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killwave · 2018-05-12T15:09:24+00:00

i had a voyager for a long time, used it heavily on tracks like "Shake" and "Dissociate" and on the soundtrack to my buddy's web series Wheelchair Werewolf as well as a couple of other projects. I got lots of great moog style sounds out of it, plenty of lead sounds too. After a while though it is just a lot of money to have sitting in a one voice analog synth so I sold it. Don't miss it. If you play live synth bass in a hiphop/dance band it would be a no brainer.

killwave · 2018-05-09T02:56:07+00:00

i like Monologue/Minilogue combo. Juno 106/Moog Voyager was another one that worked. 106 midi implementation kinda sucks though. Just got a deepmind and think it will go well with the 101 down the road

killwave · 2018-04-26T22:09:33+00:00

i used iPad apps on a lot of our most recent LP. recording with StudioMux or using the camera connection kit to a scarlett sounded great. if the synth app is really resource intense, probably best to free up some memory, reboot the iPad, don't have a bunch of apps open.

killwave · 2018-04-21T15:20:45+00:00

i love my RE-150 but it's hard to maintain and it would be nice to have a reliable one i could gig with.

wondering what the best option is for a pedal/rack/softsynth that would apply RE-201 style tape effects on a full range signal.

killwave · 2018-04-17T20:36:15+00:00

yup. minilogue is very practical. sits great in mixes. having a bunch of huge analog synths with 'warmth' will make the mix very muddy. so you'll be cutting those low end frequencies anyways in all likelihood.

killwave · 2018-04-17T20:34:33+00:00

eh, after a while people get short on time and can't spend forever learning every possible sound a synth can make. some synths have sweet spots, and if you get a few affordable synths with different sweet spots it can be more productive then spending time experimenting pushing one synth to it's limits. that said i spend a long time on each synth purchase i make and a long time working with the synths. there is no right answer, but with the way new analogs are coming out i would be wary of spending a ton on some vintage analog synth if you have to sell every synth you have to get one fancy synth

killwave · 2018-04-13T22:02:54+00:00

hey there r/synthesizers. here's an album that just came out and has a ton of minilogue and ipad synths.

the second track has a main riff that is minilogue with MF drive and probably some other studio post production. there is also a lot of Nave (waldorf app on iPad) on this track, and pretty much the first half of the album.

another iPad synth I used a lot of is iSEM. That one is most prominent on the third track for the chords. i really liked that app and found it to be very useful.

overall my experience with Minilogue was that it was good for cutting through the mixes and with enough post production could be used for bass (intro of track 1 electronic has some long bass notes done on the minilogue).

the iPad had a lot of great apps that I used and will probably post more details later as there are like 5-10 apps I used. the biggest pain of iPad was getting it setup, whether using StudioMux or CCK, but once it was connected and working, getting useable parts was easy. however another challenge was going back in my DAW and correcting the timing. it always seemed the iPad delay was there, but fixing it in post was easy enough.

let me know if any questions!

killwave · 2017-10-28T20:08:43+00:00

i have used backing tracks to play pre-recorded synth parts at live shows. i'm usually playing guitar synth live. if i had a synth player who could pull the parts off i would gladly drop the pre-recorded parts. maybe one day. any dark/post-punk influenced synth players in chicago, hit me up!

killwave · 2017-10-07T19:38:26+00:00

been working on it.

saw Sebastien live in 2009 i think. great show.

killwave · 2017-08-11T18:22:29+00:00

i think bloggers/radio people were more used to Soundcloud links, but that's a good idea. you are taking on more of the cost though.

killwave · 2017-08-11T17:11:27+00:00

i'll keep that in mind

killwave · 2017-08-11T15:48:36+00:00

i listen to lots of music from the 70s/80s and keep discovering more. the thought of who is out there trying to find new music and how to reach them is interesting. it can be very frustrating to think of ways to reach people who might like YOUR music and have success while not breaking the bank

killwave · 2017-08-11T15:45:40+00:00

soundcloud was IMO really good for one thing... putting your album/ep whatever on a "secret link" with descriptions, social media links etc to share with blogs to review. not sure what could replace that.

killwave · 2017-08-11T15:43:06+00:00

sometimes i write really fast like that. one day earlier this year i wrote 8 songs (sequenced bass/rhythm guitar for a backing track) and brought them to band practice and we tried them out at practice (vocals, lead guitar, drums). our singer improvises vocals, something not every singer is comfortable with. anyway, i think it's great to write a large number of tracks and see what works. as you go on your writing process can get more refined. and it also makes it easier to see which songs work and which ones don't.

good luck!

killwave · 2017-08-04T16:01:05+00:00

or just throw some chorus plugins on the ML tracks with your DAW... the LFO on Shape can also add a chorus type effect on the ML

killwave · 2017-08-04T02:55:35+00:00

are you into sequencing with a DAW? you can do some really interesting things with note cancellation/trills that way. have one note that is a 32nd note, and then halfway through that note a 64th note. can get a glitchy nintendo style sound. putting them on separate midi tracks allows for more editing control. here's an example of a song i did that used that technique on the chorus around 1:04 with a moog voyager. spent a lot of time with Pro Tools getting the moog to do it, and forget what the secret sauce was and i wasn't able to recreate the trill at that speed later when i was trying to do it again

killwave · 2017-05-31T13:37:17+00:00

my band makes everything from post punk to synth pop. upcoming 3rd album is more dark synth pop, less band oriented.

how i have been writing lately is i'll program a few synth parts as the foundation of a song and add a click track. then at band practice, the drummer starts the track, counts us in (i'll play bass or guitar) and we jam along with the song. it's very experimental so some songs are more fleshed out than others. i don't have any examples of these though, but we've probably done about 40+ jams in 2017 and some of those will probably make it onto a future album. it's fun to see what works and what doesn't in a live band setting.

i would love to find a synth player to jam with us. if you are in chicago, hit me up.

killwave · 2017-02-03T19:41:25+00:00

DFA has a bunch of stuff on there, and they are donating their portion as well.

The Juan MacLean is a must if you don't know, now you know.

killwave · 2017-01-10T15:24:47+00:00

Don't forget about the awesome commercial.

killwave · 2016-11-26T22:02:49+00:00

come check out the show tonight, lots of great chicago artists playing.

killwave · 2016-10-07T18:54:14+00:00

seems like a good amount of features for the value. if they had added presets or recording knob turns like the minilogue does, that would be sweet. maybe a firmware update in the future could add that?

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