Microhouse/Rominimal Live DAWless Set (Novation Circuit and Liven XFM)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Making a live DAWless Microhouse/Rominimal Set/Mix with 2 hardware synthesizers/drum machines: Novation Circuit Sonicware and Liven XFM

#dawless #microhouse #rominimal #livenxfm #novationcircuit

0:00 Staying Around
4:00 Labyrinths
8:35 Steamroller
12:25 The Badlands
17:00 As Above, So Below
21:48 Between the Clouds"

How to Transition Between Tracks in a Live Electronic Setup (DAWless)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"How to Transition Between Tracks DAWlessly in an electronic live set without any DJ gear like crossfaders, turntables etc.

Feat. Sonicware Liven XFM and Novation Circuit playing some Lo-Fi House tracks."

Ambient House Live Looping (Roland E4, Steel Tongue Drum, Liven Ambient 0)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Live Looping an Ambient House track from scratch by looping the Kosmosky NewWave15 Steel Tongue drum through the Roland E-4 Aira compact unit, synced to Sonicware Liven Ambient Zero for synths and drums.

Drums were sampled with the Liven Ambient 0 as well as made with the FM synth engine called Atmos2.

Here is a link to get 10% off the New Wave 15 drum on Kosmosky's website using the word 'Dylan' as the promo code: https://tinyurl.com/DylanFerno2024"

How to Produce Music in Different Genres at the Same Time

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"How to Produce in 'Every' Genre at the Same Time. Or at least many different genres at once. This can help find the right vibe for the track or add variation in a DAWless live set. I am using the Novation Circuit Groovebox/synth/drum machine, but really any synth and drum machine/sampler combo would work

Basically a genre bending type tutorial without a computer.

0:00 Intro
0:55 Making Lo-Fi Hip Hop
2:15 Breakbeat
2:33 Drum and Bass
3:01 House Music
3:20 Afro House
3:40 Ambient
4:05 Changing Basslines
4:20 Synthwave
4:43 Techno
5:15 House Bass
5:35 Breakbeat Bass
5:50 Switching Between Genres"

Music For Moons - A Psychedelic Ambient EP on the Sonicware Liven XFM

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Music For Moons - A 5 track Psychedelic Ambient/Psybient EP on the Sonicware Liven XFM groovebox/synthesizer, with a brief discussion on the creative process. This is music to chill out to, relax, stretch, meditate, focus, work, or sleep to. Whatever makes sense.

0:00 Exiting Gravity
2:15 The Feeling of Weightlessness
4:22 Deep in Craters
7:00 Deranged Orbits
10:10 Crescents"

Ethereal Breakbeat with Novation Circuit + Steel Tongue Drum

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Heart of Winter - An Ethereal and Ambient Breakbeat/Drum and Bass track made with the OG Novation Circuit and Kosmosky NewWave 15 Steel Tongue Drum/Handpan. The track kinda progresses into an acid breakbeat jam by the end."

Experimental Ambient Album With the Korg Volca FM2 to Focus/Study/Work/Relax

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"20 minutes of Experimental Ambient Music With the Korg Volca FM2 to Focus/Study/Work/Relax to."

0:00 LFO Pad
0:25 Icy Arpeggio
2:25 Warm Melodic
4:50 Pure Drones
8:20 Rythmic Mallets
10:45 Granular Space
13:35 Generative Strings
17:35 Uplifting Piano

How to Make the Korg Volca FM Sound More Analog!

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"How to Make the Korg Volca FM Sound More Analog:
Quick tips on how to make a digital FM synth, such as the Korg Volca FM, have a more analog sound. Learn about the differences between digital Vs. analog synths and how to steer your synth in that direction to improve your sound design. This video explores some simple tweaks to get a richer, warmer sound with:

1. Pitch Instability - Add detuning with LFO, add chorus

2. Harmonics - First increase decay on mod envelope knob to remove envelope snappiness. Put in mono or unison mode. Next Lower ratios of operators (FrEC). Ratio of 0 is bassier, a 1:1 ratio is more saw-wave like, and 1:2 is more square-wave like. Adjust velocity and algorithm to taste.

3. Warmth with feedback - Add noise/distortion by increasing feedback between levels of 5 to 7. Adjust algorithm and velocity accordingly.

Final step (Optional): Add more pitch instability by slightly increasing operator fine control (FrEF)

0:00 Intro
0:18 Digital Vs. Analog
0:58 3 Main Concepts
1:13 Pitch Instability
1:26 Harmonics
2:07 Warmth
2:45 Jam/Experiment
3:13 More Instability (Optional)"

How to Make 'Deeper' Grooves in Electronic Music

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Quick tutorial on how to make more complex drum patterns in techno and deep house music, to add more interest to one bar loops.

This may be a bit more geared towards beginners, so please add any tips to the comments as well.

I am using the Sonicware Liven Ambient 0 as a drum machine here, along with the Novation Circuit as a second groovebox, but these tips can apply to any gear and genre.

0:00 1-2-4-8-16 rule
1:19 Layering/Jam"

Ableton Move 1.7 is Here, and it's Now a Complete Music Studio!

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Ableton Move update 1.7 is here, which gives you full access to sound design on Ableton's drift Synthesizer without a computer. I think this is a major limitation that has been lifted and it's now an all in one fully featured groove box for DAWless Jams and live sets.

0:00 v1.7 Update
1:14 Full Drift synth Demo
2:42 Multi-Engine Synthesizer
3:00 FM Synthesis Demo"

'Kerosene' - Live Looping Lo-Fi Techno Jam (Novation Circuit and Chimes)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Live Looping some LOFI techno house music from scratch in a dawless setup with the Novation Circuit and some acoustic Aklot hand chimes"

Ambient & Melodic House EP (Liven XFM + Novation Circuit)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Ambient and Melodic House music live DAWless set with the Sonicware Liven XFM and Novation Circuit groovebox/synthesizers.

#livenxfm #novationcircuit #dawless #housemusic

0:00 Floating Away
3:30 Shackles
5:55 Autumn Days
8:50 Calvin Harris - Slide (House Remix)"

Improvised Ambient Techno (Liven Ambient 0 Only)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"An Improvised live Ambient Hypnotic Space Techno Set from scratch using just the Sonicware Liven Ambient Zero. The Liven Ambient 0 is definitely not just for ambient music, as you can sample and synthesize drum sounds to make all kinds of electronic dance genres.

Deep atmospheric techno mix for focus/study/work

0:00 Awakening
6:20 Ether
10:50 Antidote"

Atmospheric Breakbeat and Melodic House Mix - Liven Ambient 0 Only

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"DAWless Atmospheric Breakbeat and Melodic House set using just the Liven Ambient Zero.

All drum sounds are sampled or made using the FM engine (Atmos2) turning the Liven Ambient 0 in a full on groovebox for mixed genres of dance music rather than just for Ambient tracks.

0:00 Uplifting Drum and Bass
4:45 Melodic house #1
8:42 Atmospheric breakbeat
11:40 Ambient DnB (pitched down)
14:45 Progressive House
20:20 Melodic House #2"

Vocal Ambient EP ( Liven Ambient 0 + Roland E-4)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Making a DAWless experimental Vocal Ambient EP with the Sonicware Liven Ambient Zero and the Roland E4 (Aira Compact)

I've been inspired lately by the Album, Secret Life, by Fred Again and Brian Eno, which is basically just glitchy autotuned vocal mantras over chill piano chords and drones. The album Bad Cameo by Lil Yachty and James Blake was also some inspiration for this one."

0:00 Enough
3:30 Peace of Mind
7:10 Keep Going

Melodic House Live Looping (Liven XFM and Novation Circuit)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"A live looping DAWless melodic house track from scratch with the Sonicware Liven XFM and Novation Circuit"

The Liven Ambient Zero is an FM Drum Machine + Sampler!

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Not only is The Sonicware Liven Ambient 0 an amazing wavetable synth, it's also an FM synth/drum machine + Sampler! So basically a full on groovebox to make full tracks."

How to UNLEASH the Potential of the Sonicware Liven XFM in 2024

video upload by Dylan Ferno

The Sonicware Liven XFM is a great synth but also has its share of limitations. Here are some workaround solutions for these limitations as well as some hidden features to help unlock its potential:
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text-align: center; 0:00 Extra Voices
text-align: center; 1:20 Recording chords (Using 1 voice)
text-align: center; 1:45 Double Pattern Length
text-align: center; 2:02 Sidechaining
text-align: center; 3:08 LFO Sync
text-align: center; 4:25 Virtual Analog
text-align: center; 5:15 WaveShaping
text-align: center; 5:54 SubOscillators
text-align: center; 6:55 Detuning
text-align: center; 7:53 PWM?
text-align: center; 8:15 Bass and Melody on same track
text-align: center; 9:35 Wavetable basics
text-align: center; 10:10 Custom Wavetables
text-align: center; 11:16 More Wavetable options
text-align: center; 15:00 Modulation Matrix
text-align: center; 17:17 More Sources & Destinations
text-align: center; 18:55 4 LFOs
text-align: center; 20:01 Layering Kick and Snares
text-align: center; 20:40 Unquantizing
text-align: center; 20:50 Increasing grid resolution
text-align: center; 21:04 Kick and Snare on same beat
text-align: center; 21:35 Drum and Bass Drum pattern
text-align: center; 21:50 Extra Tracks
text-align: center; 22:45 High hat sound design
text-align: center; 23:22 Multi-Effects
text-align: center; 25:09 Full Track (Drum and Bass)
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Instant Blade Runner Sounds with Any Analog Synth (Stylophone Gen X-1 Example)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Making Instant Blade Runner Sounds with a dark spacey patch that can be applied to almost any Analog Synth. I mean I am using the Dubreq Stylophone Gen X-1 synth as an example, which is like the most budget cheap analog synth around. So if it can be done on this synth, it can pretty much be done with basic sound design with anything else."

This Drum is a Synthesizer!!!

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"This is a tutorial on how to get a variety of different sounds out of a steel tongue drum and handpan, without and added external effects from guitar pedals or a computer.

I compare sound design techniques on a Kosmosky 12 inch double sided drum to the Sonicware Liven Ambient 0 Synthesizer to demo how to replicate electronic effects acoustically to add different sound quality to your music.

Some of the techniques used here apply to other instruments like guitar, pianos and other percussion instruments, but some are unique to the steel tongue drum due it's unique form, timbre, and long sustain.

0:00 Intro
0:45 Velocity
1:33 Filter
2:23 Attack/tone
3:43 Release/sustain
4:49 LFO/Tremolo
6:00 Distortion
7:22 Reverb
8:45 Final Jam
9:15 Discount Code in Comments

‪@kosmosky_english‬

Here is a link to get 5% off all 2-sided Steel Tongue Drums on Kosmosky's website using the word 'Timeless' as the promo code at checkout: https://en.kosmosky.com/shop/2-sided"

Steel Tongue Drum Deep House (+ Novation Circuit and Volca FM2)

video upload by Dylan Ferno

"Melodic Deep/Progressive House jam with a Kosmosky NewWave 15 Steel Tongue Drum/Handpan plus the Novation Circuit and Korg Volca FM2.

#kosmosky #steeltonguedrum #deephouse"