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  1. Echo Fiesta...

    Here is a cool site that has pictures and brief descriptions of a bunch of '60s delay units of various flavors. I'd like one of each, please, but especially that Baby Binson pictured above. UPDATE: Okay, I should have…

  3. A bit OT, but...

    One of the members of AI's parent site, sistermachinegun.com, has put up a lengthy account of his time in New Orleans, before, during, and after the hurricane. Makes for some interesting reading, and is one of the only…

  4. WOW! GREAT NEWS FROM ROLAND!

    Sonic State is reporting that Roland has instituted a top-down restructuring, spinning off the BOSS group in to its own semi-autonamous entity, and... Oh, right, I forgot that nobody fucking cares. I am now firmly…

  5. Open-Architecture hardware round-up...

    For some reason, I've lately (like in the last year) turned away from pre-patched synths, and towards more open, customizable solutions. I'm of the considered opinion that one piece of DSP is pretty much like another…

  6. Gear Porn Friday!

    Okay, rather than a ludicrous wall of gear, today I'm giving up a ludicrous \ rack\ of gear. I copped this off the Waveterm page. What you're looking at is a fairly complete version of what was, for all intents and…

  7. Free Anechoic chamber...

    If you live in or near Boston, you might be interested in this, a CraigsList posting for a free anechoic chamber. What would you do with it? Well, if you tracked guitars, you could put a little amp in there, crank it up…

  8. Am I Bloo?

    There are few tools you actually \ need\ to create music, but a good compressor, a good mic pre, and a good mic are the three things you should spend money on. For everything else, you can either do it in your computer…

  9. Okay...

    I'm going to attempt to make an entry here, even though it's difficult to think about gear while watching my country come apart at the seams. I just want to warn you from the outset that I'm in a really shitty mood, so…

  10. New Orleans...

    I have plenty of thoughts on New Orleans, of course. It is one of my favorite cities in the world, and certainly my favorite in North America. If you're curious, you can head over to my other blog at the Sister Machine…

  11. New Unit from ElectroKraft...

    Just got word from Tony at ElectroKraft that his new product, the Lunar Module, is now available. This little guy (or big guy; hard to tell from the picture) is the MIDI Controller Of Doom. Tony sez: "I have created an…

  12. AvrX update...

    You might recall me talking about the AvrX synth on the old site. You might also recall that I mentioned that the inventors might make a kit available. I've just received an update e-mail from them regarding the status…

  13. More on the Crumar GDS...

    I've always wanted a Synergy, but truth be told, I couldn't really illustrate why . Just one of those obscure and hard-to-use things that I desire, more or less just because it is obscure and hard to use. This GDS makes…

  14. And we have a confirmation...

    On our Friday gear pr0n picture, I was unsure of what this unit was, and postulated that it might be a QASAR M8, the fore-runner to the Fairlight CMI. However, Todd Fletcher writes in to say: The thing in question is a…

  15. Digital Jimmyhat?

    This is a pretty funny page. I quote: Being a jazz diva requires more than a sultry voice, a drinking problem and a tendency towards self destruction these days. You have to use every advantage you can muster - falling…