REPLAY: MONDAY MUSIC – February 23, 2026 – Arturia FX Collection 6, An Ultra-gotcha, Video Updates, More!

This week, I’ll look at a couple of new effects in Arturia’s FX Collection 6. And, I’ll talk about a bit of a gotcha in Ultra! There are also a few more thoughts on the X/Y pad, a misuse of terminology that really irks me, and whatever else we can get into.

TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
12:05 Welcome to the show
12:43 What’s in The Jam (including Arturia FX Collection 6 commentary)
33:00 Chat catch-up and FX Collection upgrade thoughts
39:20 Gallimaufry Collective Jam coming up Sunday, 1PM EST
40:10 Ultra synth plug-in caveat – local save of individual presets
43:40 XY pad update – AmpTone Lab MIDIpad – MIDI routing into effects chain – a Bitwig advantage
49:55 What lives inside the Kontrol S mkIII under the blank panel areas?
51:20 AmpTone MIDIpad
59:10 Water intrusion and sump pump tangent 1
59:50 MIDIpad option (Korg NTS-3)
1:00:45 Water intrusion and sump pump tangent 2
1:07:05 Misuse of terminology: “Phasing”
1:10:55 The most important thing to know about a new synth (or anything, really)
1:13:04 I really gotta rewrite some scripts … (and does saying “subscribe” light up the button on YouTube?)
1:18:45 Wrap-up
1:19:20 The Closing Jam
1:28:26 End transmission

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