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thinking about the first cd masterings we did back in the days i mostly remember the phrase the opening track has to be loud. admittetly when playing back a brand new cd the speaker should be pumping or you’ll gonna be disappointed. however good dynamic response is a must, for this has been one of the killer features when compact discs were introduced. nowadays peak meters barely move anymore and music suffers from flat overcompressed programme material:
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fun with breadboards:

electronic circuits tend to be really simple when it comes to basic applications. like the simple LFO found at machines.hyperreal.org/categories/DIY/schematics/LFO.circuit.txt. a repetetive modulation is just one of the most desired effects, and one never got enough sources to create tremolos, vibratos or slow rising sweeps. unlike modern ‘closed’ synthesizers where the modulation matrix is limited by whatever is built in, the analog/modular domain offers plenty of modulation inputs (aka CV). time to build one, two, many LFOs ;)
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why should music producers always release on vinyl, cd or mp3 only? i get you the raumagent alpha sound for your home studio: here comes REALLY SIMPLE DCF, my new music application for commodore 64:

sounds like: »this.

about the program »info [myspace/raumagentalpha] und download.
even more »about the code [robotsinmotion.com]

recently my friend dirk lent me his LinnDrum so i was in chance to play around with that legendary drum machine (which is quite
enjoyable…). however, since it did neither got any MiDi modifications nor a sync box, it has been somehow authistic and i wanted to integrate my other studio equipment.
without buying some synchronizer i needed some workaround and finally i found out how to sync that LinnDrum to logic (or any other sequencer) without additional hardware (except for some soundcard or sampling unit):

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