Archive for February, 2005

Synth Noises

I soldered together a few LFOs (low frequency oscillators) for the synth tonight. To celebrate, and since the wife is out of town, I decided to make a bunch of noise with the synthesizer and call it an aleotoric composition. Oh, the setup is that you’re in a dark, scary cave. Scary Cave

Published on: 24 February 2005
Posted by: jlaity
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GG.com

Glancing over Anna’s shoulder today, I saw this post on one of the Gilmore Girls fan web boards she seems to frequent. It went something like this: “They should really say I Love You, for the good of the viewers.” She maintains that reading this board, but not posting on it, is the narrow thread […]

Published on: 21 February 2005
Posted by: jlaity
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Modular is making noise!

The MOTM modular synth is finally passing audio! I’ve successfully built five modules and now have a synth voice. There’s an oscillator that feeds into a filter which feeds into an amplifier. Two envelopes allow me to alter the brightness or volume over time. The sound is unbelievable! I thought I had some synths with […]

Published on: 20 February 2005
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Airports suck

I was supposed to fly from LA to Salt Lake City to San Antonio today, leaving at 9:15am and arriving at 5pm. Two mechanical problems and several delays later, it now looks like I’ll be arriving at 11:30pm at the earliest. This includes a 6 hour layover in SLC airport – the only airport in the […]

Published on: 9 February 2005
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Life during NAMM

I must have been answering a very stupid question during this interview.

Published on: 2 February 2005
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