Switch from Renoise to Reaper + Hapax is going well so far. Rebuilt a WIP track; getting external gear going. MIDI clock routed DAW - Hapax - MIDI Thing V2 - Model:Cycles. Audio from M:C and DAW into the modular, where headphones live, so I can sequence modular & drums on Hapax and monitor the lot.

what I had planned: start learning Reaper, rebuilding a WIP track from Renoise, because I think that'll make it much easier to work with externally-recorded audio (I now have quite a lot of physical gear) what I actually did: re-organise modules so that one row of my case isn't dead

Hi, Chloe here, these aren’t newly added but they’re artworks that are still available. Sales have slowed. Just thought I’d mention these as people seemed to like them. Reposts are much appreciated as ever. www.chloecumming.com

how do i love thee? let me count the ways let's live forever in these halcyon days #eurorack #sp404mk2 #modular #synth #music #jamming

Now there's a sight I haven't seen in far too long - everything's unpatched! Yes, this means I finally recorded the piece. Yes, my rack layout sucks. Yes, having it all on such a low table with two of the synths underneath is really bad for my back.

Hell yeah there's a listening party for my new album on Thursday 💥 Hell YEAH I couldn't resist doing a raved out Y2K-ass poster for it 💥 RSVP and get timezone info below - we're gonna have a blast 💖 alphachromeyayo.bandcamp.com/album/dream-... 💖

Well, no recording this weekend. I do have the piece dialled in, for better or for worse (it has its moments but is not going to be a masterpiece), but ran through phone battery attempting to record a clean take, then realised it's 1 AM and I have work today (and wife & baby coming home)

🎵 now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down i'd like to take a minute so just sit right there-e-a would you like to meet hot singles in your area? 🎵

OK, so imagine this, but like... better mixed and without so many timing errors. Not what I was intending to record but I think I'm on to something worth revisiting later

My favorite thing about Bluesky is that it has recaptured the old social media experience of: "I made a cool thing!" "I like your cool thing! I also make a thing." "Thank you. Your thing is also very nice! Someday I may try to make that thing."

If anyone with a dance mat for PC fancies testing this out, gimme a shout and I'll hook you up! 💖

OK FINE I'M CHEATING Recording the two layers of talkbox vocal loop onto my SP404 ahead of the rest of the jam, because juggling a microphone, rubber tubing around my neck, and a "keyboard" made of microswitch buttons is just too much at the same time as everything else.

That moment when you're mid jam and come up with something better than what you were planning and you're like DAMNIT BRAIN STOP SABOTAGING ME

Haha YES it works! 😍 My new album is suuuuuper influenced by DDR so screw it, gonna include the files so people can play a track from it in Stepmania (which is free) This is a rough test, I'll have it properly cooked soon 💖

Just buying some nice unsold original arts

Letting the gear (and room) warm up while I go for lunch. I think the Boog might actually be more drifty than my Erica Synths DIY VCO - don't know whether that's a testament to Behringer's cheapness, mki's design skills, or if real Minimoogs were that bad

Track listing of Atomic Priesthood's first album

I am against all forms of hierarchical organised relig.... wait

Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally

Hey! You there! Musician! In need of artwork for an upcoming single or artwork? Want to stand out but are you on a tight budget that you'd rather spend on VST's, synths or mastering? I've got tons of designs that you can license for a friendly price with or without text or adaptations to your taste.

Maybe Friday. After which I intend to keep things smaller - ideas I can explore in a couple of hours, bigger projects staying in the DAW. (With bits recorded from the modular, absolutely, but no patching entire pieces at once. Gums up the works and prevents me being able to just go in and noodle.)

New hobby: referring to any event that took place before the year 2000 as having happened "in the 1900s"

So, uh, yeah... Over a month later and I still haven't recorded the piece I had patched up here. It's somehow grown even more complex since then. I still want to do it, but time continues to be against me... Am I even a musician any more? Was I ever?

"Car Chase" the first single off my upcoming album NIGHT:SHIFT II: Canine Cop is OUT NOW! Who like's synth solos? Give it a listen! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... Be sure to share it with everyone you know with ears! #synthwave #retrowave #80s

Some days you're Mickey, some days you're the crab

Well sadly my three baby free days ended up more like one, in two halves. So you won't get to hear any of this quite yet. But I've used all bar three of my patch cables and almost every module in the rack to get this next live track going.

Share your best free plugins in the comments! I’ll start. Cymatics Origin. Great for LoFi music.

Alright, I have two baby-free days coming up. Going to try and capture some form of performance of this chill ambient... something... I currently have semi patched up, then maybe revisit and try to finish the most recent more polished, in-DAW album track I have going on. No promises.

Age yourself with your first computer. Acorn were ahead of their time, and it's great to see ARM ascendant. Didn't have a Windows PC at home until 98, IIRC.

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Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with

Let's get some #synthwave and synth-adjacent goodness up here in these blue skies

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they're dealing with.

Hi Bluesky! Here's a late introduction... Cat Temper is my meowsician alias. I mix retro synthpop, punk, hair metal, & 8-bit game sounds. My album titles include homages to bands like Nine Inch Nails ("Kitty Hate Machine"), Meat Loaf ("Cat Out of Hell") & Judas Priest (“Purring for Vengeance”).

Hello, Blue Sky 👋🏼 Our platform is officially now here. We’re the music journal called ABSYNTH. We listen to a lot of music in the “wave” genres and enjoy writing about them - especially synth-based ones. Looking forward to meeting fresh new gems here. www.absynth.space

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Congratulations to the US on the first convicted criminal to become President. This is truly a landmark historical achievement.

Smol potat. 1896. artuk.org/discover/art...

Are you a #musician? Do you need #art for your new single, EP, album, merch, promo, or just because? Send me a DM or email Patrick(at)patrickkingart.com and let's make something great! Check out all my stuff at patrickkingart.com!

... and here's an example of *why* you might want legato playback on a monosynth: a patch with (for example) a slow-decay filter envelope effectively gives you a second timbre "for free" when you control key release. Playing with melody & sound design for a WIP track.

PSA: for anyone wondering whether the Voltage Block in CV clock mode (i.e. "scanning" through the sequence by sending varying voltage to the clock input) interpolates between steps with smoothing on, yes, yes it does. Not a new module, I know, but new to me. #modular #eurorack

Let's try that again now that YT actually recognises this as a Short! (Had to trim it down by literally TWO FRAMES in Resolve to have it recognised as one minute long.) Tiny little tutorial on using utility modules to add legato mode to the KeyStep Pro. #modular #eurorack #synth #keysteppro

Finally got my K340s usable again! A few weeks ago I cut the connector off to try and solder on a balanced jack, failing miserably because the chonky cable wouldn't play ball with such a fiddly thing (and would never have fit through the strain relief). Ended up going pentaconn to 4-pin XLR.

Noticed Color out of Space is now on Prime Video (no idea if this is a recent development, me noticing certainly is). Love that film; all fans of horror, sci-fi, HP Lovecraft, and/or Nicolas Cage owe it to themselves to check it out. Dug up my old musical ode to it open.spotify.com/album/1teVhX...

Got a smattering of new followers having been listed in one of @florgoth.bsky.social's musical "starter packs", much appreciated. 😊 Figured I should post something. Status: got a four month old son, and had just finally resolved some health issues before his birth, so little time for music. 🧵

Betteridge's Law strikes again

Empty house today, finished soldering this beauty. Just a filter, but what a filter it is. Overdrives on the gain (i.e. it is actually gain, not just an attenuator), self oscillates & tracks v/oct, pings well, and has a lovely round, bubbly character to the resonance. The analogue-est of filters.