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 […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Acoustic instruments are just presets. Random Internet person I really like that. But whether you’re using acoustic “presets” or are bolting VST’s into your DAW for your next creation – sounds are what you’ll need to bring that idea in your head into this reality. Ownership control of sounds is much more difficult than it […]