Manuals

Personal notes & manuals

 

Abelton Live

+ recording automation

+ How to Backup your abelton project  

+ Recording an external midi instrument into Abelton

+ Abelton - Using Drum Racks for Instruments, samples and effects 

+ Abelton - Instrument chains

+ Abelton - Launching clips  

+ Reese Baselines - Abelton

+ Abelton Shortcuts 

 

Access Virus

+ Access Virus -The different versions 

+ Inside the Virus 

+ Virus TI - Elk Elektroniks

+ Access Virus - Basic Intro

 

+ ADAT 

AE modular (Tangable Waves)

+ ARP 2500 - sync with 0-c0ntrol & AE modular

Akai

+ Akai Force - importing Abelton projects

Alesis

+ Andromeda A6 - Part 1 - Basic intro

+ Andromeda A6 - Part 2 - Ribbon Controller & Modulation Wheel

+ Andromeda A6 - Alesis Part 3 - Oscillators, FM, & Pre-filter mixer

+ Andromeda A6 - Alesis Part 4 - Filters, the post filter mixer

+ Alesis Andromeda A6 - Part 5 - Envelopes

+ Alesis Andromeda A6 - Part 6 - Midi , Mix Mode & MULTI-TIMBRAL.

+ Alesis Andromeda A6 - Part 7 - The Clock, Arpeggiator & Sequencer 

Arturia

+ Beatstep Pro - basic manual

+ Beatstep Pro with Korg MS20 / MS10

+ Beatstep / Keystep Pro & Hexinverter Mutant brain.

+ Arturia keystep 32 - basic manual

+ How to Sync Abelton with Arturia's Keystep 32

+ Keystep Pro & Roland TR-8 Drum machine - MIDI triggers 

+ Keystep Pro - saving changes - basic

+ Keystep pro -- Record an arpeggio into the sequencer..\

+ Keystep pro - Importing MIDI from Ableton

Buchla
+ MARF
+ 222e
 + 225e
      *My notes re the 225e 
+ 250e
      * My notes on the 250e
+251e
       *  My notes on the 251e
+ 252e
      * Notes on the 252e
+ 261e
       * Notes on the 261e VCO
+ 266e
       * Notes on the 266e
 + 200e Firmware upgrade 

Coffee

+ Expresso coffee machines 101 - the components

+ How do coffee expresso machines work ?

+ Vintage Coffee Machine - Rancilio

+ Everything You Need To Know To Steam Great Milk

+ Expresso machines 101 - boilers

+ Coffee Group-heads

+ coffee machines - pumps

+ Classic coffee machines

+ Coffee machine manufacturers

+ Coffee Profiling 101 - Temp, Pressure & flow.

+ La Pavoni Europiccola notes

Compressors

+ Compressors for Audio - intro

+ Modular Compressor -using eurorack modules 

+ 172 - Dual Signal Leveler

+ Julia Bondar - Live rig

+ L-1 Compressor 

+ DBX compressor 166 manual 

+ sidechain compression - eurorack modular

+ Mutant Hot Glue - build notes - part 1  

+ Mutant Hot Glue - part 2 - build notes

 

Chords/ scales

+ Basic Chords for synths - C, F, G, A minor.

+ Basic Chord theory - major chords & their progressions

+ Minor Chords & Their progressions

+ Hyve Touch Synthesizer - Tonnetz keyboard

+ Isomorphic Keyboards - Deluge etc

+ Favourite Scales

+ Braids Mutable Instruments - Chords  

+ Mutable Instruments - Clouds - drones - chords

+ Some scales for the electribe 2

+ Scales - Elektron favourites 1 - major & minor/ Io...

+ Scales - Elektron favourites 2

DaFM Synth
+ My notes on the DAFAM

Deluge (Synthstrom Audible)
 + Arranger View - deluge
 + Song View - Basic
 + Isomorphic Keyboard
 + Resampling - How to Record your performance
 + Basic Freeform Looping & Sampling of Audio
 + Precise Looping & Sampling 1 (Metronome)
 + Precise Looping & Sampling 2 - using a recorded drum kit 
 + Clip view - Sampling - adjusting the end point of a loop 
 + Clip View - basic controls 
 + Loading samples - Browse shortcut - waveform view
 + Loading Single Cycle Wave Forms (to use as oscillators) 
 + Kit section - drums
 + Deluge Scales
 + Effects - Chorus Flanger Phaser (Mod FX)
 + Effects - Filters & EQ
 + Effects - Distortion 
 + Effects - Reverb
 + Effects - DELAy
 + Parameter Automation
 + Sound design - making acid /303 sounds
 + Sound design - Grid shortcuts
 + Deluge - factory reset 

Elektron

  + Digitone keys - OS update

  + Digitone - Making & saving new Projects

  + Digitone - Overbridge - abelton live setup

  + Elektron Syntakt - - getting started -new projects...

  + Scales - Elektron favourites 1 - major & minor/ Io...

  + Scales - Elektron favourites 2

  + OctaTrack Mk 1 vs Mk2

  + Digitakt & Korg Volca FM - patch notes sending / receiving CC messages

  + Elektron - Program Changes

 Eurorack

+ 1010 Bitbox - midi triggering Roland TR-8

+ 1010 bitbox - triggred by Pioneer squid  

+ Braids Mutable Instruments - Chords

+ Endorphin.es

        + Shuttle Control  

        + Endorphin.es Shuttle control & faderbank 16n

        + Endorphin.es - West coast patch notes 

+ Erica Synths - Midi to Trigger

+ Expert Sleepers 

        + Expert Sleepers Disting Mk 4 - Clock G6

        + Expert Sleepers Disting Mk 1

        + Expert Sleepers - FH-1 - MIDI Note On/off 

        + Expert Sleepers - FH-1 - MIDI Continuous Control CCs...

        + Expert Sleepers - FH-1 & Korg Nano Control 

+ Eloquencer Sequencer - Song Structure

-  Eloquencer - creating parts.

+ Eloquencer - master track length

+ Eloquencer - Copy A Track To Another Track In A Different pattern...

+ Make Noise Maths Revisited

+ Modular Clocks - Analog, MIDI , PPQN

+ Greyscale Algorythm - Firmware 2  

+ Ornament & Crime - O_C

   * Piqued - envelope generator 

+ Compressors for Audio

+ Modular Compressor - using eurorack modules  

+ sidechain compression - eurorack modular

+ Audio Equalizers

+ Master Clock & utilities Eurorack case 

+ Mutable Instruments - Clouds - drones - chords

+ Midi clock using the Kenton Solo Eurorack module 

+ Fairlight

GenoQs Octopus

 + Basic Navigation

 

Herbs & Stone

+ Liquid foam - instructions (personal)

 

Keith McMillen

+ The MPE QuNexus sequencer with modular synths  

 

Kenton

+ Midi clock using the Kenton Solo Eurorack module 

MakeNoise - 0-Coast/Control

+ 0-Coast - Basic Notes

+ 0 cONTROL - bASIC pATCHES

+ 0-coast/0-control - Patches 2  

+ 0-control / 0-coast Patches 3

+ ARP 2500 & Make Noise 0-control

+ Strega - Make noise - getting started

+ ARP 2500 - sync with 0-c0ntrol & AE modular

+ Make Noise Rene v1 - Initialization Procedure

+ Make noise Rene V1 - program pages

+ Make noise Rene V1 - Logic

+ Make Noise Maths Revisited

 

 

 MaxMSP

+ Max for live - abelton - tutorial 1 - starting out

 

 

Misc

+ Modular Clocks - Analog, MIDI , PPQN

+ Compressors for Audio

+ Philosophy index 

+ Patchbays

Moog General

+ Clocking the Korg SQ 10 - S triggers
+ Moog CABLE -S-trig to V-trig
+ Modular Clocks - Analog, MIDI , PPQN   

Moog - Mother 32/ DFAM/ SubHarmonicon

+ Moog Mother 32 - Sequencer shortcuts 

+ Moog Mother 32 - sequencer - recording your first  pattern (keyboard mode)

+ Mother 32 - sequencer - editing a pattern - step mode

+ Moog Mother 32 - set up mode - assignable output, midi channel, tempo input settings

+ Moog Mother 32 - sequencer - Step Mode - slides, glides, ratchets, rolls  

+ Mother 32 & DFAM - Live jamming ideas

+ Moog Mother 32 & DFAM Jam # 1  

+ Moog sub harm & DFAM 10 ..... live jam with patch notes

+ patch 14 - DFAM / SubHarm

+ Moog DFAM - Patch Rhythm bass

+ Moog Subharmonicon - patches A

+ Moog Subharmonicon - Short patch examples  

+ Tycho's Nova - SubHar & DFAM 12 ... patch notes

Moog Modular

+ 901 VCO

+ 961 INTERFACE
+ 907 Fixed Filter Bank.

+ 911 - Envelope Generator

Oberheim

+ Xpander

 

Philosophy

+ Philosophy index

Pioneer

 +Toraz Squid

        + 1. The different modes

        + 2. Randomiser

        + 3. Projects 

        + 4. Adding more steps to the pioneer squid sequence

        + 5. Pattern Set - Song Mode

        + 6  Sequencing notes into a pattern. 

 

        + Pioneer Squid - Midi Mapping a Roland TR 707

        + Linn Drum - Cooper Midi 

        + Korg MonoTribe - Midi triggering.

        + Korg Volca Beats - midi mapping

        + Alesis DM5 - Pioneer Squid

        + Modular Clocks - Analog, MIDI , PPQN  

        + Pioneer Squid & Erica Synths trigger module

        + 1010 bitbox - triggred by Pioneer squid 

 

PolyEnd

        + PolyEnd Tracker Shortcuts

        + Polyend tracker - The fill function 

 

 

Polyfusion

        + Polyfusion - Sound A Round

Python 
+ Python for beginners
+ Python for Beginners 2


Roland

+ All my Roland Synth pages can be found here

Snazzy Effects

+ ArdCore -Installation Demo

 

Synton (Fenix)

+ Fenix - Synton - Index

+ Synton Fenix III - sequencer companion notes - 1 

+ Synton Fenix III - sequencer companion notes - 2

 

Teenage Engineering

    OP-Z

       + Teenage Engineering OP-Z battery

   KO II

        + KO II - getting started

        + Connecting the KO II to external gear.

 

XOR

    + NerdSeq - getting started

Yamaha 
+ DX 5 
+ DX 7  

Zoom

+ Zoom MS 70CDR pedal - adding a new preset

++ Jokes