The Sanfernando Sound Remixes Matthew Duffy's "Clever Lover"

From The Sanfernando Sound comes a new remix of Matthew Duffy's "Clever Lover".  This is one dark, brooding jam with great arpeggios and leads.  I especially dig the moving pads around 2:03, which have a beautiful natural movement.  Excellent work from The Sanfernando Sound and Matthew Duffy.

Lifelike - "Barcelona" by The Plasticines Remix

Recently been falling in love with some of Lifelike's tracks.  Her'es his remix of the Plasticines "Barcelona".  Awesome beat and full sound.  Rock on.

Shook feat. Ronika- "Distorted Love"

Alex Metric In The Studio With Future Music

For those of you who don't know, Future Music Magazine occasionally put up old "In The Studio" features from their magazine on their YouTube page.  For all you budding producers out there, this is an excellent opportunity to look into some of the working habits and workflows of great DJs, producers and artists.  I'd recommend keeping an eye out on their YouTube Channel for these videos as they come out, and you can learn a great deal about production from them, free of charge.  Above is In The Studio with Alex Metric.  You can watch the second part after the break below.

Inside Synthesis - FM Synthesis Tutorial

Still haven't cracked the code of FM synthesis yet?  Assuming you've read my tutorial or you just want a quicker explanation, Inside Synthesis has thrown together a nice video explaining some of the basic concepts of FM synthesis.  This is actually a really great video for the basics, so you can get your head around some of the difficult parts.  Inside Synthesis promises more videos on FM, so you'll have to be on the look out for those, too.

Moog Delivers AU/VST Little/Slim Phatty Editor

Moog has finally released a proper editor for the Slim and Little Phatty today.  It supports almost all the major DAWs for both Mac and PC and uses both VST and AU formats.  Basically, this is the missing link between your DAW and Phatty, allowing you to save and load patches, play the synth via MIDI, edit parameters, randomize settings, filter out MIDI information, etc, etc.  Essentially, it should be like using a soft synth with your analog gear, which is great, considering the appeal of using digital gear oftentimes is the ease of it inside your DAW.  The only thing I don't agree with is the rather steep price tag of $69.00, considering this software is sometimes included free, especially in Moog's most recent synth, the Minitaur (and the Little Phatty is twice as expensive).  Check it out if you're a Little or Slim Phatty user looking to better incorporate it into your DAW.

Full information/ To purchase, click here.

MTribe Monotribe Plug-in

We're only a few days off my review of the Amazing Machines MIDITRIBE, and, just when I thought I was finished with Monotribe related gizmos, a new Monotribe Editor called MTribe appears from Fabrizio Poce.  You can see the full page of details here, but the basic rundown is that it's a standalone editor for your Midi-enabled Monotribe (by using a mod like the MIDITRIBE) so that you can use it with your computer.  It also works as a plug-in in Ableton Live.  It costs only 5 dollars, but you can try out a free demo to make sure it works to your satisfaction.