When I think of Ableton Live, it inhabits a different space in my mind to the more ‘standard’ DAWs for recording, arranging and mixing music. I consider Live as more of an instrument combined with DAW – somewhere that the process of recording is creatively applied to shape the music…
Author: Andy Dollerson
Composer/Producer, and keyboard player. He has written and recorded soundtracks for a wide variety of media and co-owns DOsounds.com with Jake Owen, a music production company that gives him an excuse to buy more analog gear.
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Ambisonic Textural Kontakt Library From Audiobrewers – Signals: ‘Blue’
Audiobrewers are pushing some of the technical limits of Kontakt with this innovative new library. Signals ‘Blue’ is the ultimate tool to design custom textures that can adapt to any key, be major or minor and from there, to a plethora of chords with multiple voicings. This way, the resulting…
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Arturia V Collection 8 Review – The Update Kicks!
Recently Arturia have once again updated their acclaimed and award-winning vintage synth/keyboard collection, this time with the addition of 4 brand new instruments, taking it to a grand total of 28 iconic keyboard instruments, weighing in at over 13Gb of memory space. I’ll address the new instruments, and some other…
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Bright Sparks Documentary Is Now Free on Youtube
Gforce Software (M-Tron, anyone?) have released their previously paid-for feature documentary, Bright Sparks, on Youtube, for free. Eight Sound Pioneers Released to critical acclaim in December 2015 and created to compliment the I Monster album of the same name, Bright Sparks documents the stories of eight musical instrument pioneers, – Robert Moog (Moog),…
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Erica Synths Joystick 2 – For Better Eurorack Performances
I’m a big fan of anything Erica synths, and am excited to announce their latest offering – Joystick 2. Erica Synths Black Joystick2 is 8 channel multi functional CV and sound source – joystick, movement recorder, distinct LFO and drone/noise oscillator. It provides great interaction with the modular system and…
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Avantone Introduces The Bonzo Microphone Bundle
Avantone – the makers of the indomitable Mixcube that graces the monitor shelf of many a studio, have recently introduced a new Kick microphone bundle. The BONZO bundle includes a new sub mic, and hi-def kick microphone, giving you all the frequency coverage you need for creating solid Kick tones….