A quick intro and description of "Scott From Canada" I create mostly synthesizer based music (although sometimes it's rock guitar, depending on my mood!) that has been inspired by people like Tomita, Larry Fast (Synergy) and a lot of other people and bands I've been listening to for the last 40 years or so.
I currently live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where I was born, but I lived in Barrie Ontario, for about 20 years before moving back here. I attended both Eastview and Innisdale seconday schools (although not at the same time!).
I use a wide array of equipment but have recently been drawn back to my original passion, analog synthesizers. Unfortunately, the originals have become very expensive these days and since exlectronic parts don't age very well they also require a lot of maintanance so I don't have a lot of them.
I have found a set of digital synths that imitate analogs that sound extremely well. The Creamware synths, Minimax, Prodyssey and Pro12 are excellent as is the Use Audio Plugiator which creates the same sounds in a smaller, less costly box. The beauty of these synths is that the oscillators, being digital, are totally stable. Analog gear is not quite so easy to use! I have to constantly check the tuning of the Moog and the Oberheim SEM, although the SEM is much better.
There are a few actual analog synths I use though. I have a Yamaha CS-20m, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Oberheim SEM-Pro, Oberheim OB-8, Moog Slim Phatty, Sequential Circuits Six-Trak and a Korg Monotron. The Korg M3 is my main workstation synth and drums are done by the Plugiator (drum and bass plugin), the M3m, and the Alesis DMPRO.
As this site grows there will be more and more pictures, song samples, info and news.
And finally, as of December 17, 2011 my CD has been released!
It's called Mind=Blown and you can buy it from CD Baby or the iTunes store. Just search for "Scott From Canada" at the iTunes store or just click the above picture to go directly to the album on CD Baby.
New videos are also up on Youtube
With another election coming, my old picture of Jack Layton in a Star Trek uniform is becoming quite popular again. So here it is here as well!
I see people are still being brought here by searching for Sarstock information so I am putting that page and all the pictures back up. My Sarstock story is here
For anyone who noticed that I entered a video in Youtube's Life in a Day movie contest, although my footage was selected in the top 100 hours and I signed all the forms, it did not make it into the final movie. That sucks!!
However, I watched the movie when they streamed it from Sundance and it is a fantastic film. I highly recommend seeing it when it comes out this summer (July 24th, I am hearing).
For now I'd just like to promote this girl, Betsy DelValley, who's amazing words were used in the film. I searched for a month for the girl sitting in her car during a thunderstorm at the end of the Life in a Day movie and couldn't find her, but it turned out she was right on the official channel all along! So go check out her submission and her other videos! Her Youtube user name is GravityFair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHmU5tBCRZM
Tom Oberheim SEM-Pro unboxing video
Another synth unboxing video with a song done entirely with the same synth. First posted on Youtube Friday Feb 4 2011.
Moog Slim Phatty Unboxing Video with a quick song I did using the the Slim Phatty for everything except drums. Jan 16 2011.
Some old Synthesizer Ads I scanned from old issues of Keyboard magazine. Ahhhh, the old days
Just a quick plug for a great sounding and affordable synthesizer, the Use Audio Plugiator.
The company started as Creamware, then split and became Sonic Core and Use Audio. They are the only company to really capture the analog sound in a Virtual Analog (digital) synthesizer. I really like the Minimax, Pro12 and Prodyssey ASB synths but the Plugiator gives you those sounds and more for less than the price of even one ASB box!
They aren't paying me for this plug, I just like to pass along information and I really do highly recommend this synth over other Virtual Analogs.
