Always have Abelton Live running in the background for a couple of reasons. It’s just super reliable and easy to clock everything and I can hit record at any point.

@@the_astro_garden been trying to sync all my synths with MIDI clock from Cakewalk without much success. Was looking to buy a Midronome in the hopes I can get it all working. Hard to play across multiple synths with no clock sync.

@@AKDanMusicMan Yes that would be hard, maybe try the free version of Live, just to see if that can get things working? Bigwig is also quite popular. It helps if the synths have a midi thru, mix of midi and USB + a DAW for syncing makes life much easier.

Thanks - Usually on something in the background, K2 or Crave or another atmospheric synth. Makes for great happy accidents once setup right.

Thanks Tristan, honestly, it’s the likes, subscriptions and comments that make me want to keep at it. Very much appreciate that.

Yeah, love them.

@@the_astro_garden u think it's still worth it in 2024? Now that it's 3-yr old+. Am thinking of gettin one, like today 😁. Haven't been able to found a similarly exciting gear lately for the price

@@talktalk4503 Yes, definitely, would not hesitate for a moment. Not really concerned about how old a synth is, have owned a Virus and Blofeld, loved them then and would now still. The Hydra's though, they are very well thought out synth. You will struggle to find so much synth elsewhere for that sort of money. The Explorer is a little beast.

@@talktalk4503 You there yet?

@@the_astro_garden thank u for thr affirmation 🙏 appteciate u. Hv been head over hills for the past 2 mths over this synth decision 😁 partly due to small studio and future-proofing (n well, budget). Was thinking of Blofeld n Virus too, among other things. Blofeld was a close contender but read many issues on its encoders. Wud love the Iridium Core but so expensive and it's not avail yet here. Anyway, thx again, look fwd to more hydra content from u.

Cheers for that, yes I love them 🙂 Being able to move patches around from synth to synth really speeds up workflow.

The Hydrasynths are digital. However, they are incredible digital!

@@172Break I 'was' an analog only individual until I tried the Hydra's. Virus, also great, Iridium etc.

@@the_astro_garden I got my Hydra desktop 3 days ago. It's been a fantastic adventure so far!

Analog .... Digital .... Whatever ,,,, As Long as its NOT ... Soundpacks , Chordpacks ... Free Downloads with 100 already made Chord Sequences so you are in NO Danger of being Creative or showing Any Talent Whatsoever

@@jaffajenkins 100% May as well take up golf.

The two keyboards and the desktop are Hydrasynths. Deluxe is dual engine, the rest are Behringer analog synths plus a Digitakt.

I usually just play with different sounds, depending on mood and time, that can take days or hours. Once they all work together, ideally it's time to hit record before the idea fades into the abyss and start something new again. I always record in one go, whether it's using sequencers, arps or playing, I don't like to multitrack. For me anyhow, multitracking rarely sounds natural or organic, I would prefer a simpler, more basic track and less time as possible in a DAW other than a quick EQ and master.

@@the_astro_garden You're not wrong about ideas fading away. Ancients believed that one "was' not a genius, but "had" a genius. And genius sometimes would bringeth the idea, but then genius would also taketh the idea away. I had lots of those. Dammit. 😄

@@mack_solo yep, that’s when you just need to hit record! It may not be there tomorrow! I’m calling my next track ‘Ephemeral’ 😂

@@the_astro_garden bless both your souls gentlemen!

You are probably right, I am just 'Bill' prefer cargo's and don't even have a middle name. My other hobby is astrophotography which I thought could somehow make its way into this channel. There should always be room for space stuff 🙂 The images on this channel were taken from my backyard using my telescope. Prawn Nebula on the banner and my favourite, the Helix Nebula in the thumbnail. Read up on the Helix Nebula, it really is a marvel and sits in its own part of space, far away from other nebula and galaxies. Very much appreciate your comments, keeps me motivated to keep producing.

@@the_astro_garden Wow, The Eye of Autobot - nice! I thought one has to get out to the orbit to Hubble that up. Obviously not. I used to follow Astrobackyard guy for a while, but since i haven't graduated past Moon photography which wouldn't look like that of a light bulb, I kinda let it go. Plus synthesizers are cheaper on G.A.S. 😜 P.S. Nothing to stop you to have two channels - less confusing for the googly A.I. to algorithm eyeballs to synthesizer music or astro pixels accordingly.

@@mack_solomoon photography is difficult to do as well. Such a technical hobby and G.A.S. hell! I may sell a telescope to pay for my Hydra’s! Not sure if I’m ready for a KZbin Astro channel, barely have time for this stuff.

Cheers for the kind words Jaffa.

Cheers for that, I think you are subscriber 100 🙏

@@the_astro_garden Nice, congrats!! 🙌