Posted in Music, Programming/Software on Jun 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Since that last post about creating more audio software a year ago, here’s what I’ve built:
SigmaTizm - A virtual additive synthesizer.
SampliTron - A virtual sampler.
Song Length Finder - Lets you find songs in your music collection based on their length.
Genre Playlist Builder - Lets you generate music playlists by genre.
Vorbital Player 3 - Added .wav [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
There are certain words that have definite associations with me. For instance, I’ve always had trouble using the word ‘asshat’ because, for whatever reason, I can’t say or think the word without thinking of Moby.
I can’t name any specific incident that caused this association. It may just be that I don’t care for his music. [...]
Posted in Music on Sep 12th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve just released a new Mini-LP called “Positronic Empire“. It’s a collection of 8 experimental electronic instrumentals inspired by Asimov’s Robots/Empire/Foundation series.
Posted in Music on May 29th, 2008 No Comments »
In addition to my last few synthesizer acquisitions I’ve picked up a Roland U-220 with two expansion cards and a Kawai K1m. I can’t take more than a few steps without tripping over a keyboard.
Posted in Music on May 18th, 2008 No Comments »
I just picked up two more synths — an Ensoniq ESQ-1 and an Ensoniq SQ-2. And I’ve been drooling over the MR-76, ZR-76, TS-10, and TS-12 by Ensoniq. They made some mighty fine gear. It’s a shame they were bought by idiots (CREAF.PK) and subsequently run into the ground.
Posted in Music on Apr 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Since spring’s happening and I’m once again motivated, I’ve started acquiring synthesizers again. In the past few weeks, the collection has acquired the following doohickeys:
Roland JV-880
Roland GM-70 Guitar Synthesizer
Roland MT-32
E-Mu Proteus/2
Korg DS-8
Yamaha EX7
Yamaha TX81Z
Ensoniq VFX
Part of it is that I want to make noises again. Part of it is that I want more [...]
Posted in Music on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Not too long ago I put some of my older Bloodless Mushroom tunes on PodSafe. Looks like one found its way into a podcast:
http://jameserellogadgets.com/2008/03/29/geek-democracy-03282008-techcrunched/
Feels pretty neat to be making myself useful in some way.
Posted in Music on Apr 10th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve started playing bass with the.untermensch.denial.
http://www.myspace.com/utrband if you’re curious what it sounds like.
It looks like it has a lot of potential. We’ll see where it goes from here.
Posted in Music, Programming/Software on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Over the past year I’ve developed a utility that lets me trigger all of the sounds on a synthesizer or drum machine so that I can easily sample and record them without having to sit at the computer or fiddle with anything. Hours of sampling can be handled with the click of a button. [...]
Posted in General, Music on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve made use of some more of the samples I’ve been gathering. There’s a great Linux-based drum machine called Hydrogen (it runs on Windows and MacOS too), and I’ve made two drumkits for it. One is based on the Yamaha TG-55 tone generator and the other is based on the Kawai XD-5 drum synthesizer. I’ve [...]