New Spectralis Tutorials by acemonvw

Spectralis Tutorial 1: Selecting songs and patterns
Published on Feb 23, 2013 acemonvw·9 videos
See this post for previous tutorials.

"This tutorial goes over the basics on selecting your songs and patterns."

Spectralis Tutorial #2: The part selection
Published on Feb 24, 2013 acemonvw·12 videos

"This basic tutorial demonstrates how to select a part (Asynth, Dsynth, Drums), use the solo, mute, and play buttons. All of these buttons fall under the "Part" section.

Additional note by mcbeth303:
'by pressing shift and MUTE or SOLO when they are blinking all mutes or solos are removed from all tracks'"

Spectralis Tutorial #3: Sequence Editor
Published on Feb 24, 2013

"This is a basic tutorial of the sequence editor on the spectrlis.
NOTE: I don't mention the iteration button, but all that does is move your sequencer line, or 'rotate' it. You can make step 5 be step 1, which would move all other steps back 4 steps as well."

Spectralis Tutorial #4: Saving and initializing patterns
Published on Feb 24, 2013

"This tutorial goes over the basics of saving patterns, what's saved within a pattern, what's saved within a song, and how to initialize patterns."

Spectralis tutorial #5: Trigger groups
Published on Feb 24, 2013 acemonvw·13 videos

"This is a more advanced tutorial, featuring: Trigger groups (and terribly programmed music)."

Waiting for #6...


Spectralis Tutorial #7: Filter self-oscillation
Published on Feb 25, 2013

"Get the internal analog filters to self-oscillate. Not shown here... but in the filter settings you can also apply LFOs to alter the cutoff and resonance and get some interesting results.

You can also make melodic parts using filter self-oscillation. It can be an extra sine-wave source, but you may lose a trigger group."

Spectralis Tutorial #8: Groove Edit (creating a basic rhythm)
Published on Feb 26, 2013

"This tutorial goes over using the groove edit section. Basically: how to create drum parts and how to add some dynamics to the beat."

Spectralis Tutorial #9: Filterbank Rhythms
Published on Feb 26, 2013

"Filterbank Rhythms. Noise generated from the Spectralis can be routed to the filterbank and sequenced using specific FB frequencies. Sequencerlines 1 - 10 come with the default setting of opening those frequencies when activated (i.e., you create a step/envelope).

Note, you can do some even cooler things when you sequence oscillators through the filterbank and not allowing the noise volume through. This will be in a future tutorial."

Using the Microsoft Surface Pro to Edit the Clavia Nord Modulars

Clavia Nord Modular (and G2) editors + Microsoft Surface Pro demo

Published on Oct 5, 2013 acemonvw·63 videos

I'm actually the person referred to in the video that asked about using the Surface Pro to edit the Clavia Nord Modular (I have the Micro Modular). Big thanks to acemonvw for testing this out! I was curious if the touch interface would work well. It appears that with the pen it indeed does. One thing I didn't think about though, was whether the Micro Modular would be recognized by the editor running on Windows 8. You'd think it would but someone I know and trust wasn't so sure. Also, I recently switched to a Mac and tried the editor using Wine which runs Windows programs. The editor picked up my MIDI device but oddly it did not pick up the Micro Modular.  If anyone out there has a Nord Modular and a Surface Pro, let us know if the editor picks up the hardware and works with it.  Regardless, the G2 editor does work, produces audio and best of all, it is free.  If you have a Surface Pro, you have a free modular.

Update: it looks like it works with the Roland UM-ONE MIDI out on Windows 8 as you can see in this video with an Acer W510.

Video description:
"This demo goes through using the Nord Modular (0:00) and G2 (6:00) editors on the Surface Pro. If you want to just know 'Does the Surface Pro work well with these editors?' my answer is 'yes, but...'

The 'but' being that it seemed most useful using the pen throughout. While I at first felt that your fingers would work fine for knob twisting and such, even on the Nord Modular editor (not G2), I looked back at the video and felt that my finger still had trouble catching the knobs. However, I would say WITH the pen, you would have very little trouble using the editors. I hope you enjoyed the video and that it provided you with some insight into this combination. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you :)"

via Michael on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

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NI Maschine + MS Surface Pro demo... it wasn't quite as expected

Published on Sep 26, 2013 acemonvw·59 videos

I believe this is the first MS Surface Pro user video focused on making music.
Update: all working now.  See this post.

The original post:
"So I thought it would be cool to use the MS Surface Pro as an interface
for Maschine. I was able to make some fun beats with it and use it
fairly well, but it would freak out every so often. I thought I had it
under control when I was making this piece... but it ends abruptly when
the CPU just gives out. The audio cut out just fine apparently, but you
can see at the very end the software and hardware just give up. Welp,
that's why I like hardware grooveboxes, they don't just give up on me
when I'm writing stuff (of course, the Surface Pro isn't THAT great of
a piece of hardware either, but I did expect it to manage this song).

Yes, the levels seem to be off, I just wanted to experiment with
Maschine and the Surface Pro... It was a failed attempt I think."

Update: see this thread on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge for some additional details.
Some notes on what was running:

"To be fair. I believe I have 5 reaktor vst's going, a few massive vst's going, one other NI vst that does drone-y things (can't remember its name), as well as some samples for drums..."

"The way I recorded the audio, was for Maschine to sample the master audio, which probably added to the fun. Oh, AND Maschine and all samples and VSTs are loaded on an external micro SD (class 10) card..."

This was also run with Windows Pro native audio drivers out of the box. Asio4all drivers and/or of course an external audio device might help.

Update2 via Tony Scharf in the comments before the updates from the Lounge: "The amount of RAM and storage speed in the surface pro is just totally in adequate for something like Maschine. You would have to have VERY high latency times for it to run. Also, I'd like to know if he is just using Maschine, or if there are any plug in FX being used. That would probably push it over the edge.

The surface pro 2 would probably fair better. Also, a more optimized application like FL Studio would probably run better given how FL Studio will run on a crappy netbook well. Maschine is many things but it is NOT lean."

Update3 via Michael, aka acemonvw on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge: "If you're interested in knowing, I have studied Maschine and the Surface Pro and find they work pretty well together. I have had much fewer hangups since switching to the AISO driver. I also found that a few services were causing issues randomly 1) Windows Modules Installer Worker, 2) WMI provider host, and 3) System. System was strange in that it was at about 30% CPU forever. Maschine only took up 10% CPU when running using 2 reaktors, 1 massive, and one Kontakt. Pretty impressive actually!"

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Roland MC-808 demo by Midera: Safe Haven

Published on May 31, 2013 acemonvw·29 videos

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

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Update: two more:

Roland MC-808 Demo by Midera: Within the weakness

Published on May 31, 2013 acemonvw·31 videos

Roland MC-808 Demo by Midera: Waiting

Published on May 31, 2013

Spectralis 2 Tutorials by acemonvw

Spectralis tutorial and demonstration: Machinedrum-like parameter locks
Published on Nov 7, 2012 by acemonvw

"Elektron products get a lot of buzz for having this unique 'parameter lock' mechanism, whereby certain parameters can be locked into place at any given step. I thought I would go through and show that this can be done with the spectralis as well (albeit, not as straightforward, but with more potential). I tried to make this as much of a tutorial as well as a demonstration of the capabilities of the spectralis.

In this video, I used only one oscillator (out of 4), one bass drum sample, one snare sample, and some filterbank sequencerlines. All of this could be easily done using the Spectralis mk1, as well as the mk2.

Need to create the drum sound? Follow the instructions at the website below, and route sound to the MM filter (instead of bypassing filters):
http://www.forum.radikaltechnologies.com/viewtopic.php?t=1228

I did not add any compressors, filters, or modify the sound in any way. The sum out was used and went directly into my soundcard, and into garageband. The final mix was done using iMovie. The camera used was the GR-HD1, in HD.

Please feel free to ask any questions, hopefully this was a helpful demonstration. I apologize in advance for how quickly some of my comments pass by, but you can pause it at any time, as well as ask me what I did.

Like me on Facebook:
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Website:
http://houseofraleigh.com/"

Spectralis tutorial and demonstration: beat making and filter routing
Published on Nov 13, 2012

"An attempt at creating some RT Spectralis guides/walkthroughs, as well as show some of the more in-depth features of the Spectralis. This tutorial only utilizes drum parts and filters and is only a small glimpse of some of the things you can do with this incredible machine."

Redshift: Spectralis 2 Sample library Vol.2 demo 2

Published on Oct 27, 2013 acemonvw·71 videos

Update: Video re-Published on Oct 28, 2013

"This is my second demo showcasing the new Sample Library (Vol.2) for the Spectralis. Apart from noise being sequenced through the filterbank, no other features (Asynth or original sound packs) were used.
It can be purchased through Joerg Schaaf's website for the Spectralis 2 here:
http://www.joergschaaf.de/Jorg_Schaaf...

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acemonvw
Find me on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/midera
Stop by my website: http://houseofraleigh.com/"

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Winter mourning: Korg EMX future chill demo

Published on Nov 10, 2013 acemonvw·73 videos

"Just coming back to the EMX groovebox for a bit. Still thinking of
selling this little gem. It's pretty, but does it make good enough
music?"

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Spectralis 2, Yamaha RX11 drum machine, and Eventide Space demo

Published on Mar 10, 2014 acemonvw·90 videos

"Just messing with a patch I made on the Spectralis 2 and got this
Yamaha RX11 today and wanted to test out how it sounds. Routed the
Spectralis thru the Eventide Space pedal as well."

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

The dying sun: Yamaha RS7000 groovebox ambient demo (RS7K)

Published on Nov 7, 2013 acemonvw·72 videos

"Just another piece I wrote using the Yamaha RS7000 (or RS7K). I'm still not sure what to think of this groovebox... it's pretty ugly."

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Echoes: Spectralis 2, Virus TI, Korg Radias; Future chill demo

Published on Jan 5, 2014 acemonvw·77 videos

"Gear:
Spectralis 2
Access Virus TI Polar
Korg Radias

Nikon D5100 (HUGE thanks to the developers at NikonHacker.com for
making the D5100 useable for video!)

Canon 60D"

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

8-bit saga: The Murkwood Vale (Level 2)

Published on May 18, 2013 acemonvw·26 videos

Items used:
Gameboy Advance
GBA to MIDI cable (spritesmod)
Logic studio
Onyx 1220i mixer
Nikon D5100

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Haunted transmission: Spectralis 2, Korg Radias, Virus TI Polar future chill

Published on Nov 26, 2013 acemonvw·74 videos

Spectralis 2: Sequencer, Piano, background effects
Korg Radias: Drums, synth piano, bass
Virus TI: Pads

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

The forgotten odyssey --MIDERA-- Access Virus, Korg Radias ambient

Published on Sep 11, 2013 acemonvw·56 videos

"Artist: MIDERA
Song: The forgotten odyssey

Gear
Synth: Access Virus (Pads), Korg Radias (FX)
Mixer: Onyx 1220i
DAW: Logic pro
Camera: Canon 60D, Rokinon 8mm lens 1:3.5, Fish-eye CS"

The blissful decline --MIDERA-- Korg EMX groovebox downtempo electronica

Published on Jul 31, 2013 acemonvw·49 videos

Gemini 1: Twin Elektron Monomachines

Published on Jan 24, 2014 acemonvw·79 videos

"Inspired by the new Rytm machine, I decided to use a monomachine for drum sounds only. Most of these (kick, snare, hi hats) use the FM+
source. Only one sound used noise.

Although this is not one of my best pieces, I wanted to put something
up to celebrate getting (almost) 500 subscribers :D So thank you everyone for
subscribing!"

via Michael on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Stone in the heart -- Midera -- Korg EMX electro house

Published on Jul 15, 2013 acemonvw·44 videos

"A little different than what I'm used to. The EMX houses some awesome sounds within it, though."

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Spectralis tutorial #13: Double your polyphonic MIDI parts

Published on Oct 25, 2013 acemonvw·70 videos

"Created a new tutorial (or really a tip/trick) to double the polyphonic parts you can sequence external gear with. Typically, one might think that they can only use the three Dsynth parts, routed to send MIDI notes to external gear, not its internal sampler, to record polyphonic parts. The Asynth (or hybrid synth) parts are monophonic, but because all notes are sent (just one has priority) this means that when you route the signal to a MIDI channel, you can have 3 more polyphonic parts (there are three monophonic 'parts' in the Asynth section, and you can do this for each).

Feel free to ask any questions you might have!

Sorry for all the 'umms', I make these for the fun of it. They are not scripted (I'm sure that's obvious).

Radikal Technologies Spectralis 2"

The fallen leaf: Korg EMX electribe downtempo

Published on Jan 28, 2014 acemonvw·80 videos

"Just another song I wrote. Enjoy.

Filmed using Canon 60D (with Magic Lantern)
Lens: Sears Auto 55mm 1.4f (it was my Dad's old lens from his SLR)"

Phobic dimensions: Korg EMX electribe track

Published on Feb 5, 2014 acemonvw·83 videos

"And... another Korg EMX track, enjoy!"

8-bit saga: Spectralis Zone (Level 3)

Published on May 22, 2013 acemonvw·27 videos

Items used:
Gameboy Advance
GBA to MIDI cable (spritesmod)
Radikal Technologies Spectralis II (sequencing)
Logic studio (Audio recording)
Onyx 1220i mixer
Nikon D5100

via Michael Dennis Raleigh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Using $2000 equipment (spectralis) to sequence $50 equipment (Gameboy Advance)... but thought I'd try to make a megaman-esk song. That old school megaman stuff was amazing. What they could do with basic square/triangle/saw waves and some noise, just incredible."