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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Nord Modular/Modular G2

« on: February 10, 2012, 05:06:37 am »

yeah, looks like PC only. it's a myth that the DX is hard to program. all you need is a basic concept of FM synthesis... or, use it like i do.. as a 6-oscillator sinewave pad instrument

i'll try to get some of my NM patches up here in the coming days.

it took me time to learn some dx7 basics and still an fm aficionado (kb+velocity tracking here are a nightmare, imho), but I ended using a simple basic tip: starting the desired or blank program with algorithms 16,17,18,  leaving operator 1 on, and turning the others off.

you can see why on the table:

http://bb-attachments.cycling74.com.s3.amazonaws.com/3015.Fig414.png.resize

..much more clear to edit following "hierarchy" on operators (and yes, that copy+paste tip on envelopes helps a lot  too!)

love the alising from this machine (converters?), especially on envelopes. dx-tx can sound warm too!

now it´s time for making some ambien-ish stuff with  80´s piano-flute presets

best,

pug

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: Modular synthesis

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:30:53 am »

great project-work, moize!  I´ll check your sounds tonight..for sure I´ll enjoy them!

(yes, here another G1-G2 user..in fact, as I can remember, I keep some patches from you...not sure if I picked them from EM or early 12k forum)

pd: few days ago was using again my G1kb+os9... and possibily it´s my all time fav synth. (followed by the mw-xt and the classic dx7)

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 03, 2012, 05:12:11 am »

lovesliescrushing xuvetyn

feel like i've made this post a couple times.  one of my all-time enduring albums.  I bought it when it came out.  yikes.

don´t know how many times I´ve listened to this album (especially the track "bones of angels"). truly a gem.

scott cortez work on guitars is superb.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: January 31, 2012, 12:19:13 pm »

phaedra - the sea (rune grammofon)

...great norwegian psych-folk

colin stetson - new history warfare vol2: judges (constellation)

...already shocked with this one

pd: glad oren ambarchi strikes again!  http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: January 26, 2012, 07:03:36 am »

on continue rotation this week:

marcus fischer - collected dust
cory allen - pearls

..both fantastic!

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: January 19, 2012, 02:02:44 pm »

destroyer-kaputt

....cheesy and lovely at the same time! I think I´ll re-listen to my old records from Deacon blue and Prefab Sprout again!

andrew pekler - sentimental favourites

...funny in a good way (I miss some humour on electronic music!)

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: teenage engineering OP-1

« on: January 19, 2012, 07:14:17 am »

warming up this cold coffee again...

just wanted to say: i've been late at work the last two days (since my op-1 arrived), because this damn thing is so addictive that i play with it while having breakfast. 

hmmm!!

everybody´s talking so good about the op-1!!

I´d like to read more impressions about this little thing! Would be nice!

I think there´s a forthcoming product from TE soon:

http://www.teenageengineering.com/

best
pug

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: January 10, 2012, 12:03:24 pm »

richard chartier - a wintery mix

nice podcast, courtesy from: http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2012/01/09/richard-chartier-a-wintery-mix/

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ART / Re: RIP Richard Lainhart

« on: January 04, 2012, 12:12:04 pm »

tragic indeed. we've got a thread going over in the OTHER MUSIC board about richard.... and, yes, he was an active member of this forum.

ops...I´m sorry to re-post again! Will try to delete it.

once again apologies,

pug

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ART / RIP Richard Lainhart

« on: January 04, 2012, 11:43:59 am »

sad news...

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2012/01/richard-lainhart-prolific-composer-and-artist-dies-at-58-links-to-his-work/

pd: was richard posting on this forum? (correct me If I´m wrong)

best,

pug

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: 2011 TOP 10 LISTS

« on: December 19, 2011, 02:12:53 pm »

pug 2011 "survivors" on my ipod, car & hifi

    Aethenor - En Form For Blä
    Andy Stott - Passed Me By / We Stay Together
    AR - Wolf Notes
    Arthur Russell - First Thought Best Thought / World Of Echo Reissues
    Belong - Common Era
    Benoît Pioulard - Valley
    Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Beileid
    Carousell (Richard Skelton) - Black Swallow And Other Songs
    Christina Vantzou - No.1
    Dakota Suite -The Hearts Of Empty
    Dale Cooper Quartet - Métamanoir
    Demdike Stare - Tryptych / Supports Finders Keepers
    Ellen Fullman - Through Glass Panes
    Emptyset - Demiurge
    Ezekiel Honig - Folding In On Itself
    Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer
    Harald Grosskopf  - Synthesist Reissue
    Hauschka  - Salon Des Amateurs / Youyoume EP
    James Blackshaw - Holly EP
    Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Conversations With Myself
    Lovesliescrushing - Ghost Colored Halo
    Machinefabriek  -  Livemaze / Duotoon
    Maps and Diagrams - The Town Beneath the Sea
    Matt Elliott - The Broken Man
    Moritz von Oswald Trio - Horizontal Structures
    Moss - Moss EP
    Nicola Ratti  - 220 Tones
    Peaking Lights - 936
    Popol Vuh - Revisited & Remixed
    Seaworthy & Matt Rosner - Two Lakes
    Silencers - Balance Des Blancs
    Simon Scott - Bunny
    Steinbrüchel - Narrow
    Stephan Mathieu - A Static Place / Remain / To Describe George Washington Bridge
    Steve Roden - Proximities
    Steven Hess & Christopher Mcfall - The Inescapable Fox
    Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
    Svarte Greiner - Twin
    Tape Loop Orchestra - Maybe I Told A Small Lie
    Taylor Deupree + Marcus Fischer - In A Place Of Such Graceful Shapes
    The Boats - The Ballad Of The Eagle
    The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak
    The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - From The Stairwell
    The Necks - Mindset
    Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
    Tropic Of Cancer - The End Of All Things

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 17, 2011, 12:01:01 pm »

belong - common era

....great mixture of shoegaze & joy division-like drums. liking more than his previous lp.

more guitars:

lovesliescrushing – ghost colored halo

jefre cantu ledesma - love is a stream

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ART / Re: the photography thread

« on: December 14, 2011, 06:16:53 am »

I suggest: pre-warm a towel, take the polaroid and put it into the towel immediately (that only works if it's not too cool outside or if your motive is not too far away from home or another warm place).

thanks for your tips!!

tried with their black sheet attached with tape to the cameras, with no luck:



will try the towel one this weekend while taking pics at home

best,
pug

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ART / Re: the photography thread

« on: December 12, 2011, 07:13:58 pm »

Wow, I like yours too, Charlie. You got that cold distance in it, which I love so much.

Polaroid is very expensive.. you need to consider very well which shots to take..

I pay like 30 Swiss francs for 8 pictures, which is around 38 dollars.

Great picts, as always!

I was really excited when the guys from Impossible Project re-started the whole thing again...but honestly I´m little bit disappointed with their products. (Or maybe I´m making something wrong)

I spent lots of € buying their films, both 600-sx70 formats, and of course, using the old Polas from my dad+aunt (both in excellent cosmetics and working ok with expired but original Pola films).

The same as always: not clear results, following their instructions carefully, asking again and again, scanning and sending back to them my blurry (mainly blank) pics...so I refused to buy more cartridges...and went back to 35-120mm plastic and vintage cameras.


pd: any Fuji Instax users here? (just to compare)

best,
pug

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: December 12, 2011, 12:29:26 pm »

matt elliott - the broken man (ici d´ailleurs)

...as always terrific (2€ download version )