“Vektormenschen” – Album Release
There’s a new album! It’s called “Vektormenschen”, and it uses material from the Spielsachen series.
Read more "“Vektormenschen” – Album Release"Spielsachen Generations
Rather than a lot of babbling, this is a series of photos and videos about anything related to Spielsachen – everything since September 2017.
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Pretty much all of the processors I use for my ersatz mastering jobs these days.
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The final one of my three grooveboxes is slightly…different: The Folktek Mescaline is a set of three Eurorack modules which come mounted to a shiny frame and use breadboard wires for most of the patching. Let’s see what you can do with it.
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“Spielsachen” has been going on for quite some time (more than two years), and resulted in fifty videos to date.
Here’s my personal picks from that pool of modular thing performances – what are yours?
Review: Akai MPC One
In the time since late December, I got a total of three things called “groovebox”. The Akai MPC One is maybe the youngest child of the mother of all grooveboxes. Let’s review it.
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This is about a canon (the musical form) which doesn’t sound like one, but more like a chorale. To make things more interesting, it does modulate. There’s also a video.
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The Doepfer A-111-6 is the smallest and cheapest synth voice in Eurorack format. But is it any good? This is one of the “yes, but…” or “even though…” reviews.
Read more "Review: Doepfer A-111-6 Mini Synth"Music Thoughts: Polymetres and Stuff (Part 2 – Melody and Harmony)
In the last post, we pretty much talked only about rhythm in the context of polymetres (and polyrhythms). And that is pretty much the focus in any introductory text on the topic. However, the things that happen if we use pitched sounds in repetitive, polymetric patterns are also interesting. So today we’ll look at pitched […]
Read more "Music Thoughts: Polymetres and Stuff (Part 2 – Melody and Harmony)"Tech Thoughts: Quo Vadis, Music Products?
Trends in music products. Synths, processors, studio gear of sorts. With a look at NAMM 2020 discoveries, but also a look at the bigger picture.
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