Category: audio software
Digital Signal Procession (DSP),
software synthesis, VSTs / AUs, Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs)
MIDI controllers, GUIs and other illusions.
“sound that isn’t what it looks like”
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(series of) Surgeries on Elektron Octatrack Record A/B
Here is my photo-document of the (multiple) repairs I’ve done on my $1000 sampler. Since purchasing my (used) Elektron OctaTrack, I’ve had to resolder/repair one of the Recorder buttons 3 times (so far). It’s proven more cost- and time-effective than sending it to Sweden, and I’ve (probaly) learned something worth sharing.
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custom PureData suite for improvised computer-music, built for J. Pfeffer
Philadelphia musician and writer Jonathan Pfeffer recruited me to build some tools for custom musical control between his Laptop and his various musical hardware toys. I build him two “patches” in code-free visual language PureData (extended). The “myWhammyJammy” The Whammy effect by Digitech is a foot-controlled pitch-shifter, allowing you to sweep a foot-treadle to bend…