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The second livestream of 2019 was awesome!

In case you missed it - here's a recording:

https://youtu.be/OkQBiNimwW8 - Part 1
2019-02-02 21:37:19 +0000 UTC View Post

New studio setup!

If you've seen today's Lens video clips, you probably know what this will be about.

I test the new studio setup, that I've spend this day making!

I've also simplified and tuned my sof...

Free and open-source software I use for music production

After 5 weeks of work - my new video is here! Join me for the premiere :)

The first livestream of 2019 was a blast!

Whoa!

I had a great time, and looks like you had too :)
Enjoy the track we've created during the event, and the Ardour session of it - feel free to remix and submit it for the next stream...

Music production with open-source software and Linux?

With this video I'm starting a new "season" of my video-making activity.

I've had plenty of time with the unfa vlog series to learn some lessons, and I've decided it's time to implement some ch...

100 bugs and features for Ardour

I've just hit an unusual personal milestone. I've really left a mark in Ardour's development tracker...

The dream is coming true...

My dream is to work as an artist,  to work for the open-source community and to work with music and video.

I've been holding this news for a few months now, because I didn't want to speak ...

December's monthly livestream was fun!

In case you couldn't make it - here's a recording.

I've played two recent WIPs and I believe 8 music submissions from viewers.

Get your questions, ideas and music ready ...

A new way to submit your music for the monthly livestreams

Here's the music submission form:
https://goo.gl/forms/eh103h09nZ6SGfq32

I'm streaming live every 1st saturday,...

UV#29 Sound design with Wolf Shaper

In this third (and final) video about Wolf Shaper I focus on sound design.

Since this video is over 40 minutes long I've made detailed timestamps to make it easier to navigate it.

Usuall...

Bodacious Making-Of (abridged version)

Here's a fun one for you...

#ThankYouPatrons

This is a sign of my appreciation to all the patrons, who support creators like me and allow them to flourish!

Here's a little song I recorded with Ardour 5.12. The video was done with Kdenlive...

UV#29 (pre-release)

The third video about Wolf Shaper is nearly done.
Here's a pre-release version for all you patrons :)

I see there are a few problems that need fixing before the final release.

If you ...

I've got a MOD Duo!

Here's a little video where I take it out of the package, hopefully to your amusement and education.

Don't miss the piggy rocking out!

Let's see what this thing can do :)

Enjoy! 2018-11-06 23:05:07 +0000 UTC View Post

I won the Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge!

My track "Bodacious" has been voted 1st place!

As a result - I will receive a 2018-11-01 12:41:05 +0000 UTC View Post

My presentation from Sonoj Convention 2018

Here you can see the recording of my presentation.
I hope it can be a useful introduction to Automation workflow within Ardour 5.12.

I might eventually release my own version of this talk, a...

It's been 14 months - thank you!

I've just realized that this Patreon page exists for 14 months - and I think we've come a long way since then.

I'm very happy to see that the community is so supportive - you're helping me help...

I've entered the Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge

Here you can view my submission on the Challenge's website or just check out the 2018-10-15 16:55:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Do you like polls?

I'm considering putting up polls to let you guys easily tell me what would you like me to do next.

So please let me know how much are you willing to engage in voting for video topics in the fut...

unfa live 2018-10-06

Here's the livestream's archive fro those of you who didn't make it, or made it, but wanted to watch it again :)

Thank you all for coming, I love hanging out with you, answerin...

Reworked the Tiers

I've just revamped the Tiers. They are purely for fun right now, as all patrons get the same rewards right now.

Patreon doesn't update that automatically (probably becasue that'd result in crea...

Livestream starting in less than 3 hours!

Monthly livestream is about to start soon :)

UV#28 Using Wolf Shaper distortion plug-in for mixing

Here's the second video in the mini series about Wolf Shaper.

Since you already know Wolf Shaper's interface and controls after watching the 2018-10-05 19:04:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Announcing monthly YouTube livestreams!

Every 1st Saturday, 20:00 - 22:00 CET.

You can ask YouTube to remind you about the next scheduled livestream here:
ht...

UV#28 (teaser)

Enjoy!

Not UV#28

Well, I wasn't ready for that...

UV#27 Wolf-Shaper: introduction

One thing I've been silently wishing to see emerging from the open-source audio community was an LV2 waveshaper plug-in that I could use to define custom distortion curves. There were bits and pieces ...

UV#26 Installing Ardour and Zyn-Fusion for free!

I see a lot of confusion about this. Ardour and Zyn-Fusion are both fully open-source, but  the official binaries are not free of charge. Ardour gives you full access for as little as $1/mo of Pa...

July 2018 update

It's been a month since I uploaded my last video. A busy month. Unfortunately - I didn't manage to do much regarding videos, but I've moved to a new flat (with a new, separate home studio room!) and I...

UV#25 Synthesizing a dirty bass with allpass filter and distortion

I've been playing around with this trick in a few of my tracks, and I've decided to share it with you.

Allpass filters are not a very common effect found in Linux Audio world. In fact - I only know ...