X:144

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.

Workflow is really about creating the right texture, which, ultimately, is about finding the right sounds. I don’t have pre-made drum kits or go-tos for sounds or synths as a big part of how I like to create is curating the sounds from scratch each sitting. It’s a process that’s never really left me from the days when I was working on the MPC and digging for records to sample. Now it’s just about vibe, texture, and intention, but mostly vibe. I’ll abandon everything if something feels good.

Mentioned on X:144’s official Aston artist page.

After years of refining my workflow and trying everything technology has to offer in the studio, my go-to set-up for writing and composing is Ableton Live and Push 2. The workflow is just intuitive and incredibly fun. It’s rekindled my love for music creation. I don't use too much hardware musically outside of the Moog Sub 37, which is the only analogue synth I own (and love it). Depending on the composition, I either end up doing the entire arrangement in Ableton or I end up doing that in Logic where I mix all of my records. Logic used to be my go-to music composition tool, prior to that it was my Akai MPC3000.