Meet the woman who helps The Beastie Boys, Beck and The Avalanches clear their samples. Explore San Francisco’s disco scene through a new collection of Patrick Cowley music. How do DCOs work?
How do digitally controlled oscillators work? In a new video, YouTuber GOLT takes a look at how DCOs work. Commonly mistaken for digital oscillators, DCOs are actually analogue oscillators under digital control. GOLT speculates about how they might be implemented in the upcoming Behringer DeepMind 12 polysynth. Watch the video above.
A new collection of Patrick Cowley’s music sheds light on San Francisco’s disco scene. Candida Cosmica, made partly with the synths at the City College of San Francisco’s Electronic Music Laboratory, was discovered while sifting through old reels in Cowley’s friend Maurice Tani’s attic. The Guardian explore the release in more detail here.
Meet the woman who helps The Beastie Boys, Beck and The Avalanches clear their samples. Pat Shannahan is the shadowy figure working behind the scenes on some of the most innovative and legendary albums. She’s made some of your favorite records happen by clearing samples for scores of amazing pop, rap and R&B records including every Beastie Boys record since Ill Communication and both Avalanches records. Read LAist‘s in-depth interview here.
Exploring John Carpenter’s synths. Justin Delay explores the synths John Carpenter used in his some of his most classic soundtracks. Included in the video are the Ensoniq ESQ-1, Roland Juno-106, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and more. Check it out above.
Waves offering 63% discount. Platinum bundle owners who wish to upgrade to Horizon will receive the discount. The offer lasts until October 31st and includes 22 new plugins. You’ll also receive one full year of the Waves Update Plan, which includes all plugin updates, VIP technical support and new plugins as they’re added to your bundle. To upgrade, visit Waves by clicking here. Existing users will find the upgrades in their Waves account.
Discount on Spitfire Tundra. London-based Spitfire Audio are continuing with promotional pricing for their latest release, Tundra, until November 1st. For just a few more days, you can buy Tundra for £249. Spitfire sampled a 100-piece orchestra playing at the very edge of silence. Alongside orchestral content are bellows, percussion and a characterful warped synth section.
Underground Sounds release Future Soul Presets for Massive. Each preset has 4-8 intuitively mapped and labelled macro controls which allow you to sculpt and shape the sounds into a myriad of new tones, timbres and textures with maximum ease. To listen and buy click here