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#off.topic//remember.the.milk

reason — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:36:52 +0000

Just found this great new online/offline organizer thingy. It's really useful for a load of applications, and it's free! It's called Remember The Milk and it's got really everything you need to keep organized - and then some. Now, I'm not associated with this place at all, but I found it quite intriguing that there's so much you can do compared with some other online/offline organizer services, and you can extend it greatly with various applications (mostly from Google). I use Opera personally, but most of the applications actually require Firefox to be installed. Check it out, if for nothing other than the functionality.

If you hadn't noticed, I'm not a fan of Google at all. Google pretty much supports the murder of innocent Tibetans and china's lack of respect to human life.

#soundsets//high.velocity.preview

reason — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:36:09 +0000

Well, I've been very busy as of late with a ton of different projects currently underway. This one is for Wusikstation, and it's called High Velocity. This set is comprised of part ambient, part spacey, part drone-ish sounds with some FX, sequences, and textures tossed in also. These sounds will ALL react in some way to velocity, mod wheel, pitch bend, and/or aftertouch. Velocity is pretty much mapped to something on every one of the presets. Here's a few demo sounds that I put together (using the same MIDI file I created) to show some of the dynamic character of the sounds -

Download

EDIT: Apparently there is a soundset for Wusikstation already in existance from Back In Time Records with a similiar name, and they've politely asked me to change the name and avoid confusion. Since the set is comprised of mostly velocity altering sounds, i thought 'high velocity' would fit nicely.

#news//new.ericsound.plugs

reason — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:25:54 +0000

ericsound plug-ins has just released 2 new plug-ins in VST format, each of which happens to be an EQ. First, there's the FreeeQ V1.3, and then the UniQ v1.0 which is a more advanced version of the former. I'm not going to review them quite yet as i haven't even installed them in the studio, but over the next few days i'll play with them and give a detailed report. as for cost, well, the FreeeQ is free as you may have guessed. the UniQ however is commercial software, but he's adopting the ever popular 'pay-what-you-want' idea. here's a few screenshots before i'm outta here:

#soundsets//FSVA.propack.1.20

reason — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:38:14 +0000

i've updated the filterscape VA propack to 1.2 which includes a set of 'dance plucks' to the bank. the set is made up of short decay pluck/stab type sounds made for dance music production. they obviously can be used in any type of production, but i created these in a demo set @ 140 BPM with a 4-on-the-floor trance drumline and some very fast paced melody/bass combination patterns. total sounds in the set right now are 112, with one more pack to be released this week to make the total 128 sounds. i'll leave the set @ 128 sounds for right now until u-he updates the filterscape set. until then, download and have fun.

#demos//audjoo.helix

reason — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:21:04 +0000

i've created a demo mix for audjoo's helix VSTi synthesizer plug-in, and i'm just not sure if it's trance, dance, elektro, or what. you can have a listen for yourself if you'd like:

Download

helix is a nasty synth with some crazy features. it's probably one of the most full featured synthesizer plugs out there with very high sound quality and huge flexibility - and the CPU is negligible...

#off.topic//down.with.twitter

reason — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:15:24 +0000

no, it's not a new song i'm working on. i've just signed onto twitter, the web-based tracker that allows you to inform people on what you're currently up to. i didn't think it would be of any use to me really, but now i can just refer everyone to my website when they need to find out what's up. sweet. i'll be posting my current projects and actions in the twitter thingy, so if i'm supposed to be doing something for you, take a look on my sidebar and you can see if i've started.

#off.topic//my.RSS.feed

reason — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:17:15 +0000

i've got 2 feed subscribers right now. 2 out of around 400 people a day that come here. that's a very odd stat. most the people that stop by are first time visitors, probably just looking for some music resources and happened to drop into my site. you would figure that i'd have more regulars and not so many first timers, eh? oh well, welcome to my site anyways.

#off.topic//fragile.man.episode.2

reason — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:39:59 +0000

chris blundell has posted yet another clip for his test animation 'fragile man'. this episode is called 'Finding Maddie McCann'. you can find more information on his website - the simulated city. chris writes "Dialogue recording for The Hit squad will be done over the next week I think and then animation production will roll over the next month. We're aiming for September for release, but if its finished before then, then all the better!!"

stay tuned for more info and updates...

#off.topic//fragile.man

reason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:03:56 +0000

chris blundell, creator of the 'lo-fi' animation called the hit squad has created 'a mini series called "Fragile Man" to test out animation techniques for The Hit Squad'. it's obviously a very small animation, but i find it really inteeresting to see things like this unfold and develop into mature ideas. great work chris!

#soundsets//FSVA.propack.update

reason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:42:30 +0000

i've updated the filterscape VA propack soundset to v1.10 which includes a 'bread and butter' sounds category. i really hope i don't have to explain what bread and butter sounds are. either way, there's 32 sounds in the new category which brings the total so far to 96 sounds. i'd like to think that people will leave some feedback about the sounds so that i know i'm on the right track with these, but i know that would be putting way too much confidence in people, so check it out:

LEAVE SOME DAMN FEEDBACK IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE SHIT....

i hope i wasn't too vague with that...here's to hoping i guess. anyways, the new set has mono leads, poly basses, poly leads, and pad sounds. thanks for checking the stuff out and have fun,