Dave Smith passed away this week. His Desktop Evolver was the first hardware synth to capture my imagination and it's a core part of my instrument today. RIP Dave.

I've been layering my mono and poly synth a lot lately. Based on the settings of the patch for each synth, I don't exactly know how the envelopes will trigger from the start (depending on mono, legato, etc. modes). But once the riff develops I…

Learning the amazing paracosms.

Lately I have really been wanting to make more structured things with parts/progression/transitions etc., but I think I was avoiding it because I am (1) bad at it and (2) don't even know how to do it with my setup. But I think I just need to suck…

Desktop Evolver into Otis on Norns