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RMSM #105 MIDI Mapping: Adding Expressive Control to Your Rig – Wed April 21st 7PM MDT

[Update… Ooops, I meant April 21st]

In this event we’ll be focusing on how to use MIDI mapping to add expressive control to your studio and live rigs.

There are a huge number of MIDI controllers on the market so we’ll get the conversation started three member demos showing off some real-world examples of mapping MIDI CC’s to offer expressive control of hardware, software, or hybrid rigs. This will give you insights into a few specific controllers and also illustrate concepts that can be applied with any controller or MIDI mappable device.

I’ll then MC a group discussion where attendees can ask questions and / or share tips on their controllers and workflow.

Registration Required

To attend you must register first.

No Zoom account is required to attend, just the link you’ll receive via email after registration.

Agenda

  • Welcome & RMSM Announcements
  • Member Announcements
  • MIDI Mapping
    • Launch Control XL – Eddie Corcoran
    • Launchpad Pro MK3 Custom Modes – Mark Mosher
    • Faderfox  EC4 – Brian Horsfield
    • Attendee discussion
  • Breakout intros
  • Socialize
  • Wrap-up

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RMSM News for April 2021

Hello synth friends,

Here is a brief note to let you know about upcoming events and changes.

I’m going to drop down to 1 event per month as I’m expecting people to be enjoying the great outdoors and other activities with the arrival of Spring and the vaccines. I may slip in some special events here and there.

In April I have some project deadlines in the next week or so so I need to push the next event to Wednesday April 21st at 7pm Mountain – so save the date.

I’ll plan on 2nd Wednesday’s from there on out as a general cadence.

Mark

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RMSM #104 MicroFreak Breakout Session – Wed March 31st 7PM MDT

This event will be an online interactive roundtable discussion focusing on the Arturia MicroFreak. So if you have a MicroFreak have it handy and of course feel free to talk about tips and ideas for the synth.

If you don’t have a MicroFreak and are curious about how much value is packed in this amazing synth stop on by as I will kick off the night with a brief overview of the MicroFreak and some of the new features introduced in the last few firmware updates including how to use the Vocoder.

Registration Required

To attend you must register first.

No Zoom account is required to attend, just the link you’ll receive via email after registration.

MicroFreak In Action

In a related note, I produced 1-minute multimedia performance featuring the MictoFreak. All the synth sounds except the drums and FX are from the MicroFreak. Blog post on all this here.

Note The Revised Date for this Event

Note this was originally planned for March 24th but I’m postponing till the 31st so people can attend the Denver Ableton User Group event with Slynk (who posted my fav Live 11 feature overview video) which was schedule for the 24th.

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#103 Online Petting Zoo Wed March 10th – 7PM MST

This email has info on upcoming events in March and April so you can save the date, registration info on our next event, plus a reminder about Bandcamp Friday and CMSM listening party.

Upcoming Events in March and April

Here is a heads up what I’m planning for March and April so you can save the date.

  • Wednesday March 10th, 7PM MST – Petting Zoo Meet
  • Wednesday March 24th, 7PM MST – MicroFreak Breakout Session
  • Wednesday April 14th, 7PM MST – Short Circuit Presentations Meet
  • Wednesday April 28th, 7PM MST – Deluge Breakout Session

Wednesday March 10th 7PM MST – Petting Zoo

This event will be an online version of our popular Petting Zoo theme. Petting Zoo’s are a great way to show off your fav instrument, discover new gear, and connect with others who share a passion for a piece of gear or technology. 

During the meeting I’ll go around the virtual room spotlighting attendees so they can say a few words about their favorite instruments including hardware synths, drum machines, modules, virtual synths, Eurorack, or even historical instruments. If you have the instrument in your studio you can point a camera at it.

Alternatively, you can pop a link in the chat when it’s your turn and I’ll present info in a web browser as you talk.

You don’t have to be a presnter to participate. As we go along use the chat to talk with instrument owners on the main chat thread or 1-1.

Registration Required

To attend you must register first. No Zoom account is required to attend, just the link you’ll receive via email after registration.

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March 5th is Bandcamp Friday

Bandamp waives is waiving there fees on Friday March 5th so it’s a great time to pick up music from synth friends and your fav artists.

Also our friends at the Colorado Modular Synth Society are having their bandcamp listening party on Friday at 9pm. Use this link to set a reminder and watch the show from YouTube so you can participate in chat.

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#102 – Short Circuit Presentations – Wed Feb 10th, 7pm MST

For February’s event we’re introducing a new theme called “Short Circuit Presentations“. The goal is a variation on our long form talks theme but offering a snappier multi-segment set of shorter talks with multiple presenters. This new theme and some format tweaks are based some great feedback from attendees at the December event along with some brainstorming with Eddie Corcoran,  Michael O’Bannon, and Victoria Lundy. Thanks to Eddie for the theme name.

Registration Required

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SCHEDULE

Part 1: Main Event

  • Welcome, Name tags, Donations, RMSM Announcements, welcome new members
  • Member Announcements on Upcoming Shows, Projects, and Releases
  • Short Circuit Presentations (Up to 10 Minutes Each)
    1. Mark Mosher – Zoom LiveTrak L-8 8-channel Digital Mixer / Recorder you didn’t know you needed
    2. Eddie Corcoran – 10th Anniversary of Octatrack and the 1.40A update
    3. Mike Metlay – A look at the amazing HYDRASYNTH Keyboard ribbon controller
    4. Christoph Scholtes – Ambient explorations and droning techniques with the Digitone
    5. Huston Singletary – 411 on the Expressive e Touché controller

Part 2: After Meet Social Hour

  • Breakout Intros
  • Call for future Short Circuit Presenters
  • MC’d group discussion on topics such as:
    • New music gear introduced at NAMM Believe in Music virtual trade show
    • Buy, sell, trade
    • I need help with?
    • I’m looking to collaborate on?
    • Tips and tricks on something you just figured out
    • Misc
  • Wrap up and sign off

Miscellaneous Heads Up…

Member Dino J.A. Deane part of a livestream 1/28 at 6:30…

J A Deane “Dino” (Colorado) Pioneer of live sampling systems in improvised music.  Alum of Butch Morris and Jon Hassel. 

Here is Dino’s set in replay.

If you are in the market for a Deluge, now might be the time…

Back in December 2019 member Matthew Yost gave a great talk and performance on the Synthstrom Audible Deluge which piqued my interest. I just bought mine because the price is about to go up and they are about to add new features coming are a new wavetable synth; MPE support; and Euclidean sequencing, individual row lengths, moving kit steps horizontally and new playback directions – reverse and ping-pong.

So heads up, just saw this in their newsletter.

Those who may have been sitting on the fence about grabbing a Deluge that in less than a week’s time we’ll be adding $100 USD to the sale price, respecting how it’s now a completely different product to when we first put on sale, increased production costs and reflecting our commitment to continuing to update our baby.
You can read about the price increase here: https://synthstrom.com/why/
You have until Jan 31st 11:59pm (US ET) to order at the current $899 USD price.

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#101 Holiday Happy Hour – Tuesday Dec 22nd 7pm MST + Replay of Live 11 Livestream

Our last event of 2020 will be a holiday happy hour 🎉🥂🍺🎹. Join in with your fav holiday treat or cocktail.

We’ll have a discussion about projects we finished in 2020 and what we’ll be working on next. Then we can just hangout and talk synths.

Ugly sweaters and/or Santa hats suggested but optional 🎅.

Registration Required

To attend you must register first. No Zoom account is required to attend, just the link you’ll receive via email after registration.

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Replay of Live 11 Livestream

Our livestream celebrating our 100th event and the announcement of Live 11 was super fun. Thanks Serafin who presented with me and to all who attended.

If you missed it or want to watch the replay watch from YouTube using the link below.

We covered a lot of ground in this presentation so to turn this video into a resource for learning Live 11 I spent a a few hours putting chapter markers in the video description on YouTube to make it easier to zero in on topics.

Watch this on YouTube and hit “SHOW MORE” link to reveal chapter marker hyperlinks

https://youtu.be/YyVuLD1dSvQ

Getting to Know Live 11

I also put a few hours into curating a blog post which should save you quite a bit of time if you want to learn more about Live 11. It’s pinned to the top of Modulate This! – A Synth Tech Technique Blog by Synthesist, Multimedia Artist & Sound Designer Mark Mosher

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#100 YouTube Link to December 8th Special Event on Live 11

Our special YouTube livestream event is next Tuesday December 8th at 7pm MST.

For this event I’m collaborating with member Serafin Sanchez (who is also an Ableton Brand Manager) to bring you a special event focusing on Live 11.

Here are your next steps.

  • Now: Swing by the YouTube video and Set a Reminder. https://youtu.be/YyVuLD1dSvQ.
  • Day of Show: Use that same link to watch the show on YouTube and participate in the chat.

Presentation Overview

Serafin will provide a walkthrough of several new workflows found in Live 11.

  • Note Chance lets you set the probability that a note or drum hit will occur and let Live generate surprising variations to your patterns that change over time.
  • Velocity Chance define ranges for velocity probability for subtle, humanized variations in the dynamics of your patterns.
  • Comping organizes multiple passes of an audio or MIDI performance into individual takes. Pick the best moments of each performance and combine them to create your perfect take. Or approach sound design in a new way by splicing together random samples from your library.

Mark will provide a walkthrough of some of the new MPE capabilities and sounds in Live 11.

  • Using an MPE capable controller to immediately add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord.
  • MPE Sounds are included with Live 11. We’ll take a brief tour.
  • MPE Sound Design primer with Wavetable, Sampler, and other devices.
  • Poly Pressure with Push
  • Note Expression View lets you edit the pitch, slide and pressure envelopes of each note to refine the expression of your takes. Or take your sound design further by sequencing polyphonic sound variations.
  • What’s new in Racks
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#99 Breakout Session: Home Studio Talk – Tuesday Nov 24th 7pm MST

This event will be an online interactive roundtable discussion around  home studio topics such as: 

  • Mixers
  • Patchbays
  • Audio interfaces
  • Desks
  • Monitors
  • Recording devices
  • Mics & Mic stands
  • Ergonomics
  • Headphones
  • Cable management
  • Stands
  • Lighting
  • Webcams

Come and share tips, ask questions, and learn what others in the meet are using.

Registration Required

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Heads up – Synth Patrol Livestream Concert on Saturday Nov 28th at 11am MST

Synth Patrol is baaaack and I’m producing a new livestream concert series called SynthPatrol: FRIENDS ELECTRIC. It’s free will stream on YouTube.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to swing by https://synthpatrol.com/livestream/, check out who is playing, then click the video so you can “Set a Reminder” on YouTube :^) Pass it on.

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November Events + Register Now for a Special Ableton Live 11 Event in December!

November Events

  • Tonight Nov 10th 7PM MST #98 Petting Zoo – Register on Zoom
  • Tuesday Nov 24th 7PM MST – #99 Topic and Zoom Link TBA

December Events

Big news!!! Ableton has announced Live 11 – woo hoo!!! And in other big news our Dec 8th meet will be our 100th event!!!

To celebrate I’m collaborating with member Serafin Sanchez (who is also an Ableton Brand Manager) to bring you a special event focusing on Live 11.

Instead of using Zoom, we’ll be streaming this event publicly to YouTube.

Registration for this free event will be via Eventbrite so we can communicate links and details as we get closer.

Please register here

Register on Eventbrite

Till then, click here to see what’s new in Live 11.

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#98 Online Petting Zoo Tuesday Nov 10th 7PM MDT

This event will be an online version of our popular Petting Zoo theme. 

Heads up – we’re moving to 2nd and 4th Tuesday‘s for November and December.

Format

Petting Zoo’s are a great way to show off your fav instrument, discover new gear, and connect with others who share a passion for a piece of gear or technology. 

During the meeting I’ll go around the virtual room spotlighting attendees so they can say a few words about their favorite instruments including hardware synths, drum machines, modules, virtual synths, or even historical instruments. If you have the instrument in your studio you can point a camera at it.

Alternatively, you can pop a link in the chat when it’s your turn and I’ll present info in a web browser as you talk.

You don’t have to present to participate. As we go along use the chat to talk with instrument owners on the main chat thread or 1-1.

Also we’re getting close to Black Friday so you could also mention gear you have for sale to help build funds for that next synth buy.

Registration Required

To attend you must register first. No Zoom account is required to attend, just the link you’ll receive via email after registration.

Register for Event

Donate

If you are in a position to donate to help support the meetup visit this page to make a secure donation https://rockymountainsynth.com/donate/.

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