This year we’re going to stream 50 times. Every Friday morning I’ll be live on YouTube to answer questions, and explore music production related topics.
Will you be there for the next one?
This post is collecting the Five condensed live stream videos from March 2023, which is still several hours of content to see and learn from.
A LOT of my time goes into these streams and edited videos, and I’m committing to doing them all year. Support these efforts with the YouTube Channel Membership, or Patreon.
March 3
A bit lower energy than usual because I was coming down with a cold, but we had a good time looking at some music tech news, BirdBird’s great Global Sampler script and answering your questions.
00:00 - Sick but here for you
02:11 - venus theory corrupts a projects
03:39 - REAPER backup settings
06:08 - automatic temp folder cleanup
08:39 - Gain staging
09:54 - free samples and plugins
10:11 - Filters & Feedback sample pack
12:29 - Retromania
14:21 - Studio Brootle 707 drums
15:21 - Doctor Mix AI synth
16:16 - JSFX documentation
18:11 - klanghelm plugins updated
19:00 - Moogerfooger effects plugins
20:33 - Minimal Audio Cluster delay
21:11 - OB-Xd updated
21:58 - Item freeze fx
23:03 - Moving items with tuning plugins
23:43 - testing REAPER 6.77
24:31 - quantizing multitrack audio
25:23 - thoughts on first time working with an editor
27:21 - what are the t= and p= numbers in the changelog
28:12 - vertical zoom
29:39 - Solo toggle
30:39 - advanced beat detective workflow - mk slicer
32:40 - virtual keyboard display
33:49 - Global Sampler
40:29 - unfortunately, I played guitar
44:12 - Outer space and Tape 201
45:15 - tukan amp
48:24 - IK Tonex pedal
48:50 - What happened to HRS?
49:34 - Slap plugin
49:50 - more thoughts on podcast hiatus
50:37 - Retro futuristic tech AI art
March 10
Building a drum kit in Sitala, trying out extensions/scripts from Ak5k, and started on writing a synthwave song.
0:00:00 - technical difficulties
0:00:42 - the plan is simple
0:02:43 - do you have your templates to available to download
0:03:27 - ezdrummer3
0:03:53 - is it ok to ask questions here
0:05:10 - new synthwave EZ Drummer and EZ Keys expansions
0:06:27 - online kick drum generator
0:09:12 - more from muted.io
0:09:36 - building a drum kit in Sitala
0:13:36 - what is this kit from?
0:15:02 - about Sitala features
0:21:39 - balancing the kit
0:23:06 - Smooth Operator is on sale
0:23:27 - More adjusting EQ on Sitala
0:25:27 - It's called acoustic reflex
0:29:21 - drum pattern to test the kit
0:31:51 - saving the preset
0:33:10 - Sitala Mult-outputs
0:33:57 - Adding reverb
0:36:23 - REAPER 6.77 forgotten MIDI changes
0:37:23 - Chase MIDI CC
0:42:44 - AK5K's ReaFab scripts
0:45:33 - ReaLLM
0:47:31 - Smooth Operator
0:50:35 - Zoom to full project custom action
0:52:02 - Arturia V-Collection update
0:53:34 - Vintage analog synth vsts
0:55:08 - Some music making
0:55:41 - My stream setup
0:56:20 - REAPER MIDI Editor
1:07:50 - Mac virtual audio routing
1:11:01 - back to the music
1:15:37 - filtering whole mix for intro
1:18:22 - A poor attempt at a lead
1:19:20 - back to chat questions
1:22:09 - thoughts on upcoming reaper feature
707 drum samples I used – https://rekkerd.org/studio-brootle-707-free-drum-kits-with-rumbles/
Sitala Free Drum Sampler – https://decomposer.de/sitala/
ReaFab extension – https://github.com/ak5k/reafab
ReaLlm extension – https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=245445
March 17
Trying PeakEater free clipping plugin, working on a dark synthwave track, Analog Lab, and Cooking!
0:01:10 - what's the plan 0:01:46 - free plugins 0:03:31 - Testing PeakEater free clipping fx 0:05:13 - Delta Solo 0:06:41 - I wish ReaLimit worked like this 0:08:27 - t-racks clipper 0:11:32 - working on song from last week again 0:14:52 - Transistion FX trouble 0:17:22 - REAPER crashed 0:17:37 - UVI SweepMachine 0:22:01 - It gets loud here 0:23:05 - still can't hear it 0:24:08 - Fury 800 0:26:54 - Analog Lab Preset exploration 0:30:18 - Analog Lab MIDI link does not work 0:32:18 - CSI V2 or 3? 0:33:53 - This is now a cooking stream 0:35:02 - making coffee 0:38:54 - grilled cheese 0:45:59 - Adulting time over 0:46:28 - Custom action for pencil tool toggle 0:49:14 - adding to toolbar button 0:50:53 - my theme 0:51:19 - back to the song 0:53:12 - adding arpeggio with Analog Lab 0:56:53 - distorting the arp 0:58:03 - new section 0:59:50 - tom fills 1:03:48 - Remembering why we're doing this 1:04:02 - testing PeakEater on drums 1:07:58 - Ride cymbal processing 1:09:44 - Tom EQ 1:12:11 - Thoughts on using control surfaces 1:14:09 - REAPER WRB 1:15:31 - Trying (and failing) to find latest version 1:19:21 - talking to leandro about BRB screen 1:19:38 - Join the discord 1:20:02 - Midjourney
March 24
This stream was sponsored by our friends at AVA Music Group to showcase their new Prism Urban Legends Kontakt instrument.
PRISM Urban Legends is a Kontakt drum engine that features 10 mix-ready hip-hop drum kits mixed to the highest standards. The new PRISM instrument features an FX page that provides built-in drum FX processing, a groove page with 50 drum patterns to spark inspiration and a master FX page to give your sound some extra spice. The instrument works with the free Kontakt player and is fully NKS compatible.
https://avamusicgroup.com/pages/springsale
https://avamusicgroup.com/products/prism-urban-legends
0:00:39 - new in REAPER 6.78 0:04:36 - Render window resizable (6.77) 0:05:06 - update to Synthwave track 0:09:40 - pulsar smasher 0:10:14 - Prism Urbann Legends 0:13:13 - Prism Urban Legends Walkthrough 0:18:57 - multi-out routing 0:22:54 - Question about Caster and REAPER 0:25:15 - Kontakt versions 0:25:58 - Web remote latency 0:27:36 - Sending MIDi program change 0:28:27 - what to learn for music production? 0:29:36 - Making first song 0:29:59 - adding bass 0:33:50 - Adding clav 0:34:08 - not really funky guitar 0:36:07 - Noise percussion with Snapheap 0:41:11 - 2nd song 0:43:27 - tempo change 0:47:07 - YOU TOO can sponsor the stream! 0:49:38 - Urban Legends reverb 0:51:40 - Prism modern pop 0:52:24 - prism retro demo 0:58:31 - expanding the song 1:05:33 - The stream comes to an end
March 31
Such a good stream! We started off talking about the latest Waves oopsie, then tried a free online DAW called WavTool, opened a mystery box and played with what’s inside, then fixed a MIDI workflow issue that’s been bothering me for weeks, and lastly talked about drum samplers with a crash course in XO.
0:00:20 - Coming up in this video 0:01:59 - stream soundtrack 0:02:24 - The problem with Waves Plugins this time 0:10:53 - Some alternatives to Waves for Sound Design 0:18:03 - Trying out WavTool 0:26:30 - Mystery package 0:27:02 - Vintage Zoom pedals 0:29:47 - Trying out the BFX-708 0:39:27 - Trying out GFX-707 0:49:05 - Modern Amp sim comparison 0:50:31 - Its vintage digital 0:51:17 - Fixing a REAPER problem 1:04:21 - Another useful MIDI editor function 1:06:43 - thoughts on REAPER beta features 1:09:56 - drum destruction 1:10:57 - Continuous scroll view in MIDI editor 1:12:44 - chatgpt helped 1:14:57 - Drum samplers 1:19:26 - Crash course in XO 1:26:16 - Wrapping up for the day
That’s it, five Friday streams in March, and we’re doing it again in April, and onward. I would love to see you in the chat, but if you can’t make it, recap videos will be made to catch you up.
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