I just noticed my last post was in 2021. What have I been doing lately? In the spring of 2022 I got into making music. I started out with a Teenage Engineering P.O. 20 and made a few songs. Liked that so I got a P.O. 133 which is a little sampler. That was fun, but the sound quality was meh. Then I bought a Novation Circuit Rhythm. That thing was awesome, but working with samples was kind of limiting so I wanted a synthesizer. So I got a Modal Skulpt which was fun. Then I wanted more power so I got an Arturia MicroFreak. I wanted to like that more than I did, so I sold that. I got a Novation Circuit Tracks which was great, but working with the synths was a pain in the butt because it was all done on the computer. Then I wanted even more synth power so I got an ASM Hydrasynth Explorer. That thing is epic. Love it. The Novations weren’t cutting it so I sold them both and got an MPC One, which is super powerful, but it has some warts (that piano roll is painful.) Finally, I ended up with a Dirtywave M8 which I strangely love. It’s so tedious to use, but I love how small and portable it is and the synth engine is actually pretty nice sounding.

Along the way I dabbled in various software. Sunrizer Synth is really great. Koala Sampler is also fantastic and is a great replacement for the P.O. 133 at a fraction of the cost. It’s 100% worth paying for the full version. I also dabbled with Synthesizer V and AI singing. Super cool and I need to open that app up again (it was pretty pricey.)

Check out my music on SoundCloud.

2023 was the year of radio. It started with a Flipper Zero and ended up being a maintainer on the PortaPack Mayhem project. More on that in another post.