Sonicware Liven Evoke Full Tutorial - Cinematic Ambient Synthesizer

If you'd like to support the channel you can grab a 'Pay What You Want' album from my Bandcamp. https://chrislody.bandcamp.com Chat to me on: @chrislodymusic.bsky.social Listen on:   / chrislody   Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text and videos like this. I've been a bit busy recently (I often say that, but more so than usual!) so this video has been a long time coming, sorry about that :) For more information on the Liven Evoke please use these links: https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-evoke Online manuals https://sonicware.jp/pages/online_man... 0:00 Teaser 0:15 Intro 1:03 Overview Layout, powering on/off, playing a pattern, Shift, Func, speaker mute, headphone gain 4:16 PTN button (pattern) Loading patterns, queuing a pattern, pattern chaining, pattern chain mode, BPM, origin mark, knob latch mode, pattern reload, pattern BPM vs global BPM, shift lock, natural release 8:37 Pattern Contents Per pattern vs per track settings, select Tracks, mute Tracks, mute modes, Hold function 10:45 Playing the Keys New pattern, playing keys, Octave buttons, Velocity, voice modes, Poly, Mono, Glide, Legato, Arpeggiator, Note setting, Arp patterns 12:46 Chord Mode Turning chord mode on, selecting styles, chord transpose, chord play mode, using chord mode on external equipment, rave piano! 15:04 Making your own Patterns Instrument setting Easy, Inst, Blend, Pitch, direct entry of notes, Note setting, Metronome, direct entry of chord, Clr (clear a step), Length, page buttons, duplicate pattern, Copy a track, Save a pattern, rename pattern, Copy track between patterns 21:29 Step Recording Using Rec to enter step mode, removing specific notes, Auto step, Copy notes, entering long notes, Tie function 23:55 Seq & Randomisation Gate length, Transpose, Swing, Dice, Rnd Seq (random sequence), R.Stp, (random sequence step count) 26:55 Easy Sound Tweaks Attack, Release, filter Type, Cutoff and Resonance, Level, Pan, → Grain FX, load Grain Patch, → Reverb, Reverb Type (reverb type), Reverb output level, Grain FX level, G.RST (grain reset), R.RST (reverb reset), Clr + Track to clear track data. 33:01 Real-time Recording Metronome count in, Real-time recording and overdubbing, pattern Save 35:09 Sound Design Instrument mode Norm (normal), how Backtide works, Speed, Attack speed (track + Value), Attack curve, Blend, Wave, how wavetables work, Harmonic, Sync, Pitch, white noise, white noise cutoff and resonance 39:07 LFOs Rate, Depth, Shape, Assign, shape details, LFO Settings, LFO 1 trigger, using the LFO as an envelope, Delay, LFO 2 trigger, LFO destination details 43:26 Patch Examples Making a pad, making a plucked sound, making a filter swell 47:38 Grain FX Load Grain Patch, Grain FX description, → Reverb, Grain menu, Fdbk (feedback), Buf (buffer size), Dir (grain direction), Grain FX Size & Timing, Shp (grain shape), Filter Type, Freq (filter cutoff), Rate & Depth of Grain FX LFO, Random Spry (spray), Diff (diffusion), Jttr (jitter), Pitch Rang (range), Alin (alignment), Grain Patch save, Rst (grain patch reset), Line In menu 55:12 Parameter Locks Direct entry of automation, clear parameter locks, real-time recording of automation 56:53 Misc Menus Export patterns, Clock source, track Midi Channels, pattern channel, auto channel, output type, program change channel, Midi settings menu, Tune menu, tune type, pitchbend range, Battery type, Auto power off 59:39 Outro #ChrisLody