Building the Beast: My Journey to a Large Analog Synthesizer
How I built a large analog modular synthesizer to capture the organic sound of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and 70s pioneers.
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Posts, technology logs, studio notes, and ongoing AERA signals.
Back to 1981: Recreating the Roland Jupiter 8
Recreating the Roland Jupiter-8, the 'final boss' of analog poly synths: the build, the filters and that creamy yet aggressive sound.
Creating Music with an Atari Falcon030
Why I built my studio around a 1992 Atari Falcon030: a production-grade music computer with a disciplined, focused workflow.
Yamaha CS-80: Engineering the Blade Runner Sound
Black Corporation's Deckard's Dream: building a recreation of the Yamaha CS-80, the synth behind Vangelis' Blade Runner sound.
Reclaiming the Oberheim OB-X Sound
Reclaiming the Oberheim OB-X sound of Rush's Subdivisions: building a polyphonic synth around discrete voice cards.