Dropping vintage science...
This will probably be of interest to anyone that has a couple (or more) analog synths. If you follow this link, you'll be rewarded with a 4mb PDF, which contains the entirety of the Synthi Educational Manual, written by…
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Major collector dumping gear (you'll wanna see this...)
The only three words I can come up with to describe this guy's collection, in order, are "holy fucking shit." (That's special for MatrixSynth, where they feel I may swear a bit too much). This dude, whomever he might…
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A handy program for a spare laptop...
Some of you might recall that I used to write articles for one of the original music gear creation meta-sites, Darwin Grosse's CreativeSynth.com. That site has succumbed to entropy in recent years as a result of…
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And now we return to our regularly programmed schedule...
Back from Christmas With The Rednecks, and right in to it. Over the break, I got a letter from Michael Liero, who pondered the following: Over the last few years I have been running ableton live and reason on a very…
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Squeeze this...
You know, when it comes to guitar effects, compressor pedals are one of those things that you don't really feel you need, but once you get one, you wonder how the fuck you ever got along with out it. I spent a couple…
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New stuff from JoMox comin'
Shawn Cleary from our favorite synth store informs us, the unwashed masses, that some cool new shit is coming from JoMoX. First up, and pictured above, is the M-Resonator, which is, as far as I can tell, the filters…
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Hard-Core Gear Porn Friday!!!
Something a bit different this week. If you haven't seen this, you really need to check out Delta Lab, a studio in Copenhagen. Imagine, if you will, a coke dealer in the mid 70s. Imagine that coke dealer spending his…
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Good tidings we bring...
Schism sent me a link to this story, knowing it would incite me to rant, while small flecks of spittle formed in the corners of my mouth, and my eyes rolled back in my head. (I know that's why all of you visit this…
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Customer Service Woes, Episode 199,343
As I've often metioned, I do most of the support for Audio Damage. Mainly, this involves getting people correctly sorted out on the Windows side, or figuring out what the fuck is wrong with the operating system on the…
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All hail the mighty Variophone...
Check this shit out. The Variophone was an early-80s analog synth masquerading as a wind instrument rather than a keyboard. The synthesis method was a rudimentary physical modelling, using what I assume is a Schmitt…
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Cwejman modular???
It seems that the Cwejman site is down due to unknown Swedish troubles, but there's a Cwejman forum on Electro-music.com where Michael Cwejman posts now and again, and the above-linked thread is quite interesting. It…
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Phase Two Progress...
We've now got Phase Two running as an AudioUnit. See? All that's left now is optimizing, the manual, beta testing, and installers, and another fine Audio Damage product will be out the door. Not long now...
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It's about time! An API EQ DIY project...
In my years of watching the various sites that talk about DIY audio gear, I must have seen a couple hundred requests for an API EQ project. (I think I may have made one or two of those requests.) Now that I'm older and…
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Help!
Yesterday, during my Daily Surf, I came across a schematic for an MS-20 (Sallen-Key) filter that had been modified for 9V use as a guitar pedal. I had it in my head that it was at hammer.ampage.org but I'm obviously…
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Hard-Core Gear Porn Friday!!!
This week, no funny business. What we have here is Rusty Insects Studio, owned by James "Carbon111" from the Analog Heaven mailing list. When I put up a studio and make fun of it, and you all go "yeah, but what the fuck…