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Yet Another Tattoo Example...
Oh, you love it. Admit it. This is, by a country mile, the most complex product we've made, at least internally, and I have to spend a lot of time beating on it, which is how you end up with all these audio examples in the first place. I've been doing essentially nothing else for the past couple ...
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DroneStation! Git Some!
analogindustries.com — Apple finally saw fit to approve DroneStation, and it is now available in the iTunes store. (... Direct link. ) For the unlikely reader that doesn't know what DroneStation is, this post has all the gory details, and a video also too. Short version: ... (more) DroneStation! Git Some!
Four Hands Guitar Pwnd...
No particular reason to post this, except that it is fairly (read: extremely) crafty. I always like seeing people pull off high-risk performances of any sort; gives me the warm fuzzies. Which brings up an interesting point: how much risk are you willing to take in your performances? ...
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Use That In A Sentence, Please...
At the risk of becoming tedious with these clips, here's a quick render of a basic house track (well, sorta) that has Tattoo as the sole source of percussive elements. This is quite simple, but shows Tattoo in context: There are three different patterns: an intro part, a fill, and ...
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Even More Tattoo...
Doing the final voice work today. Here's a clip with quite a bit going on: The mid tom sound has every parameter randomized (noise level, click level, tone level, pitch EG amt, tuning, pan, and saturation). It's also being triggered by random notes, then sent to Dr. Device, which is ...
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Start Your Friday Right...
Interesting that Charlie Rouse isn't on this one, which is a German TV appearance from '63. Maybe he was in the bathroom or something. Man, I love this track, though. So harmonically interesting, and no matter what bizarro collections of notes Monk was calling "chords" that week got ...
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Some More Tattoo Sounds...
I'm working on the Tattoo voices' internals today, and during the course of the day, I'll put up some examples that sound interesting. I'll edit this post to do so, rather than putting up new posts, so check back every couple hours and there should be new stuff. All of these are running from the ...
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New Rules...
1. You don't talk about Analog Industries. 2. You don't talk about Analog Industries. 3. I'm with boobs. 4. The next person that mentions Geddy Lee in my presence, virtual or otherwise, is getting a neck punch. With that out of the way, an update. Major breakthrough in the Cymbal ...
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Let's See Here...
What's going on this week? Melodyne came out. Am I the only one in the music industry that thinks that playing in tune, in the correct key, in the first place is preferable to "fixing it in the mix?" I think so. While I appreciate the science behind this product, I think its necessity is ...
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Tattoo's MIDI Output...
This is a short example of Tattoo driving my TX802 via MIDI. No sounds are coming from Tattoo; this is entirely TX, with no effects whatsoever other than a touch of compression. There's a bit of randomization on the Foot (Click Drum!) and the snare-ish high-hat-ish sound, but mostly ...
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Geez Up, Hoes Down...
I was just perusing this article in Times Online, which may or may not have been written by Tom Whitwell of MusicThing fame. (I don't think it was; doesn't seem like Tom's writing. I assume he'll chime in to correct me.) In general, it shows that in the UK at least, income from live ...
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RT60 Live Shows Process #2...
After a weekend of experimentation with the rig I had pretty much decided on by the last post, I'm having serious misgivings. I'm finding that MainStage 2 is a bit of a resource hog; the same exact samples loaded in to Live's Sampler, with the same exact input channels open and the same exact ...
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The Usual Monday Bullshit...
This is a very heavy week for me. Lots of stuff going on around here, including visits from Midwesterners, the wife going to Vegas with the Girls for her birthday, the monthly hair and yearly dental appointments, and I'm sure things I haven't thought of. In no particular order... 1. It looks ...
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RT60 Live Shows Process #1...
This is the first in what will be a lengthy series of process articles about taking the studio material of RT60 on to the stage. My live rig is already mostly assembled by this point (just waiting on the nano Kontrol), but I always start any stage plan with a diagram of what I think I need ...
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Time Keeps On Slippin' Slippin'...
Time Keeps On Slippin' Slippin'...
analogindustries.com — I just received an email that Plinkton was approved for the App Store. Now, rest assured that... this blog won't turn in to an iPhone Cock Fest like other music gear blogs you know and used to love. It just so happens that all this coincided, ... (more) Time Keeps On Slippin' Slippin'...
DroneStation In Brief...
DroneStation In Brief...
analogindustries.com — Here's a video of DroneStation in action. While I have a fairly good picture camera, my video... camera is not so much, akshully. As a result, it's kind of hard to see what's on the screen. Can you trust me when I say it looks really nice?  ... (more) DroneStation In Brief...
Well, That Was Interesting...
And so it goes. What's that old political joke? Q: What's the definition of a gaffe? A: When a politician accidentally speaks the truth. On the bright side, Godwin's Law never came in to effect, so that's something. Always look on the bright side, right? In any event, before the Plug-In ...
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Oh, Come On Now...
Man, I have a hard time coming up with a metaphor to start this post off. I was originally going to go with Roman mythology, where in the Pantheon of UI and DSP designers, Roger Linn was around Hercules stature, and then I closed it off with a baseball reference, and sadness and despair ...
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New AD site up, and new RRP...
All kinds of tasty shit over at the AD store, as you no doubt know already if you read this site directly instead of RSSing it. Elle got the new one all up and (theoretically) working, so have a browse around and make sure everything is correct for you. Also, I just put up the new Rough Rider ...
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