Posts Tagged ‘Audio’

Workshop it

In General on 24 June 2009 tagged Art, Audio, critical, design, Music, Visual, work

I’ve been thinking a lot about the creative work I come across, whether in person or online. I’m a big fan of the critique and can lend a critical eye/ear/voice most of the time. I think it’s important to judge a work on its own terms, in a variety of relevant contexts in order to [...]

Beep

In Reviews on 24 November 2008 tagged ambient, Audio, beverages, books, electronic, fantasy, fiction, graphic novel, literature, mastering, movies, Music, plugin, recommended, synth

Recent consumption:

Listening: Monolake in the morning, Biosphere in the afternoon
Watching: My Neighbor Totoro, Dark City (Director’s Cut), Thieves Like Us, Quiet City
Reading: The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll’s House, Coraline, Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Drinking: Starbucks Serena Blend Organic Coffee, Xingu Black Beer, Red Stripe Lager
Playing: Circle Synth, AAS Modeling Collection, iZotope Ozone 3

2008 Sketches for Summer

In Music on 12 August 2008 tagged Audio, dub, electronic, idm, Music, short, sketches

I’ve uploaded an archive of some recent sketches (70.4 MB zip) for your consideration. Most of these are shorter tracks, in the Short Fictions vein, along with two longer pieces. Individual files:

Mad house (sketch) (3:38, 5.3 MB MP3)
Headsville (sketch) (4:19,6.1 MB MP3)
Minimal (sketch) (4:00, 5.9 MB MP3)
Slow rave (sketch) (4:43, 6.8 MB MP3)
Strangler (2008 revision) [...]

Quick look: Intua BeatMaker

In Reviews on 31 July 2008 tagged apps, Audio, ipod touch, mobile, Music, synth

I’ve been using Intua BeatMaker for about a week now on my iPod Touch. It works well as a mobile sketchpad for writing simple tracks of beats and patterns. The user interface took some getting used to, as features are split up between Home, Pads, Sequencer and FX screens. There’s a noticeable lag when [...]

Postcards

In General on 18 February 2008 tagged Audio, electronic, house, micro, minimal, mixing, Music, production, simplicity, sound, techno

In recent weeks, I’ve been rediscovering the state of minimal techno and micro house music. (Aside from playing in the background while I work, I don’t actively listen to much dance music these days.) Doing so makes me want to strip down my device chains in Live to focus more on each individual part. Looking [...]