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It’s time for a clear out and the release of gear that’s in need of new home. From a RedNet interface to a Korg DW 8000, from my original Surface Pro 3 to an original Indigo iMac, you may find some interesting and rare bargains. These are all second hand, used or ex-demo items that come as they are, without warranty or refund – they are tested as working where appropriate. All prices include UK delivery by either post or courier depending on the size of the item. Shipping to Europe, the USA and further afield is fine but I’ll have to quote you onRead More →

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This month we have: Roland Boutique us an SH-101 and TR808, Percussa create a super signal processor for eurorack, Patchrat will organise your studio for a price, Sound Forge is still alive, win a Memory Moog, get arm ache in virtual reality Ableton Live, Analogue Solutions go mad with Synthblocks, Sound Machinery morph 4 synths into each other, PolyGAS is the best free synth ever, The Gristleizer will cause your Gristle to throb, the new Surface Pro does ok and the latest update on my modular adventure. Text continues beneath the video: Roland SH-01a I shot some video of a shaky instagram video that showedRead More →

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Welcome to the July edition of Molten Music Monthly. It’s slightly hardware heavy this month with notable exceptions of the extraordinary HollyHock 3, the Dope Matrix Mod Squad and ever evolving FL Studio 12.5. Otherwise we build our own controller with Tinami, Get jamming with Session Cake, play with desktops synths from Bastl and Dreadbox, over-promise with the Groove Engine, under-promise with the FM Touch synth and Mystic Circuits invent the 0HP form factor. Oh and an update on my Surface Pro 2017 performance testing. All right here. Text continues below the video: Hollyhock 3 Hollyhock is this amazing object orientated, modular, multi-touch, physics basedRead More →

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Welcome to the super summer hotness of the June edition of Molten Music Monthly. This is my round-up of everything that I thought was cool this month in the world of computer music, music technology and modular synthesis. So it’s software and hardware – interfaces and synthesizers – Eurorack and virtual studios – knobs and Surfaces the whole lot, in one place. Lots to get through this month so let’s get on with it. Text continues below the video:   Surface Pro If you follow my Twitter feed you may have noticed that something had gone terribly wrong with my preorder of the new SurfaceRead More →

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Welcome to the May edition of Molten Music Monthly. There’s no specials, shows or rants this month, it’s just good old music technology. So what’s been going on? Well, Reason embraces the world, Deckard has a dream, Windows gets a new version and Surface a new laptop, Modularism tries to curate some awesome music, Little One gives us a virtual fatty, you can get sound tattooed onto your body, Invasors gives us a decent synth for Kontakt and something is going on with MP3. Let’s get to it. Text continues below the video… Reason VST Support Well “Reason” and “VST” – two words I neverRead More →

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Superbooth is the coming together of synthesis manufacturers and enthusiasts for 3 days of intense electronic noise making. In only it’s second year as an independent event it has evolved into one of the most interesting and engaging gatherings on the music technology calendar. It’s an opportunity for independent modular and synthesis makers to demonstrate their products alongside the more established manufacturers. And, perhaps more importantly, it’s a chance for us users to get our hands and ears on some fabulous bits of gear. Check out the video for the full report.Read More →

Molten Music Monthly March 2017

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Hello! It’s spring! February is usually completely dead in terms of music technology product and this year it hasn’t disappointed – it’s very quiet. Something about the time between the NAMM show in January and the Musikmesse at the end of March. So there’s been bugger all to talk about. So instead, and in celebration of the YouTube channel about to hit 1 million views – wayhey – I thought I’d have a bit of a rant – it’s cathartic, healthy I think to give voice to the horror so we can move on with a spring in our step. You know me – everRead More →

Molten Music Monthly - January 2017 NAMM Show Special

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The last couple of years of NAMM have been a bit sort of “meh”. There’s always been a few cool new things to talk about but it’s often underwhelming. This year it’s all gone off in completely different directions. On the computer music side it’s even more “Meh” than usual – I’m really struggling to find anything interesting to talk about. I mean both Roland and PreSonus released new USB audio interfaces that look like everybody else’s. And Steven Slate thinks he’s invented the virtual studio. Then what? Well, just a couple of things I’ll get to in a minute. On the other hand, inRead More →

Molten Music Monthly December 2016

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This month we get very touchy feely with Yeco in my full review. We discover how to create the ultimate synth workstation with Gig Performer. You can build your own MIDI controller with Mine. I have a look at the only soft synth you will ever need with Vengeance Avenger. Cubase reaches version 9 and borrows some cool features. We get our glitch on with Timeshaper and Tim Exile gives us a machine with 5 years worth of loops in it with FLOW. We’ve also got the latest Molten Modular news and a couple of my best things of the year because there was someRead More →

Tweaking Windows 10 for music production

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Here’s my official guide to tweaking and tuning Windows 10 for music and audio production. If your system suffers from glitches, from clicks and pops in the audio then this is going to help you. It will smooth out audio playback, reduce latency and give you more of the CPU to run effects, instruments and beats. For best results you should combine your computer with a decent audio interface, with ASIO drivers. This guide was made using the Microsoft Surface Book but it applies to any laptop, tablet or desktop computer running Windows 10. Please make sure you are running the latest version of Windows.Read More →