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Dear WaveShapers! New chapters are kind of like Patreon-only videos, and this month we've got a whole new chapter plus a cool little synth trick inspired by the Siren's song in Nolan's Odyssey, so it's like a video plus a bonus short! The main new chapter this month is called "Lock, Suggest, and Con

Dear WaveShapers, Well, this has been an interesting month for the channel, and for me personally! Four months ago, I bought my first 3D printer to explore what the fuss is about. I put together my cable management trays and printed a bunch of those (and the obligatory fidget toys and dragons), and

Dear WaveShapers, If you've been here for any amount of time, you know I'm a fan of expressive controllers/synths like the Continuum, Osmose, LinnStrument, and others. Their interfaces don't just allow for additional expression, but also open up a totally new way to interact with synths - the potent

Hi! As I was preparing a drum synth kit in my recent review of Iridium, it dawned on me - my book doesn't have a chapter about drum synthesis with specific recipes, and worst of all, it doesn't tell you how to synthesize a cowbell! "Incomplete" truly was not false advertising! Well, this month's upd

Dear WaveShapers! MPE has been a pretty big topic in my book for a while - what it is technically, and a buyer's guide - but now that MPE controllers have become ever more available, perhaps it's time for a chapter on how to actually design sounds for it - or at the very least adapt existing presets

Dear WaveShapers, This month's update is a new chapter about one topic, the most underrated sampling source: Your ideas! "What are you talking about?!" I hear you say. Am I proposing some sort of mind-reading AI? Not at all. When we think of sampling, the first thing that comes to mind is grabbing a

Dear Waveshapers, I hope you're all doing well - the November 2025 book update is here! Here's what's new this month: Vector synthesis and multi-timbral tips section updated (Pages 36 and 180) Added a new section about Pentatonic scales to the Music Theory tips chapter; why they work and how to use

Dear Waveshapers, I hope you're doing well - the September 2025 book update is here! I've been getting quite a few requests over the years for a chapter on music theory. Obviously entire books can be written about the topic, and I wouldn't consider theory a particular area of expertise of mine. Also

Dear Waveshapers, I hope you're doing well. The August 2025 book update is here! Topics and page numbers are below, and you can skip between updates by searching for the string "AUG2025": Added a new trick for making generative instruments using samplers (Page 332) Added a new sampling trick - rever

Dear WaveShapers, I hope you're doing well - this month's update is here, let's get right to it! Page numbers are below and you can skip between updates by searching for the string "JUL2025": In case you missed it, Electric Sea's performance setup video has been getting fantastic feedback and commen

Dear WaveShapers! I hope you're doing well. Here's what's new in this month's book update (search for the string MAY2025 to skip between updates): Seven tips and ideas for using self-oscillating filters (Page 107) A trick for using a Web MIDI script to play mono synths paraphonically (Page 216) Adde

Dear WaveShapers, I hope you're doing well! This month's book update has a new chapter - I split the "synth setups" chapter into 3 - the first part, what's already in the book - mainly focused on studio setups; the new chapter - focused on live setups, and finally the last part - insights from guest

Dear WaveShapers, I hope you're doing well. This month's update has two major changes: The "Making Music in Thin Air" chapter was significantly expanded as promised (pages 467, 469, and on) The chapter about solving ground loops, USB whine, and other interference issues got a major update/overhaul w

Dear WaveShapers, I hope you're doing well! This month's (OK, somewhat late last month's) update is the first half of the companion chapter to my "Making Music in Thin Air" video (or, perhaps vice versa, the video is the companion for the chapter...). The new chapter starts on page 463. It includes

Dear WaveShapers! I hope all is well. Attached is the January 2025 book update, along with 20 WaveShaper tier mini KORG 700S multi-samples. Regarding the multi-samples: some of these are similar to the Maschine multisamples shared previously, but many are new and enhanced with much more aggressive t

Dear WaveShapers, Attached is the November 2024 book update! Here's what's new (search for the string NOV2024 to skip between updates): Three new ideas for implementing Sostenuto in synths that don't have that feature (Page 156) New ideas for creating generative melodies and harmonies - it's a small

Dear WaveShapers, I don't think there are many videos on the channel where I haven't used an arpeggiator, and yet they've never been granted the status of their own chapter - until now of course! That's probably because most synths and keyboards have simple arps, so there wasn't much to talk about.

Dear WaveShapers, OK, here we go—a triple feature: the July book update and the promised multi-sampled instruments of Muse (21 instruments) and Delia (14 instruments). For Delia, I didn't sample the "standard synth sounds" which it's also capable of (you have some of that in the Nina multisamples),

Dear WaveShapers! I hope you're all doing well. I'm back in full swing - attached to this post is June's book update, and I just hit "publish" on my review of Mantis - a separate message about that coming right up, and the bonus multi-sample content should be ready tomorrow. This update has just one

Dear WaveShapers! I hope you're all well - let's get right to it, here's what's new in this update: Avoiding ground loops/USB noise: when I started exploring this topic, little did I know how much of a rabbit hole it was! I've added new products I recently discovered and ways to help avoid this issu