Posted on 03/02/2016
Acquired: September 2015 This excellent Eurorack module can be used and abused in many interesting ways. It is featured quite heavily in Fluxic Live Studio Concerts. The unit can read WAV samples off a USB memory stick, and grainify them under voltage control. Check it out on MuffWiggler
Posted on 01/02/2016
Fluxic now incorporates a full TV-station With the addition of the Telestream WireCast software for the Mac Pro, future Fluxic events and concerts can now be live streamed directly from the studio. I am currently carrying out experiments with a basic setup of 2 HDMI cameras and a webcam, with extra cameras planned. Expect the first webcast […]
Posted on 19/02/2015
FM or Physical Modelling or…? The Mysteron Eurorack module from MakeNoise is a very potent sound source – especially for hard, percussive and plucked tonal sounds. It can be used by completely itself, simply by triggering the “Excite” inputs. In fact you must trigger the Excite inputs to get sound out of the Mysteron. The sound […]
Posted on 12/02/2014
Posted on 22/05/2013
Surround Monitor controllers come in 2 main flavours – active and passive. The active monitor switchers has circuitry that makes it comfortable and flexible to switch settings. However, this may come at an expense to the sound quality, since the signal passes through additional circuits before hitting your ears. This may lead to misjudgments about […]
Posted on 11/08/2012
Like all the MoogerFooger pedal-style units, the MuRF is built like a tank, and still has that definite Moog look and touch. Controls are reassuringly firm and tight, and the whole thing oozes quality. The sound The MuRF is capable of rhythmic filtering and overdrive of the input material. A range of rhythmic patterns are […]
Posted on 28/07/2011
Two minds alike In a famous collaboration with Harold Bode, Robert Moog and Bode constructed a Frequency Shifter, that was an optional and special module for the Moog Modular systems. It found it’s place large systems like Keith Emerson’s, but is quite rare as a module. The original modular Moog/Bode Frequency Shifter Pedalize it As part […]
Posted on 19/05/2010
Manley gear is built like a tank, but feel like a Rolls-Royce to operate. The Manley Slam preamp circuitry is an absolute winner, with silky top and tight bottom end. And the Compressor/Limiter section gives you that undefinable glue, that melts your stereo mixes together. The Slam is being used as a preamp for recording demanding […]
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 01/01/1995
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 […]