Instead of a regular Molten Music Monthly, I decided to celebrate the end of 2022 and all the awesome products that came our way by getting together with Steve Davis to chat about our favourite things. Here’s the video, and beneath it are links to all the products we mentioned. Links…. working on it
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Sorry, I didn’t get this up earlier, but here are the highlights from November, taking in such exciting things as the new Synclavier, Knobula Chord Pilot, Halo Cables, Pams Pro and the magnificent Molten Motion Meter. I’m not going to be able to do a full written version this month, but here are some useful […]
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These are the best audio interfaces for the Apple iPad. This is a companion page to my “Best iPad Audio Interfaces” article on CareersInMusic with quick links to where to buy them.
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For me, the beauty of the Yamaha CS-80 was never in the instrument itself; it was in what Vangelis did with it. There’s nothing about the bulk of this synth that particularly appeals to me. It’s unwieldy, ungainly, strange and somewhat ugly. Give me a cool Sequential or moody Moog anytime, but this? It’s some […]
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Burst modules tend to give you a bunch of triggers or gates in response to an event. It’s like a rattling, a ratcheting or a fast slap about the face. You could use them to add sudden explosions of activity or if you massage them correctly they can produce interesting and varying rhythms for running […]
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Are there ever any real deals out there over the Black Friday or Cyber Week annual cash grab? Not usually, no. But I’ve had a dig around to see if I can come up with a few choice bargains that at least give you some money off something that you might just be in the […]
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This is it, my first Eurorack module, conceived by my addled brain and brought to life by the wizards at Befaco. The Molten Motion Meter provides audio VU metering, CV visualisation, mixing, offsetting and attenuverting while looking fabulous. I always felt the one thing software had over hardware was its ability to animate knobs and […]
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Thanks for deciding to give the Motion Meter DIY Kit a go! This could be a thrilling adventure with tiny components to build a fabulously colourful attenuator. Before we go any further a couple of people have reported their kits are missing a 10pf capacitor. Please check you have 11 (eleven) of the 10pf capacitors […]
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I’ve designed a Eurorack module. It’s released on Tuesday the 15th of November. Join me for the live stream launch at 7pm UK time.
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My initial impression of the Malevolent was a bit of a car crash. I couldn’t get any sound out, couldn’t find what it was I needed to do. This was all during a live stream, so there was all sorts of pressure to get it playing, and I couldn’t seem to see the synth through […]
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