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23 Mar 2018

Elektron sequencer tutorial - trig conditions

Elektron sequencer tutorial - trig conditions Analog Four, Digitakt, Digitone, Analog Rytm sequencers all have the conditional locks feature. How it's
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22 Mar 2018

Resampling and Kit Song Mode (1.4) // Synthstrom Deluge Tutorial

Resampling and Kit Song Mode (1.4) // Synthstrom Deluge Tutorial Elektron Analogue four and Novation Circuit used in this tutorial. Intro 0:00 Resampl
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22 Mar 2018

Massive VST tutorial Deadmau5 Style Plucks

Massive VST tutorial Deadmau5 Style Plucks
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15 Mar 2018

Conditional Sequencing (v1.4) // Synthstrom Deluge Tutorial

Conditional Sequencing (v1.4) // Synthstrom Deluge Tutorial Accompanied by Elektron Analog Four Iterative Conditions 0:00 Probability Conditions 1:38
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12 Mar 2018

Serum 201: Wavetable Design - 3. Serum's Wavetable Editor

Serum 201: Wavetable Design - 3. Serum's Wavetable Editor Serum 201: Wavetable Design by Adam Pollard Video 3 of 16 for Serum 201: Wavetable Design Wa
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09 Mar 2018

Native Instruments Massive - As Fast As Possible - Ableton Tutorial

Native Instruments Massive - As Fast As Possible - Ableton Tutorial A non-comprehensive look at Native Instruments Massive to get you started. There a
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09 Mar 2018

Elektron sequencer tutorial - conditional locks

Elektron sequencer tutorial - conditional locks Analog Four, Digitakt, Digitone, Analog Rytm sequencers all have the conditional locks feature. How it
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09 Mar 2018

Elektron Analog Four MKII Tutorial Part 3 (MAKING A KICK DRUM)

Elektron Analog Four MKII Tutorial Part 3 (MAKING A KICK DRUM) Good evening! I'm back with the next tutorial video I did for Red Dog Music on the Anal
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17 Jan 2017

Octatrack Workflow #13: Top 4 Effects (Late Night Tips)

Octatrack Workflow #13: Top 4 Effects (Late Night Tips) In tonight's episode, we're exploring my favorite Octatrack effects. Elektron Octatrack + Elek
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14 Jan 2017

The HXC Floppy Drive Emulator and the Mirage (Part 1)

The HXC Floppy Drive Emulator and the Mirage (Part 1) This will be the first in a 3-part series on using the Lotharek HXC floppy drive emulator with t
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06 Jan 2017

Deep House Pluck And Chords - Massive Tutorial

Deep House Pluck And Chords - Massive Tutorial How to create a classic Deep House pluck sound and chords on Massive.
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05 Dec 2014

Analog Four Tutorial How To Make A Space Drone

Rob from Seen From Space has shared his third Elektron Analog Four tutorial. Analog Four How To Make A Space Drone. This video covers a few ideas on d
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21 Nov 2014

Elektron Analog Four Effects Tutorial

Elektron Analog Four Effects Tutorial Rob has shared a new Effects tutorial. Rob of Seen From Space gives a quick tour of how Effects are used in the
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18 Nov 2014

Elektron Analog Four Performance Controls Tutorial

Seen From Space has shared an excellent Analog Four Tutorial covering Performance Controls and Setup. Very nice tutorial and well filmed and covered.
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20 Oct 2014

64 Free Serum Presets and Wavetables!

64 Free Serum Presets and Wavetables! Go deeper with Serum's realtime wavetable synthesis and these new Serum Presets and Wavetables. Che has shared 6
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07 Jun 2014

Z3TA+ 2 Sound Design Simple Kick Drum

Z3TA+ 2 Sound Design video from Cakewalk on how to make a simple kick drum. Z3TA+ 2 is a powerful tool for creating instruments. A great way to use Z3
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06 Jun 2014

Dave Smith Talks History Of Synthesis and MIDI

If you've got an hour or so watch this great video of Dave Smith talking about the History Of Synthesis and MIDI. Dave Smith, designer of the Prophet-
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30 May 2014

Analog Rytm Tutorial By Cuckoo

Cuckoomusic has uploaded a new Analog Rytm tutorial video - Analog Rytm Cuckoo Walkthrough #1 The Analog Rytm is a deep machine. To make a full tutori
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12 May 2014

Elektron Octatrack Tips and Tricks - Episode 2 - MIDI Learn

Elektron Octatrack Tips and Tricks - Episode 2 - MIDI Learn Elektron Octatrack tutorials, Tips and tricks. EPISODE 2. When I discovered this technique
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11 Mar 2014

Free Wavetables DigiPRO Waves Pack for Monomachine

Free Wavetables for Monomachine & Other Wavetable Synths MarsMelons has shared a wonderful set of free Wavetable Waves for use with the Elektron Monom
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02 Feb 2014

Diego Stocco Presets Feedforward Sounds - Advanced Experimental Sound Design Tutorial

Feedforward Sounds is a series based on advanced and experimental sound design techniques created by Diego Stocco. There aren't enough well done sound
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29 Jan 2014

The State Of 21st-Century Synthesis - NAMM Discussion Panel

Presenter: Mark Vail with Panel Award winning synthesists and synthesizer developers discuss the benefits of software vs. hardware instruments and vi
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20 Oct 2013

Elektron Analog Four Sunday Morning Tips

(a4 advanced Sound Parameter Page) Copy Multiple Trigs at Once in Grid Mode! [list style="list1"] You can copy multiple trigs at once in grid mode th
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25 Sep 2013

Analog Synthesized Percussion - New Presets and Guide for Moog Sub Phatty

Moog has released a very nice Synthesized_Percussion_Guide pdf along with complimentary presets. Check out the video and details below: Enter the worl
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22 May 2013

A4 Waveform Scopes and Some Tips

Anselmi from the Elektron-Users forums shared some detailed info on the Elektron Analog Four waveforms. Since day 1 I found the eA4 very different sou
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15 May 2013

MetaSynth Tutorial SpectrumMorph 01

[blockquote]Tutorial to create experimental morph sound in MetaSynth for mac[/blockquote] SpectrumMorph 01 Brushmode - dot Brushcolor - dark white Br
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30 Apr 2013

Elektron Analog 4 Tutorial 2 - Kick and Tom Sound Design

[blockquote]This second A4 tutorial focuses on designing a kick drum and tom sequence from scratch. A good sound system is recommended, as this video
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29 Apr 2013

MetaSynth Creator Edward Spiegel Shares MetaSynth Videos and Tutorials

Really excellent watching the workflow of the developer, he highlights features, functionality, and workflow I would not have tried myself: [blockquot
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10 Apr 2013

Octatrack Tutorial: Using it as a MachineDrum UW+

[blockquote]In this tutorial I try to explain how you can use the octatrack as a drum computer, using oneshot samples and slices, no loops The Elektr
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12 Jan 2013

Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis

From MatrixSynth! Cool! Find Details & All Parts Here: http://m.matrixsynth.com/2012/01/intro-to-synthesis-part-1-building.html
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30 Oct 2012

Elektron Octatrack Slicing Tutorial - Tarekith

[blockquote]A quick tutorial on how to use slice mode, and how you can remix your own audio loops with it. Plus some other handy shortcuts along the
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01 Oct 2012

How to create Bass Sounds - Moog Little Phatty

[blockquote]In this video I demonstrate how to create bass sounds with the Moog Little Phatty. I start from the calibration patch (CA CALIBRATION) as
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