This is for my country, my people….enjoy!

FrontlineHaiti.org coming soon!

“Kembe La” – by Logiq

Just like for many Haitians, Jan 12th 2010 has changed our lives forever. Didier “Logiq” Dorelien, and everyone at OOMG Music Inc. could not stay passive during these difficult times and immediately started taking action to help Haiti.

The scheduled #SConnected event on Feb 6th 2010 will be totally dedicated to Haiti. 100% of OOMG’s net income from the event will be donated to yele.org on behalf of FrontLineHaiti.org. We will be encouraging people to donate to their organizations of choice by providing donating stations where our guests can directly go to yele.org
(amongst many others) and make a donation. We will also encourage our online guests to donate online or through texting.
We are also happy to announce that Logiq’ s parents in Haiti are indeed alive and have survived the earthquake unharmed. Logiq is working with his father to get the names of Haitians who have survived the disaster so that their missing loved ones outside of Haiti can be notified. He started the hashtag #relativesinhaiti to assist family in
finding out if their loved ones survived. Tweet the name of your missing relatives with that hashtag in hopes that someone who knows their whereabouts can reply. As soon as he gets some names of survivors, Logiq will be tweeting them with the hashtag.

Logiq and his brothers (located in Paris and Miami) also immediately started a project entitled “FrontLine Haiti” designed to provide immediate short term and long term relief to Haiti and play a critical role in rebuilding Haiti’s
infrastructure in the months and years to come. More info on that soon.
Please join us at The Central on Feb. 6th 2010 for a Socially Connected night dedicated to HAITI.
OOMG Music Inc.

David Delisca and I had a chance to go on MuchMusic on Thursday Jan 14th 2010 to talk about Haiti.

David, Obed and I had a chance to return to MuchMusic to be part of this amazing fund raising night.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!

As I get into the new year, I wanted to give you all a glimpse of what to expect in 2010….a year that’s set to be a career defining year for me! As i made the transition from 2009 to 2010…. I received an important internal call from DESTINY and she told me that it’s my time. “I’m right on time” is what i replied with confidence as it started to sink in that my time had come!
see more below (videos) —> “Destiny’s calling”

2010 will introduce:

#COAT (Chronicles Of A Traveler) —> my debut featured film (screenplay by Logiq) and soundtrack,
#Logiq3.0 —> the 3rd major skills upgrade,
#SConnected —> Socially Connected – A series of social networking event aimed at bridging the gap between your online and offline world.
#ISupportLogiq —> the fan based grassroots movement aimed at bringing hiphop back to creativity and content, back when rappers were songwriters and lyricists.

Make sure you leave a comment and retweet. SUPPORT TORONTO TALENT! WE GOT NEXT!

All tracks are from the COAT soundtrack. First single is scheduled for release in February!

Destiny’s Calling – New Year – 1of5

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Destiny’s Calling – COAT – 2of5

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Destiny’s Calling – Logiq 3.0 – 3of5

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Destiny’s Calling – #SConnected – 4of5

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Destiny’s Calling – ISupportLogiq – 5of5

New mixtape track by LOGIQ:

Sweet Dreams REMIX (from the FH2 mixtape)

Beyonce feat Logiq

Subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the video with your network. If you have a blog, don’t hesitate to post it.

Vacuum (review) 

Vacuum is a monophonic analog-style synth with a lot of sonic control. Modeled after classic synths, it has one control per parameter and no menus… which is a novel feature these days

On the left side, it has two Vacuum Tube Oscillators (VTOs). All sounds originate here. Range sets the octave for the VTO, Fine varies the pitch up or down 7 semitones, Shape continuously morphs the VTO between several wave shapes, and Env 1 to Shape controls the modulation of the current VTO wave shape by Envelope 1.

In Mixer section, the two oscillator signals are mixed. Drive adds distortion, RingMod creates a ring modulation effect by multiplying the VTO1 and VTO2 signals together. This is one of my favorite effects of all-time.

Next there’s the Filter section where there’s a High Pass Filter and the Low Pass Filter. These do exactly what their names say… they either let high frequencies pass through, or low frequencies pass through. The VTOs volume level drives these filters… use the mixer volume at a low level for cleaner tones, or boost the mixer volume for more distorted tones.

On to the Filter parameters…

Cutoff – the frequency where the HPF or LPF begins to cutoff the frequencies

Slope – sets the curve of the filter slope. Higher values mean higher slopes and more frequencies are cutoff

Reso refers to resonance, which is the amount of signal that’s fed back into the filter circuit

Env 1 controls the amount that the filter cutoff frequency is modulated by Envelope 1. When it’s centered, no modulation occurs. Move it right for positive modulation, left for negative modulation.

Key Trk controls how the pitch affects the filter’s cutoff frequency. There’s no effect at 0%, but at 100% the frequency is directly related to the keys played.

Sat adds saturation to the resonant feedback loop.

Below the filter section is the Envelope section. Envelope 1 modulates each filters’ cutoff frequency over time, while Envelope 2 modulates each filters’ amplitude over time. Or you can assign them to modulate other parameters using the Modulation Routing section. Use the Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release, and Vel (Velocity) controls to adjust the modulation envelope shape.

The Modulation Routing section enables you to change up the signal routing within the synth if you want to dig deeper into designing sounds. Choose a source and a destination, then choose a depth to set the amount that the source modulates the destination.

Use the Age controls to add pitch drift and dirt to the sound. At low levels, Drift can actually thicken the sound, while higher levels can detune the sound heavily. Dust adds noise to the sound, mimicking how real dust might affect an older synth.

The VTA (Vacuum Tube Amplifier) section sets the master (Vol)ume and is the last place you can add saturation and distortion to the signal using the Shape control.

The ARP section is where you can add an arpeggiator to the sound. On/off is self-explanatory. Rate is the speed of arpeggiation while Mode refers to the direction or shape (up, down, up/down, or random) of the arpeggiation.

The Pitchbend and Mod Wheel can be easily assigned. Use Dest to choose what parameter the Mod Wheel controls (Vibrato, Wah, Tremolo, or Nothing). Rate selects the modulation speed. Click the Setup button (the little wrench icon) to access the Glide, Pitch Bend Range, and Envelope Retrigger settings.

Vacuum is obviously a pretty deep instrument. There are some great sounds in the roughly 200 presets that come with it, but I’d recommend spending some time testing out and reading about its parameters… the time will be well spent as you explore the sonic possibilities that this instrument has to offer.

Boom (plugin review)

Boom is a drum-machine-style pattern sequencer. You can create your own patterns, use the innumerable preset patterns, or edit those presets… and easily trigger and switch between the patterns with the mouse or using MIDI data. Boom has 10 drum kits, including Urban 1 & 2, Dance 1 & 2, Electro, Retro, Eight-O, Nine-O, Fat-8, and Fat-9. The last four are based off of the classic 808 and 909 analog drum machines, where the Fat versions feature processed, harder-hitting versions of the Eight-O and Nine-O sounds.

The Matrix display on the upper left side of the screen gives you a visual display of what samples are sequenced to play in the pattern. Click notes in the Matrix to add or delete them. Click a note multiple times to change its velocity. (Like the Reason Redrum drum machine, there are 3 velocity levels.) Adjust the SWING, VOLUME, and DYNAMICS global controls and choose the DRUM KIT below the Matrix.

The Instrument section in the top center and left enables you to alter the panning, volume, tuning, and decay. You can also mute, solo, select the sample (for instance, you can choose a clap sound from any of the 10 preset drum kits), and use the mysterious “Adjuster” button to calibrate the sound of the instrument in “varying ways.” Click and drag the Adjuster button to change the intensity and impact of the sound.

You can change the speed of the beat from double-time (X2), regular speed (X1), or half-time (X 1/2)… try switching between these in real time… fun! Use the Triplet button to create triplet feels, which will only make use of the first 12 steps in the beat. The last four steps will be greyed-out.

The Event bar consists of the 16 Event switches, where each Event switch corresponds to a 1/16 note in a drum pattern. To add or delete notes to the drum pattern using the Event bar, just select an instrument (e.g., click on the name of the KICK track to select it), then click on an Event switch to cycle through the fours states… Note On at full velocity, Note On at medium velocity, Note On at low velocity, and Note Off. Pretty intuitive.

Every note you add or delete, as well as the note velocity, is reflected in the Matrix section. Use the Edit Mode switch to toggle between editing a pattern (Pat Edit) or switching between patterns in a current preset (Pat Sel). For instance, if you load the preset “Electrobump in trunk 103″, set the Edit Mode to Pat Sel to listen to all 16 varieties of that pattern preset. If you want to edit one of the patterns, toggle the Edit mode to Pat Edit and then edit that selected pattern. There are 128 preset patterns, with 16 variations… so that’s a total of 2048 preset beats for you to choose from and edit, if you need a place to start.

You can also chain patterns together to create a song arrangement, as well as trigger patterns from a MIDI controller and build your own patterns with MIDI notes.

New track off the FH2 mixtape (Flowetic Hustler Mixtape Vol 2):
Reminder remix

My interview for the Canadian Indie Movement (CIM) <September 2009>

Part 1

Part 2