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Thanks :) Did some light noodling the other evening, it's definitely fun. The touch plates give me a "I've got a Buchla Easel for Kids!" warm fuzzy vibe :lol

Guilty as charged, and the price point absolutely helped any squeamishness on my part :lol Plus, it'll be an excuse to fidget around with my more "guitar-y" mono in/out FX pedals.

I'll have to...

Wow, you're super welcome!

Thanks for the various kind mentions of Festival too :) Guess I'd better do a follow-up one of these years :lol

In random unrelated news, while grabbing a spare Y cable at GuiTarget this past weekend, I apparently had a "splurge urge" and walked out with that Stellar-edition Microfreak (basically the same...

Well, Circuit City was headquartered in Richmond where I lived so yeah, they had some of their biggest/flagship stores in the neighborhood :) Not that it helped them much, mind you!

Many old...

I listened to this too, although with an album as eclectic and widely-varied it's hard to offer a solid first impression ;) But I dig it, lots of interesting ideas and quirky surprises from song to...

(trying to make good on a promise to myself to be better about listening to more member stuff on PE)

I enjoyed this...in places it reminded me of stuff like Hammock and other shoegazers.

I like the tune! The organ and gradual pacing had me imagining Rick Wright alone in a studio at 3 AM in the early 70's :)

I also had fun trainspotting the different famous people in the art bits...

Hell, I worked at Circuit freaking City from 96-09 and THEY used to have a killer selection. I remember picking up lots of One Way stuff for cheap at Circuit: Jobson's Zinc album, Gentle Giant,...

Oh yeah...even into the 90's, going to Sam Ash in NYC was like going to Virgin or Tower in NYC. They were destinations and the stock was a wonderland inside.

You know what's crazy? Back in the 00's there was a Sam Ash and a GuiTarget right next door to each other in Richmond near where I lived. Neither one had more than a handful of customers at any...

Ooooh, nice!

I suspect an A-frame keyboard stand could handle that. Speaking purely for myself, once I knew the overall footprint of the stand I'd go get a comparable rectangle-sized piece of plywood and a set...

Good question! They're running a big Voltage Modular sale right now, no mention of "coming soon" or any teasers. My guess is we'll see something new no later than May :up

Not sure what I'd be...

So yeah...as a "getting feet wet with hardware/software integration" I think it's an interesting and cool first step. It does make sense; most of us who play live aren't typically doing deep editing...

She IS great about that...certainly far, far better than I am about it!

In fairness, there is a separate sub-forum for self-promotions like this (two actually, either "What's On / What's New" and the "Artists Forum." It was a little bit "clickbaity" to put "Lost TD...

Fantastic news!

And that was a great tip, Mr. Miller :)

Hmmm....that is definitely weird. Seems like the modwheel is somehow mapped to a bad control message? Especially since it works fine outside of the DAW.

That IS weird! If you record some MIDI in Cubase by moving the mod wheel, what CC is it generating?

If you click on the link from Google, does it actually go to a valid item for sale?

Google is an aggregator, and sometimes it serves up results that WERE valid but are now stale.

Good news for people who like good news and don't love absurd 2nd-hand prices:

https://burningshed.com/tangerine-dream_pilots-of-purple-twilight_boxset

Oh sweet! Happy to throw them the coin (or NOK as it were) on BC :)

Thanks for the heads up, dude!

Looks fun!

Can't make the show, got a conflict...but this HAS persuaded me to break out the three 80's albums for a revisit soon :up

Random/ironic: even though I think I like Beat least of the album trio,...

It's a really cool album, got it a few weeks ago and have really enjoyed it :up

Anyone who says they like Talk is clearly a liar whose opinions on music simply cannot be trusted.

I like Talk :)

So this is kind of weird and interesting...kind of reminds me of a Linnstrument but it has a slightly sleeker look (and much lower price point):
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Ah, ok! It's from a Spitfire library: Cinematic Percussion if memory serves :up

:horns:lol:horns

At it's best, it makes me think of what a black metal band would sound like if someone stole all their distortion pedals. And guitars :lol

Random aside: one of my weirdly-favorite memories from Big Ears was Ian and I seeing Faust and Tony Conrad's Ensemble (featuring Laurie Anderson as a sub for Conrad himself) do Outside the Dream...

Again....HUGELY flattered and grateful for the kind words, sir :)



Always happy to hear something new from you! Looking forward to it already :)

The synth tone that is kind of prominent at...

Awww damn, thanks Pat. Means a ton coming from you :) The whole EP is actually available via a link in the description because apparently I love being obtuse...but here's a more direct link for...

Spent some time on Shudder this past weekend watching movies that definitely made me need a hug afterwards:

You'll Never Find Me: minimal actors, minimal setting, utter claustrophobia as the...

I know I was around early on and even egged a few folks into giving it a stab, but I'm kind of in this boat as well and that's why I've not appeared the last couple of post-'Rona Big Ears. I'd love...

Just to chime in, it's great to finally have a legit/correct/legal edition of Dance in the Age of Enlightenment, so thank you very much for making this a reality. And I will pounce on any official...

I'm still out there plugging away :)

Finished an EP as a gift to my partner for her birthday last week. She is happy to have me share it with others. Not terribly proggy, more orchestral than...

:lol

I haven't...not sure I've even seen one in the wild just yet.

Yeah, we've all heard Samurai of Prog.

I actually listened. It was singularly unique, that's for certain.

Yep, great fun at parties, plus I save a TON on earplugs 'cause I can just tie 'em in knots and stuff 'em back in. Also helps drown out all the screaming from people nearby :up

:lol

I'm holding out for the 200-disc megabox from whatever Gonzo calls itself these days, featuring repackaged bootlegs sourced mostly from beer-soaked cassettes and housed in a 1/8th replica of Jon...

Yeah, it's a definite winner and I also thought Sessuale II was the bomb :horns

I'm slightly bummed, they'll be in the area on tour in another week or so but I already have tickets to see Swans...

And if that rocks your world Piskie, definitely check out the Ash Ra reunion "Friendship!" :up

I rather like "In Blue" so here are a few other late-era faves:

Continuum
Deus Arrakis
Are You Sequenced?

Farscape & Rheingold (both with Lisa Gerrard...technically Rheingold is a live album...

Klaus Schulze recalled some story along the way about Froese yelling at him for introducing tape FX or something while they were in TD together, which helped KS move on. And I recently read Steve...

Yep, I went for the 3-octave as well. It even includes the cables!

That's just CRAZY talk :lol

I *almost* sprang for their last Kickstarter, a very cool physical modeling synth that had the same tech as the Loom integrated into the device.

Sooooo....not to be "that guy who is constantly going on and on about MPE and things" but I'm totally going to be "that guy who is constantly going on and on about MPE and things" :lol

This is a...

Roy Batty wins from beyond the grave: RIP epic "that guy" M. Emmet Walsh:

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/m-emmet-walsh-dead-blade-runner-1235947723/

I wouldn't want to risk having you miss out by swiping a copy :lol



IMHO Covenant was the rare movie that had stink so strong it actually tainted the previous movie for me, and now I can't...

That sounds like work, man.... :lol

Not a bad idea, actually...I own damned near everything from SM that I can find but it's been a while since I gave many of them a proper listen. No time like...

Hey, speaking of Aliens?


https://youtu.be/GTNMt84KT0k

Aliens franchise has had a pretty low batting average for a long time now. But, Predator got Prey which was pretty terrific so I guess...

Light Echoes is fabulous, still probably my favorite of Moore's solo releases (with Pangaea Ultima a close second).

I have the new Zombi on BC preorder, looking forward to hearing the full album...

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Shucks, finally lost my last remaining bragging rights on ya, Ian ;):lol

(Congratulations, sounds like it was fabulous :horns)

And 100% agreed...it's an amazing film. Never thought I'd be telling random people to go see a Godzilla movie but....here we are :)

Typically the Toho Godzilla films make a limited showing in the North American theaters; I saw the prior film Shin Gojira in a theater when it came out. But to your point, typically those are VERY...