Scott From Canada
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I am always working on new music but I’m pretty slow. I do have 2 new CDs in the works though and hopefully they will be released in the next year.
This is a central location with blog posts about my synthesizers and guitars, as well as links to music and photos. Sorry about having to sign up to post comments but without that I get thousands of spam posts every day.
Toys. More toys. So addictive!! Must stop. I bought a Moogerfooger MF-101 on eBay last week and it arrived yesterday. Fantastic pedal, gives me a real Moog filter for my modular system. It sounds great! Then this morning, after seeing Tony Miracle of Venus Hum tweet about how much fun they were, I decided to …
Well I took on the job of recording some theremin sounds and ringtones. It’s a lot harder than it looks! But a very cool sound when combined with the space echo’s reverb. In other news, here’s a tip for people trying to upgrade the Prophet 12 OS: Make sure you get the right file!! Don’t …
Saturday I decided it was time for something new. Something really new, not just another old synth. I really like the old ones and would love to pick up a few more, like say a Roland SH01 or 02, and of course, a Yamaha CS-70 or 80 but the problem is repairs. Old stuff breaks …
First of all, sorry if I’ve missed or deleted any messages or users but I get hundreds of fake users and fake messages every week and it’s very hard to spot the real ones in all that noise. I sure wish something would be done about these…. people. Anyway, I’ve been taking a bit of …
More new modules arriving! I wish I had more time to use them! The system has grown a lot in 6 months. So far my favorite is the Audio Damage Freqshift. Fantastic Frequency Shifter module that works will on external signals as well as internal stuff. Very unique sounds! I can see using it on …
Well, It’s been a rough 2 months. Back pain hit on thanksgiving back in October and then just as it was almost better it hit again HARD around mid November. Worst pain I’ve ever felt. So I’ve been in bed or on the couch as much as possible since then letting it heal. I can …
Well unfortunately, massive lower back pain has stopped me from sitting in my chair and doing more writing and recording recently. In fact, for about 2 months so far. But i hasn’t stopped me from buying more modules! I have most of what I want now, although there are a few more things still coming …
I finally got 6 more Doepfer modules! Another oscillator, another ADSR, another Multi, and a VC phaser, Distortion/Waveshaper and an A-112 8-bit sampler. All very cool and useful but the sampler is definitely going to take a lot of experimenting with to find good ways to use it. I have already ordered 2 more and …
I’ve always loved the sound of those 1970s string machines and always wanted one but never did get one… until now! I found a cheap one at a music store in Ottawa and promptly ordered it! Finally I have an Elka Rhapsody 490! And it’s a fairly early one too, serial # 503. I love …
Well the strange buzzes and dropouts I’ve been getting with my Korg M3-m for the last couple of years came to an end a few days ago when it died. I figured all along it was a power supply problem and that was confirmed when I opened it up to check the voltages. It turned …
I’ve already made my first modification to my Doepfer A-110 oscillators. For some reason they have set the Tue knob range to only a single tone up or down. One thing I do a lot is offset the oscillators by a fifth so this wasn’t going to do! So I contacted Doepfer and they told …
I have learned the first lesson about recording a modular synthesizer: Record a reference pitch first! There is no auto-tune or built-in reference tone so you could be tuned to anything! Fortunately the first 2 things I recorded seem to be in tune… hopefully. This Doepfer modular is capable of some pretty amazing sounds. The …
Well yesterday my Doepfer Basis System 2 arrived. Finally! 7 weeks after ordering it! I think it will be worth the wait, and the cost, and the upgrade costs. It sounds very powerful and I can see how it will suck up a lot of my time and money for a while! I’ve already learned …
Still working on new songs for another CD. It’s going very slowly! It should be an interesting and diverse collection of songs though. Also, last week I ordered the Doepfer Basic 2 modular. It’ll be about 3 weeks before it arrives. This should be interesting.
I’ve added a couple of new effects recently. First I got a Boss RE-20. It’s a digital emulation of the original re-201 space echo and man is it awesome!! It’s incredible the sounds you can get out of this thing! If you think it’s just an “echo”, guess again. The echos morph and flange and …
Just got another new Tomita release, this time he redid The Planets. He used a few new instruments on it including the Roland Gaia SH-01 and the Jupiter 80. Sounds fantastic! Very inspiring. Good to know he’s still working. I hope this means he will remix The Bermuda Triangle in 5.1 soon!! I’m slowly getting …
Last week I finally got a new computer after about 8 years of suffering with the old one. Pretty big speed difference! Especially since I now have an SSD for the system drive and another one for the audio files. But the problem is I went from 32bit XP to 64bit Windows 7. A lot …
I have put some of my songs on Soundcloud for easy access. Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/scott-from-canada
Wooooo! Korg has made the ms-20 mini official! http://www.korg.com/News.aspx?id=6027 Available in April. Can’t wait!! Also, Dave Smith announced the Prophet 12. Amazing, but I don’t have $3000 to spend on it. Now if only we could get a reissue of the Arp Odyssey and 2600…
Two weeks off of working on music so far due to some illness. Not sure what it is. The Flu is pretty popular this year and maybe that’s it but this is totally lower GI so I don’t think so. Pretty painful at times but Pepto Bismal is my new best friend. I lost almost …