The thing I find interesting about the 808 kick is that it was synthesised at a time when most people, in general, didnt own equipment that could reliably reproduce it.

studying great art keeps you in good relationship with the spirit and this is in my opinion a key to make something really special and timeless. This made alot of sense to me. My understanding of "spirit" in your words is of an overall aesthetic sensibility. In other words, the common thr...

Nice description Steevio. Need to delve deeper into the morphing as like you said its probably the jewel in the feature set. As far as being limited if its your only synth, I chose it to be exactly that - the fact its 4 part MT and 20 voice poly means it does the job very well, in my view. especiall...

I own the Nord Lead 2X which I bought a year ago. great, intuitive synth, very fun and programmable - excels at leads and textures -- but in my view not so great at bass which is what I (stupidly) wanted it for. Basically, if you cant tweak and program sounds on this, you honestly never will. sound ...

Possibly the best post I've ever read.

one thing i can give you is don't let the age issue come into it. Well that one thing is really the subonscious driver of these feelings. So thank you. Being raised in a traditional or conservative way means you get given strong ideas of what should be happening at each life stage. Continuing on wi...

Dear Dusk, It's important to make time to further your art, but you should think about what's important to you as a person and focus on that. . I certainly gave up on the myth of "making it" with electronic music a long time ago. I think that was a turning point because from there, focuss...

Torque wrote: "You're supposed to get depressed, make music, travel the world bearing your soul for not much money"

Right now Im not doing much travelling, Im in my bedroom, as usual.