No Monome For You!
Posted: 12/01/09

Once in a while I get the Monome mailing list, which updates you on how they’re still unavailable. It’s very uninformative to say the least, but I like how they’re beginning to take on a Soup Nazi tone.

“those on the list will receive invoices on monday, january 19 at 1pm EST. the list is closed, do not e-mail us asking to get on it.”

You can at least be polite when telling people not to email you about a product you will sell to them. On the website they decided to be a bit more friendly, “please do not e-mail us to confirm your position”.

To this I say, “No soup for you! Come back one year!”

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Update!
Posted: 19/12/08

I just wanted to update everyone that I’m doing a whole lot of work with the servers this week, so expect the site to go down at some point, and with that it will probably spit some old posts into your feed. I know, it’s annoying.

Anyways the plan for the new year is to find a niche for this project i’ve started. Instead of producing one-off video tutorials, i’m working on compiling some sort of TV show cause I think that would be fun.

I also want to make some sort of database that’s useful to everyone. KVR pretty much has all the plugins covered, so i’m looking to go in a different direction than another vst db.

Oh and i’ll be rebranding soon cause The Bulk Dump is far too inside a joke. If I do change the name everything will redirect cleanly.

So sit tight, and thanks to everyone who has been patient with me thus far.

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Well look what we have here...
Posted: 29/10/08

A nice basic site with tons of classic drums and synths for you to have a go with. Looks like a bunch of the synths got the soundfont treatment which is helpful to those who are too lazy to build these patches on their own.

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Soviet Synths
Posted: 27/10/08

I was browsing ebay yesterday, and I came across a really neat merchant who is selling rare and vintage Soviet synths out of Latvia. He also seems to run a site (currently offline today) like Vintage Synth Museum, but for Russian keyboards. You can search ebay and find other merchants selling keyboards from this country as well, there’s plenty out there.

This really caught my attention because over here in North America all everyone talks about are vintage Moogs and Korgs, that sort of thing. If you want to start collecting, your selections are rather thin.

I’m curious to learn more about why the Soviets were so involved in making their own synths, as well if they were exporting them during the Cold War, or if foreign people had to wait for the fall of Communism there to get their hands on these machines.

Be sure to search on youtube to see if you can find a demo of the synth before considering your purchase.

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Careful who you sign up with
Posted: 26/10/08

As musicians get more and more desperate to turn a profit off the music they’ve made, plenty of new services and business concepts are popping up every month. After thinking about two incidents that i’ve come across this year, I just want to quickly remind everyone to be very careful who you sign up, and just realize that you may be in for a longer trip than first intended if you want out.

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