Monday, 18 March 2013

Android and music: we have the technology

The only thing that Android seems to lack in terms of applications at the moment is proper support for music making. Not to sound like a complete anti-Apple person (they just priced me well out of the market, is all!), but Apple's low-latency audio drivers and substantial market share for the iPad have allowed companies like Arturia, Korg, Moog and Propellerhead (to name but a few) to develop touch-enabled software synthesisers, as a way of bridging the gap between virtual synths on desktops controlled through a DAW and a fully blown standalone hardware synthesiser. There are even iOS versions of full DAWs including FL Studio and Garageband, bringing full mobile music to anyone who has these devices.

Saturday, 9 March 2013

Monday, 4 March 2013

New Track - Scandium

A nice departure for me that uses a pad to determine the key and the bassline works off of that. Really enjoyed making this one and playing with Protoplasm TSM for the pad. The breakbeat I ended up using is the Worm break and I liked the ability to mess around with proper old-school rave break downs as well. As to whether I will do something similar in the future, who knows?