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Video: "This East German Mandriola belonged to my grandfather and is now a free sample library"

This is a video I've been working on for that last 8 days. There's also a free sample library that goes along with it: 2024-08-08 17:11:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Casio SK-1: this legendary lo-fi sampling keyboard from 1986 is still worth it

I've been meaning to make a video about the Casio SK-1 for ages, and now I finally have!

– Dave

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Patron Exclusive: Casio SK-1 & Friends Sample Library

Video here: https://youtu.be/Yo7I9U5UcTs

I've spent the past few weeks messing around with the Casio SK-1, a legendary sam...

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Patron Exclusive: Box Guitar Sample Library

About a year ago, I took a guitar that had been abandoned and turned it into a basitar: a two-string instrumen...

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Patron Exclusive: Casio VL-1 & Friends

I recently got my hands on a Casio VL-1. It's classic mini keyboard from 1979 that was featured in the song Da Da Da by Trio. Of course, part of my experiments with this keyboard involved running i...

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Patreon Exclusive: Solar Waves Sample Library

Last month, I made a video about the Solar 42, a highly cinematic synthesizer from Elta Music. Now I've sampled it!

Last month, I made a 2024-04-08 13:26:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Yak Bak: Making music with a sampling toy from the 90s

I made a new video! It’s partially a release announcement for a new commercial sample library I made with Venus Theory, but hopefully it’s also a fun video. Also, a new Patreon exclusive sample...

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There's a new version of DecentSampler and the Omnichord Sample Library has been updated!

Hi All,

You may have gotten a notification a few minutes ago about an update to the old Omnichord sample library...

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Domra: The Next Big Thing?

My next video is about the Domra, a Russian instrument that has a lot of in common with the mandolin.

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Patreon Exclusive: Bowed Domra

The Domra Prima is a folk instrument that gets tuned just like a Mandolin. I'm currently working on a video about it. While the instrument was invented in Russia, it is played in B...

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Patron Exclusive: Coral Fiddle Bass Sample Library

I'm working on a video about this instrument I found in the trash. I won't go into great detail about the adventures I had in restoring it until I'm done with the video, but in the meantime, here i...

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Video: I made a fun plugin that lets you sequence live audio

Over the course of the last nine months, I've been working on an effects plugin called Refractions View Post

Patron Exclusive: Memoplay 26 & Friends Sample Library

I’ve been working on a video about Bontempi Memoplay 26, a beautifully styled toy keyboard from 1981. The basic sound of this instrument is very simple, just a pulse wave with no way of changing ...

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New Video: All about Chase Bliss Lossy. Who knew low bitrate MP3s could be this beautiful?

This is a video I just made about Chase Bliss Lossy. It's a pedal that allows you to use the sound of low-bitrate MP3s as a real-time effect. The pedal was a lot of fun to work with and also ended ...

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Patron Exclusive: Lossy Keys

I've been working on a video about Chase Bliss' very cool Lossy effects pedal. It's a pedal that simulates the audio artifac...

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My next video: "Casio PT-10: A lo-fi nostalgia machine from 1987"

I finally finished my video about the Casio PT-10, which I've found to be quite an inspiring little toy synth.

Also, as part of the video, I've sampled it again. I've also updated the "for pa...

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Song: Manwomanchild - Alamo

This is a rock song I just finished work on. I thought I would share it here, since it's featured in my latest video. Enjoy!

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My next video: "What did I just buy!?"

This my next video, the one about the guitar in this month's sample. It took me 14 days to finish this video which makes it the longest video I've ever worked on. I will be releasing this to the pu...

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Patron Exclusive: Mystery Telecaster Sample Library

To learn more about this guitar, watch this video. I'm deliberately keeping things vague in this description so a...

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Patron Exclusive: Distorted Sines Sample Library

In my most recent video, I had fun generating distortion using a bunch of different devices that were not intended for that purp...

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Patron Exclusive: Casio PT-10 & Friends Sample Library

A viewer named Hamza contacted me from Germany. He had just bought a Casio PT-10 at a flea market and thought I would enjoy it; he wanted to send it to me. As it happens, my family and I were just ...

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Song: Manwomanchild - Broken Math

I don't usually upload rock songs here, but since it has to do with my 2023-07-14 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron Exclusive: Basitar Sample Library

A video about this instrument can be found here.

A basitar is an electric guitar that has been strung with bass strings. T...

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Patron Exclusive: Mood Experiments Sample Library

As you may have seen from my other post, I just made a video about Chase Bliss' Mood MKII pedal. While I was working on that vid...

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Patron Exclusive: Mini Box Guitar Sample Library

I've just put together a video about Chase Bliss' fantastic MOOD pedal. That video features this guitar, which I built about sev...

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Who made this violin? (+ FREE sample)

This video, in which I investigate the origin of a mysterious violin bearing the name W. T. Fisher, is coming to Youtube tomorrow. The sample library I made in this video can be downloaded here: View Post

Patron Exclusive: Nova Explorations Sample Library

In early 2022, I bought a Novation Nova at a flea market for $42. I smiled all the way home, thinking I'd gotten the deal of the century. It came with a bunch of cables, among which I assumed I wou...

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Patron Exclusive: Long Violin Sample Library

Two years ago, I constructed the long, bowed string instrument pictured above. Here's a video about that experiment.<...

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Patron Exclusive: Blue Electric Guitar Sample Library

Here is a video about this project. :)

In January 2023, I bought a View Post

Patron Exclusive: Minifreak Explorations

Here is a video about this sample library. This week I've been playing around with the Minifreak from Arturia. It's a hybrid syn...

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