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by digitalgeist
Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4
Replies: 12
Views: 4425

Re: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4

jx3 wrote:
digitalgeist wrote: Here's a track I made last year where all the synth sounds are from the A4 (multitracked):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI8WUtg4URQ
Nice track, my man! 8)
Thanks! The whole project was pretty wild, I re-scored an entire 80s film for fun:
http://merch.digitalgeist.com/album/rotor-rewired
by digitalgeist
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:12 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4
Replies: 12
Views: 4425

Re: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4

FYI, it's an expensive ecosystem :lol: My Analog Rytm was freaking out on Friday night, low hum across all outputs. Booted to the system menu (hold Function while booting), did a diag and had an error on Audio LR 12345678. Was really worried I'd have to ship it for repair - turned out the problem wa...
by digitalgeist
Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:45 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4
Replies: 12
Views: 4425

Re: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4

Might as well, right? :lol: The MK2 looks nice - the new features like a redesigned deeper bass and the OLED screen and all that - but essentially it's the same as the A4 in a different case. As far as latency with OB goes, your mileage may vary. I don't have a problem with it and I prefer OB howeve...
by digitalgeist
Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:21 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4
Replies: 12
Views: 4425

Re: Worth Adding an Elektron Analog 4

Would you use Overbridge? I have the Analog Rytm, Four and Heat. I use them almost exclusively with Overbridge but a lot of people do not. I tend to dislike the sequencers but you can get some great results with them (trig locks and such). There's also some amazing visual tutorial videos from macpro...
by digitalgeist
Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:47 am
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: My Best/Worst Purchases
Replies: 45
Views: 17191

Re: My Best/Worst Purchases

I've owned a lot of gear since I started in 1997 but I think my most current rig is the best I've had considering all the challenges I had over the years. Best purchases: Komplete Kontrol S61 (by far) NI Komplete Ultimate 11 - so deep and so much material! Omnisphere 2 - speaks for itself Elektron A...
by digitalgeist
Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:59 pm
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos
Replies: 27
Views: 13539

Re: Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos

Phobos got an update to v1.0.5 today. It adds Komplete Kontrol support (that doesn't fatally crash it on launch now).
Still a bit of a kluge-y install as I wound up just trashing my original install and re-installing the whole damn thing but the Komplete Kontrol fix is great for me as a user.
by digitalgeist
Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:10 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Question about mastering
Replies: 7
Views: 2477

Re: Question about mastering

Hi, I'm trying to learn a bit more about mastering and have a question. Say that I'm trying to go for -12dB LUFS integrated loudness on my track. I slap on a limiter and limit until I have the loudness I want. At this stage I can clearly hear limiter distortion. I therefore slap on an eq, cut stuff...
by digitalgeist
Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:47 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: What sounds better, mastering for YouTube or SoundCloud?
Replies: 2
Views: 1242

Re: What sounds better, mastering for YouTube or SoundCloud?

Depends on how dynamic a song is to begin with, and where the original LUFS value is. They both auto-adjust whatever is fed to them to -13LUFS so if the track isn't mastered to that it'll get squashed.
by digitalgeist
Thu Jun 01, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Best VST's for Urban EDM: Grime, Dubstep and Drum & Bass?
Replies: 5
Views: 2815

Re: Best VST's for Urban EDM: Grime, Dubstep and Drum & Bass?

+1 for Massive
Form is a beast as well.
by digitalgeist
Wed May 31, 2017 10:43 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Best way to save audio clips as samples for future use
Replies: 2
Views: 16522

Re: Best way to save audio clips as samples for future use

If you're looking to create a library for yourself of audio clips you've created, you need to start organized at the beginning and stay organized. Normally what I do is record the clip I'm looking to export by routing the audio to an audio track, record it then export it into an appropriate folder. ...
by digitalgeist
Thu May 25, 2017 9:20 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Just tried out spectrasonics omnisphere...
Replies: 11
Views: 5156

Re: Just tried out spectrasonics omnisphere...

I love it, that granular synthesizer... :D
But not all carpenters use the same tools.
by digitalgeist
Sat May 06, 2017 5:46 am
Forum: General Music Production
Topic: Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos
Replies: 27
Views: 13539

Re: Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos

FYI everybody, I uninstalled Phobos today, and reinstalled it on my main HD to see if there would be a difference in loading time. I originally had it on an 8TB HDD connected via USB 3. My HD is an SSD. The initial loading time went from ~20 seconds to under 3 seconds. Of course, this is with an SSD...
by digitalgeist
Sat May 06, 2017 12:28 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Mixing tips
Replies: 9
Views: 3272

Re: Mixing tips

Tagor wrote:what is the last device on your masterchain ?
For me, it's an analyzer to check the final RMS and stereo spectrum.
by digitalgeist
Thu May 04, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Any tips on how to make cool electronic background sounds?
Replies: 10
Views: 3493

Re: Any tips on how to make cool electronic background sounds?

Spread your creative wings and fly! :lol: Making these little bits is probably the most fun I have making music tbh. Play a game of "let's see if we can break Ableton" by just piling on FX or loading up something in Sampler and making the loop so granular it goes into tonal territory - or ...
by digitalgeist
Thu May 04, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Mixing tips
Replies: 9
Views: 3272

Re: Mixing tips

Mixing is...a journey. You have to have a firm idea of what you want at the beginning stages in order to get the end results you want. Are you using a reference track? Usually if you want to sound like "artist x" it's a good idea to get a high-quality .wav of one of their tracks to play si...