Reading Time: 2 minutes Year: 2008 Score: Tyler Bates Verdict: The 2008 remake. Action and horror come together for this zombie fare. Using quick scene cuts, and atmospheric music, so far so unoriginal. We watch as American kids trying to ‘get it on’ find their town under siege by Zombies and American forces. A surprising but fairly brief appearance […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes KORG knows how to build a VST. Let’s get that straight here and now. I reviewed the KORG Triton VST last year and indeed it won the samplenerd.com VST of the year 2023. Here at samplenerd I’ve been an admirer-at-a-distance of the ARP2600 for quite a while. There’s an attractive simplicity that can also supply […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the age of the instant, Samplenerd revisits the practices of yesteryear! In the age of instantaneousness I wanted to revisit the practices of my forebears and create a track using the method of yesteryear. Why bother? Well, two reasons actually… 1. I wanted to experience the working process of those recording from samplers back […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to Synth soundtracks – the OFFICIAL SampleNerd lowdown: part VI This is the SampleNerd.com catalogue of the best synthesizer soundtracks listed as being amongst the best of the genre. According to Redbull.com; movieweb.com and MusicRadar.com. Let’s go! Videodrome Videodrome Year: 1983 Score: Howard Shore Here we are! The last leg of this cinematic journey. Kicking […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Let’s kick off this article with an old joke: What’s the difference between a composer and a large pizza? A pizza can feed a family. Ah! To finish a work, the short-lived utopia of the artist! We’ve all been there, or are there now. A hard drive choc-full of unfinished tunes. Perhaps a few days […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OK, it’s been awhile since the last Fast Nerd ⏩ Finds! But here we are! Released in 1984 E-MU’s Drumulator was a predecessor to its more famous stablemate the SP1200. EVEN THOUGH THE DRUMULATOR IS NOT QUITE AS FAMOUS AS THE E-MU SP1200, THIS ORIGINAL 8 BIT GEM STILL MANAGED TO FIND ITS WAY ONTO A […]