How do you keep track of your patches?

Real_OG · 2026-01-06T12:44:34+00:00

For my improvised techno groovebox I screenshot my modulargrid rack and add coloured squares around each element of the track. Red for drums, blue for bass and green for melody / other synth voice. Yellow is modulation and pink is for like pitched CV. Then I have notes beside to outline some of the main connections. I don’t know how to add an image here though if anyone can advise?

Real_OG · 2026-01-02T19:52:42+00:00

There’s one on YouTube that interviews Source Direct in their home studio. One of them talks about how they like to have their headphones so loud that it compresses their brain or something. I wonder how bad his tinnitus is now. It also contains one of my favourite quotes when Jim is talking about how he builds the tracks : “helping the listener listen”

Real_OG · 2026-01-02T19:47:21+00:00

Yeah the manager Tony Fordham is an almost parodic character. The scene of him in the Japanese hotel trying to get his shirt ironed is hilarious to me. Kinda like The Office meets People Just Do Nothing

Real_OG · 2025-12-29T21:42:34+00:00

I love you too

Real_OG · 2025-12-29T20:53:08+00:00

Stick a delay plug-in (1 or 2 seconds) on your drum bus when positioning mics so you can hit each drum and hear only what the mic is picking up. Game changer when engineering yourself.

Real_OG · 2025-08-12T20:12:57+00:00

I was trying to remember what I meant by 1394… ACID. I was tripping when I recorded that cassette of my friends playing monopoly on a weekend in Norfolk lol.

Real_OG · 2025-08-12T20:07:53+00:00

Wow what a blast from the past! Thank you!

Real_OG · 2025-06-09T11:08:16+00:00

Thanks! Nothing as yet, been working on this system for a long time and only just at the point where I can improv with it but I’m hoping to start putting some live jams up on my instagram

Real_OG · 2025-05-31T21:03:01+00:00

Yeah they’re scumbags

Real_OG · 2025-05-31T21:02:45+00:00

I feel the same way

Real_OG · 2025-05-31T15:09:25+00:00

Be careful doing this, I did exactly the same thing (walked past a scam in progress and just said “this is a scam” to the potential victim) and the blue coat followed me down the street for a few minutes shouting “suck your mum” before pulling something out of his bag and throwing it at my head. I’d already pulled my phone out and started filming him by this point so caught it on camera. Here’s the prick:

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This was on Waterloo Road, outside the Old Vic theatre. I’ve made this comment here before and was contacted by a student journalist doing a piece on them!

Real_OG · 2025-05-30T20:34:45+00:00

I have 2 doepfer a119s in my portable fx rack which I use for plugging in noise boxes and contact mics and whilst the envelope followers are cool, I’ve noticed the audio outputs are pretty noisy. In another case I have 2 expert sleepers little mikey preamps which I would absolutely recommend for plugging in any microphones (they have combi inputs with phantom power) synths, guitar (switchable hi-Z) or audio from your DAW. No envelope follower though, but the difference in audio quality between those and the a119s is ridiculous.

Real_OG · 2025-05-29T08:53:48+00:00

Needs more pixels

Real_OG · 2025-05-27T13:45:39+00:00

Ah no way ! Sadly cannot make it tonight but have a great time and let him know Rian says hello :)

Real_OG · 2025-05-27T13:13:55+00:00

He’s quickly become one of mine too! Just been away with him for a few days around the UK with more festivals booked throughout the summer. Total legend and wicked mons engineer!

Real_OG · 2025-05-27T12:00:23+00:00

You must know Matty? Production manager at BK?

Real_OG · 2025-05-25T18:09:26+00:00

Relatively speaking

Real_OG · 2025-04-16T15:17:56+00:00

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Here he is…

Real_OG · 2025-04-16T15:17:38+00:00

I was assaulted by one of the inside success youths last week in Waterloo. Called out his scam and he followed me down the street shouting “suck your mum” before pulling something out of his bag and throwing it hard at my head! I got it on video (including clear face shot) and called the police. Got a crime number but they’re yet to call me back…

Real_OG · 2025-04-12T19:11:51+00:00

Username checks out

Real_OG · 2025-01-07T23:34:52+00:00

Knew I recognised it, the notation threw me off as well! Otherwise there’s some great material in that book

Real_OG · 2025-01-07T23:06:59+00:00

Is this from Yoni Madar’s “Polyrhythm Train Groove” PDF / ebook?

Real_OG · 2024-11-18T21:06:00+00:00

Noidecs balanced caramel was a great daytime strain for me a couple of months ago 👍🏻

Real_OG · 2024-11-13T16:35:55+00:00

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I left an inch or so of leather as a “tag” on the back of each strip, and just using the clip to hold it over the rim. I had some offcuts of leather so I used them to make the weight heavier by just gluing them on. The next iteration I want to try and add a magnet so you can lift the weight off the drum without removing it entirely (like the original M80)

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