. . sacred sounds _ affirmation / confession / meditation / adoration / 🤍 Andrew Ostler - The Blind Sublime #andrewostler @expert-sleepers.co.uk #theblindsublime #choral #modernclassicalmusic #coldspringrecords #musicsky 💿 🔊 🎶 andrew-ostler.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...

Out today! "Live at The Voodoo Rooms" captures The Shell's sell-out album launch concert at the iconic Voodoo Rooms ballroom. Available now on Bandcamp (free/pay what you like) and on all good digital music platforms. the-shell.bandcamp.com/album/the-sh...

Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pianodrome...

After discovering him as a solo artist, we find Andrew Ostler in The Shell, a saxophone/synths/drums trio that creates a compelling blend of krautrock, post-rock, and jazz. Discover their sound on @expert-sleepers.co.uk #krautrock #postrock #jazzmusic www.etherreal.com/spip.php?art...

This is tonight! Join us! the-shell.bandcamp.com/merch/the-sh...

I've updated all the postage rates on our Bandcamp. TL;DR customers in the USA will pay an extra £0.50.

I was today years old when I learned that the Japanese for daisy-chain is "daisy-chain". They literally use the English word. Really disappointed there's not some poetic Japanese expression to mean the same thing.

Taking part involves an online questionnaire and would be much appreciated.

New stuff in disting NT firmware v1.9.0. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJg2...

Happy Father’s Day to the wonderful @expert-sleepers.co.uk who, it turns out, has been the poster child (with child) for the wonderful @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social for the past 3 years, which we only recently found out! (Permissions were given to take photos back in the day!) Fabulous.

Congratulations to my amazing wife @melissaterras.bsky.social on her MBE!

playing at Wavetable in Edinburgh tomorrow // many thanks 2 legends @expert-sleepers.co.uk + @simonkirby.bsky.social

May 22. Edinburgh. live modular set. w/@simonkirby.bsky.social and Million Square - @expert-sleepers.co.uk - www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/6582ad9...

disting NT firmware v1.8.0 is released.

Great review of the disting NT in the new Sound On Sound!

The FH-2 is back in stock, and has been updated to "Rev 2". This new revision adds a Select Bus connection, which can be used for MIDI input and output.

Had to share this: reverb.com/item/8859057...

Demos of some recently added disting NT factory presets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYpU...

From firmware v1.7.0 the disting NT has a C++ API, allowing you to write your own algorithms as plug-ins. There is also support for converting DSP code written in Faust to the module. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYje...

Lua Script algorithms were added in firmware v1.6.0 and refined in v1.7.0. In this video, I demonstrate some scripts created by users since the feature was added. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL2V...

We're delighted to announce "pianola" by small changes. small changes is the alter ego of Electrum Modular: www.youtube.com/@electrummod...

Firmware v1.7.0 for the disting NT is now released. Notably, there is now a C++ plug-in API, and a toolchain for converting all the lovely DSP programs written in Faust. Also, significant updates to the Looper and the Kirbinator. #expertsleepers #eurorack #modularsynth #distingnt #faustdsp

An interesting KSOLOTI BIG GENES patch I've created. Here's a demonstration videogram showing my hands using it and an @expert-sleepers.co.uk Disting EX, to make sweet ambient tones! @thonksynth.bsky.social youtu.be/kmfgtpQRQ2I

Nearly completely sold out across the Synth East events now with a couple of weeks to go. Thank you everyone for the support, it's fantastic to see it being successful like this. Get your ticket before they're gone!

disting NT firmware v1.6.0 is released. The big news this time is Lua scripting. Also the pitch tracker/harmonizer from the disting EX has been ported.

I’ve been looking forward to this one. Certainly a weighty tome!

My preferred kind of Pair Programming.

Lua scripting allowing people to fulfill feature requests I’ve never gotten around to.

Firmware v1.5.0 adds the "Poly Resonator" algorithm, which is essentially a polysynth where each voice is a Mutable Rings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS1Z...

Porting the Tracker from the disting EX. Sax going into the NT, being harmonised. NT also synthesising the harmony voices.

Work in progress - multiple playheads on a disting NT Step Sequencer, to enable fugues etc. with shared notes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR17...

New issue of Waveform arrived.

Finished ‘Inside’. Excellent game, thoroughly recommended.

'Inns Of Molten Blue' by @expert-sleepers.co.uk - some glorious ambient saxophone tracks to finish the work day... andrew-ostler.bandcamp.com/album/inns-o...

I always thank Siri after they’ve done something for me and I always get a “you’re welcome”. I’d love to know the stats on how many people do this.

Played my first gig with the Positive Grid Spark Link wireless thingie on the sax. It is *so nice* not to have to worry about tripping over or tangling cables.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNdm... That's me on sax.

Another review today, this time from Waveform Magazine: "A beautiful release." waveformmagazine.com/waveform-rev...

Thanks to Anxious Musick Magazine for this great review of my album "The Blind Sublime". anxiousmagazine.pl/recenzje/and...

disting NT firmware v1.5.0 is released.