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In this video, Elektron guru Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) demonstrates how he uses the Octatrack as a performance mixer, using his custom template.

What he say about the template:

“The Octatrack Performance Mixer 3.0 Template is a game-changer for live electronic music performers, offering an intuitive and meticulously crafted toolkit for creating dynamic and immersive live performances with your favorite drum machines and synthesizers.

There are 20 all new effects not seen in any previous performance templates. With an 8-bar or 4-bar structure that syncs seamlessly to the Octatrack’s clock or an external clocking source, this template provides a vast array of effects, including synced modulation, noise risers, comb filter risers, sidechain pumping, stutter effects, filters and more, all accessible with user-friendly controls. It empowers performers to build tension and deliver impactful drops effortlessly, while also offering the flexibility to customize compressors and fine-tune the sound to their liking.

This template, like the others before it is built around two input busses with discreet effects for both. Input A/B is your DRUM or PERCUSSION bus, and input C/D is your MELODIC bus. Each have there own separate compressor and freeze delays. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting your journey in electronic music, this template offers an inspiring and versatile platform to elevate your live performances and captivate your audience with mesmerizing soundscapes.”

The Octatrack Performance Mixer 3.0 Template is available now for $25.

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This video, via Rob Keeble of AMSynths, takes a look at ‘lost’ ARP 2500 modules, and adapting them for Eurorack format.

In 1970, Tonus (the precursor to ARP Instruments) released their first catalog, which included details of the 2500, with a detailed explanation for each production module. They also included a list of sixteen modules they planned to make, but only the 1036 and 1045 modules made it into production.

Keeble worked with Behringer on their line of Euro format ARP 2500 module copies. Keeble notes that, “When designing the Behringer 2500 modules in 2019, we did consider making some of these ‘lost modules’, but we didn’t think there would be sufficient customer demand, and there were very few examples to base the designs on.”

Now Keeble is revisiting these lost designs, and recreating the more interesting ones in Eurorack format. You can find out more at the AMSynths website.

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Collage is a new multi-effects plugin from Kalide, with a twist. It is a thousand audio effects in one – with a unique UI for each effects preset that deliberately avoids explanation, Collage invites artistic experimentation.

Featuring a unique user interface for each effect, Collage sports a quirky, artistic aesthetic that singles it out as one of the most memorable plugin designs.

With 43 individual effects processors and over 1000 presets, Collage can do everything from convolution reverb and compression to filtering and distortion. In addition, there’s a noise gate, EQ, delays, bitcrusher, and various types of modulation onboard, along with four LFOs that can be mapped to any parameter.

In Collage’s Interaction View, the interface for each of the plugin’s presets features one or more unlabelled controls that act as macro controllers, adjusting a number of unspecified parameters under the hood of the plugin. Effects are given different names like Starboard, Cloak, and Quell, that obscure their true function.

While the lack of explanation and labelling on the UI may be frustrating for some, this is really Collage’s USP; by effectively randomizing your interaction with its effects processors, it’s intended to invite experimentation and lead to happy accidents.

Those looking for a little more control can open up Collage’s Editor View to create custom chains of up to eleven effects processors and access each effect’s parameters in full, or build their own custom UIs for each of their effect patches from a selection of visual assets.

Collage is available now for macOS and Windows in AU/VST3/AAX formats (AAX is Mac only). The plugin is priced at $179 but is now available for $129. Find out more on Kalide website.

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