I went to Knobcon last weekend, and stopped at Sweetwater on the way home. I've got some thoughts about things! TIMELINE: 00:00 Begin transmission 00:00 Opening Jam 09:50 Welcome 12:22 What's…
Based on a track I threw together to experiment with, and demonstrate, the Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio video synthesizer I've recently added to the studio. I decided the rough tracks held…
A whole slew of random images from the exhibits/vendors rooms at Knobcon 13/Synthmania....…
It's 4 days until Knobcon! This time, we'll get into modwave native if it kills me! And, we'll chat about a couple of interesting new VSTs from Dawsome and Native Instruments. TIMELINE: 0…
Once again, the Gallimaufry Collective joins together for a worldwide live electronic music jam. The jams are always a great musical adventure as the only communication between the performers is the m…
It's 11 days until Knobcon -- ROADTRIP! It's time to start looking more closely at the modwave. And, why am I so infatuated with Korg's monologue. And, really, why am I so attached to Korg…
Native Instruments have released the 2.0.x update to the Kontrol S MkIII series of MIDI controller keyboards. It's a substantial upgrade, offering even greater control in a studio or live rig. But…
I had so much fun last week, I decided to do it again. Yes, it's another patch from scratch night. This time, since it got the second-most votes last week, I'll tackle the Polybrute. Plus, som…
It's patch from scratch night, and you get to choose the instrument: Pro-800, PolyBrute, or Pigments. TIMELINE: 00:00 Begin transmission 00:00 Opening Jam 11:30 Welcome and show intro 13:35 What&…
We're going to take a brief break from random music generation this week (although I may through some random sequences at things) to re-examine the Behringer Pro-800 and see how it stacks up again…
Some of you may have noticed that I've been playing around a lot recently with using pseudo-randomized note and timbre sequences in ambient music ... without buying special software. Let's pla…
Roll The Dice continues my expolation of randomly generated tones. In this case some instruments play notes selected at random from a curated pool that changes with each beat, and each note produced i…