Nick Blanc

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

I had the pleasure again of hosting Inge. We learned a lot since our last jam together, so we felt more comfortable vibing off eachother. And also safe enough to tell eachother when we went in a direction one of us didn't like. Result: a fun afternoon, nice music, great vocals and lots of synths.

I've done it before and I'll do it again; using the Malevolent for a sharp and beautiful arp with an edge. Everything came together very nice and the Microcosm gelled some other synths together very nicely.

Thank you! It was also awesome to do. I've never really made music with other people around and it is something I can recommend. The jam for this week was just me, but next week will be with her again. We recorded it yesterday and it is again very cool!

I had the pleasure of hosting Inge, a local talent and friend. We had a great afternoon where we learned a lot about recording live with a singer.

What would you say are the main features worth the upgrade?

Just a year after part 1, we already get part 2. No free upgrade. From their email: You can get it through their website https://babyaud.io/transit where it's: I haven't checked out if the new features are worth an upgrade. But seeing I have only used part 1 a couple (literally) of times, I think I'm fine without it. Actually, this is new: I actually a bit surprised part 1 didn't have those motion modes.

Haha don't worry, I'll play the calendar. Oh and sneak peak for next week, I had the pleasure of hosting a lovely singer this saterday. It came out great!!

Yeah no, I'm all out of title ideas for this one 😅 I figured out too late I forgot to press record on 1 camera. And I forgot to latch the arp on the Matriarch. So I decided to sample that one burst and past it a couple of times. So no, not everything is live, 98% perhaps?

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/54-Vocal-Processing/13320-Topline-Vocal-Suite Your Price (Inc TAX) €218.80 List Price €439.63 🤣 😂 You Save €220.83 Sure, a €439 plugin. Don't sleep on this boys!

I refuse! Well... Maybe next week.

My barber was ill, so...

€192 at Thomann. https://www.thomann.de/nl/behringer_grind.htm Available "in a couple of months". We'll see.

For us harware addicts, Behringer just launched the GRIND. In the same formfactor as the Crave and Edge (and upcoming Spice). I think they only sell through their own website nowadays (or from now on, older synths are still at places like Thomann), but I haven't found a buy link yet on either. Price: $199.

Perhaps sales weren't going as they hoped...

Thanks for the comments!

I love that distorted atmosphere where certain elements have this grit they are not known for. The Matriarch for example has this lovely saturation when you fully open the mixer. The distortion on the Prophet 6 adds a lot (! be careful) of character.

Don't sleep on the free Gain suite. Use it all the time.

Thank you both for the comments. As a little hint of things to come, I might have a guest singer in 3 weeks...

I really like how the Matriarch and Prophet 6 give you these beautiful lush arps. Enjoy!

https://digital.undertoneaudio.com/products/uta-d-unfairchild-670m-mkii-v1-0#product This plugin is a painstaking recreation of the coveted Undertone Audio UnFairchild 670M mkII Vari-Mu Compressor. A design and development collaboration between MIXLAND and Eric Valentine, it is a process that starts with testing and measuring then, listening and experimenting and tweaking and refining over and over and over for over 6 months. The result is a plugin that unquestionably captures the unique vibe and character of the hardware. For a limited time, you can purchase the UnFairchild 670M mkII Plugin at a special introductory price of $199 (reg $249) ------------ Well this is basically a steal! A 199 vst plugin, that's completely normal...

I had the idea to hum or sing a certain part. Then I was fooling around with the mic, made a click sound and that sounded cooler through the fx chain. So, all plans overboard and 'beatboxing' it is! 😝

Thanks! I'm loving this live arranging. Makes the jams a bit longer, but the flow is better imo.

I thought I had, but I'm not seeing it anywhere in my account. Edit: I'm not upgrading for $49. Probably a decent price for such a synth, I just can't remember the last time, if any, I used it.

This week a bit of a copy (if that's possible) of last week. Droning chords and arpeggios which don't change a lot, but still keep interest. I really like this sound, so I will be exploring this some more in the coming weeks I think. It's more about atmosphere and the sum of all parts than something standing out. I like how it's constantly changing and evolving but never an abrupt change. This is more how I see techno / progressive. I hope this is something you also like. Let me know!