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Creating more advanced Filters with Kilohearts Phase Plant Looking to create some advanced filters for your sonic manipulation? The Filter module in Kilohearts Phase Plant is relatively simple, however you can achieve some wild results by thinking out-of-the-box. Newcomers to Kilohearts Phase Plant often note the rather simple approach to the filter module that the […]
Glitchy Percussion Loops in Kilohearts Phase Plant Kilohearts Phase Plant is not just an awesome synthesizer, it boasts some pretty in-depth sampling capabilities too. One of my favourite features within the Sampler module in Kilohearts Phase Plant is the ability to modulate the length of the Sampler’s loop-points, and the spectrum is pretty wide – […]
Creating a simple arpeggiator in Kilohearts Phase Plant Kilohearts Phase Plant doesn’t have a dedicated arpeggiator, yet, however you don’t need one to create compelling arps – here’s why… A question that has been coming up quite often is regarding a dedicated arpeggiator module within Kilohearts Phase Plant. While there is talk of the developers […]
Creating multi-layer grid synth sounds in Kilohearts Phase Plant One of the greatest aspects of Kilohearts Phase Plant is its routing capabilities, especially for creating multi-layer synth sounds. The advanced grouping and routing capabilities inside Kilohearts Phase Plant certainly make it a great option for quickly and easily creating compelling multi-layered synth arrangements, all within […]
Advanced FM with Kilohearts Phase Plant and other modulation types Learn Advanced FM tips using Kilohearts Phase Plant to improve your synthesis and to create unique sounds. Kilohearts Phase Plant is quickly becoming my favourite plugin, however if handles FM very differently to other plugins, let’s discuss. One of the greatest, albeit a bit confusing, […]
Create a variety of kick drum rolls and percussion fills [tutorial] Kick drum rolls and percussion fills are an incredibly prominent part of electronic music, let’s discuss some techniques. Kick drum rolls and percussion fills are a great way of creating movement into a new passage in a track, especially in genres like Goa-Trance where […]
Let’s talk about Phasers, Flangers and Formant Filter effects… Phasers, Flangers and Formant Filters are all pretty simple effects, however they can create great results… A Phaser is a pretty simple effect based on splitting an audio signal, sending one of the resulting signals through a series of filters and then mixing it back in […]
Effects processing for gritty Psychedelic Leads Today we’re discussing some common effects processing techniques for creating gritty Psychedelic Leads – Distortion, Saturation and Bit Reduction. One of the many great aspects of owning hardware equipment is the ability to modify it to create your own unique instrument or effect. Granted, it’s not something we all […]
Effectively using delay effects on arp and lead sounds One of my favourite tricks for applying delay effects to a running lead or arp sound is to create contrast. If you have a sound that’s already cutting through nicely in the mix and you’re looking to fill up space around it, using a delay and […]
Goa-Trance style Gated Vocal Pads using Kilohearts Phase Plant Kilohearts Phase Plant is quickly becoming one of my favourite plugins, today we’re exploring Goa-Trance style Gated Vocal Pads There are various ways of creating the Gated Vocal Pad sound but often producers default to using a loop or sample and applying a trance gate, while […]
