http://www.ryptidemusic.com RypTide is a DJ, amateur musician, music hobbyist and promoter in Washington, DC. This is his podcast. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:52:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend of mine asked me to record a 90-minute mix for Funk The War, which is planned for March 19, 2008 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. This mix will be the part of the soundtrack for bunches of students dancing in the ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/03/19/funk-the-war/ My Kaossilator arrived today! Here are some unboxing pictures: I'll throw up some video/audio later tonight, probably. http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/02/06/kaossilator-the-unboxing/ Last night I was able to get my audio interface working with Leopard. Almost three months after Apple released Leopard, M-Audio has still not updated their drivers for many of their products. I understand this is affecting not just the FireWire 1814, but other M-Audio devices as well. ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/01/30/leopard-m-audio-firewire-1814-fixed-sort-of/ I mentioned a little while ago that I was working on a new music project with some folks. Here's a little taste of that. There's not much to it yet, and forgive the crummy A/V quality. Watch this space for more. http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/01/23/new-music-project-video/ From the Sonovox! Here's the video. (via AnalogSuicide) http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/01/16/early-vocoder-awesomeness/ A tactile sequencer, using steel ball bearings. via Deviant Synth http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/01/15/this-is-really-neat/ Current TV has the full video for Scotch Mist, an hour-long recording of Radiohead performing In Rainbows. This is getting me through work this afternoon. As an aside, does anyone know an easy way (preferably a Wordpress plugin) to automatically syndicate what I post here in my music blog directly ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2008/01/11/scotch-mist/ For the 3 or so of you that read this, I apologize for the lack of content. I went and upgraded to Leopard after waiting a while and reading comments of people with my gear that weren't having problems, even though I knew M-Audio hasn't updated their FireWire drivers ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2007/12/20/update/ Threw this together late last night. All tracks I hadn't warped yet so the warping might be a little off in places, and I know the phrasing is off in two of the transitions due to one of my favorite things about psytrance -- the tricky little beat-skip. ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2007/11/01/quickie-halloween-mix/ This has been out for a while, but I have been torn between the Korg padKONTROL and M-Audio's Trigger Finger. I was looking at the Trigger Finger for DJing because it has faders and more assignable knobs... But now I'm thinking I can just keep using my UC-33 for ... http://www.ryptidemusic.com/2007/10/31/do-want-adventures-in-gear-lust/