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New Waldorf Microwave XT Samples, Site Update

Recipher — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:28:55 +0000

Well, it’s been quite a while since there has been new samples uploaded to Blue Distortion. As much as I would like to keep up with this site, it unfortunately sits on the back burner for long periods of time. I do apologize for that.

More importantly, I would like to apologize to all of those that have emailed us in the last few months with tracks for the podcast. I haven’t been updating it recently. I am currently working on writing a system that will streamline the submission process and make it much easier to add tunes to the podcast. Till then, please hold tight. Now, finally, on to the new Waldorf Microwave XT samples.

Waldorf Sound Packs
4 Packs – 7.00 MB

Waldorf Bass Pack 2
| Robot Murder | Dusty Sweeps | Binary Drop

These are also now available on the main sound samples page. Enjoy!

Submit Your Electronic Music to the Blue Distortion Podcast

Recipher — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:43:12 +0000

Blue Distortion is now accepting submitted mp3s into the electronic music podcast! If you are interested in getting some exposure on our podcast, send us some information on the contact page. Be sure to include your name, artist name, website and a direct link to an mp3 file. We would prefer if they were already hosted on a server so we can just link directly to the .mp3 file, but, we can work something out if that isn’t possible. You can expect to get about 100 downloads of the file for the first week.

Of course, your information and website will be included in the podcast. If your mp3 is accepted and will be added to the podcast, we will send you an email a couple of days before we update the feed! We will not accept every file submitted. Please note that the submitted work must be produced by whomever is contacting us. Thank you for the oportunity and we look foward to hearing plenty of new songs.

In other news, Blue Distortion is now two years old! Stay tuned for more sound samples, music, artwork and photography in the upcoming year. Have a great new year!

Buchla 200e Modular, Moog Synthesizer Demo

Recipher — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:38:20 +0000

On this week’s podcast from Science Friday, Ira Flatow hosted a segment about Remembering Bob Moog. Check out the article or listen to the mp3 download. Some of the highlights are discussed below. The guest on the show was Lawrence Fritts, who is the director of the Electronic Music Studios at The University of Iowa.

He pointed out that there was actually simultaneous development of the first voltage controlled modular synthesizer at the same time as Bob Moog was working on the Moog Modular. On the other side of America, Don Buchla was busy with his own modular synth creation. Buchla and Moog had agreed to share credit for the development of the modular synth. A quick peak of Buchla’s site, I found this gem, the 200e Electric Music Box. The synth has modules such as the Triple Morphing Filter, Quad Dynamics Generator and even a MIDI Controller / Preset Manager. Very expensive though, with the 18 panel unit costing almost $20,000!

The 200e Modular Synth.

Lawrence Fritts also let listeners know that there are mp3 demos from the Moog Synthesizer available on the Electronic Music Studios site for the University of Iowa. It features narration from Peter Tod Lewis about all of the different modules on the Moog Modular. Check it out!

Microrecordings, Sampling with David Dunn

Recipher — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:55:55 +0000

I was listening to Living on Earth, which is a podcast focused on Sound Journalism. One segment stuck me as very interesting. Much like Macrophotography, I’m sure people have experimented with microrecordings other than David Dunn. But how many is the question? David does microrecordings and has a segment in Living On Earth dealing with a beetle infestation of a piñon tree.

David Dunn, stands nearby at the edge of a grove of needleless, dead gray piñon that look like the backdrop for a Halloween play. Like me, he wears headphones and has a recording machine slung on his shoulder. But the device connected to his recorder is a microphone like none I’ve ever seen.

He apparently uses piezoelectric transducers found inside greeting cards to record these sounds and amplifies them 6 times. It also looks like he is also using a Tascam Portable DAT Recorder, but, I could be wrong. The recording was fairly noisy, but, very interesting considering what the subject of recording was. I recommend taking a listen. Check the link, or, listen to the segment in mp3 format.

Anyone ever experiment with microrecordings? If so, shoot us an email, I’d be interested to hear any samples recorded as I think they would be a great source for experimental / freeform music. David also does experimental music, samples from some of his compositions can be found here.

New Podcast Feed for Blue Distortion!

Recipher — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:48:51 +0000

We are now featuring an electronic music podcast of newly updated tunes on this site. You can find more information about podcasts there as well. The podcast will generally be updated every couple weeks with a new experimental or electronic music tune. There will be a mix of drum and bass, trip hop, hip hop, noise, breakbeat etc. Make sure you tune in!