As those of you that care no doubt know, Paul Schreiber is releasing several of his MOTM modules in the popular Frac-Rack format used by Blacet, Metalbox, Wiard, and others. At left is the first photo he's released, of…
Adam Schabtach (my partner in Audio Damage) and I met when we were both working for another short-lived company, Creative Synth Development, on the design of the MODE package for Cycling '74; we both left that project…
I was going through the Zicos Pro Audio aggregator just now, and unless someone at HC was actually attacked by wild dogs (not entirely out of the realm of possibilities, I suppose) their RSS feed has been taken over by…
Okay, refresh monkeys. It's here, you can relax! This week, we take a visit to the venerable and omnipresent Rob Acid, and his incredibly cozy and inviting studio. This is what my studio looked like, back when I had a…
Okay, I've been a professional musician for over 15 years, and I didn't think there was anything left to surprise me. But check this out: I ordered some new bass strings from Elderly Instruments last week. I've never…
A tidbit only, this little nugget from my favorite boutique manufacturer, Future-Retro. On the front page of their site, in with the NAMM booth news, is this: "we will be displaying all our current products and the…
The ever-charming and handsome Jeff Laity thought maybe I should mention the DIY Minimoog thread over at the Prodigy-Pro forums. If you're not familiar with the way things work over there, someone shows up with a piece…
If you take a gander at the AMS-Neve site, you'll note the big countdown clock, which bears a striking resemblance to the clocks you often see in techno-thriller movies which say exactly how much time the hero is going…
Let me get something straight right now. If I could enter this, I'd not be telling you about it. But since I can't, being an old fogey and all, I'll gladly put it up here for your informational pleasure. Turner Classic…
Collin Raffel is building a complete DIY modular synth in one month from various kits, and he's keeping a photoblog of the process, which should prove interesting. You can view it here. On the Synth DIY mailing list, he…
What is that maxim? Wish in one hand, shit in the other... Peter Gabriel's 72-channel (would that be 144 inputs at mix with the small faders?) SSL G, yeah, the one from the big room at Real World, is for sale, for what…
It seems everyone is fairly convinced that the Jobs "oh, and one more thing..." part of the Keynote will be the unveiling of the Intel-based iBook and iMac models. I know the last time I mentioned this, there was some…
So I scored a copy of FXpansion's BFD for Christmas, from Santa Claus of all people. While there are some issues, which I'll touch upon briefly, the basic idea of the plug is to completely obviate that most annoying of…
Discounting the whole Myspace aspect of the deal, it seems there is a feature-length documentary on the life of English producer and father of green things, Joe Meek. There is a sort of a teaser available at the…
So I built a Dallas Rangemaster clone today. I used, as usual, the plans from General Guitar Gadgets, and ordered the parts I didn't have (namely the OC44 germanium transistor) from Small Bear Electronics like always…