Hi, my name is “Hawk” (Erik Hawk). I’m a music producer, composer, and songwriter. I’ve been fortunate over the years to have had my music placed in dozens of television shows, to have published several music instruction books, and to be a founding instructor at Berklee Online (Berklee College of Music’s online division). Making music, running my own indie label, and sharing my passion with other aspiring producers and musicians is the best gig in the world. It’s a joy to be here with all of you!
i as a member from 90-2003.....fantastic Service.....on your own you'd never have such great access and great connections to be heard...and more importantly ..heard by the right people
Within the last week I received a Yamaha MC 32/12 I would like to convert it from Analog to Digital, I was looking for a SPDIF and a Snake. Can you point me in the right direction. Thank you. Best Always -HF
Very informative video. I wished there were a video this clear on the oxi one sequencer. All the videos gloss over everything and don’t show how to use. If you ever get an oxi one I would love an in-depth video like this
Nice feature. But, the visual display is deceptive as it looks like quantizing. The timeline should be moving rather than the waveform. This very subject screws up so many people across many DAWS.
Very cool sir! Love all that vintage gear - I need to explore the used market more and real knobs and faders on synths etc will always beat out a mouse IMHO for jamming around.... Quite the setup!
Lexicon MRC... nice. I've owned LXP-1/5 and PCM70 and never owned one of these. You have them modded by Jim Williams? Awesome... my LXP-1 (long sold) was modded by him and really made it useable. Also had my PCM70 modded by him and wow... no more hiss. LOL
My LXP-1 sounds amazing. The LXP-5 is working but it's front algorithm knob is a little finnicky, but otherwise it sounds fantastic. Yeah, they're quieter and cleaner sounding with his mods.
Brilliant video! Thanks so much. When adjusting the note of an instrument on the drum rack, is there a way to do this in piano view? As in, a way to test all of the various available notes for that sound using a keyboard, whilst it's in the drum rack
it is a purely analog device, no SOC doing firmware emulation, hence MIDI only does CV and trigger, nothing more, using a minimal MIDI-to-CV chip, hence no MIDI CC. They actually literally copied the 1970s Moog schematics as the patents have expired.
Eric i had one original mk1 and sold it ! Then i bought the rackmount version. I bought a cartridge for sampling my own sounds. And i dunno if i sold that cartridge or it is still around ! It was really hard to sample on it and that had me getting rid of those machines. If i ever get across with this piece of sampling gadget, i will definitely get in contact with you. Maybe you can decipher the enigma. Hint: Recordings had to be input at half speed to achieve good quality ...latest info i had and with new DAWs this was better than slowing down a reel to reel tape which i had a TASCAM 4 track but nobody knew that was the trick !! Please confirm this if you can !! I do doubt i still have it but i tell you... those Hex numbers were a nightmare to understand !! Thnx for rhe video !!
good information what's all so crazy I never seen ad revenue on my music statements it makes me feel the distort is stealing ohh and distorkid is some pimps smh 20% and 14.95 a month wow
Great video so thanks for posting. BTW, the choke issue is by design. The TOM only has choking on the internal sounds and not the Cartridge sounds; I guess Sequential did not want to restrict Cartridge sounds 5 & 6 to only being for Hats (same choke group). I think the sounds that sound like they might be choking in your video are just so short, it appears the case but, they are not. Another option (and the one I went for) is the internal Tauntek TOM16 kit which also has 16 images BUT, you can load any image into a) the Internal sounds (with choking) AND b) the Cartridge sounds (no-choking). So you get 15 custom sounds at once (C8 is not used) and, you get choking if you want.
It could be something with your machine's input or output amps. All tape has hiss, obviously, but I found this Otari to have a pretty low noise floor. However, it was just serviced by Adrian Pro Audio. He's really good, one of the original 80s Tascam techs (if the rumor is true). So, this machine was sounding cherry. adrianproaudio.com/
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. It really was amazing to me how the old drum machines' clocks weren't nearly as steady as today's DAW programs running on a computer. They really did have a sound and "feel" that was unique and different than today's entirely computer based beats.
Nice seeing this... I have many of the Drumware cartridges, all of the original SCI cartridges, and bought a couple of the Bassmobile ones to round it out. Recently got the HKA to get the Linn Drum sounds. The Tom is my fave drum machine. Easy to use, sounds good and decently versatile. Great to see it get soje love on your vid. Thanks!
Just loved the jam at the end. Your all girl backing vocals back to the 50s. Just love it……..you looked too serious at first to sing like that. Korg will love you. Did they sort out the quantisation?
Yeah, I agree. Especially with today's software emulations that sound so great and are so fast and easy to use. I do like these old tape machines, but they're just toys at this point, they're not critical for getting actual work done. It's like my vintage 80s Porsche in the garage (I wish) that I just drive on the weekends, but I take the Honda Civic for my daily commute to the office 😁
I’m tossing up which RX model to buy.. I watched one video which made me want the 11 but since then I’ve seen amazing things on both the 5 and 7 which seem a bit easier to come by than the 11
The RX11 is incredibly limited. In my opinion, it's all about the RX5. It's an amazing piece of tech with a sound shaping engine under the hood, including an ADR envelope and the ability to tune its sounds (which you can't do in the RX11). Plus, you can buy ROM carts with different 80s drum and effect samples for the RX5. Also, one more insane feature that hardly anybody knows about, there's a card available that allows you to load your own samples. So, for example, with this card by Pharmasonic you can load in LinnDrum or 707 samples. (reverb.com/item/28027476-pharmasonic-rx5usb-mk2-cartridge-for-yamaha-rx-5) Crazy cool! Been meaning to do a full comprehensive video about the RX5... in fact, you might want to pick one up now, before I do the video and the price goes up 😂
U forgot to mention where exactly we can buy this carts like the exfade there’s only Instagram account no info at all on the internet like nobody sells.
True, not internally. There's plenty of headroom inside the virtual mixer. Though, as soon as it goes red it has the potential to clip your audio interface's DAC. It's the DAC clipping that you might hear distortion.
It's not actually a mixer, it's just a MIDI controller. It's the Mackie Universal Control (MCU). You can still find them on the used market. But an even better deal these days is the PreSonus FaderPort, IMO Hope this helps.
