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W16 - Nothing But Lux

By ENC_ on April 23, 2022 2:30 am

Earlier this week I talked to Ess from Fors.FM about an instrument they developed called Lux over discord. Lux is a simple max instrument that uses stacked sine oscillators to generate unique tones. It's a fantastic and simple additive synthesis tool that comes as part of the experimental package they offer. I have owned it for a while but hadn't really sat down to dive in deep (honestly I forgot I picked it up as I haven't been using my laptop for full music production lately).


I did this song sketch to try and feel out what I could do with Lux. Every sound is generated using this well-designed little tool with some effects and mixing. Great stuff. I think I found a new go-to software synth to tinker with in the future. I especially enjoyed using it with Ableton's LFO to randomize different parameters for a hyper-glitchy effect.


Gear Used:
Ableton
Fors.fm Lux (All sounds)
Fors.fm Hue (Rhythmic filtering effecting on Lux Glitches)
Fors.fm Ego (Spatial effect used at the end of intro)
Valhalla Vintage Verb (Reverb on everything)
Tal Chorus-LX (Lazy stereo on chords and glitch percussion)
Sound Toys Radiator (Warm up kick)
Sound Toys little Micro Shift (lazy stereo effect on glitch arp)
Aberrant DSP Digitalis (glitch effect at end of intro)
Izotope Vinyl (master warble and record stop effect at end of intro)
Izotope Elements 9 (lazy mastering)

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April 25, 2022 5:54 pm

Devieus

Those are some interesting sounds, especially in the bass.
- Spider

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April 26, 2022 4:11 pm

gesceap

Holy shit dope

That kick is brilliant

Had to rewind and listen again

Instant fav

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April 27, 2022 10:33 pm

ENC_

gesceap wrote:

Holy shit dope

That kick is brilliant

Had to rewind and listen again

Instant fav

Honestly, I think Lux's sound would be right up your alley. A lot of the design ideology is directly informed by nanoloop. When applied to additive synthesis you get very interesting results very quickly. It's great. It comes in this kit:

https://fors.fm/Kit


I am sure you can make some killer stuff with it or at the very least, Sample fodder for your nanoloop stuff 

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April 27, 2022 10:57 pm

gesceap

ENC_ wrote:
gesceap wrote:

Holy shit dope
I'll experiment a bit will be a good thing to try out later on
That kick is brilliant

Had to rewind and listen again

Instant fav

Honestly, I think Lux's sound would be right up your alley. A lot of the design ideology is directly informed by nanoloop. When applied to additive synthesis you get very interesting results very quickly. It's great. It comes in this kit:

https://fors.fm/Kit


I am sure you can make some killer stuff with it or at the very least, Sample fodder for your nanoloop stuff


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