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[Captain Terrific]

just clean up the mess... that's all

[rhythmboy]

Hey folks, feels like I already know some you well already, but anyways...

Robert's the name, Rob, Robbie, RB all ok 

37 years old, been playing music pretty much all my life, born into it you might say - a musical family, grandpa played 12 instruments, mum was a choir leader, sister plays flute, etc. Grew up in Ballarat, started playing drums as a toddler and got serious at high school with the lessons. Played every day and in every band I could say yes to. Leaving school was in five bands, musicals, the local orchestra, and taught drums for my first job.

Moved to Melbourne in 88 to go to La Trobe and study music. Amazing degree no longer in existence, but exposed me to contemporary/experimental 20th century composition as well as stuff like critical listening, music analysis, music theory and full-on technology for its day. Studied music tech there, all the MIDI stuff, analog and digital audio, etc. Changed my life that place. Got my honours degree, did a thesis on the acoustics of cymbals, then started PhD but didn't finish. Now picked up the PhD again at Swinburne, developing a search engine/database for drum/percussion sample libraries based on acoustic analysis of the sample banks. Also lecture at Victoria Uni, co-ordinate the Bachelor of Music Technology there.

My research site: http://percussionresearch.uniblogs.org

Musically I both play drums/percussion live and produce and remix tunes in the studio. My main band at the mo is Lychee Martini, we play kinda live version of Thievery Corp/K&D. I also play sometimes with Bubble & Squeak, and with an Irish folk/rock guy Andy White. In the early 2000's played with techno crew Wetmusik, Will-e-Tell and Simon Digby - mainly where the Rhyhm Boy name came to stick. Released on Wetmusik's first 3 "Live @ Storey Hall" CD's. Have also played with Swedish techno group Devilfish.

Production wise I run Mac, Tools, Melodyne, Ableton, Absynth, Battery, Roland SPD11 Octapads. Written several tunes never really released. Occasionally remixed for Eric Powell, Groove Armada, Philip Glass, Bubble & Squeak, Athens Olympics theme, etc. More info at: http://www.myspace.c...thmboyaustralia

I dig being on Soundpunk and itm as an outlet to chat about my passion with a bit of tongue in cheek I can't get away with at school! Also just like sharing the knowledge. Not everyone gets to go to uni after all, and it ain't the only place to learn stuff. And I really dig soundpunk being a flame-free zone, good vibe for those starting out (heaven forbid you make a product-specific error in a post on mixthemin)

[Cheyne]

Nice one mate

Good to have you on board ! , and its great to have more high level music intellects onboard, im looking forward to leeching  information from you in the future ;D

Im glad to hear that you see SoundPunk as a friendly place, where you can hang out and talk tech, and actually get the credit you deserve for your knowledge without being grilled by jaded chin strokers.  Thats pretty much the vibe I was going for when I built this site, although obviously I cant control what users say , but its worked out pretty much just how id hoped ! 

[Jester_Fu]

Despite the fact i'm here... ;D

[I hate whites]

Name: Whitey
Age: 25
Location: Sydney
Occupation: Party animal
Fav types of music: Rock, breaks, house, DnB, hip hop, trip hop.
Equipment: I've a DAW composed of as much entry level stuff as I could afford (truth monitors etc)
How'd you find soundpunk? : it waved my dick about in the wind and it picked up the scent. Stupid thing. I told it to find me some cunt (singular)
Do you produce/DJ :  Yes, learning / Yeah but only as a hobby. I find work as a real musician about sydney

[Spectrum]

G,day Whitey,

Welcome to SoundPunk.

I'm intrigued by your username. Do tell!

[I hate whites]

Ever seen The Mighty Boosh?

It's a quote from their live show.

I'm not a racist.

[Spectrum]

"Note to self: I hate whites." - Bob Fossil

;D haha.. ok, I'm with you now. No probs, mate.

[bruxism]

So, what's your name? 
I already told you, it's over there  <----------

how old are you?
25

Where do you live?
Brisbane (are you a stalker or something)

What do you do for work?
Student bum, future maths accounting high school teacher. I also sell fruit

Fav types of music:
Anything broken...Hip hop(not rap) breaks & drum and bass.  and it's got to have Bass, usually the growly wobbly kind.

How'd you find soundpunk? :
I followed Donnie home from school one day

Do you DJ :
DJ?...Turntablist is the wanky name i give myself, i'm usually only behind one turntable and a mixer.  Either way, i don't do it as much as i used to.

are you a Producer?:
Producer?  Not really, but kind of...

Well what the hell are you then?
um, in a two piece live electronic band.  When most people say live, they don't really mean it...but when i say it's live, it's live.  Every noise we make, every kick snare, every bass note and every fart is made because we pushed a button.  oh, and did i mention there's some live visuals to go along with it?  well there is (will be)
So how do you make that noise?
With hardware!!  I make my noises with my combo of my MPC and my MPD24(yay AKAI) i play the "drums" and, either basslines, sampled hooks or vocal samples.
The other guy makes his noises with synths.  A nord lead 2, novation ks5 and a novation Bassstation.
The visuals come from ArKaos and are triggered from the MPC, the same thing triggering the drum samples...very tricky

What can you do for soundpunk.
Well, i could answer any turntablist question...beatjuggling, scratching (there's more to it than just wikki wikki) MPC, i've got you covered, and i guess if you have a maths or accounting question you could send it my way too.

What can soundpunk do for you?
Lots hopefully.  Synthesis would be great, hearing a sound and recreating it on my synth would be rad, even if it is just hearing it in my head.  Teach me to make drums Phat please.  And any visual guys, i'd love to hear about it.

Isn't it a bit pretentious to interview yourself?
yes, it probably is.

[Cheyne]

Hey bruxism ,  welcome mate ...  Good to have you onboard ...  No doubt you'll pick up plenty of useful info on here !

[Spectrum]

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Isn't it a bit pretentious to interview yourself?
yes, it probably is.

Loved the auto-interview! ;D

Please make yourself at home uploading any synth snippets you'd like to get a handle on programming-wise. It's so much easier - and more fun - for those offering their expertise to work from a real sample of a sound over an written impression, if ya get my drift?

And welcome.

[Ms Jax]

/wave

Yes, my name irl is Jax - not very exciting I know - and I am your token wifey/female/personwhospeakscrapthatyouknowinsideyoualllovetoreplyto  ;D

I've been married to Spectrum for 2 years and lived the last 9 years of my life by his side *sigh*.

Although I do not create any music myself, I pride myself on being an objective critic to that which my husband creates (and anyone elses for that matter!).  I love attending the odd sausagefest (prog being my music of choice) and kind of work with music, training sales consultants in a music store (hence the bringing home of equipment from a business trip).

In the line of work I have so far attended training on "Speakers and Amplifiers: This Marriage Must Be Perfect" and MusicLink training on Cubase. I am so looking forward to more of this 

So my contributions will strictly be of the "general" sense. Enjoy!

[Captain Terrific]

ahhh, that was the 'Link training I missed!

damn, wish I could find my diary...

Welcome...

[Ms Jax]

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ahhh, that was the 'Link training I missed!

damn, wish I could find my diary...

Welcome...

Ah! A link I see. (yes, very bad pun. Tis late, so go easy!) Perhaps we can compare notes after the next session!

[Cheyne]

  Welcome Jax / Mrs spectrum

I really look forward to your input next time I see Speccy post up a  "I wonder if my wife will mind if I buy (insert peice of hardware name) for (insert large sum of money)" thread  ;D

But seriously though , welcome aboard , I think your our first female member ?? .

[Jay Parker]

Hey Jax!!!!

Hope your doing well with phil spending all the money on new toys.
I should have a new mix for you guys in a few weeks as well. just working out the
finer details of it now.

[Cheyne]

Nice one d00d .. Remember you can host it on SoundPunk now .. no need for free file hosting services.

[Eddie]

My name is Eddie, I'm 23 and hail from Hobart originally, been living in Melbourne for the last few years now. I work as a VoIP/Network engineer, I do a lot of stuff with ip pbx servers and callcenters, pretty exciting stuff

Listening to the chemical brothers surrender and Radioheads Kid A in high school did something to my brain and i sought out more and more electronic music from there on.

These days I like to attempt writing techno and downtemto in FL studio & on my yammy RS7000

I'm a geek who loves to argue (even if it's not something I actually believe) and on occasion I can be reasonably knowledgeable and/or helpful on certain topics.

[dsp Music]

I see there are lots of oz guys here

Well my name's Mehdi, and I live in France (30 y-o). I Heard about that site through Cheyne post on KVR and hopefully will be an active part of it.
I'm making music for a few years now (mostly psy/breaks) but only as a hobby, I don't release anything ... will that get me banned as it's a PRO site?  ;D

See you all on the forums.
Mehdi

[Ms Jax]

Aw, thanks guys!  :-[

Tis a pleasure indeed to be on board. TSWDNSO drew their last breath with me when they banned SP. Buncha carnts -  they can all go get farked.

*Looks around for "Cheers!" smiley. to insert for SoundPunk.

And Jay - bring it on - has been too long waiting for the next installment. We're ready whenever you are!