…but pretty close, unless you don’t let the phase synchronized oscillators spoil your fun. However, my trusty old Yamaha Electone D-85 has been vacuum cleaned and its rotating speaker system oiled. A few other parts had to be replaced as well, but it’s quite nice now.
A few cosmetic touches need to be done – and [...]
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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Dec 14
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(not quite a) CS-80…
Dec 11
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Knobtwiddling at the local bakery.
It’s hard to maintain your Thursday morning grumpiness if one encounters such a sight at the local bakery. Delicious! How on earth they can still sell those and not get punished by local authorities is beyond my comprehension. :-D
Hear ye, hear ye! Unlawful carnal knowledge!
Dec 09
Buy Korg M1 Le (and get a gratis Nanokey!)
Don’t get me wrong – I do like analog synthesis and heavy-duty digital algorithms, yes, but I’ve always had a soft warm spot for Korg M1, and even though I’ve had my fair share of them (a keyboard version for gigging which was torn apart during the 800+ gigs, then an M1rEx in a rack), [...]
Dec 07
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From MIDI to Automation (with Love)
I must have been one of the many trying to figure out how to turn midi events (such as note-ons or control data) into plugin fader movements – or region automation. It’s actually easier than though at first, and can be done in a few different ways. I’m definitely not sure whether this is the [...]
Dec 06
Noise… eh, space design?
I’m quite convinced that at least 80% of Logic users are using Space Designer as a preset-only plugin, just because of the sheer amount of the presets. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing bad with that, it’s just so overwhelmingly cool tool to be overlooked. It’s quite ok to do Impulse Responses with a specific [...]
Dec 05
Spread and duck the delay
Dance music – and all its subgenres – require heavy imaging and wide-spread delays, all sorts of ambiences and reverb washes, and usually the stereo image can get a bit too crowded with every delay being totally in sync, up to the point where delay taps start disappearing. Sometimes a mono delay would be just [...]
Dec 04
Drum replacement (sort of)
I just recently saw a movie of Depeche Mode working in a studio, getting strange drum sounds with a speaker attached to the drum sticks placed onto a floor tom with just about every nickel and dime on the drum head as well. Nice job, reminds me of my youth and the years being an [...]
Dec 03
Churchbells revisited
Ok. I got a Hartmann Neuron a while ago, after a looong search (thanks, DG, for that). Since its ModelMaker software is PowerPC-processor only, I had to grab my trusty old Powerbook to take care of the model making. I had kept the Powerbook quite tidy, and I deleted all unnecessary bits and pieces and [...]