Just Sounds: Synth Jam with Ableton’s Push
Here’s what you missed at Bigsound 2019 last week in Brisbane. Noisegate’s senior contributor Leroy, jamming with Ableton’s Push 2 controlling hardware synths and drum machine.
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Just Sounds: KORG Volca Nubass Meets the Roland TB-303
Check out our “Just Sounds’ Video of the KORG Nubass and the Roland TB-303 together. The TB-303 was manufactured by the Roland Corporation in 1982 in limited numbers and became the sound of Acid in the late 1980s. Fast forward to today – and we
Time Flies When You’re Making Beats – 10 Years of Maschine
Since its inception, Native Instruments’ Maschine has been one of the foremost hybrid hardware/software music production systems, designed to harness the power of your laptop through a dedicated controller. Providing far more functionality than simply finger-drumming, Maschine’s 16 coloured pads have become iconic, and featured
Push 2 for Traktor 2 – Ableton Push 2 Mapping For Traktor Pro DJ Software
Ever wanted to use your Push controller to do more than control Ableton? How about baking a cake, squeeze a lemon or do your washing? Well … unfortunately, that’s just not possible, however, Ableton Certified Trainer, DJ, Producer and all-round good dude Mr Ed Rollo
Volca Nubass – Korg’s New Acid Bass Machine
We recently got our hands on the Volca Nubass, the newest in Korg’s Volca series of synthesisers and drum machines. Videos first emerged earlier this year at Superbooth 2019 – and since then we’ve been anxiously awaiting its arrival. The Volca Nubass will certainly pique
Free Online Patch Editor for the Volca Drum From Oscillator Sink
Oscillator Sink has made a super handy online patch editor for Korg’s Volca Drum synthesiser. The editor is free to use and gives you control of all parameters of both layers across all 6 available parts. It also includes control over the Waveguide resonator effect.
Noisegate Video Tutorial #21 Maschine-Side Chain Compression
Side-chain compression is a technique that’s featured on hundreds of tracks throughout the last 2 decades. It’s an approach that is known for producing that ‘pumping’ sound in many forms of electronic music, most commonly heard on bass lines. It’s a very useful tool for
My Gear: Drew Mayhills
Whether they’re a gear nerd or a gear noob, the type of gear an artist uses has a huge impact on their signature sound. In this regular series called My Gear, Noisegate picks the brains of exciting and diverse artists for a behind-the-scenes scoop on
Traktor Pro 3.2.0 Harmonic Mixing Update Now in Public Beta
TRAKTOR Pro 3.2.0, dubbed the “harmonic mixing update” is now in public beta testing and is set to include redesigned harmonic mixing features plus a new version of the Elastique 3 time stretching algorithm. The harmonic mixing feature takes Traktor’s already solid key lock mixing functionality a step further with
Video: KORG’s 3 Volca Percussion Units Together at Last!
With the Volca Drum having just hit stores, it’s the perfect time to fire up all the Volcas in the drum/percussion category, sync them up with the Volca Mix and make a beat. In this video the Volca Kick utilizes the powerful sound of its