This setup is so fun, but has ONE flaw..

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"Planning a live dawless improv setup and it was going so good until I remembered this annoying thing the Avalon Bassline does.. or maybe its Circuit Tracks, who's at fault? Who knows maybe it me haha! Either way, i'll take you through the compact dawless setup and show you how I plan to play live with it! Hopefully it all goes well"

00:00 An example of this setup
01:27 The Routing
02:28 Here's The Issue..
04:13 Some Possible Fixes?
07:03 How Transitions will work with this setup
12:16 Adding Vocals
13:19 Now Just Jamming with the setup.
17:52 Final Thoughts, and a revelation.

Shop my cool hats, shirts & music packs 👉🏼 https://www.RickyTinez.com

Listen to my latest tracks here:
https://bit.ly/3jd3n8V
https://rickytinez.bandcamp.com/
https://spoti.fi/3qGaCpK

LFO Mod Magic, Make better sounds now!

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In this LFO Deep Dive we'll explore the world of synthesis modulation using the Novation Peak, though this can be done on most synths especially VSTs. We'll take 2 LFOs to modulate one another and then add some key tracking to take things to the next level. These synth tips are such fun and easy tools to have in your back pocket when you want to spice up your sound. I really hope you learn something here! Take care."

See You Later Oscillator Hat

00:00 The Goal Today
01:32 Step #1
02:15 How To Use LFO Fade Time
02:45 Utilizing LFO Repeats
03:16 If you don't like this sound, here's how to fix it
04:30 Step #2
05:16 LFO 2 to LFO 1 Rate.. Cross Modulation!
06:11 LFO KeySync
06:57 LFO 2 Repeat Setting! Super Crucial
08:55 Fine Tuning the Modulation
09:28 Step #3 - What I Heard In My Head
09:45 Keyboard Tracking to LFO 1 Rate
12:37 This is the Final Cherry On-Top
15:26 NOW THIS IS THE PATCH! wooooo

Ricky Tinez Sampled Namm 2024.. and liked it.

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"I took the EP–133 K.O. II around NAMM 2024 to sample sounds from some awesome musicians playing their instruments, straight into the KO II using the on board microphone! After the show was all done, I took the sounds back to the studio to see if I could make anything with the sounds that we got. This was beyond fun and shout out to everyone who I sampled. iIf you see yourself in the vid let me know down below!"

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00:00 Lets Find SeqTrak
01:49 The Sounds I Recorded
02:41 Making The Song Begins
04:48 Adding The Snare Rolls
05:53 Chopping and Adding the Saxophone!
08:46 Adding "Vocals"
10:57 Adding That Good Good Hat
12:44 Having Too Much Fun With The FX
14:01 I Love Happy Accidents

Chompi: It's good at ONE thing.

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"Chompi is great.. but, it has some funky quirks that I was not expecting when I first turned it on! When compared to other samples, the Chompi Sampler mimics more of a tape loop than anything and its actually why i bought one. So today, let's talk about the Chompi Pros and Cons, an overview, a review, as well as the one reason why I love it and bought it in the first place! Varispeed recording."

Exploring CHOMPI Live! And a dog kicked my synth..

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00:00 Getting some Hellos in
01:53 Stream Really Starts
13:35 JonMakesBeats Makes Me Rap
24:28 A Dog enters the chat
28:08 Dog Kicks My Synth..

Exploring Arturias new 2.0 firmware update for the Minifreak

I Forgot how Fun this Synth is! +Free Patches video upload by Ricky Tinez

"Today we'll be exploring Arturias new 2.0 firmware update for the Minifreak! Its big addition are Wavetables. Wavetables are easily one of my favorite types of oscillators because of their flexibility and ability to morph quickly or slowly across chords, pads, basses, etc. So today I want to show some of my favorite modulation techniques that really spice up your synth patches.

Download these patches 👉🏼 https://synthshit.com/products/6-free..."

Stretching the Limits of Samples On The KO-II

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"The Teenage Engineering EP-133 KO-II can Alias Samples! Sampling sounds high pitch and then stretching them back down extremely far to get them back to a normal or a low pitch creates aliasing within samples, which is this amazing texture that I was able to get from my older MPCs, and it's a technique that has been widely used for a very long time. So can we do it on the new Teenage Engineering EP – 133? YES! You could also do this on the PO-33 pocket operator! I also pair the new KO-ii with my Digitakt so I don't run into the voice stealing issues I had in this video" [posted here]

00:00 What's Up!
00:44 Sampling The Chords
01:07 I Fixed The PO-II Record Button With a PO-32
02:15 Boy was I WRONG about this...
03:40 THIS IS HOW YOU PUSH SAMPLES FURTHER With Pitch
05:24 Sampling Some "Organic" Sounds
07:29 Accidentally coming up with a great idea
08:20 Sampling The Bass Sound
09:46 Bassline Time!
11:59 Sampling and Sequencing The Strings
13:34 Performance Effects Time!
14:18 This Filter Is Kind Of Hard To Control...
15:11 EP-133 Battery Life
16:30 Wait... Is My EP-133 Busted?!

Ricky Tinez Tried to Make a Song with the EP-133, almost lost his mind.

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"In this Compact Creation, let's put the EP-133 to the test! I'll make a track from start to finish. This is how I'll be using the Teenage Engineering KO ii in my studio. Sampling sounds, arranging a track, and getting ideas down quickly. As you'll see there are some weird quirks along the way. But in reality, it's just a workflow I'm not fully used to yet."

Follow-up to this post.

Ricky Tinez on the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II : I WANTED to Play Live with this Thing, but nvm..

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"It can't even do things the PO-33 can do! I let myself down by getting wrapped in the hype, haha. Its an awesome device, and yes you can make full songs on it.. But it might be a challenge at times! Which can be a good thing. TL:DR, I wanted to get this to play live and perform on, but it's going to be a little trickier than I excpected."

00:00 It's Dope! but...
00:33 The Filters...
03:16 The PO-33 Can Do This.. But EP-133 Can't
04:03 The Pattern Changes, and Project Swaps.
05:45 Easier Pattern Change "Hack"
07:02 This is super weird.. Can't Jump To Blank Scenes?
08:48 The Fader Send FX Thing Could Be Changed.. Maybe?
10:07 I'm About To Rage Quit
10:40 The Last 2 Things, about sampling and about the fx..

Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II

Update: also see Ricky Tinez Tried to Make a Song with the EP-133, almost lost his mind.

The Portamento Puzzle: Beyond Basic Synth Slides

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With the Sequential PRO 3.

"I was able to finally recreate the bass line of one of my favorite Deep House tracks! I failed a bunch of times until I finally found a new setting that I've never understood before which is called Portamento legato as well as fixed rate instead of fixed time. So trying to get a deeper understanding of these, I dove in, and now I want to share what I found with you! The track that inspired me is Sonic Vision by DaRand Land. Go check it out down below!

DaRand Land:
Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3ZfbyTp
Spotify - https://spoti.fi/45N7sEk
Website - https://bit.ly/48ht9xS
The Song That Inspired This Bass Line - https://bit.ly/3PkMyFw

00:00 My Journey
00:32 The Sound We're Recreating
01:01 The Legend Who Made The Track
01:44 Step 1 I Was Correct, but that's about it.
02:20 YOU MUST Turn This On, Or It Won't Work
03:17 This Is More Important Than I First Thought
06:02 Something To Consider: Slower Is Better And Faster Is Incorrect..?
07:26 Making The Synth Patch For The Sounds
09:39 Why This Technique Adds More Of YOURSELF Into Your Music

The BlackBox is Buggy, But He Made a Track Anyway! (Feat. Minifreak)

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"Get ready for a wild ride.. In this Dawless jam, aka a Compact Creation, the BlackBox by 1010music became a wild beast with some potential bugs? Who knows, most likely user error, haha! Don't worry, we're rolling with it and pushing forward to keep the track going! Outside of the drums, all the magic comes from the Minifreak sounds that I loop into the Blackbox. It's a bit of chaos, a dash of unexpected, but a whole lot of fun.

My Free Minifreak Patches - https://synthshit.com/products/7-mini..."

Playable Power: Exploring the UNO Synth Pro X Pros and Cons

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"Today, we're diving into the UNO Synth Pro X by IK Multimedia (https://bit.ly/3OE4Ker) and I'm stoked to show you how fun and intuitive this little beast can be! It's a 3 Oscillator, analog, bassline powerhouse that combines the best elements from various synths into one incredible package. We'll jam on it, do sound design, and I'll give you my quick pros and cons since I've been using it for a while. While I am overall impressed with this synth's features and warm analog sound, it can be improved in some areas. So let's take it for a ride and see where it takes us! Yes, this video is sponsored by IK Multimedia, but if I ain't into the synth, I won't do it. Peace!"

00:00 What's Good?
00:43 CONS
01:52 PROS
03:45 Trippy Pattern I Was Working On
04:04 Jamming Through the Synth's Features
07:04 Some Reverb, Why Not?
08:57 Making Better Patterns With Gate and Accent
11:29 Making a Banger in Minutes
16:16 How Have I Not Tried 10 Steps Before?!

Click here for additional posts on the UNO Synth Pro X.

Key Tracking: The Secret Weapon for Sound Design..

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"Lets learn how to take Key Tracking and go beyond just Filter modulation.. This is easily one of my favorite types of modulation when it comes to sound design. It's so powerful in subtle ways, or in extreme ways depending on where you send it. Key Tracking takes the notes on your keyboard and uses them as modulation! This means you can get creative and make each note sound different from the rest. And depending on the mod matrix,, you can push this to the extreme with wild modulation destinations."

A Compact Creation! But Now What? // The "Dead End" of The Groovebox Workflow - Compact Creation

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"I'm curious to know your favorite way of finishing a track that you start on a "groovebox". Do you just leave it there, try to song mode it or pattern chain it into a masterpiece, or stem it out one by one. Which, of course, takes longer but gets the job done. Today I mess around and start a track idea using the OG Novation Circuit and the Arturia Minifreak but quickly come to the roadblock that I usually come across when using Groove boxes and other forms of dawless music making."

This just Blew His Mind.. A Surprising Sampler Experiment: Slicing & Reshaping Acid Bass Lines!

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"I use my Octatrack, Digitakt, and Avalon bassline to create some sampled house music from scratch. Midway through the video, I end up blowing my mind with the the resample feature on Octatrack, and setting it to "random locks". The sample I use is from @tracklib and I have a link to it down below! If you're into making house music in a dawless setup with drum machines and synthesizers, you'll dig this! Follow along with me as I share my creative process and techniques for crafting unique and groovy house beats. Let's make some music together!

The sample I used - https://bit.ly/3nBvqS2
15 free track credits and 30 day trail to Tracklib Promo! - https://www.tracklib.com/rickytinez"

When Versatility Becomes a Burden.. // Roland SH-4D Workflow and Thoughts

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"Let's take a closer look at the Roland SH-4D synthesizer and explore its many features and capabilities. With "60-note polyphony" and a 4-part multi-timbral design (plus an additional drum machine part), the SH-4D is an incredibly versatile synth that can produce a wide range of sounds and effects. It also includes selectable synth engines from the vintage Roland family, such as the Juno 106 and the SH-101, as well as a 64-step sequencer and tons of built-in effects. -- However, as you'll see in this video, the SH-4D’s workflow can be a bit cumbersome at times, requiring you to be in many places at once and leading to some potentially time-consuming mistakes. We’ll also explore some of the other issues you might encounter when using this synth and discuss whether it’s really the best choice for your needs. -- Overall, the Roland SH-4D is a great synth for beginners or anyone looking to experiment with different sounds and styles. But if you’re looking for something more focused or specialized for a particular task, you may want to consider other options."

Trying To Create A Killer Bassline For New Track From Scratch!

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"I'm on a mission to create an awesome new bass line using the Abstrakt Instruments Avalon Bass Line synthesizer. In this video, you'll see me start from scratch with nothing but an idea in mind and go through the ups and downs of the creative process, trying out different ideas, recording loops, adding effects, and even vocalizing my ideas out loud to see what works.
Along the way, I hit some roadblocks and even reach a point where I feel like it's just not going to work out, but I don't give up!"

Exploring the Magic of the 3rd Wave // The BEST Hardware Synth 4 Sound Design

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"The 3rd wave synthesizer by Groove Synthesis is a powerful digital synthesizer with some amazing analog circuitry. It's quickly become my favorite synthesizer in my studio. It allows users to create a wide range of sounds, from realistic instrument tones to complex waveforms. The synthesizer has tons of knob per function and includes really high quality built-in effects. I mean, look at this list of features JUST on the sound engine.. 32 classic, PPG-legacy wavetables.. 64 waves per table..

48 high-resolution custom wavetables with 64 waves per table.. a total of 64 high-resolution user wavetables.. 7 high-resolution modeled analog waveforms (including continuously variable color noise).. Linear FM.. a 6-stage wave envelope per oscillator with variable time and position that can be looped.. and Optional wave flow for smooth or stepped wave transitions.. That's just the beginning of the synth. Don't forget the analog filter which came from Dave Rossum, 4 envelopes, 4 LFOs, effects.. this synth is a sound designers DREAM. Easily one the best synths for Sound Design right now.

The 3rd Wave - http://bit.ly/3lcLgRX"

Sound Design on the Deckard's Dream Is Too Easy // Patch From Scratch with Free samples

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"Today we explore sound design on one of my all time favorite synthesizers, the Deckard's Dream by Black Corporation. One patch I made prior to hitting record but we'll design two synth patches from scratch together. We'll explore some beginner synth techniques like applying filter envelopes, adding different attack times to layers to have the patch move and sound different over time, as well as running going a little deeper and playing with different tunings and layering the synth with itself in the way it was built. I'll also run the synthesizer through the R1 Reverb Pedal by Walrus Audio to push it over the top and create that cinematic movie score feel. I can't help it..

Download these free Deckard's Dream Samples here - http://bit.ly/3DQwF4T"

MiniFreak Ain't Bad! 5 Minute Review // 7 Patches I Made While Learning The Minifreak

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"The Arturia MiniFreak ain't half bad! Its actually really good. It might be the synth for you if you're looking for a one stop shop that can cover a lot of ground. It has a relatively low price, and a smaller footprint but with keys! While learning and just having fun with the synthesizer I made 7 patches which you can download for free here - http://bit.ly/3J3O65y"

FREE EVENT! - https://link.dice.fm/Af04710ccf26

00:00 Some Context
00:45 The short Cons list
02:02 Minifreak Pros
05:43 My Free Minifreak Patches
07:31 Patch 2
09:06 Patch 3
12:42 Patch 4
14:26 Patch 5
15:50 Patch 6
18:15 Patch 7
19:07 The Sequencer
20:49 Peace and Love

How To Load Presets into MiniFreak // Free MiniFreak Patches


"Ever wonder how to load presets onto the Arturia MiniFreak? Well, here's a quick and simple video on how to do just that. We'll be learning how to use Minifreak V Librarian. I've also created 7 free patches for fun that you can download here! - https://bit.ly/3J3O65y"