REPLAY: MONDAY MUSIC – December 8, 2025 – Diving Into Abyss

OK, let’s try this again! I’m still a bit hacky and wheezy, but I’m gonna give it a go. This time, it’s my opinions on last week’s internet darlings — Protein, Astrolab 37, Temperence, and Valhalla! Plus, revisiting a pair of Waldorf plug-ins on the Mac. And, I’ll dive back into Dawesome’s Abyss (or at least, dip my toes in the water). Should be fun.

TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
08:05 Hellos
09:30 Did I really say “humdinger”? OMG!
10:40 The joys of the Apple ecosystem
11:32 New show graphics
13:30 Rumor mill: Absynth 6
16:15 Replacing the Morphe: Touche by Expressive-e
19:20 My Moog shirt
22:45 Internet Darlings: Astrolab 37
29:20 Internet Darlings: Waldorf Protein
34:00 Similarly priced alternatives (as of 8 Dec 2025)
38:22 Waldorf Microwave plugin
42:25 Into the DAW: What’s in The Jam
1:07:10 Quick look at Arturia MiniFreak V
1:24:25 Peeking into Abyss – Quick run-through
1:39:20 The “Not Sponsored” disclaimer
1:40:00 Thanks and goodnights, and setting up for The Closing Jam
1:42:45 The Closing Jam
1:46:39 End transmission

(I figured out what caused the couple of CPU crunches I got during the stream. I had been playing around a week or so ago, and had set my buffer size to 32 samples and forgot to set it back! I usually use 256 during a live stream “to be safe”, and either 64 or 128 for general work.)

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LINKS:
Expressive-e Touche: https://www.expressivee.com/1-touche
Arturia Astrolab 37: https://www.arturia.com/products/hard…
Waldorf Protein: https://waldorfmusic.com/protein/
Waldorf Microwave 1 plugin: https://waldorfmusic.com/microwave/
Eventide Temperance Lite: https://www.eventideaudio.com/plug-in…
Eventide Temperance Pro: https://www.eventideaudio.com/plug-in…
Valhalla FutureVerb: https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/v…
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My music gear: https://gerenm.net/about/music-gear/
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