PatchPierre Studio Update Spring 2025

Hi everyone.... it's me again
This last year i re-located my studio (hopefully for the last time) , rewired and updated everything, and it looks like i am almost ready to record some stuff again.
For personal use and for the blog of course :)

It's been 15 years since I first started posting here...
This year i will return to posting on a more regular basis.

By taking one day off from regular work every week, I can focus more on making music, little DIY projects and keeping you all updated in the blog.

Recently I found out that there are still around 10.000 pageviews per month over the last half year without even posting anything here... 

My blog-archive (of over 600 blogposts) still seems to be valuable to readers, and I still get many positive reactions.

In the last weeks I checked if the links on the blog are still alive and repaired them where necessary. 

It's a work in progress i guess... Let me know when you find any dead links.

My TB-303 has a new best friend, the Dtronics DT-303

I only bought a few new Eurorack modules and some other equipment in the last years that i haven't written about  yet, and I do have my eye on a few other Eurorack modules that I will order and write about soon.

Oh and I need a case... 

I also hope to catch-up with all the Doepfer modules that were released over the last 5 years. 

My journey continues and I hope it can inspire more people to make even more inspiring music.

I will also maintain showcasing new video's I find on YouTube that I find interesting enough for you to read. 

There are a lot of upcoming new content creators out there that use some extra exposure... 

and/or there are some very good older ones that can explain stuff much better than I can :) 

My new studio-setup is now almost completed and has been expanded with an Arturia Beatstep Pro, Roland Boutique VP03 and an Akai MPC Touch sampler.
A perfect setup for the late 80s Electrofunk Hiphop and early Techno stuff that I like to do...

My main live setup

The main live set-up is basically 808/909drums

from the Novation Drumstation, sequenced by a
BeatStepPro that also controls 2 A-100 System patterns and SYNCs the TB-303.

The VC and Gate out from the TB go back into the Eurorack and create a doubled 303 voice.

The new Roland VP-03 Vocoder is great to create those old school electro-robot vibes and has some real nice strings with easy adjustable attack- and release-sliders.

The Elektron MachineDrum is in SYNC with the rest and provides extra percussion with easy hands-on tone control during a performance.

To me this is perfect for creating stuff on the fly and for working out quick ideas.

My MPC (not in the picture) is rapidly turning from 'just a sampler' with cool VST instruments and effects into a full DAW with the latest 3.5 Public Beta update that came out last week.... but it's not available for my MPC (Touch) (yet)

The Cubase 14pro demo-version that i am testing at the moment feels very close to the new workflow on the MPC, so i might upgrade to a new MPC for everything, as soon as they announce new hardware and they get their software fixed. This new software was not ready for release in my humble opinion ;) 

You can expect new blogposts pretty soon I guess. 
I hope you will look forward to it as much as I do and perhaps you will show some support by re-tweeting/re-posting what you like most.... Thanks in advance! xxx

Pierre / PatchPierre / NetPierre