Dawless music production

February 13, 2021

Dawless… What does it mean? Music production without a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Or music production without a computer.

Why DAWLESS jamming?

1-It’s fast 2- It’s a lot more stable than a computer 3-Instant gratification Yes it could also be tagged as  

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The Ultimate Roland System 8 guide

The Roland System 8 is a plugout synth that can recreate a lot of classic Roland synths but it also has its own impressive synthesis engine.

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Audio Kit Digital D1 iPad synth quick review and preset playback

In this video, I explain what is a PCM synth and we discover together the D1. The interface, the sounds and more.

  • 64-voice Hybrid Digital Poly Synthesis.
  • Full 1 Gigabyte of original samples recorded from analog & fm synths over 30+ years old.
  • Space-saving Compression. The whole app is under 150mb
  • Dual layers per voice. Keyboard splits. Velocity Scaling.
  • Vintage-style Arp/Step Sequencer
  • Dual Independent per-Layer filters
  • 3 LFOs. LFOs can modify other LFOs
  • Per-voice harmonic key tracked Envelope filters

Making sounds with Audio Kit D1

You listen to the D1 sounds and played them. Now you are ready to go further with the D1 and create your own sounds! In this video, I go through the process of making my own sounds.

  • Each voice is composed of Two layers. Each layer has: + Option of Virtual Analog or PCM Synthesis + Per-voice Harmonic Envelope Filters + Dedicated Sample-set and Note-range + Dedicated ADSR amp envelope + Dedicated Stereo Filter (Low/High/Band-Pass) + Dedicated Level and Pan controls + MIDI velocity scaling controls
  • Three (3) independent LFOs + LFO routings include: Filter cutoff, Resonance, Pan, Layer Mix, Detune, Distortion, Chorus Depth, Flanger Depth, and more + LFO has selectable sine/square/ramp up/ramp down, rate and depth controls + LFOs can modify other LFOs
  • FX chain is common to all voices/layers.  + AutoPan (Rate & Depth) + Tremolo (Rate & Depth) + Stereo Widen + Lush Reverb w/ Lo-cut + Tape Ping-Pong Delay + Stereo Phaser + Crusher, Amp/Distortion + Chorus, Flanger, more…

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