tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83764821838895899002024-11-05T19:00:47.398-08:00A blog about my thoughts regarding music, technology and philosophy. You will read about production methods, some tools that I like and a strong opinion about certain things.tekknovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05565065158505069997noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8376482183889589900.post-2219777003659403552019-09-03T12:38:00.003-07:002019-09-03T21:08:36.343-07:00

Today TekkZoo Instruments has been uploading an update of their VST Sound Instrument Bunny Kicker. The update adds High DPi graphics for a crisp, less blurry image on retina displays and other screens. It also adds a "Check for Update" link to the instruments about page.  Following that link will always tell you if you got the latest version of Bunny Kicker. The link is

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Overall I got plenty of nice feedback for BunnyKicker, which makes me really happy! Thanks a lot :) One of the question that popped up a couple of times was how to create drum kits with using Bunny Kicker. Thanks to the multilayer structure of HALion this is quickly done. Check out the video above to learn how. If you do not yet have HALion Sonic SE, get it for free at on the Steinberg

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VST? VST2? VST3? WTF? and now: VST Sound? What are all these abbreviations about?Let's start with a history lesson. VST stands for Virtual Studio Technology and has been released by Steinberg in 1996. It has since transformed the way we all produce music. It opened up an entire ecosystem to programmers and musicians alike. All that for free. But the development of VST Plug-Ins requires

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This is a great moment as all the hard work so far finally accumulates in the release of the first instrument for TekkZoo. BunnyKicker is, as most of the readers here will probably know, a KickDrum Synth for the freely available HALion Sonic SE platform from Steinberg. Check out the video above for more information or visit https://bestsynth.com to learn more 

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Alert! Announcing a last minute feature addition.  Usually it is not recommended to add last minute features, but due to popular request from testers, sample playback gets the choice between one shots or playback for only for as long as the note is held. Hope you will like it. Bunny Kicker is making good progress and the next product is already in the start position. The shop should

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Yes! The first video appearance of the upcoming TekkZoo Bunny Kicker! I hope you like it. Subscribe to my youtube channel to stay up to date Sign up to the newsletter at https://tekkzoo.com to be in the select Group who will first hear once this amazing tool will be available! Don't forget to like, share, follow and subscribe on all social media platforms to help making this project a success!

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Yes! Yes! I created a playlist for the upcoming TekkZoo.com Bunny Kicker Instrument. It will allow you to create massive and interesting kick drum and percussive sounds in no time. You will even be able to use your existing sample library and beef it up with transients and low end! Subscribe now to the newsletter at https://tekkzoo.com and be first to know once this great instrument

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This is an exciting moment as I finally start creating sounds for my new kicksynth instrument called "TekkZoo Bunny Kicker". It is a synth for Steinbergs amazing, free (as in beer) HALion Sonic SE 3 platform. Enjoy the first steps and subscribe to the mailinglist to be first to know once it is available for purchase!

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Ok! Things are getting serious.  In January, I am about to release my first own #VSTSound instrument for #Steinberg free platform #HALionSonicSE.  Bunny Kicker is a three layer electronic #kick and #percussion #synth with a focus on character and fast results rather then precision. Keep your eyes open for further news, pricing and

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via GIPHY A friend of mine shared an article by Craig Havighurst on facebook the other day. After reading it I got frustrated how focused on the recent past many articles regarding this topic are and how pessimistic that point of view is. It is a good article, with interesting thoughts, still I felt compelled to write a bigger comment wich you will find below following the link to Craigs

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Just wrote a little Ruby script to solve a few problems I encountered in HALion while trying to select and load samples from a directory using a macropage dropdown.  First of all the problem it solves: Problem 1: HALion -I wanted to switch samples of a zone using a dropdown on my macropage. But I did not want to load layers or change presets or anything that could potentially contain the

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This is the first Video documenting the creation of the Tekknovator live setup, which will eventually be joined by drummer and mc. So far I settled on #Cubase as a host and #HALion for sounds. The #Linnstrument is split into one half channel per row and one half channel per note. This way I got full expression with the right hand and can trigger or play all kind of sounds with the left hand. And:

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Composer and sound designer De Wet van der Spuy whom I stumbled upon while browsing the Steinberg HALion Forum has written a nice article for LUA noobs to get started with HALion scripting It is a nice collection of resources and therefor deserves a bookmark :) https://dewetvanderspuy.co.za/halion-scripting-lua-resources/

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I have set up a Youtube channel for my music project called Tekknovator (surprise :P ). It is a Bass focused breakbeat and electronics project for the hedonistic dance addicts and head cinema. Inspired by science fiction and society. Sometimes dark, sometimes sweet, often weird. Prepare for impact. Found this video of the old studio. Can't wait until they finish the new one. All the music is

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My wife surprised me with a Germany release screening ticket for the latest Transformers output (always later then the international release) . Vice has been marking it as "the new high gloss trash" and I have to agree, but thats what makes it so amazing! Behind the trash factor there is a lot more to this movie, an endless list of references from Goranger and Megazords over

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Time for the bi annual update of my blog :P Time flies! Studio time? none! who cares! I can at least look at pics of my setup from time to time, and so should you: Been moving house again since the last update because the landlord turned out to be a neo nazi asshole of a lawyer plus the house was humid. Sending out a big fuck you to that guy! The new place has way more positive vibes about

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No worries, the sound was off. Yesterday I listened to some good old dance stuff like Technical Itch, Panacea, Matrix and Fierce and also some brand new stuff like Felix Bernhardt. It struck me how much influence the dawn of synthesizers over the last century really had on the way we perceive music. Sound color has got the same importance and recognizability as melody and rhythm. Let me make

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Got hired by a leading music soft and hardware company and moved back to Germany as soon as my second daughter saw the light of day. This also means that I had to box the studio again. Will post pictures of the 5.3 setup as soon as I am done ;) in the meantime I am a happy dad again and look forward to my new job. Thanks to my fantastic family!

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Second desk has been cleaned up, its main purpose is having a space for experimentation and plug other stuff in. The Laptop, running windows and linux as dual boot is wired to a mixer through an old Edirol UA 25 ( I must have that thing for almost 10 years now... when where these interfaces released?). This is for monitoring purpose only and might be replaced later by some audio over ethernet

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This means I gonna make some sound soon :D Power supplies Mephisto is annoyed about yet another change I was hoping to avoid that kind of mess by using cable strips. Once I can afford it I will cut the length and solder the plugs back on. This looks actually almost as tidy as I expected :D taking shape Main workspace Secondary table is still a mess though, but this will

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Last night I finally got arround to start wiring th Studio. As I want to separate power, audio and data networks as much as possible I thought it might be a good Idea to start with the power cables since they are most unlikely to change once plugged in. There is one thing european island folks have to deal with: different plug standards :/ I Always wonder weather this has an effect on audio at

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First of all sorry for hijacking this. Just opened up the amazing Create Digital Music blog while sipping my morning coffee and was impressed by the Project of Alex Pleninger mentioned in this post: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2013/01/the-monster-diy-project-looks-and-sounds-like-alien-spacecraft-control-panel/ Here are some of the videos presented in that article: Find his youtube

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Moved house with my family, closer to work now. Of course the whole home equipment has to be wired again. I thought that it might be a good idea to create a plan this time, so I came up with the below. The S5000 is probably not getting connected at all since it will drag down the overal sampling rate to 44.1k if I gonna stick to optical. Unfortunately this year I do not have a lot of

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Found the Blogger mobile app, so I might be back every few weeks or so :) Anyhow, just got an e-mail saying Native Instruments Reaktor 5.8 has been released as a free update for existing owners. If you see me online late today, you know why ;)

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Wondering about the lack of updates? Well, I switched Jobs. My new Job is full on datacenter stuff, leaving little time for media related activities. But it might be worth to keep this blog in your feed, there are some unfinished articles in the making.

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