John Walden
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John Walden
@johnwalden.bsky.social
Composer/musician & music technology journalist/educator.

A geek for all things tech, passionate about science, and addicted to cats....

Website and music tech blog: https://daftdogmusic.com/blog/
#Yamaha have added an initial re-working of their #vocaloid technology into a new Omnivocal virtual instrument within #Steinberg #Cubase. A very useful tool for writing/editing initial vocal melody/lyric ideas as part of a songwriting workflow.

daftdogmusic.com/blog/cubase-...

#soundonsound
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Oh my! This is pretty impressive stuff from #dreamtonics.... three full choir voicebanks for #synthv each with separate soprano, alto, tenor and bass sections.

This really is amazing technology.... Hopefully, a full review to follow soon :-)
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This was an interesting watch on YouTube.... A great experiment to explore the difference between an AI music 'performance' and a real human performance.

Watch here..... youtu.be/b5R8EB8iSDA?...
.... and then read here.... daftdogmusic.com/blog/ai-musi...

#AImusic, #thevelvetsundown, #sonsoflegion
August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The role of AI in both the creation and production of music opens up all sorts of interesting and challenging questions.... No, I don't know the answers either but this piece helped me exercise my own thoughts....

daftdogmusic.com/blog/from-eq...

#music #AImusic #musictechnology
May 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Cubase's Modulators provide all sorts of creative and corrective options..... This was fun to experiment with :-)

daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

#Steinberg #Cubase #SoundOnSound
May 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gotta love some Fusion music, Toontrack style :-)
#Toontrack
daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...
May 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This was not quite what I expected.... but, as ever with EastWest, the quality of the sounds is top-notch :-)
daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Blimey, this is really very good.... With The Pulse, @sonuscore.com have made an excellent companion to their brilliant The Score instrument for modern film/TV/games composition..... It's also a lot of fun to use :-)
March 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Amazing to see how easy it now is to mock up a full orchestral arrangement on an iPad....

daftdogmusic.com/blog/sound-o...

#iOSmusic #SteinbergMedia #SoundOnSound
February 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM