Announcement:
I will perform a live session with the modular synth in Tokyo under the new alias Halt! Run! in April.
Details will be shared as we get closer, but all will be recorded and shared afterwards.
Onwards and Upwards!
Announcement:
I will perform a live session with the modular synth in Tokyo under the new alias Halt! Run! in April.
Details will be shared as we get closer, but all will be recorded and shared afterwards.
Onwards and Upwards!
The one thing I will take with me into 2018 is stop making excuses and just get down to making more music! I might not update the blog more frequently, but I WILL make more music in 2018.
What is the one bullet YOU will take with you into the next year?
Last night I got around to desolder and replace the transistor in my simple Bazz Fuss circuit.
Getting it off the board proved every little bit as frustrating as I had imagined, and I ended up demolishing it to a point where it could not be tested for functional errors.
Either way, I soldered in a new one and tried it out.
Unfortunately it made not difference. The clean, bypassed signal sounds normal, but as soon as I engage the effect I get this oddly clipped, blorring and ‘farting’ sound which increases in awfulness as I turn up the volume.
It is a distorted signal, but somewhere something is still way off….
If you have any tips or thoughts, please share in the comments.
I got a package in the mail today containing a DIY pedal kit, Der Angel from Musikding.
This is the first time I order from them, but based on the service and the quality of the packaging I suspect it wont be the last.
Let’s see when I can carve out some time to actually solder it together :).
It’s really odd to switch like this from being heavily into electronica and synthesisers to going 100% into the guitar again.
But there’s something very immediate about it that really appeals to me right now. No cables to connect, no software to update, no keyboard shortcuts to remember or midi timing issues to worry about. Just pick up the guitar and play.
If I’m feeling adventurous I might just turn the amp on… Maybe even a pedal or two.
And, almost out of sight, in the corner of my eye sits the one piece I couldn’t let go of. My Native Instruments Maschine. Actually the piece that started me down the electronica path back in 2012.
I’m holding off for the moment. Savouring in my mind the moment I’ll start playing with it again…
Another great thing about the guitar is that I suck at it.
It’s great because it means there is no pressure to be creative yet. No stress to create actual music or publish polished tracks. For now it’s all about learning the basic handling.
Chords, scales, picking and strumming…
Kind of meditative in a way.