Category: teenage engineering
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1 hour Dream-pop set
I’ve been jumping on Twitch every week or so and improvising on my Teenage Engineering OP-Zs and OP-1 with a bunch of Chase Bliss Guitar pedals.
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Ambient Dream-Pop Improv Set with OP-Z, OP-1
I’ve recently been developing a portable daw-less improv performance rig based around the OP-Z, OP-1 and various FX pedals. This is a 30 min-ish single shot take (mistakes and all!) of some music-making. Things that may be worth noting to those keen on such things…. OP-1 is being used as the ambient noise & melody…
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Improvised Livestream
In November, long-time collaborator Dan West and I set up in our studios and used Audio Mover’s Listen to plugin to hear each others audio and do 100% improvised Live Set for Synth Stream. This is our Iso-Studio-Jam. Seems like a very 2020 thing kind of a thing to do.
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Teenage Engineering POM-400 Build
Tackling the build of the Pocket Operator Modular 400 after doing the 170 was a good idea! Whist the build is quite straight forward, there were a few things that I learned along the way with the POM-170 that made it a lot more straight forward the second time around. To start with, the bending…
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Teenage Engineering POM-170 Build
“I admit it… I’m a total music nerd” So… I’m a totally sucker for making from kits… I get heaps of satisfaction from putting together all sorts of noise and music making devices including Bleep Labs Thingamagoop 2 RGB and Cat Full of Ghosts Yowler synth. I even enjoy ripping open old 80’s battery operated…
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TE Synth Workshop
Last Saturday I got to walk-through how I set up and connect the Teenage Engineering OP-Z, Faderfox UC-4, iPad and Ableton Live Big thanks to Yarra Libraries, Ben Willis, Saddiva and Innovative Music for all helping to make a great arvo. 📷Ben Willis
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Process Lab – Melbourne Music Week
Last month I ran a Process Lab workshop at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Melbourne Music Week focusing on Mobile Music Making. I am pretty obsessed with mobile music-making devices and enjoy the unique workflows that these sort of devices provide you. There were a number of focuses on this workshop including Sampling in…
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Teenage Engineering #EMS Mentor
Some of the workshops I’ve been doing lately have been focused on the unique workflows of Teenage Engineering’s awesome portable devices, the OP-1, OP-Z and Pocket Operator series. I’ve been a huge fan of Teenage Engineering products for a long time since I first bought my OP-1 seven or so years ago. So, I’m really…
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Electronic Music Processes #EMS event
I am always keen to share my knowledge and passion for creative workflows and music making, so I was super stoked to be able to put on an event the amazing Bargoonga Nganjin community space to run a workshop focusing on Teenage Engineering x Ableton Live workflows called Electronic Music Processes. This event was supported…
Matt Ridgway 