Darwin Grosse

Areas of Expertise:

  • multimedia production
  • audio production
  • software development
  • writing
Darwin Grosse is an artist, producer, media software developer, and the Director of Engineering for Cycling ’74. He is also a prolific writer, having authored more than 80 articles for Recording magazine, several product manuals, and countless product tutorials. Formerly the editor of CreativeSynth.com, he now focuses on bringing his Beginner Mind to music and media production.

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YANC-ON (Yet Another Controller - Or Not)

April 28 2009

One of the things I helped "show off" at the Expo conference was a new controller that I ran across. Actually, *I* didn't run across it - my friend Gregory Taylor did, and had one sent to me. It is the Manta controller... read more

Nano-Nano BZZZT!

March 19 2009

As I threatened in my last blog entry, I purchased the set of Korg Nano controllers and I shall expound upon them now; with three months of use under my belt, my feelings have changed somewhat, and I've shifted love affairs among them several times - leading to a lasting… read more

Now Do As You've Been Told!

January 08 2009

This article is about my new collection of Korg Nano devices - or it was going to be until my hard drive died. read more

When Linear Should be Not-So-Much

November 04 2008

Please excuse this title, but I’m need to convey a point: sometimes, it is too easy to be “computer clean” when it would be better to be “humanly messy”. In this case, I’m talking about track automation, and the fact that most people depend on mouse-driven automation curves - even… read more

When - should really be ~

November 03 2008

Please excuse this title, but I’m need to convey a point: sometimes, it is too easy to be “computer clean” when it would be better to be “humanly messy”. In this case, I’m talking about track automation, and the fact that most people depend on mouse-driven automation curves - even… read more

A Ghoulish Deadline

October 31 2008

A quick overview revealed the size of the task: I would have to produce about 4 hours of music, skit material and ambient sound to properly set the mood. In five days. With no wiggle room. read more

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