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Duffy

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:33:11 GMT

It's terrible. But it's my 808 and TM3030. I just repaired the Tap button on the 808 and after fudging the cowbell tuning, I put it through the paces with a little help from some non 303 bass.

Squarewave Parade Teaspoon demo #2

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:46:17 GMT

More with the Teaspoon. Here is a popular tune playing through the effect and I just sit there slicing and dicing, sometimes to genius effect. Total fun.

Squarewave Parade Teaspoon demo #1

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:46:17 GMT

First demo video of the effects of the Teaspoon by The Squarewave Parade. Here we have some XBase09SE drums, followed by some Flame Talking Synth, followed by more XBase drums (bitcrushed) all going through and being cut and looped with the trigger control (right momentary button). The left knob I'm tweaking controls the length of the sample+hold. Arguably the most fun to play two-handed effects box I own. I think though you have to have a little better sense of rhythm than what I display here...

Flame Talking Synth Sequence Demo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:26:34 GMT

Just got one of these bad boys and it is pretty deep. Speech synthesis chips controllable (barely) by a set of switches, knobs, and two joysticks. Seriously fun. This is a recorded internal sequence playing back while I'm adjusting different parameters to give a good idea of the range of this thing. There are two chips outputting hard left and right so it's "stereo".

Radar-Digital (pre-transition)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:16:14 GMT

Peluso 2247 LE Tube Microphone

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:30:44 GMT

Newest addition to the fold: a large diaphragm condenser (tube) Peluso model 2247 LE. It gets toasty! With an EF14k real Telefunken steel tube and power supply with adjustable pickup patterns (9) from omni to cardioid to bidirectional.

Peluso 2247 LE Tube Microphone - Power Supply

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:30:44 GMT

Multi Sales Demo

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:29:41 GMT

Trying to decide whether I should sell my Multimoog and go MIDI with the Little Phatty...after this little demo of its capabilities, I don't know if I can. It is many things the Little Phatty is, but more that it is not. LP has some super cool features, but seems to be limited in the exact areas I love the Multi. Still working on it... This demo has a bit of delay and reverb and runs the extremes of what frequencies the Multi can output.

PhiltreBeat

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:14:00 GMT

I've been...accepting...digital effects lately. Only because I've stumbled on two that are awesome. They are the (discontinued) Alesis Bitrman and Philtre. I think these were marketed as guitar effects - and they're not quality at all for guitar. But for studio effects, they excel and are super versatile. They also sound better than any plugins I have that propose to do the same thing. I still love the Sonic Alienator for decimation, but the Bitrman adds in a bi-phase, overdrive, and compressor, and you can set the order of the signal flow. Combined they make for something different and cool. This demo is using the Philtre, a multi-band resonant modulatable filter. I am using the tempo-sync'd pattern program, where it generates a filter sequence based on a tap tempo and tempo sensing circuit. I switch between high pass 8-pole (!), band pass, band reject, and low pass (2-pole and 8-pole). I also reset to new patterns and switch off between dry signal and levels of filtration. The digital resonance generates some crazy low end tones from my basic XBase drum beat (from an earlier demo). It moves air.

Oakley TM3030 First Sequence Test

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:08:43 GMT

Just got the TM3030 'bassline' going - here's a short sample completely dry and unaffected, but well on the way.

JP8- The Shining Main Titles

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:16:41 GMT

A friend of mine wanted to know if I could recreate Wendy Carlos' opening tones for The Shining "Main Titles" - this is what I came up with. Just the first two lines, but it doesn't get much more analog than this.

Kwik-E-Mart NYC

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:54:52 GMT

My favorite thing at the 7-Eleven "Kwik-E-Mart" in NYC (42st/9Av)

A Tour of the Kwik-E-Mart

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:35:24 GMT

Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I DO. Here's a tour of the July-'07-only 7-Eleven transformation that is the Kwik-E-Mart on 42nd St. in Manhattan.

Multimoog and the Dimension D

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:30:57 GMT

I finally got a 'working' Dimension D and decided to give it a workout, stereofying the Multimoog. This is long, but it was fun to record. Multimoog on sample and hold, with pressure sensors on filter cutoff and hands (almost) free to control waveform, sub osc, filter fm, contour, octave, etc. Yes, I'm also attempting to play something here - it's mostly just a synth improv. Dry signal is about -10dBFs in the center, with level 2 Dim D panned hard left/right to make up the rest. It sounds big and spans the whole frequency spectrum, so careful with the volume...

Buchla Tune

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:27:32 GMT

Another one from the NYU 'vault' - here is my very first exploration of the Buchla. Recorded on 1/4" 4-track, it's a sequenced oscillator line on track 1, an LFO->VCA modulated osc line on track 2, and me playing the 'tuned' electronic touch pads as a 'lead' line on track 3. I believe the low frequency heard at the beginning and end was whatever the sequence value reverted to when it was off. Short and not too representative of what you can do with a Buchla, but fun anyhow.

Jupiter 8 Poly Vs. Dual

Wed, 30 May 2007 04:25:44 GMT

OK - here is a demo of the differences between Poly mode (8 voices, mono) and Dual mode (4 voices x 2 channels - stereo) on the Jupiter-8. There are eight different patches that I created - each goes for a couple of seconds on Poly, and then I set it for Dual with both upper and lower outputs on the same patch for a stacked four-voice stereo. Some of these sounds do well in both, while some just love the stacking. The slight differences in tuning over two sets of four voices, combined with the fact that the LFO's don't sync between 'stacks', creates a huge stereo field. I tried to play similar things on each pass (poly vs. dual) and also tried to balance the volumes afterward (as the dual pass was generally hotter). Yes, the JP is a little more difficult to play with "just four voices", but having owned the PEK for so long, I am used to that... I start out with a real basic patch, but each one is sufficiently different to hopefully maintain 'interest'.

Synth Styles

Sun, 13 May 2007 07:12:15 GMT

State of the synth rack, May 2007 - with a bit of Photoshop. Minus one PolyEvolver Keyboard, plus one Roland Jupiter-8. Wurly got moved to the other side of the room...

Synth Rack, profile

Sun, 13 May 2007 07:12:15 GMT

State of the synth rack, May 2007. Minus one PolyEvolver Keyboard, plus one Roland Jupiter-8. Wurly got moved to the other side of the room...

Synth Rack

Sun, 13 May 2007 07:12:15 GMT

State of the synth rack, May 2007. Minus one PolyEvolver Keyboard, plus one Roland Jupiter-8. Wurly got moved to the other side of the room... With the Multi's "aged" oranged out top panel, now I've got two orange and black analog beasts.

Jupiter-8 Demo - Arpeggiator Madness

Sat, 12 May 2007 03:22:09 GMT

I just got a JP-8 and am crazy about it. The move (for me) from four hybrid voices (PEK) to eight fully analog voices is such a rewarding one. Check this clip. The Jupiter's arpeggiator is engaged with a fairly simple sound. I lodge in hold position and go two hands on the filter section to mod the sounds, with occasional alterations to VCA envelope as well. There are even parts where it sounds like Pac-Man eating a Power Pill. The way the sliders work is so much more natural to me than knobs. Plus, I can see where they're all at before I change them - can't do it on the PEK. The envelopes are analog too, so the alterations have a much more organic feel. Sorry it's a static Fminor7 chord - that doesn't change. In fact, I never touch the keyboard at all in this demo. But if you want to hear a good example of the possibilities of the filters (both 12dB/oct and 24dB/oct resonant low-pass) - here ya go.

Timmy!

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:08:28 GMT

My new Timmy pedal. It's an overdrive, and sounds cool.

XBase09SE Beat

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:30:33 GMT

Here's a fun beat I made on my Jomox XBase09SE using pattern mode and alternating sample sets for the hat outs. I recorded one version, then looped it through the Sonic Alienator for some more fun.

Xbase09SE Beat, Alienated

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:30:33 GMT

Here's a fun beat I made on my Jomox XBase09SE using pattern mode and alternating sample sets for the hat outs. I recorded one version, then looped it through the Sonic Alienator for some more fun.

Infinite Reverb (Short Example)

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:23:36 GMT

I got a new mic today - a Sennheiser e609s, which is great at what it says it's great at - micing guitar speakers. I wanted to get an idea of how good it worked, so I plugged my Lentz SSL into my Booker V12MA amp, stuck the mic there, and cranked up. I got some great sounds, but mostly just jamming. While I was listening back, I turned on my Lexicon 200 reverb and put it into the mix. Put the send on pre-fader, put the Lex on solo and then started messing with the 'Infinite Reverb' feature. Basically, it takes a basic chamber program and lets you sample a bit in and then make it reverberate for an infinite amount of time, without sounding overly loopy. What you hear here is me turning on and off the IR to add and subtract guitar tones to the wash of sound. This was my first go, a short piece that builds and lets go. Instant Eno!

Infinite Reverb (Long Example)

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:23:36 GMT