{"id":8,"date":"2012-08-22T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T16:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottfromcanada.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-12-26T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:18:27","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.scottfromcanada.com\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Some Basic Information About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hi! This is my simple little website. And here’s where I create music, my little studio I like to call Cloud City<\/p>\n

I posted some of my music to Soundcloud. Have a listen! Soundcloud<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Here’s a quick intro and description of “Scott From Canada”<\/p>\n

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), Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and a lot of other people and bands I’ve been listening to for the last 40 years or so.<\/p>\n

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 secondary schools (although not at the same time!).<\/p>\n

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 electronic parts don’t age very well they also require a lot of maintenance so I don’t have a lot of them.<\/p>\n

I have found a set of digital (virtual analog) synths that imitate analogs extremely well. The Creamware synths, Minimax, Prodyssey and Pro12 are excellent as is the Use Audio Plugiator which creates the exact same sounds in a smaller, much less costly box. I hope they continue to create more plugins for the Plugiator since it is by far the most cost-effective way of adding that analog sound to your setup!<\/p>\n

There are a few actual analog synths I use though. Currently I use:<\/p>\n

Arp Axxe
\nArp Quartet
\nBehringer Neutron
\nBehringer 2600 Grey Meanie
\nChroma Polaris
\nCreamware Minimax
\nCreamware Pro12
\nDoepfer Modular Synthesizer (Basis System 2 + many more modules)
\nDave Smith Prophet 12
\nDave Smith Instruments Mopho
\nDave Smith Instruments Tetra
\nElka Rhapsody 490 Strings
\nKorg MS-20mini and SQ-1
\nKorg Minikorg 700
\nKorg Microkorg
\nKorg Monotron (and Delay and Duo)
\nKurzweil K2000
\nOberheim Matrix 1000
\nOberheim Matrix 6
\nOberheim SEM-Pro
\nOberheim OB-8
\nRoland SH-1000
\nRoland SH-2
\nRoland VK-8m
\nRoland D-50
\nRoland Super JV-1080 \u00a0with Vocal board (Best choir sounds I’ve heard!)
\nRoland Gaia SH-01 (another fantastic virtual analog)
\nRoland MGS64
\nMoog Etherwave Theremin
\nMoog Polymoog
\nMoog Slim Phatty
\nMoog Minimoog Voyager (rack mount version)
\nMoog Minimoog – 2017 reissue with Muse
\nSequential Circuits Six-Trak
\nSequential Circuits Prophet 600
\nSequential Circuits Prophet 10
\nYamaha CS-10
\nYamaha CS-15
\nYamaha CS-20m
\nYamaha CS-40m
\nYamaha SK-20
\nYamaha DX-7IID<\/p>\n

There’s also a bunch of outboard gear like<\/p>\n

t.c. electronic M-One
\nAlesis Quadraverb
\nLexicon mpx-100
\nElectro-Harmonix v .256 vocoder
\nElectro-Harmonix Bad Stone phase shifter
\nElectro-Harmonix Polyphase
\nElectro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress
\nElectro-Harmonix Flanger Hoax
\nBoss RE-20 Space Echo
\nStrymon Timeline
\nMXR Phase 100
\nMXR Flanger<\/p>\n

and a few other things here and there.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for my pictures they are all on flickr right here: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scotteh<\/a><\/p>\n

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