THE ANSWER.

I MISSED DONALD GLAUDE AND JELO.

Not real impressed ... I wanted to go to this last night - why, oh why, did last night have to be a Wednesday??

Evan sent this to the "activate" group on FaceBook:

thanks to those that made it out to Budo last night.

while it sucked DJ Sneak cancelled on us, we ended up being treated to DONALD GLAUDE & JELO going back to back all night. And with no cover at the door even. Donald said this was the most intimate gig he'd played in well over a decade.

I'd say that's a pretty fair trade.

Grrrr...

MIDIBOX SID: FINALLY SOME PROGRESS!

Take a look just a couple posts down at Wilbas's MIDIbox SID. After years of puttering, that world is finally about to become a reality for me!

For years I've been pondering building something just like it. The obstacle has always been the modular nature of the MIDIbox hardware platform: too many individual, oversized modules for such relatively simple circuits. I had plans to combine several Core PIC modules and several SID chips all on to one circuit board, miniaturize it some and build a kickass desktop SID synth.

Wilba has done just that, and has now organized a group buy for his circuit boards and front panel. The PCB order has been placed, and I'm in on it. I'll probably pick up a front panel too.

If all goes as planned, I'll have this SID synth built and running by the end of the year.

Meanwhile, this video was posted about a year ago to demonstrate some of the aciddy sounds just a single SID is capable of. The unit you see here is the first actual MIDIbox SID, all put together in a used C64 case.

My instrument will have 4 SIDs and a case similar to Wilba's.

It's not too late to jump on the group buy bandwagon, but by this time tomrrow, it might be! All the info you need is in the MIDIbox forum.

FLORIAN SCHNEIDER: WACKETTY SCHMACKETTY DOOOOOO

Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider has a sense of humour after all!

MORE FROM THE TECHNICIANS.

Just when you thought you had learned all that Mr. Brady and Mr. Cornwell had to teach, another smashingly informative video is released by Museum Of Techno.

FREESPACE: NEBULA LIVE 2007-08-24.

I am set once more to unleash audio chaos on yet another unsuspecting group on Aug. 4. FreeSpace is throwing a cheap fundraiser for the First Nations land reclamation at Caledonia.

Other artists of note: Rollin' Cash, Azakite, Evolve, Paranoize, Kneptune, Davy (the Smoky One).

I may talk a bit more about it here, but the party is low-profile so I am not likely to post details in public view. Contact me if you want/need more data.

BTW: Thanks again, Jos, for the pic of me circa 2002. Let me know if that bandwidth thing is a problem. :)

WILBA'S BEAUTIFUL MIDIBOX SID.

From the "more-than-an-afternoon-project" department, just look at this fantastic MIDIBOX SID, made with 8 Commodore SID chips. Wilba designed custom circuit boards and a gorgeous front panel, and had them professionally fabricated.

SID is the unique sound chip found in the Commodore 64 computer. MIDIBOX SID is an open-source project that uses these ICs (you need to sacrifice Commodore 64s) to make a MIDI-controlled synthesizer. The sounds are amazing.

This article's title is a clickable link to the MIDIBOX message board article with more information and pictures of this amazing homebrew creation.

BILL BAILEY KRAFTWERK PARODY.

THE HOKEY COKEY.




This is pretty damn silly, and doesn't sound much like Kraftwerk, but Dieter from 'Sprockets' ain't got nuthin on this crew!

OM REUNION PICNIC THIS WEEKEND.

Assuming she is for it, Sarah and I will be going to Hanlan's Point this Saturday for another Om Reunion Project get:together ... this time in the form of a picnic.

Title is a link to the details!

HI THERE.

I've never done anything like this before. I have no idea what I'm doing. I think I'll be putting things that catch my attention here.

For what it's worth, I got the inspiration to do this from matrixsynth.

If you have a gmail account, Blogger is a snap to set up. If you don't, and you know me, send me an email and I'll invite you.