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About Me

Hello and welcome to this remote outpost. I'm a software developer and a musician. I also have a couple of degrees in math and one in engineering too. I guess I like learning stuff. To reach out use the contact form.

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    The Many Minis

    August 11, 2021 / No Comments

    The Google Arts and Culture website put together this wonderful history of the Moog MiniMoog showing the various prototypes that led to the Model D.

  • 1972 MiniMoog
    Gear,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    Resurrecting a Minimoog

    May 29, 2016 / No Comments

    A celebration and extended riff on a classic Moog synthesizer. PS, I own one.

  • music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    A Forgotten Gem: The Voyetra

    May 13, 2016 / No Comments

    In 1982, Keyboard magazine began running ads for a new synthesizer called The Voyetra Eight. Was it too far ahead of its time?

  • Featured,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers,  Tribute

    Kurstin, Kurstin

    December 4, 2012 / 3 Comments

    About "the guy" from The Bird and The Bee and his knack for writing hit songs for others.

  • Featured,  studio-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    “The Incredible Sounds of Synclavier II,” and other hits

    May 14, 2010 / 1 Comment

    One of the most expensive synthesizers ever made and arguably one of the most beautiful too. On how the Synclavier captured our imaginations...

  • Shiny Vapors
    music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    “Crank It Down”: Music For Sleeping

    March 29, 2010 / No Comments

    Ambient music, it’s warm milk to a seasoned insomniac. It’s Ambien without the morning hangover. The sandman of choice for me has always been the genre’s master, Brian Eno. There’s just…

  • ARP 2600
    Featured,  Journal,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    For the Love of You, ARP 2600

    March 12, 2010 / No Comments

    It’s my sad confession. I once had a crush on a machine. I was an impressionable teenager and the ARP 2600 was my pinup girl. I loved this thing…

  • Featured,  in detail,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    Blinded by the Douche

    February 5, 2010 / No Comments

    “Blinded by the Light” was a perplexing piece of pop music. Despite the song’s surreal refrains, or maybe because of them, it achieved anthem-level notoriety in 1976, popular among both hipster children and…

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