ANS Synthesizer on iPad!
The ANS synthesizer was a photoelectronic musical instrument developed in Russia in the 1930’s. The ANS made it possible to draw music in the form of a spectrogram. This emulation was developed by Alexander Zolotov and more information may befound here: https://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/ For this track I used a section of a Fractal image with some […]
Don’t You Just Love Sequencers?
Of the many sequencers that I own I am mainly using Erica Synths Black Sequencer – although for this track there were elements where I simply used the Arturia Keystep 37. Most sounds are from my Eurorack modular synth with additional parts frommy latest acquisition – the Instruo Seashell Got quite carried away with effects […]
Instruo Seashell + Pocket Scion
More adventures with the amazing Instruo Seashell – this time with added Pocket Scion. All sounds are from the Seashell driven by my Erica Synths Black Sequencer. Effects include Teaching Machines Wellspring, Erica Synths Nightverb, Audiority Ursa Major Space Station and 112db Mikron Delay.
Seashell Jam
OK! Every part of this track is from the amazing hybrid desktop synth that is the Instruo Seashell . Reciorded into Pro Tools and featuring the Erica Synths Black Sequencer plus various fx – Wellspring and Nightverb reverbs and a little Mikron Delay Lots of fun to do – and the Seashell is definitely a […]
Instruo Seashell – wow!
Just wow! My first outing with the amazing analogue hybrid Instruo Seashell. Running Erica Synths Black Sequencer, several passes with the Seashell including triggering from Instruo Pocket Scion. Effects include Wellspring reverb, Mikron Delay, Sound Toys Spaceblender.
More Adventures with Instruo Pocket Scion
Instruo Pocket Scion here playing with Korg Kaoss Pad (with a little help from Sinevibes). This track also features (in no particular order) Modwave, Eurorack modular, SyntrxII, Moog Subharmonicon and Korg APR2600M. Fx include Wellspring, Nightverb, GRM Delay, Sound Toys Spaceblender and Echoboy. This time I was touching the Pocket Scion – no plants involved!
Meditation for Aeonium and synthesizers
My first outing with the Instruo Pocket Scion connected to an Aeonium succulent – Aeonium even sounds like a musical instrument! Here it is playing nicely with Mutable Insrtuments Rings in my modular rack plus Artutria Pigments and Waldorf Nave wavetable synth. Effects include Wellspring (of course!) and a touch of Sound Toys Spaceblender.
Lublin Pingable VCA
Really liking the Xaoc Devices Lublin pingable VCA. Here we have two passes of switched sequences, with the AJH/Tone Science Chance Delay and of coursed the wonderful Wellspring!
Patience And Shuffle The Cards – album reviews
Wonderful review from Neil Mason in Moonbuilding Weekly – Issue 74 (Substack): And also nice review in this month’s Electronic Sound: And here is a taster – the opening track:
The Fairlight and me . . . a little history from 1981
I first heard about the Fairlight CMI at MIDEM – this magic machine that could sample sounds – but very little additional information was available. . . . . . I then spotted an ad in Studio Sound with a picture of the Fairlight and the strap line: ‘Fairlight C.M.I – Need We Say More?‘ […]