SIDtastic! comes to Sounds of Solarno
Back in the mid to late 80′s, and into the very early 90′s, the majority of my musical experimentation was done using my venerable Commodore 64. The Commodore 64 contained a little piece of hardware called the SID, a sound chip which would go on to become one of the most influential 8-bit sound chips of all time. The signature sound of the SID can be prominently found in the recent chiptune resurgence of the past 5 years or so. Artists such as 8-Bit Weapon and Computeher...
Read MoreA little bit of history
Just for fun, I imported all of the music related posts from my Myspace page. I forced them to show as published at the same time of their original publish date/time on Myspace, so feel free to scroll down to read them. Most of them talk about the creation of Remotely Programmed Moonshot as part of the RPM 2008 music challenge, with a handful that are older. Enjoy!
Read MoreTools of the trade
My current studio is 100% digital. It is really amazing what modern hardware and software is capable of, and I’m not even using anything terribly groundbreaking. The ability to meld both synthetic and organic sounds all based in a digital domain is extremely liberating as I don’t have to take time to track down sources. Yes, there are drawbacks. One sound form that I have a very difficult time recreating is a simple repeating acoustic guitar strum with all it’s...
Read MoreView from My Eyes
