Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Having bought both the FLKey mini (for Laptop use) and FLkey 37 (Home Studio use) I finally got around to looking at the free instrument plugins! I was a little surprised that these plugins were not auto-linked up to the FLKey in the same way that the native instruments are but I have corrected that... Continue Reading →
Featured plugins: UH-E BazilleDmitry Sches ThornCable Guys CurveSeaweed Audio Fathom Just to recap, Computer Music covers the setup and use of these plugins in the magazine (with some great free downloads and videos available as well) - this post then covers hardware-based control of these plugins which I hope is of use to some :-)... Continue Reading →
One of the gems of this magazine is the great curated libraries of plugins that you get access to with every purchased magazine. The instruments are well-reviewed, both in the magazine and elsewhere on the web so I am not going to repeat that exercise (save for the odd comment that reflects my own experiences)... Continue Reading →
The holy grail for me in relation to managing plugins is to be able to change plugin parameters from my keyboard and/or control surface "automagically", that is to say, I have to do the absolute minimum to be presented with options to tweak the parameters using hardware-based knobs and dials. Back in the ages, Mackie... Continue Reading →
SSL UF8ELGATO STREAMDECK The UF8 has a great keyboard macro feature that is both able to communicate directly with your DAW and also utilise DAW keyboard shortcuts. the latter is used here to add the SSL Channel Strip to each track. The 360 software allows you to add an assortment of command types to play... Continue Reading →
Nowadays a lot of manufacturers recognise that over time musicians and producers alike are going to want to move up from the initial 8 mixer tracks that come as a part of their control surface and move up to 16, 24 or 32 tracks. But what if your Control Surface manufacturer doesn't make an extender... Continue Reading →
After installing the Eucon Client service and the "EU Control" it was relatively easy to get the Mix working over an ethernet connection to my PC (literally just an ethernet cable from the back of my PC into the back of the Mix). The Control software for the mix and other AVID/Euphonix devices I should... Continue Reading →
So the original Mackie Controllers all have a "rude solo" light which is described in the manual as follows: "If you work on a mixer that has a SOLO function with no indicator lights, and you happen to forget you're in SOLO, you can easily be tricked into thinking that some-thing is wrong with your... Continue Reading →
Using an old EMAGIC MCU as an extender
I have an original Mackie MCU (not the pro) that was displaying "version 2.0" on booting. I wanted to utilise the latest firmware (version 2.12 which is available here) There are lots of ways to do this but this worked for me first time: Download the free Midi-Ox software and install it on your PC... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 