Category: Gear
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Roland Aira Compact Cheat Sheets
visit the Roland Amazon Store The Roland Airas Compact series pack tons of functionality into tiny boxes. This usually means that many of the advanced functions are buried in the menus. Compounding this with the incredibly cryptic and unnecessarily retro 4 digit LED display can then make desiphering these functions difficult. Therefore several users have…
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Roland Aira T-8 Solo Jam
DAWless jam with the Roland T8. So much fun having the 303 bass and a drum machine squeezed into this tiny portable box. There are a few shortcuts to jump to some menus like sidechain, but its still a bit fiddly to perform on! Product Details Products featured in this article are available on the…
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Dreadbox Typhon Review
At the heart of the Typhon are two analog oscillators that produce rich sounding tones. This is what first drew me into purchasing the Typhon was the all importand sound quality. There is a 4-pole low pass filter adds depth and character to the sound, while the multiple analog VCAs allow for precise control over…
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DAWless Jam #4
New Synthesizer jam on the DAWless you tube channel. A melodic improvised DAWless Jam with the Microfreak, Typhon and Crave, all sequenced by the Keystep Pro. Product Details Products featured in this article are available on the Amazon Store Disclaimer As an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying purchases.
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Dawless Jam #3
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I am starting a new weekly improvised dawless jam series on the Dawless youtube channel. This one is featuring a little bit of everything. I had sounds coming from the Microfreak, Circuit Tracks, Drumbrite, Typhon, Crave and T8. Sequencing is by the Keystep and some extra reverb and delay as always from the tc electronic…
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Circuit Tracks – The Best Beginner Groove Box?
Is the Novation Circuit Tracks the best beginner groove box? Lets take a look at what it offers someone starting out in DAWless music production. Novation Circuit Tracks Review The Novation Circuit Tracks is a versatile and powerful groovebox that has captured the attention of electronic music producers. Building on the success of the original…
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Behringer Grind
Just announced by Behringer the new hybrid Grind synth, which is a sort of Mutable Instruments Plaits in Synth form! This looks very interesting indeed and would sit nicely alongside my Crave. Product Details Products featured in this article are available on the Amazon Store Disclaimer As an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying…
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Multitrack your Mixer with a Patchbay
Why Multitrack? When I first started in DAWless, I created a hybrid almost DAWless setup where all my different synths were patched into an 8 port Audio Interface on a PC. With this interface, the levels could be controlled, and once the configuration is set, it will continue to work offline as a mixer without…
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Behringer Crave Mod Wheel Patching
I have owned a Crave for a while now, but only recenly starting delving into the patching options more. So here is a useful nugget about how to use the Modwheel on an external synth to control parameters on Crave. Assign Ouput There is an output port on the Crave called Assign. Connect the Crave…
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Separate Roland Aira T-8 Bass and Drums Channels
Here is a quick tip I picked up for recording the Roland Aira T-8. You can separate out the Bass and Drums in the mix by hardpanning them left and right. This allows you to easily control the volume of the bass and drumkit instruments separately on your mixer, or record them independently. Stereo Splitter…
