The New Space Album on YouTube

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

The New Space Album was released almost ten years ago and it seemed fitting to give it a new lease on life at this milestone. Yes I am jumping the gun by at least a few months but it wasn’t … Continue reading →

OSC + Filter ReFill

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

OSC + Filter ReFill OSC + Filter is the result of 25 years of making electronic music. Some of the 2,000+ sounds were featured in my former elektro 3-57 & StellaR collections, many are new to this release. Every sound has been opened, … Continue reading →

Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

I haven’t done an album review for a while. Partly as I rarely bother to bring anything home from the library as I now have sooo much music on my phone, 6,904 songs and counting, that aren’t getting a fair … Continue reading →

Novation Bass Station II

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Much as I liked the sound, the hassles I had with the Slim Phatty’s supplier just put me off owning it. That and I had to be honest and say I wasn’t in love with it as a usable instrument … Continue reading →

Super Mono-Synth ReFill

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Super Mono-Synth ReFill requires Reason 6.5 and above along with Propellerheads Pulsar RE & Quadelectrica’s CV Suite Line Processor RE. Welcome to the Super Mono-Synth ReFill. This ReFill is really more an instrument than a sound collection. There are a few sounds to get you … Continue reading →

Bet you didn’t know BASS is the Enemy in Mixing Music?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

How do I get Bass to sit in the mix? Why won’t the Sub-Bass sit properly in my mix? Why is the Bass swallowing the rest of my mix? Question, question, question. Over and over in every music software forum. What … Continue reading →

Compressing Drums

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

So you read the first of these twin posts and wondered why I extolled the virtues of, and even had you making, Small Drums when the tile was BIG Drums. Am I mad? Well that is possible but my approach is … Continue reading →

Why Making Drums Sound BIG is Difficult

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

and how to win with Small Drums instead Yup, making big sounding drums is difficult. But you say “listen up Lisa, listen up” (as Bart Simpson claps with one hand) but I bet you are about to show me a … Continue reading →

Korg MonoPoly RE vs Thor

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Korg have just released their MonoPoly as a Rack Entension (RE) for Reason. After being so excited over the MS-20 and reading so much good press on how good the MonoPoly VSTi sounds I was pretty interested. The Poly6 RE … Continue reading →

Korg MS-20 Mini vs Reason 7

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

OK so this looks like a dead lose for Reason right off the bat and if we were talking anything before Reason 7 I’d not bet a cent on the software being anywhere in the race without a good knowledge … Continue reading →

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Double Space

A Century’s Quarter

the musical journey of Benedict Roff-Marsh

Reason Synths – Quick Comparison

Writing a Piece of Music – simple Theory

Mixing in Stere-ereo

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