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UPDATED 1/27/12 – Getting an Akai LPD8 to work with Propellerhead Reason is a challenge to say the least. Earlier, I reported issues with the MIDI implementation chart (Reason compared to LPD8). I am posting the results of my work to help others who may have the found the same ...

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How the idea started… After being a closet electro musician and experimentalist for many years, and after attending electro-music festivals in 2010 and 2011, I decided it was time to find somewhere locally to further explore this side of my creativity. Turning to the Interwebs, I found what I ...

This was composed this evening, 1/13/12. All sound sources except the bass drum were created from objects in my desk (see picture). The objects included: – Arabic bowl from Ebay – Small allen wrench from my bass guitar (used to strike the bowl) – Rubber band type cable tie – Velcro cable tie – ...

Besides being built like trucks, ElectroHarmonix (EHX) pedals just sound great. They have the perfect combination of quality single purpose and multi-purpose built into each of their pedals, so no single pedal is a one trick pony. My current arsenal for electro performance and recording includes: One of the things ...

Audio Harvest or Sonic Archaeology?

Going all the way back to my first musical experiences, I was always interested in synths, drums machines, etc, but never took time to really dive into that world too far because I couldn’t produce the music live without a large band. Other musicians were not really interested in the ...

1 Reason RPG8 Experiment – “Hermano” 2 Thorgan (transition) 3 Record Player 4 Somethin Funny (with samples from recovered 2006-07 Minidisc recordings) 5 Ghost Adventures – Are You A Witch? 6 Ghost Adventures – Play With Ya 7 Ghost Adventures – Bass Tuning Weirdness 8 “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe (using material from LibraVox.org) 9 Vampire ...

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Video from our debut performance at Electro-music 2011 – Robert Dorschel on keyboards, sequencing and effects, Jeremy dePrisco on guitar, Kaoss pad and effects. 2011.09.09 13:00 — RoDoJede @ electro-music 2011 from Steve Mokris on Vimeo. ...

This is a short experimental piece dedicated to our favorite Ghost Adventurers on the Travel Channel, Zak Nick and Aaron. Enjoy! Are You A Witch? (Come On!) by shivasongster Got iPad or iPhone? Try this link instead. ...

Riffworks - Simple, but brilliant

Over the past couple weeks I’ve been listening to studio experiments and fragments created in a recording program called Riffworks 2.6.5 by Sonoma Wire Works, a tool geared toward guitarists (but not exclusively for guitar). I first discovered the tool in mid-2009, and used it heavily for a little while, ...

Signals with Shivasongster returned to the interwebs on 10/20/11 after a hiatus of a couple months due to our travels in Ireland, EM2011, and other priorities. Now back as a monthly program, Signals is offering me a place to once again experiment with new sounds and put myself out there ...

Enjoy these new experiments… ElectroWednesday http://www.shivasongster.com/audio/electro/ElectroWednesday.mp3 ...