Polyend Tracker — Joyous Test
As you may already know, I recently acquired a Polyend Tracker. It was not something I’d planned to buy.
It was on sale….
GerenM is Geren Mortensen, a musician and photographer based in Westminster, Maryland.
As you may already know, I recently acquired a Polyend Tracker. It was not something I’d planned to buy.
It was on sale….
Jamming is not exactly the word I’d use to describe working with the Polyend Tracker, but for lack of a better word, it’ll do for now. Making music with it is a process. It’s actually a fairly enjoyable process, though, once you start to get… Read More »Tracker First “Jam”
Never let it be said that I’m one to turn down a good deal … And now, I have a Polyend Tracker.
As you may or may not know, I’ve been to Knobcon, the annual electronic music convention held each September in Schaumburg, Illinois. It’s probably America’s biggest synth festival, and attracts manufacturers and electronic musicians and synth-tubers from all over the country and even some from… Read More »What Happens at Knobcon…
I consume a lot of content on YouTube. Probably too much. But I get a lot out of it, and I’ve learned a lot about different techniques, software, and gear for both music and photography — mostly from a few key YouTube content creators. While… Read More »Some Favorite Music-Related YouTube Channels
Space-Ambient Drone music, perfect to put on in the background and veg out to. Enjoy! (UPDATED with corrected audio! IT sounds much better now!)
I made a new noise this evening. It started out to be another “audition” for Autochroma. And then I remember I’d wanted to try using PaulXStretch, too. One thing led to another, as it usually does. Oh, yeah. Stepic is involved, too.
Dark Days is the result of a seemingly simple community challenge from Free Beat — use a provided sample and create a song. Beyond that, there were no real rules or limitations imposed.
“Sonic Potions and Erica Synths joined efforts to develop a drum machine that would stand apart from the masses and the LXR-02 was born. The LXR is a fully-fledged digital drum machine with an integrated sequencer. Its sound engine provides 6 different instruments, each with… Read More »Erica Synths LXR-02 Drum Synthesizer
Way back in the day, Bob Moog designed a fabulous synth which was manufactured by Crumar in Italy. Very few were made then. And now, a few more are going to be made (100, to be exact) following the same design with but a few touch-ups
Behringer has done a really nice job of capturing the essence of the Prophet-600 with the GliGli and even taken it a couple steps further. It is most certainly worth the $400USD price tag if you’re in the market for a great sounding, real analog, vintage-style synth module!
Seems Korg listened and learned that, for the price, the Nautilus workstation didn’t offer everything that customers want, so they’ve made new versions with aftertouch. Still not poly aftertouch, but, better than nothing. And, the price will be the same as the non-aftertouch models (prior… Read More »Korg Add Aftertouch to Nautilus
My friend Kevin sent me a link this morning to a video on YouTube; Procol Harum’s Whiter Shade of Pale illustrated by AI. The creator of the video had used MidJourney to create all the images, and had created an image for each line of the song.