https://youtu.be/xGO8S11lJAY Sound bank '88 - Europa Patches Sound Bank '88 The Sound Bank '88 ReFill is similar to the patch banks that you got for a synth around the time indicated (late '80s). This isn't an emulation of any particular synth but the kinds of sounds you may find in anything from a Juno or … Continue reading Sound Bank ’88 ReFill
2020 Modulating Delay with Breakout
2020 Modulating Delay It is Christmas 2020 and I have made a special little Delay unit as a gift. Features: Drive into Soft Overdrive24db High & Low Pass Filters1,000ms Delay Time with option to limit to Chorus rangeDelay offset with option for right or left bounceTotal Feedback (not just the delay bit but everything)Breakout mode … Continue reading 2020 Modulating Delay with Breakout
Night Moon
Night Moon is a collection of four entirely synthesized environments backed by light-Techno (of the early 90s variety). The idea is that the pieces should be played quietly so the environment sounds are dominant over the music itself. You'll find where you like it. The pieces were put together very quickly. As such I don't … Continue reading Night Moon
Game Themes I
I Scored a series of games with a young developer called Aesc. He needed music & sound effects to complete his games. That is what I do. Aesc: https://aescosaurus.itch.io/Cover art by Jane Stockwell: https://janestockwell.com/ Something I hate when playing games is having a really short loop that goes over and over ad nauseam so I … Continue reading Game Themes I
Lands with Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson I roped in saxophonist Shawn Johnson to add his EWI playing to the main tracks "Trees" & "Night Crystals". I sent him the tracks and noted the main area where a part was needed. After that I was pretty open for him to do his thing. Shawn recorded 4-5 parts for each track … Continue reading Lands with Shawn Johnson
Taking the Step from making music to being an Indie Musician
Everyone one is making music these day. Everyone has an app (or three) on their phone or computer that they can use to bang out a choon and lay down a lyric. Everyone has access to publishing tools from Soundcloud & YouTube to Bandcamp & Spotifry. Everyone is a musician. It is in how people … Continue reading Taking the Step from making music to being an Indie Musician
Getting Ahead On Bandcamp
Bandcamp is good because there is virtually no community interference. Your music is just on the shelf. That does mean that you need to work a bit to generate any traffic. There are several genre spaces that use Bandcamp as a hub; Metal & Berlin School being two I know. Aligning yourself (even if only … Continue reading Getting Ahead On Bandcamp
How Garbage Becomes Good
My last article was about how much of the "support" material we see is doing more damage than good, little did I realize the impact it would have. All The Voices Since watching a couple of these videos on how to “how to make garbage”, as research my YouTube Recommended Viewing has swerved massively from … Continue reading How Garbage Becomes Good
On Having Standards – Garbage In Garbage Out
"Is this the world we created?"Queen When I was growing up it was called "having standards".In computer terms it got called GIGO - short for Garbage In = Garbage Out. Then people started thinking that was too "stuffy" and unaccepting of those who weren't wealthy enough to have standards. Referring to garbage in such derogatory … Continue reading On Having Standards – Garbage In Garbage Out
Professionalism – idea or upgrade?
I meet person after person in forums & groups who ask questions like: Should I buy the Sprogulator Pro Plugin? I intend to be Pro. To deliver Pro-quality work. I have a Sprong device in my DAW already but it doesn't say it is "Pro" and everybody knows that Stock devices are not Pro. And … Continue reading Professionalism – idea or upgrade?