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Faxi's Max/Msp Modular Elementals - Proof of Concept Vid

Working on a batch of higher level modules for Max/Msp and Max4Live - an attempt to bridge some of the gap between musician and programer and make it quicker and easier to involve max within a producing context. Introducting the basoc idea and the concept of "bricks" and "blocks". More to come...

Ocean Star Empire - A Nebula Portside - LIVE STUDIO VERSION

Performing "A Nebula Portside" in our studio. 

Bookings: faxinadu@hotmail.com

LFO Concepts Tutorial - Designing a full featured LFO Circuit (Synth Edit)

Taking a look at LFO concepts - what an lfo and the controls for it are built from. Using the Synth Edit syntax for designing an LFO circuit, but this shows general concepts good for any design platform.

Ableton Live Track Setup - Our Live Show Concept Walkthrough

Walkthrough of the concept and setup for our "purity" live show. Gear used and gear usage in interaction with Ableton Live. Taking a look at the workings of the project file for the track 3 Dots On a Map.

Max4Live Waldorf Rocket Controller (the device + tutorial)

Getting into Max4Live (myself included) by looking at building a controller for a hardware synth, in this case for the Waldorf Rocket. Also a (very confused and confusing!) look at a usage for basic math functions in order to scale values.

If you are here for the device, grab it here:

http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/2343/waldorf-rocket-editor-by-faxi-nadu

Wave Editors and Why You Love Them (Sampling Tutorial)

Workaround for Ableton Delay Compensation Problem

Hand Crafted Tape Stop / Pitch Drop Effect Tutorial

Faxi Nadu - Disturbed Skating Silhouette - Hypnotic Trance DAW Video

Layers of harmony

The Dangling Thread - running track project video

FRESH straight from the oven - running track from daw to video, "The Dangling Thread". Ambitious attempt at harmonic-hypnotic trance by starting out from the very start with a 256 bar loop and then developing that.

Harmonic Layering and Hypnotic Trance

we've been exploring some "new" production methods and way of thinking lately, and when we tell our friends about it they indicate they don't really get what we mean. it is in strict terms "progressive" but the end result doesn't have a lot in common with the prog sound and vibe.

instead of working with a short loop and expanding it, we are starting with a really long loop to begin with - 128, 256 bars. each channel evolves within that loop, some can be as hooks and some can be with evolving scoring, but the idea is that the automations evolve and dynamically change each channel, almost all the channels have a ton of delay with massive feedback, and as more channels are introduced the interaction between them creates harmonizing and story. the channels pretty much all run at the same time together, with little interference in editing, for many minutes. there is little room for a huge bass or a lot of drums because the synth layers "steal" the spectrum. the snare and hats evolution and interaction provide the progression of the groove.

end result - almost a new subgenre - part goa, part prog, part something else. there is no instant gratification smash-the-dancefloor type of vibe with this, but it is very deep and mushroomy....  you get something that is both oldschool and simplistic, yet clever and refined, i would dare say "classy" and very musical, like waves of an ocean.

Working on a Faxi Nadu Remix to Digicult - Every Single Second

Faxi Nadu - Yamaha DX200 Review / Demo

Yamaha An1x Review / Messing Around / Demo

The Yamaha AN1x is a beast..... and here is why --->



"The voice architecture, on a superficial level, resembles a typical twin-oscillator plus multi-mode filter design. Available waveforms include PWM-capable saw and square, saw2 (behaves in a different way than "saw" when used with PWM), a saw/square "mix", additional waves (Inner1-3) for OSC1 in oscillator sync mode, triangle and sine by altering the Edge of pulse waves (or any wave for the sine), and various intermediate waves available through Edge. For each Scene, amplitude, filter, and pitch envelopes affect the combined two oscillators on a per-note basis, and two LFOs, the first with more capabilities, affect all notes at once (i.e. monophonic LFOs). The AN1x also offers a non-resonant high-pass filter in series with the resonant multi-mode filter, feedback from the VCA back to the mixer of oscillators before the main filter, and frequency modulation that can be used alongside oscillator sync. Finally, a digital multi-effect, reverb and delay system can process the output of the Scene(s)." -wikipedia 

Messing with Korg MS-20 Mini External Input

Some cool features of the MS-20 Mini. Sorry for the dodgy video quality, from now on only HD promise :)

Faxi Nadu - Processing Synths with Synths - some fun in the studio

Ocean Star Empire - All Good Things (Another track from the album!)

Seven-and-a-half minutes of bliss
aliens and tech-goa-chill
classic-classy deal
uplift your vibes and feel, feel, feel !!!

don't forget to pre-order our album here ---->
http://www.oceanstarempire.com/

Oss Faxi Nadu - Psytrance tweaks with Doepfer Dark Energy and A-100 Modules

Oss experimenting with our Doepfer Dark Energy and first Doepfer A-100 modules over a track we are working on.

Just a short fun vid of our session with Manny Zagri, Korg MS-20 Mini and Doepfer Dark Energy II