Starcadian’s Signature

Making movies for your ears

Following the release of V Collection 6, which included reimagined versions of the classic Yamaha DX7 synth and the Fairlight CMI sampler, Starcadian started creating a personalized preset bank which both reflected his taste in tone, and also explored the depths and potential of the instruments in V Collection.

“Starcadian’s Signature” contains 32 presets for the instruments found in V Collection 6. These can all be accessed and played using Analog Lab.

When it comes to the actual process of music-making, Starcadian keeps things surprisingly simple. When lost in the cinematic marvel of albums like “Midnight Signals” or “Sunset Blood”, it’s hard to believe that almost everything you hear was created “in the box” in a humble bedroom studio.

I mostly use Bitwig with Arturia VSTs and controllers. I try to keep the term 'bedroom producing' literal, and not over-stuff my living quarters! I get obsessive with drawn automation, I need bezier editing capabilities and I will A/B decimal changes ad infinitum. It's a slower process and it requires you having a semi complete vision of the sound before you start tinkering, but the methodical part of my brain kicks in and I need to have clean, organized curves of each action with as little keyframes as possible for further editing. Having said that, I love mapping the MiniLab knobs to random values and just going to town during sketching!