Computer Magic (aka Danz) talks to Novation TV about how her music happened by accident, and how she uses her Launchpad and Impulse 61 to make music in the studio and perform it live on stage.
The Akai MPK49 controller keyboard makes things easy -- as some would say, a little too easy. It's a keyboard controller with 49 keys that won't break when you touch them like other types of keyboard keys, 12 pads and enough options to where you could probably record something that sounds passable...
This is the VST instrument GSi KeyPerformer running on a V-Machine. The sound is directly coming from the little V (hq this time! :-)) Unfortunately the USB controller I'm using in this video has a terrible keyboard action, practically impossible to play piano sounds with the correct expression...
We hooked up the Korg monotron up to an iPhone, a keyboard and an electric guitar and put the pocket-sized analogue ribbon synth through its paces. Visit www.musicradar.com for more!
Eric Persing, the man behind Spectrasonics, did much of the sound design for Roland's seminal synths in the 1980s. But did you know about "A**hole Mode"? The...