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Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Thursday, April 27, 2006

I’m absolutely in love with the music of Lizzy Mercier Descloux. Her records have been hard to find and have been long out of print – but that’s no longer an issue as ZE Records is planning on re-releasing her entire discography. The no-wave “Press Color” and worldbeat “Mambo Nassau” have already been available, but […]

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Clavia Nord Electro goes 3.0

Monday, March 27, 2006

The Clavia Nord Electro has been updated to OS version 3.0 and the update includes two new piano samples. You can get more information from Clavia’s site. I will write again after I’ve updated and tried it out.

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Hammond

Thursday, March 2, 2006

There’s a Hammond wiki for fans of the classic organ. The site has a useful guide to those  all important drawbar registrations. There’s also info on Hammond clones, assuming you aren’t going to buy a real one, or much worse, try to move one.

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Horrifying

Monday, February 27, 2006

The Aphex Twin video for “Windowlicker” is perhaps the most horrifying music video I’ve ever seen – but I can’t stop watching it.

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Air Guitar Kills

Monday, February 27, 2006

I don’t usually expect to find out something horrifying when I visit the Music Thing blog. Save for Bob Moog’s unfortunate demise from a brain tumor the news is generally positive. Today is an exception, in this post, Music Thing reports a casualty of overenthusiastic air guitar.

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Clavia Nord Modular Comparison Chart

Monday, February 27, 2006

Thanks to MatrixSynth blog for unearthing this Nord Modular comparison chart. The chart provides a nice summary of the capabilities of the various editions of the Nord Modular (my favorite synth.) As people have moved on to the G2, the earlier editions have begun coming down in price and Micro Modulars and Classic Modulars are […]

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Yamaha DX-7II Manual

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Here is the Yamaha DX-7II Manual, in case you need it.

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VST Mellotron

Monday, February 20, 2006

Recently, I was looking around for a mellotron simulation that I could use as a VST Instrument. It turns out there is a free one available at Tweakbench. The instrument, Tapeworm. It features flute, strings, choir and brass based on remasters of original mellotron sounds. The original sounds themselves are available from this site.

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