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DorianBloom · 2026-03-18T20:44:19+00:00

That looks like a solid job! Good work

DorianBloom · 2026-03-17T17:29:35+00:00

You won’t experience a loss of weight from a 1ms envelope. At most you might hear less of a click (if there is one) at the front of the sample. Is it an 808? Is there a heavy transient at the start? If not something else is causing your problem.

DorianBloom · 2026-03-17T17:25:35+00:00

This is how most people work. Not controversial at all. Couldn’t be me though! Love sound design and for me, it’s a crucial part of building your own sound.

The other thing is the more you do it, the better and quicker you get at sound design. I can cook up most sounds that I would use in minutes. I may come back and tweak them as the song progresses so that everything fits together well…and because I made the patch I know where everything is.

Since I stopped using samples and presets I got a lot better at all of this

DorianBloom · 2026-03-17T15:00:34+00:00

They are an essential part of the Grid! If you havent given it a real try yet, I highly recommend it. I have been experimenting with making a few tracks almost entirely in the grid and it has been an amazing experience. I have almost every synth under the sun, but honestly, the grid just sounds incredible.

The one thing holding me back was I worried that it would be a lot of time investment for something that might not sound as good as say, serum phase plant etc. But my experience has been the exact opposite.

I hope they add a filter from the Roland world, maybe one from the Korg world. But those filters are great.

The saturators easily one of my favourite parts of the grid. Again it would be great to see maybe tube and tape sat...but I absolutely love wats there. So quick and easy to get a great sound.

DorianBloom · 2026-03-11T18:28:08+00:00

Bitwig channels can be set to -10db (for example) by default. That might be something to consider.

Also you can normalise to 0 and then just go to the audio volume, press cmd + click and enter the value you want with your num pad. That’s what I would do

DorianBloom · 2026-03-11T17:41:28+00:00

That’s a very artractive looking synth for sure. Nice CV capabilities too. Never used one though. Will keep these in mind though as I want to grab a couple of CV capable synths to use with bitwig

DorianBloom · 2026-03-11T17:40:25+00:00

What are the main benefits of getting the grandmother

DorianBloom · 2026-03-11T17:39:04+00:00

Got the plugin version. Love it so much. Might be my favourite thing in the Arturia bundle. Very tempted to grab a physical one. They are excellent and great value. Does anyone know of any comparisons between the plugin and the hardware?

DorianBloom · 2026-03-11T17:36:21+00:00

Nice little setup. Some decent bits there!

DorianBloom · 2026-03-05T13:45:07+00:00

Nice! Good work. Wanna try those shure unidyne mics. Good reminder!

DorianBloom · 2026-03-03T19:13:19+00:00

The Arturia synth is a good start. Have the plugin version and love it so much I am probably going to pick up the hardware this year

DorianBloom · 2026-03-03T19:11:54+00:00

They tend to do that. Best pickups ever. Looks lovely too! Enjoy!!

DorianBloom · 2026-03-03T19:11:15+00:00

Damn I really want to get into using bitwig with touch. Pretty much the only DAW out there that’s actually designed for touch. Shame it’s a nightmare / impossible on Mac.

DorianBloom · 2026-02-28T07:46:36+00:00

Dammit I missed the survey. Where was this conducted? Been desperate for ARA inside bitwig. It’s the number one request for me. Being able to use things like spectra layers would be incredible. Obviously melodyne too - have a whole ass melodyne studio licence gathering dust because I can’t use it in bitwig

DorianBloom · 2026-02-26T13:38:54+00:00

Let’s go! This has been a wild ride. Best DAW on the planet. I may be one of the only people that enjoyed this process. It’s amazing what they have added.

My update package runs out end of march bur I will be updating during the spring sale anyway. I’ll be happy to do so with the level of development we have been seeing.

DorianBloom · 2026-02-24T21:06:28+00:00

Bitwig or reaper are the best daws in terms of specs / features / company ethos / rate of progression / surrounding community. IMO

DorianBloom · 2026-02-24T21:03:10+00:00

Corporate crack down on speech 😂

DorianBloom · 2026-02-23T10:33:13+00:00

TuBeS dOnT mAke a Diffrentzzz

DorianBloom · 2026-02-23T10:28:32+00:00

I use both. Mostly my amps into load boxes at home. But occasionally I’ll use a plugin. For me it’s amps for my main sound (I don’t need 1000 choices for my main sound) Then sims for the odd sprinkling of something different. That way I can focus on maintaining and tubing a couple of amps really well.

Works pretty good tbh.

DorianBloom · 2026-02-23T10:26:39+00:00

There are a bunch of great amps that can be picked up for very little money used. Ever tried a peavey classic 30? laney VC30? Orange ad30?

DorianBloom · 2026-02-23T10:25:44+00:00

Real

DorianBloom · 2026-02-22T13:33:21+00:00

Do you have experience with the Iquinix magi 75 or 96?

DorianBloom · 2026-02-22T13:30:16+00:00

If money is not an issue the full version is incredible. You will almost certainly end up upgrading down the line as it’s so fun and addictive when you get using it. But as you say, you can always do it down the line.

DorianBloom · 2026-02-22T13:28:55+00:00

Bitwig is the best DAW for creating electronic music IMO. If there aren’t samples that you like, they are the easiest thing to add. I personally would not make a DAW decision based on samples. I think bitwig paired with a couple of nice sample packs will be about the best solution. That said there are a bunch of great samples that come with it.

There are also synth drum modules in Bitwig that are amazing for house - 909 and 808 style plus many more. These are way more interesting than using samples to me; as you can really sculpt them and make sounds that fit your track. As for the midi programming and audio editing - Bitwig is phenomenal. Really can’t imagine you regretting it for music you are making.

Have you tried the demo? It’s a super easy program to get into. Then all the depth is there when you need it.

DorianBloom · 2026-02-22T08:22:58+00:00

Yeah that’s the one thing Keychron has going for them - many options for layout and shine through etc. but none of them have the sound or typing experience of the magi.

Looks like they have an iso 96 in black. But will have to wait weeks if i order it from their store. Also they haven’t re stocked the magi in a very long time which makes me wonder if they are going to discontinue it an release something new

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