Call me Synthnerd
@nerdysynthdude.bsky.social
Self-taught electronics boffin, synthesizer wrangler at Skald Modular, ex-writer, ex-medievalist, sometime photographer. When I'm not making things go boop in the night, I'm trying to be some moss on a tree or mulch or something. & Neurospicy.
Phonic were similarly positioned to Alesis and Samson back then I think. They had a couple of graphic EQs and a compressor, but except maybe a digital delay, I don't remember them going into effects. PA stuff mostly. Solid but not fancy.
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Phonic were similarly positioned to Alesis and Samson back then I think. They had a couple of graphic EQs and a compressor, but except maybe a digital delay, I don't remember them going into effects. PA stuff mostly. Solid but not fancy.
Me, as neurodivergent: don't leave the house and if you do just stay away from peopleplaces, it's a different world and the rules are all wrong. Stick to the shadows and the green lanes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Me, as neurodivergent: don't leave the house and if you do just stay away from peopleplaces, it's a different world and the rules are all wrong. Stick to the shadows and the green lanes.
If I can't do something myself, I ask my friends, and sometimes we pay each other and sometimes we swap favours and skills, but either way, it's all human creativity and skill, and that, I believe, is part of the why.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If I can't do something myself, I ask my friends, and sometimes we pay each other and sometimes we swap favours and skills, but either way, it's all human creativity and skill, and that, I believe, is part of the why.
I too am relegated to just looking. Always the case with Vemia, lovely stuff but doesn't fit my pocket. Glad I bought a pile of stuff before it all got expensive really, though there's also way more cheap gear now than there ever was.
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I too am relegated to just looking. Always the case with Vemia, lovely stuff but doesn't fit my pocket. Glad I bought a pile of stuff before it all got expensive really, though there's also way more cheap gear now than there ever was.
Oh god it's all coming back! It was called "ESPRESSO MARTEANI" and that is not a lie.
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh god it's all coming back! It was called "ESPRESSO MARTEANI" and that is not a lie.
Shudder. This reminds me of a horror that Aldi concocted which was some terrifying combo of martini, tea, and coffee.
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Shudder. This reminds me of a horror that Aldi concocted which was some terrifying combo of martini, tea, and coffee.
See also his Loran modular, as covered in Pete Forrest's A-Z.
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
See also his Loran modular, as covered in Pete Forrest's A-Z.
Ah thank you, I shall look those up.
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ah thank you, I shall look those up.
Of course the GOAT of music gear sites from back in the day was/is machines.hyperreal.org
The art of drawing schematics in ASCII is practised too little now I fear.
The art of drawing schematics in ASCII is practised too little now I fear.
music machines
machines.hyperreal.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Of course the GOAT of music gear sites from back in the day was/is machines.hyperreal.org
The art of drawing schematics in ASCII is practised too little now I fear.
The art of drawing schematics in ASCII is practised too little now I fear.
Check Discord 😉
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Check Discord 😉
Future Music, issue 21, July 1994, page 50 😎
October 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Future Music, issue 21, July 1994, page 50 😎
Ooh. Now an ancient classic. Lots of DX7 on this one. I remember a couple of decent interviews about the recording of it back on the day, probably on muzines now.
October 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ooh. Now an ancient classic. Lots of DX7 on this one. I remember a couple of decent interviews about the recording of it back on the day, probably on muzines now.
More shrooms.
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
More shrooms.
Dotted pages are the one true... pages.
October 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Dotted pages are the one true... pages.
Extra elastic for Riker...
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Extra elastic for Riker...