"We're excited to partner with Novation at the upcoming Novation Creator Lab: Bitwig Edition in Los Angeles.
Join us Saturday, August 22, 2026, for a fun and educational afternoon of hands-on production, hybrid performances, live sets, and interactive workshops with Bitwig artists, producers, and Certified Trainers. The event will focus on integrating Bitwig Studio with Novation controllers to create flexible production and live performance setups.
Sessions include Hybrid Hardware Workflows (Peter Nyboer), Creative Mixing in Bitwig Studio (3am), Audio and Visual Performance (Dernovan), and more."
"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking A live synthesizer jam performed entirely on hardware.
I enjoyed having the Vongon Solarfaze and Polyphrase on the table for my last jam and left them there on a whim. That was the starting point. Next, I needed to run a synth through them, so I chose the Novation Circuit Monostation. I borrowed the CMS from a friend and had been looking to make some music with it; my opinion is that it's an extremely underrated synth that can do way more than people recognized at the time. And once I had its sequencer running and a bassline queued up, I could hear more of what was needed.
I also recently got a couple of Stylophones, because they are extremely affordable—the S-1 was something like $60 Canadian—and because I like the sound of them. Using the CMS's CV outputs, I sent a second set of sequences to the Gen X-2, which has CV input. I also took advantage of the Gen X-2's beautiful internal delay for cascading performances. The S-1 ended up my improv melody device for the last third of the song.
At this point, I needed reverb but didn't want to add multiple reverb boxes, so I added the Jellymix to act as stereo send to all the synths. For reverb, I chose the Swells, because I currently have it in a case with the Fieldtone Weaver and Qu-Bit Stardust, which can add a lot to a mix through stereo sample mangling. The Stardust is playing something that came from the CMS into Weaver; the Weaver is playing a snippet of my voice.
By this point, I could hear the full song, and it was just a matter of adding a couple of sequences and performing the whole thing. Pretty fun to see how wanting to explore a bit of hardware can lead to a finished song.
Performed and recorded live to a stereo output from the Jellymix, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. In a time like ours when material needs no longer exist in music production the accumulation of things seems to have become more important than ever.
Today we are going to talk about Novation Drumstation. While today’s synth clones are mostly used for home studio decoration this 1996 drum machine and shameless Roland TR-808 and 909 ripoff was more or less the only affordable way to actually tweak the iconic drum sounds. Simpler times."
Chapters: 00:00 I found the Lost Episode on an old Hard Disk 00:13 Intro tune 01:06 Overview Novation Drum Station V1 01:47 Limitations 02:02 Midi Control 02:24 Analog or Digital??? 03:05 Workflow 03:32 Features 04:00 NoIsE iSsUeS 04:29 Audition/Auto-trigger 04:40 What else??? (More Features, Pricing, V2, D-Station ,...) 05:06 H*te Screen 05:35 Jam 1 ( Old School Techhouse ) 06:25 Jam 2 ( Old School Trance ) 07:28 Finale ( Old School Footwork/Juke ) 08:02 VERDICT
"A live synth jam featuring the Novation Summit and Hydrasynth Deluxe, both running original custom multi-patches. Track title: 'My Synthetic Garden'. Everything was recorded live directly into Bitwig Studio.
"Hi All, if you all own a Novation Peak or Arturia MicroFreak, don’t forget to check out my preset collections. I’ve built them to help me with my own workflow, and I hope they can be helpful to you as well.
Download the preset collection here: https://onyxtrack.gumroad.com/
"Paul has a healthy knowledge of the music manufacturing process. With past lives in Evolution Electronics, M-Audio, Avid, Focusrite and Novation, he has been directly involved in countless products that have famously been featured in studio and live industries. Aside from his Product Management experience, he is a passionate synthesis designer and professional keys player, with appearances on radio and television. With so much knowledge and expertise in the music industry, Paul has finally launched PWM, by hand picking the best industry specialists to develop the innovative and exciting products soon to reach the public. A doting husband and proud father of two, Paul, when not doing the family thing is mainly found in his man cave – fiddling, plotting and scheming."
0:00 Intro
02:33 Pauls Story
07:36 Malevolent Synthesizer Story
23:15 Mantis Synthesizer Story
28:39 Oscar Rebirth Story
41:40 Oscar Photos
52:57 Oscar V3 Sneak Peak Video
58:00 Paul Demos Oscar V3 Live!!!
1:19:05 Pauls Favorite Synth Right Now
1:23:39 Paul China Experience
1:36:45 Owning a Synth Company
1:42:26 Viewer/chat Q&A
"'Evolving Solitude' is an original live hardware synthesizer performance featuring the Hydrasynth Deluxe, Novation Summit, Reaktor 6, Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2, and Bitwig Studio.
Recorded completely live Sit back, put on a pair of good headphones, and dive into the sound.
Gear & Software Used in this Video:
Synthesizers: ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe Multi, Novation Summit Multi
MIDI Controller: Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2
Software & Plugins: Native Instruments Reaktor 6- rythm track
DAW: Bitwig Studio (Live Recording & Sequencing)"
"Learn the fundamentals of MIDI connectivity with the OXI ONE sequencer! In this beginner-friendly tutorial, we cover how to connect and control multiple instruments — from setting MIDI channels on a Novation Peak, to daisy-chaining gear with MIDI THRU (Vermona Perfourmer), to syncing a drum machine like the Tonverk.
You'll learn:
- How MIDI channels work (16 per port, up to 96 with an OXI Split)
- How to wire up a basic MIDI chain
- The difference between full sequencing and simple sync (start/stop + tempo)
- When to use an OXI Split instead of long MIDI chains
Whether you're just starting out with hardware sequencing or building a bigger studio setup, this video will help you get your gear talking to each other."
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Connecting a synth via MIDI
02:33 Adding multiple instruments via MIDI
06:11 Syncing a drum machine
08:34 Final notes
"'Time and Destiny' is a live ambient performance recorded using the Hydrasynth Deluxe, Novation Summit, Arturia Pigments, and Bitwig Studio.
Sit back, put on your headphones, and dive into a journey through atmospheric soundscapes, evolving pads, and deep textures. Everything was performed and recorded live.
Gear & Software Used:
ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe
Novation Summit
Arturia Pigments
Bitwig Studio (DAW)
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KOMPLETE KONTROL S 61 MK II
