January 19, 2026 from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Scheduled Vidcasts Webcast

Tonight’s’ episode will involve computers.

Apple software subscriptions?
Aging (and failing) Acer replaced
Catagorizing software synths (at least, the ones I have)

(NOTE: I was experimenting with a slight lighting change. Largely a fail.)

TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
09:30 Show open and What’s in The Jam
12:10 Have Apple lost their minds? Creator Studio subscription?
16:40 Fender Studio 8 and other music software acquisitions that failed (and some that didn’t).
23:55 Old laptop replaced by new Mac Mini
29:40 Wireless lavalier mic rant
32:00 Leviasynth commentary
42:25 I don’t know that I need more Polybrute than what I have (or more hardware than I have) and chatter about various synths.
46:40 Korg native apps
47:40 Roland and Yamaha comments
56:15 Classifying synths — didn’t happen — got derailed again
57:42 FM synthesis
58:30 Back to Korg native apps
1:07:00 Some Ensoniq discussion
1:20:28 ‪@synthseeker‬ is late
1:20:45 YouTube chat still slightly broken, and I don’t want to code
1:25:10 Sorta a recap leading into
1:26:25 Goodnight all
1:27:00 The Closing Jam
1:30:19 End transmission

My latest release, Apythmenos, at Bandcamp: https://gerenm.bandcamp.com/album/apy…

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LINKS:
Apple Creator Studio: https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-s…
ASM Leviasynth: https://www.ashunsoundmachines.com/le…
Leviasynth playlist: • Introducing LEVIASYNTH from Ashun Sound Ma…
Synth Stop YouTube channel: / @synthstop
My music gear: https://gerenm.net/about/music-gear/
Increasingly Obsolete Disaster Room Studio wiring diagram: https://gerenm.net/the-disaster-room-…
SnapShots by GerenM: https://snapshots.gerenm.net
Follow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gerenm.bsky….