Tag: Synthesizers
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Watch the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet Drone Day 2020 Concert Replay Featuring 18 Artists
Yesterday, May 28th, 2022, I hosted the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet Done Day Concert. It was amazing! A huge thanks to the 18 artists who submitted an amazing variety of videos. And congrats to some of you who took the big step into music video creation for the first time. Thanks to all those who…
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Please Join Me for The Mountain Synthesizer Meet Drone Day Livestream Concert on Saturday May 28th, 10am
Please join me on YouTube Saturday May 28th where I’ll be hosting and performing in the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer 2022 Drone Day Celebration Livestream. The concert starts at 10am and features drone performance videos from 18 of our members! Click here to set a reminder https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyZcJzyeBpE7iWDAtC-yxA/live. While you are there please take a moment to…
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2 New Releases… Sonic Encounters Volume 04 and SYNC Vol. 1
Hi everyone, it’s Bandcamp Friday. That means that today, artists get 100% revenue share so it’s great time to buy indy music. I’m in two new releases today. Sonic Encounters Vol. 04 Second up, Sonic Encounters Volume 04 is here! Sonic Encounters began as a podcast in 2015. After each season of the podcast completes…
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Percussa AudioCube Ambient Musique Concrète Improv June 2021
This morning I did a Skype interview and demo of Percussa AudioCubes for a big TV news outlet in Europe (more on this later). In preparation for this I put together a musique concrète set I could use for the interview. Here is an excerpt from an improv I did last night. It’s a bit…
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Walk-through of Playing Live Techno on Three Elektron Machines for My Song “Secret Drive to Baden-Baden”
I’ve released a new techno single called “Secret Drive to Baden-Baden”. In this post I’ll offer some links to the song which you can stream for free along with some behind-the-scenes notes on one way to perform a track like this live on three Elektron machines. Stream The Track A techno soundtrack for a secret…
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Video of 404.zero Presents: 3.1 – “Approaching light, sound and space with a singular vision” – Whoa!
I just discovered 404.zero via some videos on the Fact Magazine YouTube Channel. “404.zero was formed back in 2016 as an outlet for the ambitious audiovisual projects of Russian artists Kristina Karpysheva and Alexander Letsius. Approaching light, sound and space with a singular vision, understanding them as essential parts of a monolithic whole, the duo…
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Videos of Recent Sketches on Push 2
I’ve spending a lot of time with Ableton, Max for Live, and Push 2 to sketch out some new musical ideas. Here a two videos that are less than a minute long from some recent sessions. First up is the video “I Really Miss Jamming Live and F*ck COVID Too”. It wasn’t my intent, but…
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Replay of My Set + Full Concert for 8th B-Day Concert for Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet
The 8th B-Day party concert was really fun and loaded with great performances. Special thanks to Christoph for being our virtual stage manager. My Performance This is recording of my 10 minute set from the Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meet 8th birthday party concert. Music and visuals are performed in real-time. I start by playing a…
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Video Original Ableton Wavetable Preset “Numbers” on Push 2
A quick post to share a video of a new original preset that’s in progress on the most amazing @Ableton #Wavetable#synth. This one is inspired by Kraftwerk and it called “Numbers” 😀. #SaturdayNightSoundDesign. This was made entirely with Push 2 without using a mouse. As I’m using Push I incorporate the touch strip, velocity and…
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Catch Up on Tangerine Dream
I was a HUGE fan of Tangerine Dream but I have to admit though that in the last 15 years or so I kind of lost track of what they were up to. Back in the day I played the vinyl albums for the Sorcerer soundtrack and Stratosphere until I about wore them out. After…
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New Microsoft Surface Announcements Including Surface Laptop, Pro, Neo, and Duo + My Journey with Surface for Music Production and Performance So Far
My Journey So Far with Surface I’m a big fan of design of Microsoft Surface computers and have a Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 4 that I use for every day computing and for music applications like Ableton Live and virtual synthesizers. I literally have trouble using computers that don’t support touch displays and pen…
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“The Treatise on Musical Objects” by Pierre Schaeffer – I’m goin’ in!
“The Treatise on Musical Objects” by Pierre Schaeffer. 600+ pages. I’m goin’ in!
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Colorado Modular Synth Fest is Today + Giving Talk with Victoria and Tom Lundy on “Theremin, Musique concrète, and Live Sampling, Oh My!”
The Colorado Modular Synth Festival (CMSF) will have live music and interactive hands-on activities for kids and adults interested in synthesizers and electronic music. The event will take place at Belmar Plaza (464 S Teller St, Lakewood, CO 80226) from 2-8pm and then 8-10PM at Crazy Mountain Brewery at Belmar. We have over 18 performers…
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Behind-The-Scenes Notes for My 2010-2015 Dark Sci-Fi Techno Show + 2013 Cover of Daft Punk”Derezzed” (Mile High Edit)
What follows is a rather detailed journal of my 2010-2015 Dark Sci-Fi Techno Show. What Motivated Me to Write this Post… While I was working on a playlist for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Synthesizer Meetup 7th Birthday Party at Tilt Arcade I thought about Tron which made me think about a cover I’d done back…
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New Live YouTube Series on Percussa SSP Euorack Module by Matthew Hodson (MATTHS) – Sundays at 6pm UK time (11am MST)
A new live video series by Matthew Hodson (MATTHS) on the Percussa SSP Eurorack Module began on June 16th, 2019. the live stream/video is broadcasted on YouTube Live on Sunday’s at 6pm UK time (11am MST). Visit http://www.youtube.com/matthsmatthsmatths to join and watch the stream. Jump in the chat room as Matthew will be joined by…
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Heads Up – Location Change for the Monthly Beat Cypher Performance Event in Boulder
A post to spread the word. After a brief hiatus, the Beat Cypher returns on June 27th at a new location. Here is Justin’s note on this from the official Facebook Group. “Hey everyone! Beat Cypher update: Madelife has officially moved to a new location. I will be holding the next cypher here on Thursday…
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