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Don Buchla - Passing the Acid Test.

8 April, 2008 (13:48) | living people, music, synthesizer | No comments

Apparently there is something called “The Red Bull Music Academy” (in Canada), and I have no idea about the what/where/when whatsoever… Nevertheless, I stumbled onto a recent interview they did with one of their lecturers, a certain Don Buchla.
It’s a very long interview, and it takes some knowledge (about this particular scene), patience, […]

BeoWolf

30 March, 2008 (01:28) | music, personal, synthesizer | 2 comments

[click the image for a full frontal ehm, shot of BeoWolf]
Well, it’s finally done, my BeoWolf software-synth, the companion to my SteppenWolf sequencer.
{for those not knowing the difference between a VCO and a VCF, or those whom generally couldn’t care less about synth geek talk, please move on}
- Dual VCO’s, both with pulse (w/ adjustable […]

SteppenWolf 1

17 March, 2008 (16:47) | music, personal, synthesizer | No comments

Almost there…

Of Moogs…

4 March, 2008 (23:47) | music, synthesizer, technology | 2 comments

…and I dare to run the same test as the previous post with a real vintage analog MiniMoog, compared to some VI (Virtual Instrument) software clone [as in: a digital emulation or copy of the MiniMoog’s innards].
I already know what the outcome is gonna be.
So puhlease, can we stop about that ridiculous hype about analog […]

Awesomest evah.

2 March, 2008 (01:12) | future/retro, music, synthesizer | No comments

Ricochet by Tangerine dream, probably my most favoristititcstiz elektronik album ever. I literally grew up with this, and I still listen to it on a regular base, 30 years on… I know every single note, twist and beat of this record, and it still fascinates and amazes me with new meanderings at every occasion. Those […]

Absolut-ely amazing.

21 February, 2008 (15:00) | art, music, technology | No comments

Awesome stuff in Dan Paluska’s and Jeff Lieberman’s ping pong ball hurling, robotic Absolut Quartet orchestral machine.
Stunning.

Oscillate !

19 February, 2008 (08:55) | music, synthesizer | No comments

More musical goodness came to me…
Just acquired - by means of a jolly good 2nd-hand trade - two of my favourite soft-synths: GForce’s MiniMonsta, and Native-Instruments Reaktor 5.
Both instruments couldn’t be further apart, philosophy-wise. The MiniMonsta is a great Moog Minimoog clone on steroids (read: keyboard-oriented), and Reaktor is the mother-of-all-modulars in software form (read: […]

Otto

7 February, 2008 (08:41) | design, music, objects | No comments

A collaboration with Manolis Kelaidis of IDE at the Royal College of Art.

Every object and surface in our environment has a whisper; subtle tremors and vibrations that are usually undetectable to the human ear, produced by the activity and movement of daily life.
What if these sounds were audible? How would that change our aural awareness, […]

Smoke on the Water.

3 February, 2008 (02:55) | WTF?, music | 1 comment

Best riff ever. Now also in Japanese.
Just brilliant.

Ircam’s Buchla 100

31 January, 2008 (11:55) | music, synthesizer | No comments

Holy mother of Allah !
Look what has been found…
For those whom don’t know what a Buchla is, or what Ircam is, please skip and continue with your life.
For those who are in the knowing: please kneel before your God.

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