Posted on 01/01/1998
The PCM-80 is one of the later quality Lexicon hardware digital reverbs and the successor of the venerable PCM-70. A very good sounding device, with quality convertors and digital I/O that allows you to match it with DAWs and digital mixers. It contains the acclaimed Lexicon reverb algorithms, but also sports a wide range of other […]
Posted on 01/07/1997
Establishing the Home Base. In the mid 90’s it became increasingly clear that Internet was about to take off big time. And that it would be useful for someone like myself. So without knowing too much about that new technology, I rushed to acquire some strategic domain names to be prepared for the things to […]
Posted on 02/08/1996
Although my trusty Akai S-1000/1100/3200 samplers had been expanded up to the full 32MB memory, and were able to hold great many samples (enough to produce full tracks), there was still a need for a device that could hold very long stereo samples, and even whole mixes. Akai saw this need, and launched the solution […]
Posted on 09/08/1995
Since the beginning of recorded music, there has been a need to store and recall your sound and mix parameters. The more advanced the recording sessions – the more more urgent the need. The need for mix automation and management.
Posted on 01/08/1995
Hardware dominance. In the start 1990s the world of sampling was dominated by hardware samplers from Akai, E-mu, Roland, Sequential and Ensoniq and a few more. Each hardware sampler had a set of basic digital processing tools available for the loaded samples. Going virtual But with the appearance of the Sound Designer II audio editor from Digidesign, […]
Posted on 01/07/1995
Posted on 01/07/1995
Eurorack is a specification for modular synthesizers, invented by Dieter Doepfer in 1995. Using the classic synthesizer CV/Gate interconnections Doepfer created a string of modules for his system, and other manufacturers eventually followed. From 2010 and onwards the format has grown dramatically, with many smaller boutique manufacturers making specialised modules – all following the same […]
Posted on 18/04/1995
[gdlr_divider type=”solid” size=”100%” ] The digital detangler. This is one of those boxes for the recording studio that does not make a sound of its own, but makes life a whole lot easier especially for large setups. The Akai DP-88 allows you repatch your full digital audio setup in a split second, by using the […]
Posted on 01/01/1995
I have created a fully integrated Logic Pro X MIDI sysex editor for the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter MIDI Sound module. The editor mimics the functionality of the original MPG-80 programmer for the MKS-80 and adds several extra features: Simultaneous view of the Upper and Lower parts for easier layering of sounds Arpeggiator A Chase […]
Posted on 11/01/1994
Some 5 years after moving in on first floor in the backyard building on Gammel Kongevej 47B, Copenhagen, I got the chance to get an additional 85 m2 space in a small adjacent free-standing building. The owners of the building were known to be quite tough businessmen, with connections to “well known organised MC clubs”, […]