So is it true what they say:
"4 years jail for murdering Michael Jackson, and 5 years for downloading his music."
If so, strange world we exist in.
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Sydney born and bred, fascinated by synthesisers and drums, produces music under the name of Accession with track releases, mixing and mastering credits on Enigma Records.
Worked as a freelance author with UK's Future Music magazine (2000 to 2003), conceived and promoted Sydney's regular TECHNOPHILE club night (1999) as a platform for fresh and established DJ talent and the thrill of showcasing live electronic dance music, plus a decade of experience with live broadcasting with a major Australian television network.
My studio is traditionally hardware: Starting out with a 6-piece Pearl Export drums as a kid, then getting my heard around subtractive synthesis with the Roland Juno 106's alter-ego, the Roland HS-60. Originally hardware sequencing from a Roland MC-505 which was immense fun, especially when teamed up with other gear (Yamaha AN1x and Roland JP-8080 synths). Live performances were a challenge but about as authentically live as electronic sequences-based music can be, with no two shows the same. Around 10 years ago, I was wanting to move to a simplified sequencing, recording and mixing DAW, I jumped across to Pro Tools LE (version 5). Primitive as it were back then, it's been great to grow with it, experience the sheer explosion of plug-in effects and soft synths, and see it become quite a powerful production tool today (currently version 8).
Current Hardware:
- Yamaha AN1x (virtual analogue subtractive 61-note keyboard synth)
- Yamaha FS1R (frequency modulation rack synth)
- Kawai K5000s (additive 61-note keyboard synth)
- E-MU Proteus 2000 - with Composer, Xtreme, Techno, and World ROMs (sample and synthesis rack module)
- Roland TD9-K (6-piece, hats, two crash, one ride, all mesh skins, electronic drumkit)
- Novation ReMOTE 37SL (37-note MIDI controller)
- Emagic AMT8 ( 8 port in/out MIDI interface)
- Lexicon MPX 500 (stereo rack effects unit, interfaced with Pro Tools via S/PDIF and MIDI)
- Mackie 1604-VLZ Pro (16 channel, 4 sub group, mixing desk)
- Mackie HR824 (2-way, 8.75" woofer + 1" tweeter, 250 + 100 watts per side, studio monitors)
- RĂ˜DE NTK (valve microphone)
- Beyerdynamic DT990 PRO (studio headphones)
- Apple MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 15" display, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM drive, plus several external FireWire drives)
- Digidesign Digi002 Rack (audio interface)
Favourite Software:
- Digidesign Pro Tools 8 (DAW)
- Absynth (subtractive, frequency modulation and granular synthesis)
- Hybrid (virtual analogue subtractive synthesis)
- XPand! (subtractive sample + synthesis)
- Reaktor (every synthesis type under the sun plus effects)
- SoundHack (effects mangler)
- Synchronic (beats mangler)
- Tape-Head (distortion)
- TL Space (convolution reverb)
- Massey L2007 (mastering limiter)
- EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Free (strings, and 'cause they're free!)
Love also getting out with a DSLR camera, a handful of prime lenses, and snapping stuff.
Travelled across Australia in a campervan, eventually landing in Perth, currently working as a retail store manager, married my beautiful wife and now proud dad to one seriously out-of-this-world two-year-old daughter. The 7-year-itch has finally taken over and we're now rolling out our plan the trip back across the Nullabor this year to finally settle in Melbourne.
With turning dad taking priority over music the past few years, I'm busting to get back into tinkering with tunes, developing orchestral arrangements, and working more with live drums over drum machines in my productions.
Worked as a freelance author with UK's Future Music magazine (2000 to 2003), conceived and promoted Sydney's regular TECHNOPHILE club night (1999) as a platform for fresh and established DJ talent and the thrill of showcasing live electronic dance music, plus a decade of experience with live broadcasting with a major Australian television network.
My studio is traditionally hardware: Starting out with a 6-piece Pearl Export drums as a kid, then getting my heard around subtractive synthesis with the Roland Juno 106's alter-ego, the Roland HS-60. Originally hardware sequencing from a Roland MC-505 which was immense fun, especially when teamed up with other gear (Yamaha AN1x and Roland JP-8080 synths). Live performances were a challenge but about as authentically live as electronic sequences-based music can be, with no two shows the same. Around 10 years ago, I was wanting to move to a simplified sequencing, recording and mixing DAW, I jumped across to Pro Tools LE (version 5). Primitive as it were back then, it's been great to grow with it, experience the sheer explosion of plug-in effects and soft synths, and see it become quite a powerful production tool today (currently version 8).
Current Hardware:
- Yamaha AN1x (virtual analogue subtractive 61-note keyboard synth)
- Yamaha FS1R (frequency modulation rack synth)
- Kawai K5000s (additive 61-note keyboard synth)
- E-MU Proteus 2000 - with Composer, Xtreme, Techno, and World ROMs (sample and synthesis rack module)
- Roland TD9-K (6-piece, hats, two crash, one ride, all mesh skins, electronic drumkit)
- Novation ReMOTE 37SL (37-note MIDI controller)
- Emagic AMT8 ( 8 port in/out MIDI interface)
- Lexicon MPX 500 (stereo rack effects unit, interfaced with Pro Tools via S/PDIF and MIDI)
- Mackie 1604-VLZ Pro (16 channel, 4 sub group, mixing desk)
- Mackie HR824 (2-way, 8.75" woofer + 1" tweeter, 250 + 100 watts per side, studio monitors)
- RĂ˜DE NTK (valve microphone)
- Beyerdynamic DT990 PRO (studio headphones)
- Apple MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 15" display, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM drive, plus several external FireWire drives)
- Digidesign Digi002 Rack (audio interface)
Favourite Software:
- Digidesign Pro Tools 8 (DAW)
- Absynth (subtractive, frequency modulation and granular synthesis)
- Hybrid (virtual analogue subtractive synthesis)
- XPand! (subtractive sample + synthesis)
- Reaktor (every synthesis type under the sun plus effects)
- SoundHack (effects mangler)
- Synchronic (beats mangler)
- Tape-Head (distortion)
- TL Space (convolution reverb)
- Massey L2007 (mastering limiter)
- EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Free (strings, and 'cause they're free!)
Love also getting out with a DSLR camera, a handful of prime lenses, and snapping stuff.
Travelled across Australia in a campervan, eventually landing in Perth, currently working as a retail store manager, married my beautiful wife and now proud dad to one seriously out-of-this-world two-year-old daughter. The 7-year-itch has finally taken over and we're now rolling out our plan the trip back across the Nullabor this year to finally settle in Melbourne.
With turning dad taking priority over music the past few years, I'm busting to get back into tinkering with tunes, developing orchestral arrangements, and working more with live drums over drum machines in my productions.
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In Topic: What are your thoughts on Music Piracy?
02 February 2012 - 03:45 AM
In Topic: Lab grade measurement microphones
02 February 2012 - 03:41 AM
aether, on 26 January 2012 - 03:16 AM, said:
Hello, I'm a student looking to build an impedance tube setup and need some expert knowledge on the microphones. For those unfamiliar with impedance tube they basically setup a standing wave along the length of the tube and the pressure is measured at various locations which in turn allows you to calculate the acoustic impedance at the sample end. Here is a pic:


You have me intrigued! I get the idea of standing waves from the frequencies that align themselves with the length / tuning of the tube, and you're taking measurements and analysing them at various points along the tube (that's kinda right, yeah?), but curious how is it used in practice? And what is it typically used for? Even Google's left me stumped.
In Topic: Best programs for a beginning producer
25 January 2012 - 02:25 PM
Ableton Live is undoubtedly gonna be a strong number one suggestion (with the thrill of dropping in/out various audio clips in a non-linear style, to build fresh, improvised arrangements), however, Cubase, Logic (Mac only) and Pro Tools will manage sample editing and quantized placement along a linear timeline (start to finish, left to right, from A to
, with full MIDI sequencing support. I've not worked with MIDI in Ableton at all really, though I'm sure there'll be someone to chime in with its pros and cons.
In Topic: What are your thoughts on Music Piracy?
20 January 2012 - 08:30 AM
From news.com.au this morning...
THE FBI today shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com and charged the site's founders and five others with running "an international organised criminal enterprise" responsible for "massive online piracy".
...generated "more than $175 million in criminal proceeds"
...caused "more than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright owners" through the piracy of "numerous types of copyrighted works,"
http://www.news.com....0-1226249000744
So is the net closing in? Or there's simply too many fish pirates in the sea to even make a dent in the scale of copyright infringement?
THE FBI today shut down popular file-sharing website Megaupload.com and charged the site's founders and five others with running "an international organised criminal enterprise" responsible for "massive online piracy".
...generated "more than $175 million in criminal proceeds"
...caused "more than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright owners" through the piracy of "numerous types of copyrighted works,"
http://www.news.com....0-1226249000744
So is the net closing in? Or there's simply too many fish pirates in the sea to even make a dent in the scale of copyright infringement?
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