July 2020 Book Update is here, packed with frustration-busters
Added 2020-07-31 12:52:06 +0000 UTCHi there!
What's the essence of a useful trick in my book? Something easy, non-obvious but straightforward - a setting, option, or something else that helps you do more with your electronic instrument, or something hidden, the absence of which just frustrates the heck out of you.
If there's a theme to this month's update, that's probably it.
For example, someone reached out to me frustrated that their synth only had a downward-saw LFO without an upward ramp. Or panel parameters jumping whenever you touch a knob. Or why do things sound differently when I play legato and how can I control it?
Here are the details with what's new:
- Added a new chapter about synth settings that can drive you crazy (or to be creative!)
- Added a new chapter about mod matrices and their hidden gems (this will be expanded in the future, this update was getting big so I kept it short)
- Added a distinction between analog and digital patch bays in the “analog vs digital” chapter
- Added new custom “init” preset tip in general tips and tricks
- Added a new LFO trick - what to do when your synth only has a saw LFO but no ramp
- Expanded the “using multi-stage LFO as sequencer” tip to include synths that don’t have an easy setting for semitone intervals
- Added two more ways to make a mono synth polyphonic (reverb/delays and filter emphasis on harmonics)
- Added a new way to make a synth bi-timbral, for synths that support sample mapping
- Added a reference to my Typhon and Matriarch videos to the instrument-specific tip clips section
To easily jump between the updates just search for <NEW (JUL) or just (JUL)
All my best,
Ziv (helping you get more out of your gear (except frustrations) on youtube as "Loopop"...)
