July's livestream was pretty rad, lad!
Ice coffee, distorted TB303-like sounds and screaming in British.
2020-07-05 20:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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First step towards providing an alternative to Discord
As most of you probably already know - Discord's Terms of Service are not great. There's been a push in the Free Software community towards dumping it or at least providing an alternative that respects it's user's rights. Following the example of KXStudio, I've decided to host my own Rocket Chat.
So - there's now an official unfa...
Mixxx is an amazing DJ-ing program
Join me for a YouTube premiere!
Scheduled to 20:00 CET.
I'll be in the live chat answering all your questions!
See ya!
Woot! 60 patrons! Also: next video!
Thank you all so much fro your continued support!
The community was always one of the most appealing things to me regarding libre software and Linux.
And I feel like the community that has formed around my way of giving back is the best I could ever hope for.
You are awesome! :D
Ardour 6 Quickstart
After a long wait Ardour 6 is here!
What better time to learn it than now?
In this video I'm going to guide you through a process of creating a simple project from scratch.
You'll learn how to:
- go through the first Ardour startup
- add audio and MIDI tracks
- record and edit audio
- import extern... 2020-06-13 12:53:00 +0000 UTC View Post
New way to get the digital rewards!
Hey!
TL;DR
Get the digital rewards here:
https://is.gd/unfarewards
Also - please keep it a secret :)
What and Why
This community is growing quickly, and I'm seeking ways to automate some tasks, so I can focus on the im...
June's livestream was full of surprises!
This time I've decided to leave the comfy space of Ardour and give Zrythm a good, loong look. I had 90 minutes to make a track with it. I can't say I succeeded, as all I have to show for it is a very short snippet.
I wasn't actually able to export the finished project due to Zrythm crashing, but you can download the project and try it you...
Live beatbox improvisation
I've done a spontaneous improvised live beatbox performace today.
Maybe you'll find it inspiring.
If you'd like to sample some of the beats or maybe analyze them and use them in your music, I've published the raw, unprocessed microphone input on Freesound:
2020-06-04 21:13:17 +0000 UTC
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Ardour 6 is finally here!
Here's my thoughts about the new, long awaited release of Ardour - one of the most capable and popular libre DAWs around.
Enjoy!
2020-05-28 00:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post10,000 YouTube Subscribers Special
My YouTube channel has just crossed 10,000 subscribers.
Thank you so much for your appreciation and support! You are a great community, that I am really proud of!
If you missed it, here's a little livestream I made documenting the big moment:
https://youtu.be/I8GyH...
Making that psytrance vocal synth (and the rest too)
Many of you have wondered how I made this psychedelic vocal synth sound heard in my track Numinous:
https://youtu.be/31SNN3cPceE
In this video I'm going to show you exactly how it's made, and how you can use free and open-source software to make psytrance.
...
Turning (virtual) AC into DC with Carla
A quick and fun video showing off Carla a bit.
The thumbnail is actually the first thing YouTube has proposed to me.
2020-05-13 18:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostMay's livestream was chill but intense
We've made some chilly dubstep with awesome chords and a lyricless vocal line.
We've also hit 76 concurrent viewers, so that's a record!
Many thanks to all who submitted their music, who attended the stream and who continues to support my work!
Grab the Ardour 5 session and have some fun with it!
Faking time warp with samplv1 and Ardour 5
Here's a short video showing an interesting way to mangle your recordings with samplv1 libre sampler plug-in. You could do this with any DAW supporting LV2 plug-ins, automation and MIDI sequencing, I'm sure you could even do this live, by playing a looped MIDI sequence into the sampler and turning a knob to advance the virtual "playhead".
I've got new studio headphones!
Here's a little relaxed video about a piece of on-head monitoring gear I've just acquired - namely ATH-M50xBT studio monitor headphones. In this video I cover my impressions and thoughts of the first week of usage.
There's some good news on this video too - enjoy!
TAL NoiseMaker - introduction, UI and features overview
In this video I take a good look at a slightly forgotten, but unique and amazingly sounding free synthesizer plug-in: NoiseMaker by Togu Audio Line.
It wasn't always free software, but thanks to the generosity of TAL, and the amazing work of falkTX, we can enjoy this instrument in LV2 format.
And even on MOD Duo... But that's a sto...
April's monthly livestream had some trouble, but was lots of fun!
We've made a track from scratch using TAL Noize Mak3r as the sole synthesizer, and Ardour 6.0-pre1 as the DAW (you can download the final track's Ardour session and exported Ogg Vorbis file below).
I was really amazed with the amount, variety and quality of the music submissions this month - keep it up, guys!
Stay home, and stay cr...
How to get a fresh Manajro installation ready for music production?
Here's how I do it!
2020-03-30 06:39:40 +0000 UTC View PostStop The Panic (and stay home)
Here's a piece of music I made for this difficult time of pandemic.
Stay safe!
unfa live - March 2020
Get ready for another monthly livestream!
I'll show you some new music, talk about Surge synthesizer, make music and play your submissions.
But all of that after I make the coffee!
"Can I sell the music I make with free software?"
This was a spontaneous answer to a question I've received.
I thought it's good time to talk about licensing of software and creative works.
I talk about free and open source software, and free culture and what do you need to know about licenses if you want to sell your music.
I forgot to mention the BSD license as one of the mor...
Synthesizing hihats and a crash cymbal with Geonkick
Here's a final (for a while at least) tutorial about Geonkick.
I show you how you can synthesize hihats in a couple of ways, and finally - we make a crash cymbal.
I've also created a playlist for the whole series so you ...
Synthesizing 4 different snares with Geonkick
Today I've livestreamed another tutorial - this time about synthesizing snares with the free and open-source percussion synthesizer called Geonkick.
I've also used Dragonfly Hall Reverb and Luftikus EQ plug-ins to tweak the synthesized sounds.
You can also download the Geonkick presets and the Zrythm project below (you'll also find...
Synthesizing 5 types of kick drum with Geonkick
I've spontaneously decided to livestream my next tutorial about Geonkick.
In this video I show you how to synthesize 5 different kicks drums using libre drum synthesizer Geonkick.
Enjoy!
February's livestream was EPIC (in a cinematic sense)
WARNING: DO NOT USE VIRTUAL PLAYING ORCHESTRA!!
As of 2022-02-10 VPO is misleading it's users into violating copyright of the source samples' authors. The library uses various sources licensed under CC-Sampling+ (requires attribution) or CC-BY-SA (requires attribution AND using CC-BY-SA license for your music). This makes it an absolute n...
Introduction to Geonkick 1.9 - a libre drum synthesizer
As you've shown great interest in learning how to use Geonkick - I've made my first tutorial.
in this video I take a look at the user interface, talk about the structure of the synthesizer, and show off it's capabilities with some accidental sound design.
Enjoy!
Interview with the creator of Sonoj Convention
Here's a short interview I've recorded during Sonoj Convention 2019.
Meet Nils!
January's livestream was epic!
Thus time we've been making a short orchestral piece of music using the Fluid_R3 GM soundfont and Ardour.
Dragonfly reverb has proven to be irreplaceable!
And in the end there's also a rap surprise...
You can download the source Ardour 5 session as well as the final piece of music (in the export subfolder in the ZIPped sessi...