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Synthesizerwriter Blog (added December 2009)
The 'synthesizerwriter' blog is where I put my quick thoughts on music, some bits of audio, some pointers to plug-ins and software, plus some bits of music-related news.
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So what type of music do I make?When I was in my main period of writing for 'Sound On Sound' magazine some years ago, I would get the occassional enquiry about the music I made. Well, I've done some work for TV, had some of my music played on Radio 3, done lots of corporate AV material, and made quite a bit of anonymous public domain music... all in a variety of musical styles and genres.
You can find a selection of some of my musical musings on SoundCloud:
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SY99 Disk Drive Replacement (added July 2004, updated Aug 2009)When the disk drive in my Yamaha SY99 stopped working, I ordered a replacement drive from the Service Department. But installing the new drive was more than just a simple swap...
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Online_ideas (added August 2009)There are lots of online resources that cen be used to help make a web-site more useful. This new page looks at some of the ones that I have used.
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FM Tutorial (work in progress)FM is a synthesis method that seems very different to the 'Oscillator, Filter, and Envelope'-based 'analogue' synthesis model. But this does not mean that it is difficult, merely that you need to learn a few new techniques...
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What Effects Really DoI've been asked many times for simple, direct explanations of what effects actually do to a sound. To save the effort of emailing every time, I'm compiling my thoughts into a short guide...
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Do I program synthesizers?Yes, I created hundreds of sounds for the Yamaha DX7. And I've continued this with the other synths that have passed through my hands. I'm still developing sounds all these years later. Maybe this is the place for an archive of 'RussSounds'...
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