Call me Synthnerd

some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think

perpetuating closure, by kevin sanders 2 track album

Dropped this earlier, for those interested in tape and electronic gargle: hairdryerexcommunication.bandcamp.com/album/perpet...

Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead Another blow to PC gaming.

Well shit.

www.theverge.com/news/837594/...

We don't think about 2026 until it's several weeks into 2026, thanks.

Good shout. I was going to say I was looking for the mythology but ran out of characters in the post 🤦

Frustratingly, I only found two refs on my shelf: one's Apollodorus, a solitary name drop in an appendix; the other is an old dictionary of allusion that is also fails to cite the source. I once read someone describe Fry as "the stupid person's thinking person" which is a little harsh, but...

I'd love to ride my autism bike, but the seat appears to be a child's windmill.

This looks like a good little wavetable synth, but would it have killed Waldorf to make envelope parameters at least shift+twiddle on four knobs? Really?

Microgramma as well, not that newcomer Eurostile... Used to get through a lot of Letraset back in the day. Sometimes miss drawing boards.

YouTube video by Ben Swithen Trans Theft Horso gameplay trailer

One of the funniest trailers for the #AdventureX was Trans Theft Horso. Especially thanks to @benjamilian.bsky.social 's excellent rhyming. The melody is so catchy, the songs of the game will follow you around for days. Thanks.

🦨 www.youtube.com/watch?v=22mG...

YouTube video by Bay Mud How I Made a Full Remix Using Only The Novation Circuit Rhythm

Brought out the Circuit Rhythm sampler to both fight GAS and make a full remix for a friend youtu.be/YAbGS0hz9e4 #electronicmusic #remix #circuitrhythm

These things are underrated. Could do with another pair of outs though.

Edward ye Frogge looks upon my works and despairs.

Yes I did spend my Saturday evening deriving a formula for calculating resistor ratios to give specific maximum boost and cut range for an EQ I'm working on. I've earned a beer I think.

Fingers needing smaller fingers on them is indeed a problem of our times

Oh no

*thinks*

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Phonic were similarly positioned to Alesis and Samson back then I think. They had a couple of graphic EQs and a compressor, but except maybe a digital delay, I don't remember them going into effects. PA stuff mostly. Solid but not fancy.

The gubbins inside a Phonic PMC-12 mixer from the early 90s. All the channels are on separate PCBs, which is handy. Built like a tank.

The front panel of a Phonic PMC-12 mixer from the early 90s. This was a modest budget unit back in the day, and is huge and heavy compared to modern kit with more features, but it's stood the test of time and is easy to service.

Giving my old Phonic PMC-12 mixer a once over. Got this in the early 90s and it's bulky and heavy compared to new gear, but it's a breeze to get into for repairs and still works. Several old mixers have attracted some kind of fashionable reputation, but not these.

Not wrong 😄

Publicity photo of the prototype Doepfer A-100, with many subtle differences from the released version, detailed in the linked article.

On the prototype Doepfer A-100:

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Me, as neurodivergent: don't leave the house and if you do just stay away from peopleplaces, it's a different world and the rules are all wrong. Stick to the shadows and the green lanes.

If I can't do something myself, I ask my friends, and sometimes we pay each other and sometimes we swap favours and skills, but either way, it's all human creativity and skill, and that, I believe, is part of the why.

I too am relegated to just looking. Always the case with Vemia, lovely stuff but doesn't fit my pocket. Glad I bought a pile of stuff before it all got expensive really, though there's also way more cheap gear now than there ever was.

Oh god it's all coming back! It was called "ESPRESSO MARTEANI" and that is not a lie.

Shudder. This reminds me of a horror that Aldi concocted which was some terrifying combo of martini, tea, and coffee.

See also his Loran modular, as covered in Pete Forrest's A-Z.

A new RTC soldered on to an old 486 motherboard. My soldering is terrible, mostly. Cross your fingers it works.

Pottering along with some old 486 repairs. New RTC and some trace fixes this time. I'm not too familiar with computer repair so this is an education.

My trusty old Zed R16 is now more kaput than i can really be arsed with. Goodbye old friend.

14 years of excellent service but now beyond economic repair, not least because Firewire is about 85 years out of date. Time for a change. Which annoyingly means finding a shit load of money. Sigh.

Ah thank you, I shall look those up.

A cluster of thimble sized mushrooms in grass, yellow stalked, conical tops, with a dusty brown texture. They've been nibbled by beasties.

Any #mycology fans here? I'm new to this and haven't been able to ID these two. The first two pics are a #mushroom found in a deciduous woodland clearing, the third is a little cluster half eaten by beasties in my garden (both northern UK).

#fungi