Scott From Canada
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I am always working on new music but I’m pretty slow. I do have 2 new CDs in the works though and hopefully they will be released in the next year.
This is a central location with blog posts about my synthesizers and guitars, as well as links to music and photos. Sorry about having to sign up to post comments but without that I get thousands of spam posts every day.
Originally posted: FRIDAY, 27 JANUARY 2012 Well, I will have to post a lot more about the Moog Voyager after I’ve had more time with it. So far I think it’s the most amazing synthesizer I’ve ever used. Really incredible how punchy and versatile it is. However I have discovered another small problem: The release …
Originally posted: MONDAY, 23 JANUARY 2012 Well I finally decided to get a real Minimoog. I was watching an auction for a Voyager RME (rack mount) last week that was in Ontario so that seemed perfect…. until the guy took it down a day before it ended! So I checked Musiciansfriend and they had 2 used …
Originally Posted: SATURDAY, 21 JANUARY 2012 A quick update to my last post – It turned out that I didn’t actually even touch the pads after I fixed the problem and now that I try them again, they are not working again! After some experimenting I have found that the problem is in a patch …
Originally Posted: SUNDAY, 1 JANUARY 2012 This is just a post for Korg M3 owners who have strange problems like I did. This is the solution: This fix is really simple, but I couldn’t find it in the manuals: WARNING!!!!!! This will erase all programs and other data so back up EVERYTHING first!!! – Turn …
Originally Posted: SATURDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2011 I need to spend more time doing these videos and less time on Reddit!!
Originally Posted: SUNDAY, 25 DECEMBER 2011 Many thanks to Paul at Paul’s Boutique for delivering a couple of new effects pedals I bought from him. The Electro-Harmonix 256 vocoder is awesome!! Best vocoder I have. Hopefully I’ll be using it in songs soon! The Electro-Harmonix Germanium OD pedal creates the most realistic tube amp distortion …
Originally Posted: WEDNESDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2011
Originally posted: TUESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2011 Wow, the album is on the iTunes store already. That’s pretty fast! Still slowwwwwwwwwly working on the christmas video. I also have to figure out annotations on youtube videos to link to itunes. Why cant we invent an extra 6 hours per day???
Originally Posted: TUESDAY, 20 DECEMBER 2011 I downloaded a copy of the CD and listened to make sure the uploads went ok and everything sounded fine, so I logged in and clicked APPROVE and now they should be getting it out to the partners like iTunes, Google music etc. Now I just keep working on videos, …
Originally Posted: SUNDAY, 18 DECEMBER 2011 Ok, enough remixing. Gotta move on. I uploaded the album on saturday and it should be on cdbaby and itunes soon. The name is Mind=Blown.
Originally Posted: TUESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2011 I think it’s done!! I will listen through one last time but I think this is it. I finished the cover artwork, re-titled the wav and mp3 files (mp3s just for me, the wavs go to CD Baby) and I think it’s all set. I’ll give it a day …
Originally posted: Monday Nov 28 2011 Yesterday I bought a Fender Chroma Polaris from a friend. It’s a really fat, huge sounding synth! A cross between Oberheim and Moog, although the filter is Arp so obviously it mostly sounds like that. It’s basically a polyphonic Arp Odyssey. Very cool! Unfortunately it has one major flaw: …
Originally Posted: WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2011 Just a quick note to let you know, if you’re looking for an original Oberheim SEM module there’s one available here in Toronto in a little store downtown called Paul’s Boutique. They often have some cool old gear there. http://paulsboutique.ca/keyboards.php Check it out. Cool shop!
Originally Posted: SUNDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2011 Ok, this time I want to talk about a virtual analog. WAIT! I know, but this one sounds GREAT! I know most virtual analogs don’t quite sound like a real analog but this one is different. The company name is Use Audio and it’s called the Plugiator. It actually …
Originally Posted: FRIDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2011 Thought I’d flesh out the old (new) blog a bit with some synth info and opinions. Lets start with my dream synth from the 80’s, the Oberheim OB-8! I had never even seen a real Oberheim for most of my high school life but for some reason I thought …
Well, here we are. A new Scott From Canada blog! One thing I’ve learned while trying to create this is how many “scott from canada” addresses have been taken! Who knows if people are really using them or if they are just squatting on them hoping I’ll pay big money for them some day. Not …
Well, finally I have my own blog on a slightly more modern looking website. I will copy the posts from blogger and post them here, as well post my videos here. Then I will continue to add exciting new information fairly regularly! Probably…