I fear I may have spelt Fantabulous wrong. Lucky it is not a real word aye. Or the spelling police would be on me in a jiffy…

Yesterday I spent most of an evening recording sounds for my friend Joshs indie game Caverns of the Underkeep. It’s a rogue-like game, which according to geeks I know, is a game where the map is randomly generated each time you play. Josh claims it’s not a RPG – but it sure does look like one ;) It’s done in Java, so you just play it in your browser. It’s different every time you play which is cool. Especially at the moment while it’s still being built and is constantly being updated. /Plug for Joshie. Continue reading »

I figured out how to make a passable bass sound. I just can’t find a bass synth I like anywhere you see. (yes I know, I could just use real bass – but it’s the principle of the thing now….) My friend Josh and I are going to make a sample based bass VSTi next year – but until then I have a solution. Playing low notes on MDA piano – then using a compressor like ME Compressor; Bring up the frequencies that sound most like a bass guitar, and scrap the ones that are excessively piano.

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I think it’s great, that there’s so much cool free stuff available on the dub dub dub. I’m not talking about dodgy pirated versions of software that tarnish your morality and fill your computer with bugs. I’m talking about stuff that is free or funded by donations/advertising, or fully functional lite versions there to convince you to buy the ‘pro’ version. It’s great. Not that I’m completely stingy, I have bought much software and hardware, but I’m always on a budget, and free stuff comes in handy. So big ups to the following providers of free stuff… You guys rock! Continue reading »

I went on a search today, for some new and exciting VST plugins as I was feeling a bit bored of the synths I had… Continue reading »

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