Buxton – Ramble Chat (ScarKord Remix)
New ScarKord remix over on Metapop of Adam Buxton’s Ramble Chat jingle. The only rules were that you had to use at least two of the original audio files and…
Kurzweil 900 MX Pt. 2
Well, it was a bit of a battle, but I finally have a working display for the Kurzweil! The removal and replacement of the LCD itself wasn’t too difficult, but…
Acid Man (ScarKord Remix)
Happy New Year! Reflecting on the strange year that was 2020, the additional time spent at home was actually very productive for me. Certainly, I’m intending to keep the momentum…