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The following is a collection of my links and knowledge since the late 1990s concerning digital music. I hope it helps whether you are trying to brush up on equipment or terminology or just starting out and want to put together your first home studio. Its not like we can go out and Live Jam anywhere, anyway, so I'm trying to keep it in perspective. Music creates happiness and during the Pandemic, it has been one of my greatest sources of fun! Cheers!

STYLES: Sound Alchemy, LoFi, Hip Hop, Jazz, Found Sound Sampling, Keys, Guitar
GAS Therapy: Analog Hardware Synths, Sampling, Beatz
What am I focusing on in my music right now? Beat Sampling, Game Audio, Soundtrack Composition, Audio Post
Current Projects: SpaceGame.wav, Updating DAW & Sound libraries, Building a DAWless Recording or Live Jams Setup
SOUNDCLOUD LINKs: hansensclasses, ginahansen
INFLUENCES: Jade Wii | Lisa Bella Donna | Daedelus | Matmos | Rachel Collier | Ela Minus' woman who created Creature | guy who showed how to give up his SP404 for an app | J Dilla |

Newer Digital Audio Terms:

• G.A.S. THERAPY |
• MIDI |
• SF Women's Audio Mission |
• MPE vs MIDI? |
• AudioBus to connect your Audio Apps & Audio Units |
• MPE & Bluetooth MOBILE PRODUCTION from Tablets/Phones: camera card reader + powered USB + cords + SampleTank free app to test |

Get involved in your Community!! Here's a few places to get started

• Small Indie & Specialty Music Shops: SF RobotSpeak, LA's Perfect Circuit, Seattle's Patchwerks,
• Local recording studios like the Denver Library,
• Indie & Local Radio like the Bay Area's Thizzler on the Roof, Knocksmith Magazine,
• PLACES TO BUY USED GEAR: Reverb, FB Marketplace Music, local Craigslist, local area Gear Swaps, FB usergroups in your area such as Boulder's Music Gear Swap,
• BUILD YOUR HOME STUDIO, equipment suggestions I offer my students (in addition to their computer). Costs are approximate. When in doubt, always buy used and ask for the Seller to transfer to the software license to you.
  • 0 NO BUDGET: Mobile Phone Mic to RECORD + Headphones to LISTEN + a DAW Recording Software to Edit/Record into: MPC Beats for beatmaking OR Open Source Audacity that so many of us learned on even 20 years ago!! Bandlab DAW to Mix and Master your Tracks (a much later version of Cakewalk Sonar that I learned on in the 90s; slow over wifi but avail even on chromebook)
  • $ ENTRY LEVEL: $100 usb mic used in podcasting with pop filter + speakers/headphones + editing/beatmaking software (we use bandlab in class or try MPC Beats)
  • $$ INTERMEDIATE: $150-$200 FocusRite Scarlet MIDI interface with XLR SM58 mic with pop filter and/or $125 MPKII controller + more powerful laptop + $150 FLStudio/Garageband
  • $$$ ADVANCED: at least a >$400 Shure SM7B Professional XLR Microphone w/ screen/booth + >$500 Studio Monitors + Mac Computer + ProTools/Cubase/Ableton/LogicPro software
  • DAWLESS MINIMAL: mixer + synth + recording device + headphones/monitors + midi thru + cords/cables
  • DAWLESS LIVE KIT: Sampler + Synth + Drum Machine + cords/cables/additional_power

DIGITAL MUSIC EDUCATION:

• People who give private &/online classes like ME that cost less than Berklee School of Music (tho I <3 them), Ex'pression College/SAE, Florida's Full Sail
• Industry Events: LA's NAMM, Germany's Ableton Loop,
• Local Event Meetups such as Denver's: CO Ableton YOUTH Meetup, Denver Area's madelife Beat Cyphers, Colorado Modular Synth Society, Fort Collins Ableton Live Usergroup, Seattle Composer's Alliance, Bay Area Used Musical Instruments, SF Ableton UserGroup, Love Tech SF, Synthesizer Music Group, Dawless Jammin',
• Fave YouTubers: JohnMike, Jade Wii, Bad Snacks, Red Means Recording, Andrew Huang, Ricky Tinez, BoBeats, Sanjay C, True Cuckoo, Rachel K Collier's My 2020 Studio Tour, Hardware: Ela Minus’ Colorful Rig Is a Small Orchestra of Synths Organelle, LoFi Chops SP404 vids,
• Articles & Youtubes:
  • Why J Dilla May Be Jazz's Latest Great Innovator |
  • I replaced my SP404 with this $4 App? Koala Sampler app
  • Do You Have Gear Acquisition Syndrome?
  • Can Audacity be used as a DAW?
  • Reverb Nation |
  • ProSound |
  • Mix Mag |
  • Add Tape Op Magazine
  • Music Radar
  • How to use MPK Mini Controller with iOS GarageBand
  • Jade Wii's Synthesizer vs MIDI Controller |
  • Connecting a MIDI Keyboard to an iPhone XS Max! 2019 |
  • AKAI MPK How to connect your MIDI keyboard to iOS |
  • www.lofi-festival.com
  • Netflix Post Panel Encourages Women in Sound
  • ________ |

ARTISTS & SMALL BUSINESSES DOING COOL THINGS:

• DAWless Jammin |
• DDAM HS Arts & Music Scholarship with a great message: Educate!
• Matt Moldover, Godfather of Controllerism from SF
• Sensel Morph touch sensitive controllers from Gilroy CA,
• Madrona Labs Aalto,
• Cytomic Glue
• ARTISTS PLAYING thru PANDEMIC: Austin-based Lee Redfield Music, Denver-based Joel Zigman,

EQUIPMENT (suggested):

• The Big DAWS: Pro Tools, Ableton, Cubase, Logic Pro but people are complaining about compatibility issues with new OS, or lesser known: Bitwig Studios or Reaper
• Software for LIVE: Ableton LIVE 10, MainStage, Native-Instruments Machine & Komplete, Arturia,
• More Boutique & Smaller Production: Brooklyn's Critter & Guitari, Teenage Engineering, BitWig Studio, Reason,
• STUDIO MONITORS: Genelec, Adam A7s
• HEADPHONE MONITORS:
• MIXERs: I've ALWAYS loved Mackie & Behringer is good but I've recently really appreciated the 3rd Gen Yamaha MG XU Series
• MICROPHONES: Shure SM7B, Blue Audio, Zoom H4 PDM
• CONTROLERS: Arturia KeyStep Pro, M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49,
• KEYBOARDS SYNTHS for Piano Playing or Sounds: analog MOOG Grandmother, a great semi-modular, analog monophonic starting place, Yamaha MODX 8, ASM Hydrasynth, Behringer's RErelease of many old favorite synths such as those found in Behringer Deepmind 12 analog polyphonic synth, or Poly D Roland Jupiter X analog modeling tour-able synth or Fantom all-in-one workstation, Dave Smith Instruments at Sequential Circuits Prophet X, Nord Wave 2,
• HARDWARE LIVE BRAINZ for studio/stage: Pyramid, Octatract Mk II sampler/mixer/drum machine, Digitakt
• DRUM MACHINES: Roland TR-808s, Roland TR-808S AIRA Rhythm Performer mixes well with drums, sounds, samples & FX,
• SAMPLERS / GROOVEBOXES: SP-404, PO-33, NI Maschine, Korg Volcas for Sampling, Drums, FM, Analog or Bass, many DJs are using Korg's Mini Kaoss Pad 2 for 100+ FX & sampling live shows, ___,
• Soundproofing Psy Accoustices custom wall panels
• HARDWARE SYNTHS: hybrid MicroFreak, OP-1 sequencer / sampler / EVERYthing machine but $1400 :(, MOOG Werkstatt, hybrid Organelle sampler,
• SOFTWARE SYNTHS are ever evolving but there are some classics: such as mic warmers, and some of the freebies listed below

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Da FREE Shiite! 2020 VSTi FREEBIES: Instruments, Samples, FX Plug-ins

• -INSTRUMENTS- Sonic Couture Piano SoundMagic Piano One (BIG FILE), Pianotone 600, Piano Pads , Monastery Grand literally sampled from a CZ monastery, Sample Science Resonance Piano great for ARP, Spitfire Rare Grooves Piano electric piano & beat sounds, Embertone Intimate Strings Lite realistic light sounding MUST HAVE OR MUST TRY, Versilian Orchestra tons of sounds to try out, Project Sam Orchestral library ideal for scoring trailers, Layers by Orchestral Tools download "layers", PianoBook lots of free content to browse, Gorilla Bass drum / bass 2-step garage synth plugin, Dexed Synth MUST HAVE FM Synth classic based on Yamaha DX7, Cherry Audio MG-1 old skul vintage synth from Radio Shack, Pendulate mpe compatible MUST TRY, Vital plugin 75-resents and 25-wavetables, Synthetic Vortices ambient, Surge Synth open source, Fury-800 Synth old Korg Poly 800 also get the preset packs from Kraftdrum, IK Multimedia Syntronik free intro ver, Voltage Modular Nucleus 22 mods of modular synths; great for patching GET NOW WHILE FREE, Kawaii K1 Plugin Kawai K1v from the 1980s w/ 968 presents from teh orig bank, Massive Synth patches new patches for EDM House that work on Massive, Power Drumkit Accoustic Drum Plugin, Beat Factory Drums MPC2500 drums retro old skul,
• -EFFECTS- UJAM Finisher Micro MUST HAVE makes lively and more intense, Slate Fresh Air adds shine to mix, Valhalla SpaceModulator MUST HAVE flanger, Valhalla Supermassive MUST HAVE, Baby Audio Baby Comeback and Magic Switch Super VHS, Guitar Rig 6 MUST HAVE as part of Komplete Start, Brainworx Sub Filter adjust punch rumble resonance, PitchProof harmonizer, Graillon Pitch Correction Pitch Correction plugin (a rougher version of AutoTune), Wider stereo-widening, KiloHearts Stereo Stereo Snap-In, Filterstep rhythmic MUST HAVE for adding movement, TAL Reverb nice companion for retro reverb, Saturation Knob, Blindfold EQ helps you watch EQ w/o watching the #s, Izotope Vinyl MUST HAVE lofi Dream!!, CHOW Tape Model lofi tape emulator to add reel-to-reel, Krush lofi downsamples your sounds for the crushed FX, PianoVerb be sure to get the free ver, MPC Beats DAW Beat-making like the MPC 2500, MUST HAVE
• -SAMPLES- Sanjay C Free Sample Taster, Chainsmokers Sample Pack, Momentum Sample Slicer, WA Production samples, Cymatics free samples , HUGE Community sound collection, Halloween Sounds, Ambisonic Sound Library, SuperBooth Sample Pack immediately starts downloading from youtube, BoBeats Drums Samples,

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