Here's what you've all been waiting for: the first half of the Big Mo. Practical Synthesis For Electronic Music Volume One is the third of the four books in The Synthesizer, and is probably the most informative of the…
I just want to say at this juncture that this was exceedingly difficult. In order to keep from exhibiting any favoritism for people I know, I removed the names and numbered all the tracks, 1 through 92. I then put them…
Here is the second of the four books in The Synthesizer. This one, Multichannel Recording For Electronic Music, is probably the least useful of the four, as the techniques described are almost entirely for a four-track…
I was able to scan in the first of the four Synthesizer 2nd Edition books. This is "A Foundation For Electronic Music," and the title pretty much sums up the contents. It is the smallest of the four, and contains a…
Home from my travels, at last. That was an interesting week. In no particular order: 1\. I strongly recommend the Hotel Modera if you have to stay in PDX. Reasonably priced, yet with all the normal trimmings of a nice…
After a 1400 mile drive in an un-heated RV, whereupon I was reminded that it is in fact February everywhere else in the country (you can discerne the ambient temperature from my AmEx bill, as I purchase things made out…
Phaedra version 1.0.1 is now available in the App Store. Changelog: 1\. Fixed issue where LIVE CONTROL knob was incorrectly affecting gate time. 2\. Fixed issue where OCTAVE settings per note were not recalled correctly…
Bootleg audio of this have been making the rounds for years, but I've never seen the video. I imagine Warner Bros. will have this taken down in short order, so enjoy it while you can: the entire nearly 14-minute live…
Okay, submissions for the AI compilation album are now closed. It may surprise you to hear that I received 91 tracks. Taking one of the ten slots for myself, that means you have a roughly 10% chance of getting on the…
A couple little things: 1\. One week left to submit for the AI comp. February 15th is the cut-off. (I expect a bunch of "OH HAI I JUST SAW THIS CAN I STILL GET UP IN THIS BITCH???!!" letters on the 16th, since that's…
There are two weeks left to get your submissions in for the AI Comp. (For those just joining us, info and discussion here.) On Twitter and via email, I've received a number of questions, enough to where it might warrant…
Okay, I figure this subject is interesting enough to warrant its own post. In the previous topic, we discover that we generally agree that the following synths, which can be had for a song for the most part (or at least…
On the third day of the convention, I mostly just talked to people about AD stuff and the suchlike and played pianos. I didn't make any earth-shattering gear discoveries, unfortunately. I didn't go to the fourth day…
I hit all the obvious highlights yesterday, so this morning I spent some quality time in Hall E, the Basement Of Failed Dreams And Sadness. This is the fun hall, because it has all the booths where an inventor is…
Just got back to the RPV after the first day of NAMM. The best thing I saw today was the Schmidt Polysynth. While it is somewhat comical when you're sitting on your couch reading about it (and I laughed when I saw the…