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I go to L.A. for a week and what does Justin do when I’m away? He manages to squeeze in three interviews with Gearwire. In the interviews Justin goes over some heavily used instruments in his setup, the x0xbox, TR-808 and a sound design monster: the Waterphone. In the videos you get a glimpse of his workspace and soon enough he will finally post his Workspace and Environment interview.

Roland TR-808 interview: Here!

Waterphone interview: Here!

We’ve got plans……or do we?

Video is by Corey Mixter, sound by Surachai.

Video / Teaser for upcoming EP. Lots of Cwejman S1 and Virus TI in the track.

So Nine Inch Nails has just started their summer tour in North America, and someone sent me along this link to a preview of what their live visuals are looking like this time around. Of course there are plenty of analog synthesiers rocking the stage too, I’ll try to find some more about that later.

Anyway, check out this video. The sound is horrible, but you’ll get the idea. There seems to be a lot of touch response visual stuff going on that you’ll see. The reason for this post however, starts at 4:55 in the video. Is this the biggest step sequencer currently in existence? I think so, I also think that whoever uses it will undoubtedly look like Vanna White.

One of our past Workspace and Environment buddies, Eliot Lipp, was interviewed by XLR8R. If you’re too lazy to watch the video, it follows him to his studio in New York and runs through his typical day which, not surprisingly, reminds me a day of mine. You can check out his interview with us: Here!!

XLR8R TV Episode 70: Eliot Lipp from XLR8RTV on Vimeo.

I couldn’t believe the shite quality on youtube and as a result I’m converting some videos to Vimeo. As always, I have made a timelapse video but this time: the assembly of my Dr. Bleep’s ThingmamaKIT. I had to go to Justin’s and Byonic’s to drill holes into the case because I’m a vagrant and don’t own normal things. The directions asked for strange drill bit sizes that no one seemed to have and because of that I spent 2 days cursing it. Either way, it’s done. You can make yours all cute and bloopity but mine will serve darker purposes. Pictures of the final product inside the post…

ThingmamaKIT Assembly from surachai on Vimeo.

Ever listen to a CD full of prank calls? I hope not, they are usually horrible (Jerky Boys, yikes). Here’s someone doing prank calls right, and by right I mean the perfect use of an effects processor to reach maximum confusion with his victims. There’s a few more recordings floating around, I’ll add more as I find them…

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Ok, we are going to give it another try. If everything works, we’ll have live Acid/Something/Improv for you. Here’s the skinny:

Surachai, Benn Jordan and I. Kit includes: TR-808, Moog Prodigy, x0xb0x, Abletone Live, Virus TI, Cwejman S1, Korg KP3, a guitar and Logic recording it all on separate tracks. Lots of MIDI cables…. Hope it works…

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*Update!*
Well, that seemed to go pretty well. We played for almost two hours or so, there are two video recordings (one an hour long, one 2 min long) and some photos of what went down ahead…

Hour Long Recording:

Two Minute Recording:

Being into noise and all things inspiring I’ve wanted a thingamagoop for a while. I have always loved the playful design and level of customization offered and it has always reminded me of some friends who create designer toys. Even though I realized it was primarily supposed to be fun, I always wanted a few more controls. BEHOLD! the thingmamaKIT! Assuming that you build it correctly it adds a few more features over the thingamagoop like a second photocell arm and square and Triangle wave outputs. Er, I should’ve reported this earlier cause now you suckers have to pay 65 bucks instead of 55 from the sale this weekend. At least now you have a neat video to convince you to buy one which the impulsive buyers didn’t have.

Happy America Fuck Yeah Day….

I got my Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man pedal today and decided to break it in with my other delays. I’m not sure why I don’t see more feedback in delay demos as that’s one of the primary reasons I buy analog delays. Can I get another economic stimulus check? Fanx.
The signal flow is as follows: Cwejman VM-1 (source) into Doepfer A-188-2 Tapped BBD Module into Ibanez AD9 into Moog MF104z into Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man into your brain.