REPLAY: MONDAY MUSIC – June 8, 2026 – Making Space: Using Inserts and Sends

One important aspect of ambient music, as well as many other genres, is creating a sense of space. In this episode, I’ll attempt to show how using insert and send effects work together to help set the stage for your music.

TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
08:57 Technical difficulties … Skip to 22:00
22:00 Working now … Welcome
23:05 Changes got made … things got broken … maybe fixed now
23:50 Upcoming wiring changes (mostly video) … let’s see what else I can break!
26:50 New Explorations Live livestream series … and what goes into my live shows after the fact
31:00 What’s in The Jam?
40:20 Orbital Sequencer
47:07 Creating a sense of space — placing sounds on a stereo soundstage
1:22:20 Parallax Well granular reverb
1:26:15 Wrap up, bedtime!
1:27:41 The Closing Jam
1:30:30 End transmission

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