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There is really no way to clearly define the “job spec” of a producer. For every skill you might deem necessary, there’s a successful producer who doesn’t have it. But there are a few qualities that producers have in common. … Continue reading →

M.A.D. theory or Mutual Assured Destruction was a cold war theory stating that should one superpower attack the other, both would be annihilated. It ensured that a peaceful balance was maintained. Do we feel that this reflects the two members of the band? … Continue reading →

The Yamaha TX16W is a relatively rare late eighties sampler. It seems to have been an experiment by Yamaha, because there are very few proprietary LSI chips on the board, which one would expect of a Yamaha product of this era. Instead, it is comprised mostly of off the shelf chips. The build quality is typical of Yamaha- very solid. It is a very deep 2U rack unit, and there are 3 very large circuit boards layered inside. It’s a 12 bit audio system, with plenty of
analogue headroom- like most Yamaha gear of this era. The TX samples at Continue reading →

1980 Casio introduced the CT-201, their first home keyboard. Favourable exchange rates allowed them to achieve great success in Europe and the US.

1982 Messrs. Ishibashi and Masanori of Casio patent PD synthesis. Continue reading →

Upright Piano samples- Halion/ Kontakt/ AIFF downloads; Emu/AKAI CD. Click here for more info The PAiA Theremax Theremin by Tomás Mulcahy http://www.madtheory.com Written 7/6/00, last revision 5/3/04 The Theremin was invented by Lev Sergievitch Termen, or as anglicised, Leon Theremin. … Continue reading →

Tomás Mulcahy, 19/12/03 In 1997, Tomás was working in Secret Garden Studios in Glanmire Co. Cork with Rupert MacCarthy- Morrogh. The Kelly Family were living in Cobh at that time, and used to use the studio for CD copying and … Continue reading →

I feel that the approach to academic writing is too often a question of “How can I get a complicated idea into one sentence”. Organising is done to such an extent that loose ends are left out and inconclusive data is covered up. Often only the answered questions are Continue reading →

The Sound on Sound article on the E-mu ESI 4000 sampler. Power user tips for this great sounding instrument.