The reverb routing trick that turns chords into a dub wash
Routing your reverb back into the delay’s feedback loop turns a static chord into a moving dub wash. That move — plus the moment he scrapped an hour of drum programming because the plain kick rumble hit harder — is what’s worth 20 minutes. Today’s lead is the full session breakdown.
▶ Scrapping the busy drums: a dub techno session that leans on one reverb routing trick
He builds a driving 140 BPM dub groove, then slows the same chords to 100 BPM to hear them turn dubby. The pad patch is wavetable + saw cross-mod through a low filter with envelope modulation. The move you'll steal: route the reverb into the delay's feedback loop so tails smear and feed back. Plus the Cabinet-after-Amp chain he'd never tried before and a 909 hat pattern that chokes the open hat on the close.
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A dual-layer Moog bass synth with resonant filters and virtual CV($39)
Mariana gives you two duophonic layers with two oscillators each, sub-osc, and separate sub filter. Three envelopes, three LFOs, and virtual CV that talks to Moogerfooger plugins. At $39 through September 30, it’s the entry point for that Moog low end you keep patching together from stock tools.
A dual-engine delay where you drag the echoes and the feedback hits 120%(free)
Four tape-engine characters sit inside the feedback loop, so grit accumulates with each repeat. Route two engines as ping-pong, serial, or mid/side, and use Depth to place a slap close while engine B becomes a distant wash. Free until September 30; normally $35.
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Wireless studio headphones that claim under 6ms latency — but only a 5m range
LEWITT's LW6 transmit uncompressed audio with less than 6ms latency, and DSP EQ profiles run onboard without a host. The catch: wireless range is only 5 meters, which may keep you tethered anyway. No price yet.
▶ Maschine 3.7 adds Euclidean generation, probability, and sound pattern randomization
The new Generate tab with probability and velocity skew turns a few clicks into evolving drum patterns and melodies. Constrain to scale, copy and octave-shift for arrangement, and stack variations on top. It’s a free update for Maschine 3 owners, and there are three new expansions (Paris Heat for French touch, Rage Circuit with Snipe Young, and '30' for NI's anniversary).
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🔮 Producer Horoscope (for fun) — Your 909 open hat will choke every pattern until you remember to program the close first.
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