This video is quite innovative in its use of webcams and online users/fans of the band. Lots of coordination and editing headaches! (Click here to read the rest)

So if I ever were to meet Billy Joel, here is the question that I would ask him: (Click here to read the rest)

I saw this article on the net: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/28/0149243&from=rss (Click here to read the rest)

I was listening to some old tunes I made some time ago, I heard a tune that ended in a fade out. I just realized that when I made that tune, it was the only time I ever used the fadeout ending. I guess the fadeout is just not my style. (Click here to read the rest)

Don't you hate when you're eating something and you bite the inside of your cheek? (Click here to read the rest)

hope the em411 board software doesn't mess this up ... (Click here to read the rest)

It's done. I finally have all of my old cassettes as files now. Everything's been digitized now. Was 200 tapes. It took several years to do. YAY!!!!!!! (Click here to read the rest)

Following on from his successful 'Middlemarch' album released on Audiobulb Records, Brooklyn based artist Erik Schoster brings us these richly textured live improvisations with processed sine waves, and micro-cassette field recordings. These were culled from the rehearsal sessions leading up to his show at the Zeitgeist Multi-disciplinary Arts Center, in New Orleans last year. Available for free in MP3 (320kbps), and FLAC (lossless) formats, with stunning high-res artwork by Marc Fischer. (Click here to read the rest)

So I was listening to some crappy top-40 station. Then it got weird: they played a tune that was actually good! As usual, the DJ did not say what it was he played. (Click here to read the rest)

Is it just me ... or does "Confusion" (original version, not the one on Substance) by New Order share the exact same drum track (same drum machine, same patterns, same sounds) with "Jam On It" by Newcleus? (Click here to read the rest)

Do any of you Torontonians ever meet up for a semi-regular drink/chat? (Click here to read the rest)

I recently took some of my old vinyl albums/EPs and put them onto HD. Usual routine: record 32 bit. mild high pass (to remove DC offset and turntable artifacts) then cut/trim, normalize, convert to 16 bit, etc. Sox and ecanormalize (two freeware programs) are very good for this. (Click here to read the rest)

The new album from mlbot aka Dumb Machine, is out now on Distance Recordings. Some of you may have downloaded this when he posted it before; however, you can now download it on our website in MP3 (320kbps), or FLAC formats, with high-res cover art files. (Click here to read the rest)

http://pdxtek.blogspot.com/ (Click here to read the rest)

Some time ago I watched j-chot's "Cajun Stir Fry" video and I really liked it. I had the idea of building a new tune around the talking in the video. This is a tune that uses vocal samples from his video, set to new music. The direct link to the actual tune (no silly flash player bullcrap here) is: http://users.bestweb.net/~pogo/mp3/pcc_jchot_cajun_stir_fry.mp3 (Click here to read the rest)

http://youtube.com/?v=8VhPHtKinmA (Click here to read the rest)

From time to time I have heard of an analog synth module called a "Wave multiplier". Apparently it can add harmonics and otherwise fuck up the waveform. Nice, but that's it actually doing? My interest is to write on and add it to my existing Render Notes 5 software synth. I have googled to figure out the actual algorithm but have only concrete information that I have found are circuit diagrams (which are meaningless to me). Too bad, as I would really like to know what a wave multiplier actually does. Is it just a ring modulator, or something else? (Click here to read the rest)

From the late 80s I remember an industrial tune. I, of course, do not remember what it was called. It may have been by Front Line Assembly. I remember the phrase "deceit, lies, control". (Click here to read the rest)

I haven`t posted on here for a long time, but i had to tell people who would understand my excitement. (Click here to read the rest)

This is a software synth I've been been writing on and off for years. I finally got around to putting it on my page. render_notes_5 is written in c. It can be found on the bottom of my stuff page at: http://www.bestweb.net/~pogo/stuff.html (source only, no binary ... and it works for me just fine, your mileage may vary) (Click here to read the rest)