Things are cooking along pretty well in the studio of late. Earlier this week I completed a quick turn-around mix on a teaser for a production company I’ve worked with in the past. I’ve set up lighting and cameras to film some industrial video to show some features and functions of the SmartAV Tango extension bay.

production still of overhead shot for SmartAV Ext Bay video

And, I just installed a new single-rack-space synthesizer, Yamaha’s Motif Rack XS.

(top to bottom) Steinberg MR816CSX, Arturia Origin, Yamaha Motif Rack XS

What I really like about this particular synth is its ability to ride along the same firewire connection as my audio interface (Steinberg’s MR816CSX) for seamless integration into my studio setup. It has fantastic sounds with a huge assortment of presets, and it also has the added advantage of showing up in Cubase as a VST3 instrument plugin – all of the convenience of category-based sound browsing while all of the DSP is handled in the rack-mount unit. It’s the best of both worlds.

I’ll probably end up doing some sort of vlog entry to show how this all works, but for now I’ve got to focus on the SmartAV Tango videos. I have a feeling that the Motif Rack XS (and effects on the MR816CSX) will find a way into those videos before it’s all said and done.