en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/592601 Comments by palebluedun http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/08/28/drum-studio-on-commodore-64/#IDComment187595821 SAM voice? I used a system called Musicalc. Anyone else compose with that or SAM? It sure is surprising what you could get out of that little machine. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:28:03 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/08/28/drum-studio-on-commodore-64/#IDComment187595821 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/26/moog-3p-modular-synthesizer-being-auctioned-by-uc-berkeley-music-department/#IDComment177983427 Micky Dolenz song with the Monkeys featuring the Moog-- "Daily Nightly" It's on YouTube. Guess what-- he's making flying saucer noises! Ok. You beat me to it. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:17:42 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/26/moog-3p-modular-synthesizer-being-auctioned-by-uc-berkeley-music-department/#IDComment177983427 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/26/moog-3p-modular-synthesizer-being-auctioned-by-uc-berkeley-music-department/#IDComment177980095 They should keep it. Take $10000 and restore it to pristine condition and use it for a change, because it really is a piece of musical history they'll be whining about letting go of in another 20 years or so. Bet it won't take that long! This one isn't just another 3p either (though all were custom built). Someone sometime took extra care ordering or built onto this guy, used it a few years, and then probably retired or something. Then the "brainiacs" packed it up and stored it away-- for decades! Must be one hell of a musical department there. One that only makes "real" music. (remember that crap?) But the old Big Moog has lost it's snot appeal for Berkeley and they have all the flying saucer samples they need, so off she goes. I remember when our local college got one, a 15, on loan for a year and only special people could touch it, the rest of us (students) could look, from the doorway, if we were especially well behaved-- and clean. They were particularly snotty about having it. Just like they knew what they were doing with it. It's probably in some guys attic under a half ton of unused and burned out Christmas decorations in Pittsburgh now. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:56:43 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/26/moog-3p-modular-synthesizer-being-auctioned-by-uc-berkeley-music-department/#IDComment177980095 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/22/music-computer-os-x-lion/#IDComment176576682 I updated to 10.7 the day it was released without any fears but I expected there would be a few hitches. So far-- none really. At least none that were not already issues explained by developers. NI's Fm8 and Absynth 5 both working fine under Logic Pro 9, even the 64 bit versions, however, FM8's standalone has some problem closing down. There's probably some other things too but NI's working on it. Logic Pro 9, works just fine. GarageBand 11, works just fine. Numerology Pro 3, works just fine. I have 99 plugins added to Logic all working at least the same as before. Same with Garageband and Numerology. Actually, some plugins seem to be working better; for example, Arturia's Moog Modular V and Minimoog V both are behaving better and are very stable. They were before under Snow Leopard after a clean install and the latest updates from Arturia, but seem even better now using either 32 bit mode or the wrapper. I still have some plugs to check yet but all worked just loading and checking for audio. We'll see anything down the road if there is a problem. I don't use things that are half-assed. So no Automap! I have Novation XL, Akai, and Korg controllers and all seem to be functioning well, that is, as they were intended to by the manufactures. You know, if one gets rid of that silly attitude about brand loyalty and go look for yourself you just might find the Apple makes some pretty good stuff. No one will go to hell if you don't like it and use something else. Oh yeah, you won't get a cut of Steve's for praising it either. You just pay money to someone and take a ride so have some fun. No real problems to report with Lion. No kitties suffered and my puppies don't care about Apple. Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:14:33 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/22/music-computer-os-x-lion/#IDComment176576682 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/03/an-unadulterated-synthgasm-of-analog-goodness/#IDComment169459610 Real Electronic Music(™) Mon, 4 Jul 2011 00:38:50 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/07/03/an-unadulterated-synthgasm-of-analog-goodness/#IDComment169459610 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/08/21/artists-and-arturia-6-herbie-hancock/#IDComment94591371 It got dem blinkity lights too! Ooooh! Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/08/21/artists-and-arturia-6-herbie-hancock/#IDComment94591371 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/09/keith-emersons-lucky-man-synth-jam/#IDComment74790219 Heh... Yeah, lots of hours between the speakers.... Any depth comes from having to justify why I was listening to and spending so much money just to make a noise like that! It was great! I made my whole family sit and listen to Tomita's "Snowflakes Are Dancing" when it came out and they had thought I was spending way too much time with a soldering iron and headphones. :) Anyway, Kieth's Moog is iconic, it is THE prop for his show, and when people see it standing there on stage it says, "Welcome back my friends...." Tue, 11 May 2010 06:23:10 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/09/keith-emersons-lucky-man-synth-jam/#IDComment74790219 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/09/keith-emersons-lucky-man-synth-jam/#IDComment74629656 I was inspired by that piece. I was so young but I thought the song so moving if you just listened, especially since the Spector of Viet Nam was just a few years away from me. Well, I liked that sound so much that I practically quit every other instrument and eventually the use of the clavier to input data preferring sequencers instead. Such a sound was so unusual at the time and caught everyone's attention. To me, with the arrival of synth-pop in the 80's the synthesizer just became a rinky-dink piano toy in popular music and lost it's balls. Artistically, that piece at the end is so fitting! It is abstracted bagpipes piping the Lucky Man from this world to beyond with the decent into Death at the lowest tones, the struggle to live is eventually lost. If you think about it the filter is like the life spark descending after. It's sad. Listen to it. Then again, I could just be reading that into it. Ha! Mon, 10 May 2010 21:38:21 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/09/keith-emersons-lucky-man-synth-jam/#IDComment74629656 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/08/the-story-of-edgar-winters-frankenstein/#IDComment74282694 Hey! Thanks for this one. I haven't seen this performance in a long time. Nice piece of Fusion. I got to see this live when I was a kid--seemed very much longer and had a few more parts: "Frankenstein" = monster made of many parts. Seen it on TV several times too-- all different and fitting the ambient mood. They played to their audience, something that is not done anymore, and they were very good at it. Still don't think I could look cool wearing a strap-on though. But Winter-- doesn't seem to matter, Ha! Sun, 9 May 2010 12:40:12 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/08/the-story-of-edgar-winters-frankenstein/#IDComment74282694 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/08/raymond-scotts-electronium-the-restoration/#IDComment74201920 Very Cool! Things like this and the Novachord are fascinating. Let us know what is happening with this restoration. Sat, 8 May 2010 23:43:37 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/08/raymond-scotts-electronium-the-restoration/#IDComment74201920 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/05/basic-analog-synthesis/#IDComment72946048 Hey! The "Pedantic Dicks" was a punk synth band of the late '70's by three guys named "Richard" that only used ARP Axxes and Odysseys and a strung out spider monkey for tonic dissonance lasting until one Dick offed himself for subtracting all their weed in one complete blowout session. The other two Dicks never recovered and subtracted themselves from the music scene altogether. The monkey turned to prostitution and was later deported after Rudy decided to clean up The Big Apple. The above is an example of analog synthesis. Although, The Pedantic Dickweeds is a good name for a synth-pop band don't you think? Wed, 5 May 2010 22:41:08 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/05/basic-analog-synthesis/#IDComment72946048 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/04/htda-mariqueen-plays-the-pro-one/#IDComment72751514 I agree, all Dave Smith synths sound pretty good. Wed, 5 May 2010 13:42:12 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/04/htda-mariqueen-plays-the-pro-one/#IDComment72751514 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/04/mariqueen-does-analog/#IDComment72749001 I'm a synth geek but I can't tell what's beneath the Cwejman S1 MK2 because the "skin" props are in the way. The S1 arouses me though. She sure is pretty. Tell that girl to move please. Wed, 5 May 2010 13:30:39 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/05/04/mariqueen-does-analog/#IDComment72749001 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/09/13/ketron-sd8-chromatic-keyboard/#IDComment34320832 I have an overwhelming desire for the polish sausage hoagie with sauce and onions and a dark draft. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:18:52 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/09/13/ketron-sd8-chromatic-keyboard/#IDComment34320832 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/29/music-from-sperm-is-not-for-the-squeamish/#IDComment32498752 Yeah! Some people do have a lot of "time" on their hands. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:17:57 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/08/29/music-from-sperm-is-not-for-the-squeamish/#IDComment32498752 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/20/tara-buschs-pilfershire-lane-boxed-set/#IDComment27787124 Yep! Definitely sales it. I bet she could sale a lot of us a box with a dead bird in it and we'd be glad. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:22:10 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/20/tara-buschs-pilfershire-lane-boxed-set/#IDComment27787124 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/16/tara-says-buy-my-box-set-and-ill-send-you-a-personal-polaroid-meow/#IDComment27560291 I guess you only get to opine if you only say "nice" things or you are classified a sexist asshole. That girl is pretty and that's what so many of us look at. She seems like an intelligent person and she's a real sweetheart as well. Bet she knows it and I bet she continues to sale it. I would too, and so would everyone else who has come to grips with the world we live in. Haven't seen anyone yet in the business that does not. By the way, I am a supreme Sexist. Not just my asshole (UOOOH!) but my whole being; and by God, I feel so good about it! Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:10:03 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/16/tara-says-buy-my-box-set-and-ill-send-you-a-personal-polaroid-meow/#IDComment27560291 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/08/control-your-synthesizer-with-a-theremin/#IDComment26728764 Actually, you'd look no more silly than a conductor before a symphony. Indeed, you are conducting sound via circuitry with your body. Very cool! Thermin has a lot of potential as a controller and with a few foot pedals one could do some dazzling work, aye? It'd be like dancing the music. What you don't see though is the hugh pod of humpbacks gathering near his backyard. Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:25:16 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/08/control-your-synthesizer-with-a-theremin/#IDComment26728764 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/05/do-you-think-the-score-says-bite-the-string/#IDComment26491835 I'm thinkin' "Floss Majik". Can't wait for the electric toothbrush solo. Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:27:34 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/05/do-you-think-the-score-says-bite-the-string/#IDComment26491835 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/02/the-music-industry-wants-to-charge-you-every-time-your-cell-phone-rings/#IDComment26161682 You'll want to be careful about breaking wind in public now because you never know when some lawyer might jump out from behind a tree and start playing "Name That Tune". Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:39:55 +0000 http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/07/02/the-music-industry-wants-to-charge-you-every-time-your-cell-phone-rings/#IDComment26161682