by craig | Sep 19, 2024 | articles
When exploring a new synth, factory presets are the first thing you’ll likely encounter. Auditioning these sounds is how you’ll understand what it’s all about and what you can do with it. Some synths are strong for certain categories of sounds, some...
by craig | Nov 1, 2023 | articles
The Synclavier Sound with playable examples As Cameron Warner Jones put it in a recent podcast, every instrument has a personality. Ask five top actors to read a scene, and they’re all going to do it slightly differently, imbuing it with their own personality. And so...
by craig | Jun 24, 2019 | articles
This is our breakdown of sequencers for iPad. Some are also available on iPhone, but we’re focussed on iPads here. iPad sound-making has improved a lot since the early days of iOS, but what about music-making? You need to sequence those sounds, if you want to...
by Cameron Warner Jones | Feb 6, 2019 | articles
Many instruments and sounds can be “synthesized” by adding together simpler waveforms, such as sine waves of different frequencies. And of course, things get more interesting when the waveforms used are other waves, such as square, triangle, etc. Additive...
