Motif City

After too many years of contemplation, I finally decided to transfer all of my old original songs (recorded with keyboards and sound modules long before the Motif came along), from 4 track tape to the computer. While this process has been arduous at best (I have over a hundred songs to move), it's also been very educational, and reinforced mixing and mastering concepts I have learned in recent years--concepts every producer should be aware of. The first and foremost of those is creating "space" to give one's songs that polished sound typically absent in amateur

Need some help with sight-reading? Want to get better at recognizing note intervals on sheet music, need some ear training to help you play better by ear? I recently stumbled on a free software program for Windows, Mac and Linux called LenMus that you might really find useful. Not only does LenMus offer a myriad of music educational tools, but it also doubles as a platform for educators to compose interactive training courses. Take a look at the Features page to see how LenMuse might help you become a better pianist, then download it.. for free!

When I made the decision to sell sound libraries on Motif City, I decided every "Motif City Sound Pack" would have to: 1) Be best of class; 2) Offer musicians something unique; 3) Be inspiring and fun to play on the Motif.  So naturally I was delighted when I met Hugo of Goldbaby Productions. Hugo, like yours truly, is an analog drum machine aficionado. As such he has amassed an incredible collection of sound libraries recorded directly from legendary drum machines in glorious 24 bit sound.

In the case of the Motif City MPC60-808 Gold library, he painstakingly sampled an authentic Roland TR-808 drum machine into his beloved MPC60II drum sampler to create what I believe may be the fattest, crispiest, punchiest, and quite frankly DOPEST 808 samples ever.

To give you an idea of how excited I got when I first heard these samples, I emailed Hugo during his vacation and said, "We MUST get the MPC60-808 kit into Motif format!!" After all, I think we can agree the Motif comes up well short when it comes to analog drum sounds. But fear not, the days of thin, lifeless 808 drums are behind you. This drum kit is is the bomb!  click here for full details and sound demos!