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From:
Laurent Knauth
To:
Steve Gualdoni
Cc:
Clint Anderson , IDM
Date:
Mon, 7 Jan 2019 21:13:38 +0100
Subject:
Re: artists...
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Impressive ! Personal favorites : • 1:10 : of course ! • 2:22 : Garbage-reminiscent (and «more cowbell» too) ! • 3:13 : irresistibly catchy, unexpectedly love it — this is the «begging for more» kind ! And nice acoustic textures overall. And yes, Falcon seems to be the bomb. On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 8:03 PM Steve Gualdoni <sgualdoni@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 52 lines Just realized that the draft reply I began was sent incomplete.> Just realized that the draft reply I began was sent incomplete. > > I’ve been making music of different genres for quite a few years. I was > around Detroit when the techno/house thing took off, repairing musical > electronics professionally. I repaired the sound system at Detroit's > legendary Music Institute. I still own the tape machine that Derrick May > used there for loops. I did repairs and customs for many of the notable > Detroit acts and quite a few collaborations as well, almost all of which > are uncredited. I played in punk bands, engineered for others, did warranty > repairs for about any synth company (Sequential and Moog were still alive > when I began), was employed at a larger live sound outfit, taught > engineering, and ran studios. I've used almost all of the gear you can > think of from vintage to software-based. I have little affection for > cranky, old gear that makes me waste time at the workbench. I'm a firm > believe that most classic recordings were great not because of the gear, > but in spite of it. > > I used Camel Audio's Alchemy synth for much of recent work but, since it's > only available in Logic these days, I spent some time researching what > synths other non-Logic Alchemy user migrated to. One name that kept popping > up was UVI's Falcon. I prefer the idea of having a number of synthesis > algorithms under the same interface which keeps me from having to learn a > multitude of interfaces ( I still own a Kurzweil K2500 for that reason). I > was quite pleasantly surprised to discover that Avid had recently deposited > a license for Falcon into my account (some kind of special deal). It seems > to be all that Alchemy is and a bit more. I've done some microtonal > ambient, and plan to do more, so it's ability to import scala tuning files > directly was a nice feature. I also use a Yamaha MOX8 and AN1x (nice > virtual analog) and EX-5 (the internal VL synth is pretty unique). > > https://soundcloud.com/eden909/demo-reel contains a wide variety of stuff > I've worked on, either as engineer/producer/mastering or composer. > > > > Steve > > > sgualdoni@gmail.com > > On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 9:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > >> how many ppl are on this list who are not just fans but also artists >> themselves? >> would anyone care if ppl posted like, cool new audio software >> tips/hints/sales stuff? >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >> >>