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Lewis Dixon
Добавлен 11 дек 2012
I attempt to make music!
I'm a musician and a programmer, who, after years of just playing a piano, decided to move into the world of music production.
The pieces you will see on here are only a small assortment of the stuff I'm working on, god knows how many unfinished intros and ideas there are on my PC.
What am I using to do this?
I'm producing my music using Cakewalk (www.cakewalk.bandlab.com) and Maschine. I've got an assortment of hardware synths (all digital) - a Waldorf Blofeld, Novation Ultranova, Access Virus TI Snow and Yamaha MODX7 - which get used for stuff I produce.
Since I'm officially a pianist, an awful lot of the stuff I make isnt just programmed, but rather played and quantized before sequencing either software or hardware synths.
I'm a musician and a programmer, who, after years of just playing a piano, decided to move into the world of music production.
The pieces you will see on here are only a small assortment of the stuff I'm working on, god knows how many unfinished intros and ideas there are on my PC.
What am I using to do this?
I'm producing my music using Cakewalk (www.cakewalk.bandlab.com) and Maschine. I've got an assortment of hardware synths (all digital) - a Waldorf Blofeld, Novation Ultranova, Access Virus TI Snow and Yamaha MODX7 - which get used for stuff I produce.
Since I'm officially a pianist, an awful lot of the stuff I make isnt just programmed, but rather played and quantized before sequencing either software or hardware synths.
Trance Cover - Fly Away | Vincent De Moor
Rather quick trance cover for Fly Away by Dutch trance artist Vincent De Moor. Still haven't quite got the hang on camera quality yet.
This was great fun to make, the lead especially is pretty unique. Subtle elements like extra claps and FX throughout the track also add some atmosphere that is unexpected.
MODX - Strings, Bass
Virus TI Snow - Lead
Maschine - Drums, FX
This is partially live and partially sequenced, the entire track itself was pre-sequenced before I decided to do this video, originally the lead was programmed in massive, but I decided for this cover I'd play it directly on the virus with a similar patch.
This was great fun to make, the lead especially is pretty unique. Subtle elements like extra claps and FX throughout the track also add some atmosphere that is unexpected.
MODX - Strings, Bass
Virus TI Snow - Lead
Maschine - Drums, FX
This is partially live and partially sequenced, the entire track itself was pre-sequenced before I decided to do this video, originally the lead was programmed in massive, but I decided for this cover I'd play it directly on the virus with a similar patch.
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Trance Cover - Binary Finary 1998
Просмотров 3317 месяцев назад
This was pretty good fun to make. custom cover of the 1998 release of Binary Finary sequenced up on maschine and making use of every hardware synth I own for the live performance. MODX is handling strings and the 'ah' sample. Virus TI is handling the lead and bass. Ultranova is handling the digital pluck. Blofeld is handling strings and pads. Maschine is, as usual, doing drums.
Virus TI - Famous Trance Leads
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Patched a nice supersaw on my TI, heres a selection of a few interesting trance leads. Its all played live, but drums and filter sweeps are preprogrammed. MODX is handling drums, MIDI from the MODX controlling the virus snow. 1. Barthezz - On The Move 2. System F - Out Of The Blue 3. Veracocha - Carte Blance 4. Rank 1 - Airwave (custom mix) 5. Tiesto - Silence (Delerium) Seems it was filmed wit...
Ultranova and MODX Trance Cover - Out Of The Blue
Просмотров 337Год назад
Another quick cover I have been working on for a bit of 'Out Of The Blue' by System-F. After the last video where everything was pretty much sequenced, I decided to not bother sequencing the leads in this. Scene changes are not pre-programmed either so I'm queuing these up in the background Both leads are from the MODX, and theres a minor patch edit in the second lead to add the upper octave ha...
Ultranova, Blofeld and MODX trance cover - Feel The Beat
Просмотров 268Год назад
Finally released a video, excuse the potato camera quality (it really is bad isn't it, i'll work on lighting and camera angles next time). This is a quick cover of Feel the beat by Darude that i sequenced up on maschine. The Ultranova is handling the supersaw pad, the MODX is handling the leads, blofeld the bass and mashcine the drums. Some stuff is live - the impacts and snare rolls, the rest ...
Stormworks Mod Creation Tutorial
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.3 года назад
This is just a quick video explaining how to create a simple mod for stormworks using my open source tools. Get support on the SMF discord: discord.gg/9HS7cb6 Tools used in the video: swMesh2XML : github.com/Lewinator56/swMesh2XML_repo/releases/latest Stormloader : github.com/Lewinator56/StormLoader/releases/latest User Guides available here: swMesh2XML : github.com/Lewinator56/swMesh2XML_repo/...
Supernova - Teaser Video
Просмотров 1423 года назад
Yes, I'm FINALLY uploading something, this is an early teaser of the next piece of music I'm going to release, calling it 'supernova', which I thinks quite adequately sums it up. Most of this is sequencing a MODX! More coming soon!
War thunder - Evasive manoeuvres, NOW!
Просмотров 304 года назад
Just a quick upload of this clip to send it to thundershow didn't get a chance to record this while in the battle, hence the use of replay, i guess you never anticipate this sort of thing to happen...
WIP pieces and why there isn't anything new yet
Просмотров 285 лет назад
Apologies for the audio, the right channel seems to have an echo or something going on, I tried to fix it in post but couldn't, the next video should be better, also, it might have some editing done before upload, I simply wanted to get this one uploaded as soon as possible Was supposed to be a quick video just discussing the state of my music production, ended up being 10 minutes... I show 3 o...
Cycles
Просмотров 1526 лет назад
New piece of music. I used a few more automation effects in mulab on this one. It sort of departs from my usual style, but i actually quite like it, so expect more pieces similar to this in the future.
ECHO - Instrumental
Просмотров 1396 лет назад
Third piece, this was sort of in the works whilst I was making 'Mesh' but got left for a bit as I wasn't sure what to do with it after the introduction, I think what I've done sounds quite good. This is the instrumental version of 'Echo', I have written lyrics, but they are incomplete. Let me know what you think in the comments.
MESH - Instrumental
Просмотров 2546 лет назад
Second piece of music i've completed composing, complete with a video this time rather than a static image in the last piece. enjoy!
Dreamer - Instrumental
Просмотров 1326 лет назад
This is the FIRST piece of music iv'e actually decided to export and put on here, there should be another coming soon. this is the instrumental version of 'Dreamer'. I tried to write this to be rather echoey and with quite a lot of depth to it... which I think has worked.
Scooter 🎉
ahead of the curve i see
This just popped up on my feed - get ready for a view revival :)
Yep, I'm expecting it. Maybe a revised tutorial is in order to use the newer tools.
predicted it lmao
is there newer programs?
Whats the name of the patch presets ?
@@PoulLarsenmusic this is just one patch, and is custom. I can dump it later if you want.
@@lewisd56 Would love to get the patch if possible please mate!
@@lewisd56 would also love this patch!
Oh I forgot to post a link, yeah I'll do it later today
@@lewisd56 cheers!!! Much appreciated, it sounds amazing!
Cant start Stormworks with the Loader
holy shit! please upload a video without the drums! its so stunning it doesnt even need it!
when I was doing the thing in the terminal I got this error message: ./swcpmc : The term './swcpmc' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + ./swcpmc test_mesh.obj test_mesh_cpmc.mesh + ~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (./swcpmc:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException I did it all correctly but dont understand why its not working...
@@forgegamer3118 my mesh converter tools are mostly deprecated now, check the discord for more up to date tools.
@@lewisd56 Just joined the discord. mind pointing out where it would find the up to date tools?
Bravo.
Nice! Could you please share lead patch for Virus?
@@mcnc88 ye no problem, I'll post a link later
@@lewisd56 thanks! :D
@@mcnc88 assuming i dumped this correctly, heres the sysex for the virus TI - drive.google.com/file/d/1Q5KRoiIccZ4Q0LhCSzB8WsqSjqMjUIee/view?usp=sharing
Great.
Very nice!
Fucking sick 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Quick question though - was the cutoff on an LFO or did you record MiDI first time around and then manually adjust on a second take?
I've got the drums and cutoff sequenced in cakewalk (you can see the MODX sequencer isn't running), and spent a bit of time getting my transitions right before recording. A few other CC changes are sent too, you can't really hear it, but the virus is switched from mono to poly I think onwards of Carte Blanche. (On the move sounded better in monophonic mode).
@@lewisd56 Thanks! LOL I was too busy listening that I didn't even notice it was played off a MODX :) Now I know they're completely different machines, and sadly the non-new-Montage M don't have the ANX sound engine, so you're left with making saw and square using FM (which still work)... but how close do you think you could match patches on the MODX for trancy Virus sounds? I'm saying this because I have a MODX and am thinking about pulling the trigger for a Snow
again though - that was awesome playing
@@alfiedotwtf FM-X is powerful, but has it's limitations. It's very much not a VA engine, even if it *can* do VA to an extent. There are tricks to get sawtooths from FM engines, I've never really got a totally convincing sound, Yamaha provides a few different non-standard waves for FM-X too, but they only help so much. I recall to patch a good saw you need a 3 operator stack, but the best way is using feedback, you only get this on a single operator though. Don't get me wrong, the MODX can do trance, and you can get bases and leads from FM-X and AWM2, but both really struggle with supersaw sounds. Ultimately, if you need a VA, buy a VA. The snow is a great little synth, half the voices of the TI, with the same engine but for less than half the cost. It's not got the best UI in the world, but given youre only paying £500 for a virus Vs £1500 I think it's easy to forgive that. There's a few other synths that work for trance, the ultranova/mininova is massively underrated in terms of the power of the engine, it's a poor man's virus, and beats it in some respects. Does sound a little more harsh and slightly thinner, but that can be desirable for some sounds (see my binary binary cover). Behringer also released the JT-4k micro recently, and it is supposed to emulate the JP8K, which it does surprisingly well, only 4 voices though and a really terrible UI, but if you want it for supersaws alone, for 50 quid it's really not bad.
@@lewisd56 I asked because there was a reasonably priced Snow near me, but after reading your comment, GAS kicked in... I managed to then find a reasonably priced TI 2 Desktop and it was literally a 5 minute drive. SOLD!
This is brilliant thanks for sharing.
Crushed it! This is one of my fav Trance tunes from the best time in Trance! Nice set of synths also, have a few myself :)
Is it worth buying a virus ti snow compared to a virus ti 1 or 2... Do I get the same multi waveforms,features and stuff etc...
@@cnovasalmanhussain751 TI snow has the exact same engine as the TI2 but half the DSP power. It's 4 part multitimbral rather than 16, and has 50 voices rather than 110. It's obviously cheaper, but the UI can be a nightmare sometimes. Depends if you have the budget and space for a full TI, or if the snow would be a better fit for your use case. The price is why I bought the snow over the full TI.
@@lewisd56 well since ti has been discontinued and priced thrice it's actual price on the used market I am looking for an alternative I have a Yamaha An1x against a jp 8000 almost same price... And on the expensive side I have a Roland system 8 against the nord lead a1... What two should I go for in terms of trance music production... Any idea what commercial trance artists have been using lately for progressive and uplifting trance that we here these days... On a state of trance...
@@cnovasalmanhussain751 yeah the virus is stupid priced now, I'm lucky I got mine when I did. JP8k is naturally a go-to for trance, however, at the cheaper end of the market you would be surprised just how much a novation mininova or ultranova will do (check a few of my other videos where I use my UN). I'm not a fan of the system-8, don't think it sounds that good, but I kind of think that about a lot of Roland kit. The virus TI has now been fully emulated in a VST too (DSP56k emulator), so if you don't need hardware this is one option.
@@lewisd56 I regret that I couldn't get mine there was a time a ti2 desktop was for 1,500 dollars everywhere... Basically I need hardware for those low end sounds specially the bass n plucks as for software those sounds tend to get phatty and snappy sounding transparent... Your trying to say jp8000 is not worth buying as vsts are doing a pretty good job... If You were to recommend me one hardware synth that rules it all what would that be in terms of trance music production...?
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Watching you just play these without a sequencer or arpeggiator is absolute madness. Super impressive!
Thanks! Apparently I am a human arpeggiator.
Agreed, but it is the delay effect that make these sounds to sound what they are..
Oldschool- Nostalgie, Roland JP 8000
Great playing of the classics, took me back!
Really good performance my friend!!🎸Love your sound
Thanks. I'm slowly improving my production quality and developing a unique sound! I *may* have edited a few different video clips together in post on this, but hey it works...
Holy shit! Man, you are literally a human arpeggiator, wow! You did those synths justice, great demo!
Learning the first one, on the move, was genuinely a nightmare. Everything here is done by ear, but it's so fast it was so hard to work out what was going on below the top notes.
Very good Lewis.....now get on with the PHD...😁
Who needs a PhD when he’s got EDM
Excellent song as well as a magnificent and exciting interpretation, I liked it very much and I have subscribed to your channel to follow you and I would like you to do the same on mine to help each other and above all, to share our music-Greetings from Madrid, like 2
Hello. Еhe readmу_txt file says that shaders have IDs from 0 to 3. But in the User guide PDF, only 0 to 2 are written. What is shader number 3? 😰
Just an inconsistency, sorry. Shader IDs are defined in the user guide.
@@lewisd56 oh, thanks! And I was hoping it was chrome or something like that. 🥲
@@afourz_z this is a project I was maintaining myself - the mesh converter has since been replaced by a tool from another user that is a little easier to set up meshes for. Join the SMF discord if you have other questions (links on GitHub)
Thanks for this, but I'd like to know how to make custom engines in Stormworks too.
Take for a reference an default engine, I guess 🤔+ Your imagination 🙂
When I go to make it into a .mesh I get the error "334_o", does anyone know what this means? I cant find it on the error code key.
Head over to the GitHub repo and have a look at the error guide, look at the section in the table that has '_o'. It will explain the steps to solve the error.
nice!
lewis i cant lie this song is such a banger i listened to it every time i revised for gcses and you gave me good grades thank you lewis this song slap.s
More please
Thanks for the tut, concise and informative!
Good vid, keep up the good work.
5:04 Oof my ear's, Am I the only one who heard that?
Ouch legit made me jump and grab my headset
i heard it
You just saved my f*cking ears lmao
First comment. Cool vid btw.
Very peaceful melody
I listened to a few of your pieces... nice work, i wish more people knew about mulab, because its such a good DAW
@@lewisd56 Heyy thanks! and yea mulab is a grossly underated daw
Hope the next one's as nice as this. Keep up the good work.