Category Archives: Opinions

Music Fail- God that sounds shit

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

There was an article posted in the Guardian website recently entitled Audio Fail  that has got a lot of people in a lather; sound artists foamed at the mouth and spat blood on Facebook whilst more traditional composers behaved rather smugly … Continue reading →

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Arturia Beatstep Pro part 1

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

I’ve made a lot of use of the original Beatstep for a couple of years now, and although the Beatstep pro has been out a while I hadn’t really got into the idea of having one until now. For some … Continue reading →

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New sounds from forgotten boxes- EMU virtuoso 2000

Posted on January 28, 2015 by

In the dim and distant past, in an era of Sibelus V1-V2 and computers were not very powerful there was a 19 inch rack unit called the Virtuoso 2000, This was essentially a sample based synthesizer with two orchestral sample … Continue reading →

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Trevor Wishart at Kettles Yard, Lunchtime concert Sunday May 11th

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

Its not often I feel really strongly moved about a concert to blog about it but last Sunday May 11th was one of those times. Held in the house extension part of Kettles yard, with its unique modernist space of … Continue reading →

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What if Britain had an IRCAM?

Posted on April 2, 2014 by

Britain is not short of talented people experimenting with music, which is by no means new in the UK; we’ve had some now widely accepted pioneers in art music and I see no signs of this dying out despite the … Continue reading →

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Recording and mixing analogue synths

Posted on March 25, 2014 by

The recent reissue of the Korg Ms20 with the Arp Odyssey being developed plus the growing eurorack modular market means more people are now having fun with these things once considered deeply unfashionable (I was there in the mid 80s). … Continue reading →

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Return of the Prodigal analogue Synth?

Posted on March 2, 2014 by

The return of the Prodigal Analogue Synth? The recent re-issue of the Korg MS20-mini synthesizer last year brought back a flood of nostalgia in me; the original 1970s model was my first serious synthesizer, bought in a music shop in … Continue reading →

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