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YouTube video by sunwarper The SP404 MK2 Pattern Sequencer Trick I Use In Every Live Set

I just posted a new video breaking down all the SP404 performance methods I used in my latest live set, plus how you can use them in your own sets:
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YouTube video by sunwarper My Brutally Honest Thoughts On All the Gear I Tried in 2025

I tried a lot of gear in 2025... some completely changed my workflow, while others barely lasted a week. In this video, I’m breaking down every piece of gear I picked up this year: what stuck, what surprised me, and what totally flopped.

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Sunwarper - Today’s Traces Covering new ambient, experimental, noise and more. New posts daily.

Today’s review has us checking out a new release from @sunwarper.bsky.social

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Artist Spotlight: Sunwarper - Today's Traces This week we’re continuing our Artist Spotlight series with Sunwarper and his new album Today’s Traces: a meditative, ambient journey through memory, impermanence, and the emotional residue of everyda...

This week we’re sitting down with Sunwarper to explore Today’s Traces, a reflection on memory, impermanence, and what remains after the moment passes.

We’ll talk about finding purpose outside the algorithm, and how creative shifts can redefine who we are as artists.

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Thanks to everyone who tuned into the Bandcamp Live set this weekend!

All of the songs in that set were reworked solo guitar and sampler versions of my new album Today’s Traces. It’s out now, featuring warped, atmospheric guitars and lush analog synths

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Fading Traces (Ambient Live Set) from Sunwarper Live Stream from Sunwarper.

To celebrate the release of the new album, Today's Traces, join me in a little under an hour for a special Bandcamp live performance built entirely on a sampler and guitar.

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Today's Traces, by Sunwarper 9 track album

New album, Today's Traces, Out Now!

Today’s Traces is a meditation on memory, impermanence, and emotional residue. An ambient journey shaped in the quiet spaces between life’s bigger moments.

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YouTube video by sunwarper Can I Make a Beat in 10 Minutes with Just the Roland P-6 and Polyend Synth?

Can I Make a Beat in 10 Minutes with Just the Roland P-6 and Polyend Synth?
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YouTube video by sunwarper These 3 Sequencer Tricks Changed How I Make Drums (Samplers, Grooveboxes and DAW)

These 3 Sequencer Tricks Changed How I Make Drums (Samplers, Grooveboxes and DAW)
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YouTube video by sunwarper Just when I thought I was done with the Circuit Tracks, It Pulls Me Back In

Just when I thought I was done with the Circuit Tracks… It pulls me back in
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This week’s been all about revisiting old workflows.

With all the new gear announcements lately, I decided to take a step back and reconnect with a few instruments that had been sitting unused in the studio.

There’s something special about returning to the instruments that helped shape your sound.

Happy Bandcamp Friday! There are just a few Future Fade CDs and Through the Quiet Dark cassettes left before the merch store is sold out… for now

Thanks so much for supporting my music and keeping this journey going 🌌

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The Joy of Iteration: What New Gear Like Akai MPC Live 3, Roland TR-1000 & Elektron Tonverk Can Teach Us About Our Current Gear (Gear Acquisition Syndrome Avoidance) There have been some awesome looking new releases in the music production world lately. With promises of “better and faster workflows,” it’s easy to get caught up in the marketing hype around new gear...

A lot of new music production gear was announced this week
And while the marketing always promises better, faster beats, I’ve been reminded how much you can get out of simply iterating with what you already have.

Here are some thoughts on making the most of gear:
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Thanks for being part of this journey with me! Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, one of the best days to support independent artists, where every purchase goes directly to the artist. If you’d like to listen through this sonic adventure, you can find all of these on my Bandcamp.

Through the Quiet Dark, by Sunwarper 8 track album

5️⃣ Through the Quiet Dark — These tracks were made live on YouTube, with the stream chat shaping the process. I love how limitations push creativity, and sharing that in real-time turned these tracks into something special.
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Music For Imagined Landscapes, by Sunwarper 17 track album

4️⃣ Music for Imagined Landscapes — I’ve always loved the idea of music as a journey. For this one, pairing each monthly track with artwork helped me compose as if I was soundtracking that very place.
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Radiant Visage, by Sunwarper 11 track album

3️⃣ Radiant Visage — After an ambient release, I wanted to return to beats and live instruments. After this album I had to shift to sampling quick bursts of live instruments because of a wrist injury. Only now am I starting to play regularly again.
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Future Fade, by Sunwarper 12 track album

2️⃣ Future Fade — Written month by month in 2021, I was worried it would feel too fragmented. But in the end, those fragments joined into something whole. And looking back now, it’s funny how the future fades right into today’s traces.
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Idolon, by Sunwarper 8 track album

1️⃣ Idolon — My first album. At the time it felt monumental to compile tracks, mix them, and finally turn all the ideas in my head into music.
sunwarper.bandcamp.com/album/idolon

As I put the finishing touches on my next album, I’ve been looking back at the records that got me here. Each album feels like a snapshot of a moment in time: who I was, where I was, and what I was experiencing.

Read below to join me in some reflections from each album

A Sampler and a Groovebox Are All You Need to Make Beats | SP404 MK2 + SEQTRAK
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YouTube video by sunwarper Can I Make a Beat with Koala Sampler in Just 10 Minutes?!

Making a beat in just 10 minutes on Koala Sampler
The pressure was real, but there’s a strange sense of finality in accepting whatever you create in that time is the song.

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Sample chopping is one of the most powerful ways to flip sounds into something completely new. By slicing sounds into small fragments, the SP404 mk2 opens up insane possibilities for beatmaking.

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6 Roland P-6 Tips I Wish I Knew Sooner The Roland P-6 came out of nowhere last year, a tiny, budget-friendly sampler with way more power under the hood than its pocket-sized appearance suggests. But because it packs so many features into s...

The Roland P6 came out of nowhere last year. The pocket size sampler packs a ton into its compact form factor. Here’s 6 tips to make the most of it

SP404 MK2 Bus FX Explained: How to Make the Most of Them for Better Beats The SP404 MK2 has a ton of useful effects for sound design, live performance, and beatmaking. But between the input effect and the 2 different kinds of bus effects, the routing can get a little confus...

What’s your favorite SP404 MK2 effect? For me, It would have to be Cassette Sim or Ko-Da-Ma... they both work so well for glueing melodic sounds together.

I just dropped a new post on making the most out of the SP FX and my go-to signal chain. Check it out here:
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Revisiting the Original Digitakt Workflow in the Age of Digitakt II The Digitakt II recently got a major update that added a completely overhauled Slice Machine, it’s sample chopping function. You can now chop samples with precision, move markers, and treat it more li...

Revisiting the Original Digitakt Workflow in the Age of Digitakt II

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Idolon, by Sunwarper 8 track album

It’s been 5 years since my debut album Idolon dropped.
To celebrate, CDs and digital are just $5 today only.

Something really special is coming soon… 👀

sunwarper.bandcamp.com/album/idolon

Some of the samplers I’ve been using for the next few videos

Yamaha SEQTRAK: 5 Things to Know Before You Buy The Yamaha SEQTRAK is a powerful and highly portable groovebox packed with features. But that compact size and button-heavy design come with a learning curve. After a few months of diving into its wor...

The Yamaha SEQTRAK surprised me with just how much it can do... but with great power comes a pretty steep learning curve.
Here are 5 things I wish I knew before using it:
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The tracker workflow is nothing like what I’m used to, but it’s absolutely fascinating and really fun to experiment with. Here’s a little late night jam.