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Retro Synth Labs: October 2011
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Synth related fun that doesn't belong on the Retro Synth Ads. Saturday, October 29, 2011. Taurus pedals case foam disintegrating (melting). A short while ago, I opened up my Taurus pedals case to find that the blue foam that surrounded the inside of the case had started to disintegrate. Blue foam sucky mess. Next - time to look inside. I unscrewed the three screws from underneath the pedals (I'm missing one) to open it up - and took a deep breathe. Lucky for me, it looks like the only foam that g...Small...
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The Private Program: October 2012
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Longform navel-gazing about music, with a focus on songs and synthesizers. Friday, October 12, 2012. The Emu SP-1200 as Digital Retrofuture Heritage and TRUTH pt. 1: Biography. I wanted an Emu SP-1200 from 1998 until I got one about a month ago. In other words - for around 14 years or so. This is by far the longest period I’ve gone through between onset of desire for a piece of music equipment and eventually actually getting it. Digital memory totem machine? The Funky Fax Machine is back. It’s also...
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Retro Synth Labs: Ubuntu upgrade from Natty Narwhal 11.04 to Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 - ReNoise keeps on tickin'
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Synth related fun that doesn't belong on the Retro Synth Ads. Saturday, October 15, 2011. Ubuntu upgrade from Natty Narwhal 11.04 to Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 - ReNoise keeps on tickin'. I decided to upgrade Ubuntu on my first generation netbook from 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) to 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) the other night. I followed these instructions on howtoforge.com. The upgrade process went pretty smoothly and after the restart, 11.10 was installed successfully. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Private Program: December 2013
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Longform navel-gazing about music, with a focus on songs and synthesizers. Thursday, December 5, 2013. The Roland maniac that my friend Jacob is. Though to be fair, nobody is! But I'm pretty crazy about them. Controller keyboard, and an MC-4 sequencer. It’s telling, then, that I. Playing with the 100m because it’s been thoughtfully designed in a way that slices through much of that modular frustration. I Believe In Music. Even a simple VCA or VCF module has. Courtesy of Mild Slopes. There are tons of oth...
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The Private Program: April 2015
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Longform navel-gazing about music, with a focus on songs and synthesizers. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. We've gotta go back. Hey, so it's been a year since I've written in this thing. Life got in the way, and I'm comfortable with that. But I've been thinking about revisiting lately. The itch is back. So here's a few things:. We have a few tapes left! And also check out the Lotion Soaked "Sunburn" EP. Over here, just in time for beach season. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Weve gotta go back.
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The Private Program: All music is pop music (or, James and Johnny Mercer)
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Longform navel-gazing about music, with a focus on songs and synthesizers. Sunday, March 23, 2014. All music is pop music (or, James and Johnny Mercer). Hi, I’m back. I got a job, and it’s been eating up a bunch of time and physical and mental energy. On top of that, I’ve been mixing a record most evenings and weekends when I get home. Whew! But the main reason is that the song is, well,. When it comes to music. And not enough people realize that and make it the core of their values, instead succumbi...
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The world of PMCs – Linnstrument | synthtech
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The tech side of electronic sound-craft. Online DSP primer – Circles, Sines, and Signals. How FPGA’s work. The world of PMCs – Linnstrument. March 26, 2015. Wired introduces the world of PMCs (polyphonic multi-dimensional controllers). As ‘revolutionary’ MIDI machines that. Can sense finger movement in three dimensions simultaneously in addition to controlling volume, a musician can also change a note’s pitch and timbre in real time. Over at Youtube you can check out what Roger had to say at NAMM 2015.
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moog modular – synthfiend
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Synthesizers: the music, artists, culture, inventors, and history. What’s that synth? John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). Synths in pop culture. Last night, I saw Halloween (the original 1978 film by John Carpenter) at the movie theater for the very first time, and found myself wondering what synth(s) were used in the soundtrack. Read on for the surprising answer. My teen years having taken place in the ’80s, I’d enjoyed watching pretty much every classic slasher film […]. Tagged with: dan wyman.
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Giorgio Moroder Tells His Story On New Daft Punk Track – synthfiend
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Synthesizers: the music, artists, culture, inventors, and history. Giorgio Moroder Tells His Story On New Daft Punk Track. The new Daft Punk. Collaboration on Daft Punk. 8216;s new album, Random Access Memories. Here are Moroder’s words:. I knew that could be a sound of the future. But I didn’t realize how much the impact would be. My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.”. And finally, Giorgio Moroder’s final, timeless statement in the track:. Tagged with: daft punk. After several li...
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