On this (the final official) edition of FrankenCartridge, you’ll get to hear a new track; discover what happens when you put the “grass” back into “The Bluegrass State”, and learn how to deal with disjointed song sections…or make them worse. Thanks for your support and – for the love of crap! – BEWARE THE DOGMAN!
Synths and Other Gear
FrankenCartridge: Spooky Roads, Creepy Choirs, and Haunted Cellos
On this edition of FrankenCartridge you’ll get to hear a new track; learn about at least one Urban Legend; gets some tips about reverb, chorus, and delay; and watch me struggle with two pieces of metal. Good times!
Everything Sounds Better in Edgar Allan Poe’s Basement
A short while back I paid a visit to the Edgar Allan Poe house here in lovely Philadelphia. This visit was prompted by my nephew, Jeff, whom you might know from the cover of the Dead Milkmen’s “If I Had A Gun” Single.
Jeff is nearly forty now, so just let that sink in.
Anyhoooo, while I was there I made sure to record an impulse in in EAP’s basement and…
What’s an impulse?
I’m so glad you asked! An impulse is usually a short percussive sound (I.e. A handclap or a snare hit) that is then imported into a convolution reverb tool such as FL Studio’s “Fruity Convolver“
You then apply this reverb to an instrument or vocal and the convolution reverb applies the properties of the space you recorded the impulse in to the sound and viola! You’re jamming in Poe’s basement. Or you’re jamming with your viola in Poe’s basement. I get confused, so maybe this will help clear things up.
Below is the impulse I recorded in Poe’s basement:
Poe_Basement.wav
Here is a set of drums playing a beat dry – no reverb has been added:
Drums_Dry.mp3
Now, here’s the same set of drums as if they were being played in Poe’s basement:
Drums_Poe_Basement.mp3
I’ll be sure to add the Poe’s Basement impulse to the Free Sounds section of this site along with any other impulses I have in my convolution library – including my own basement.
in the meantime, you can grab the EAP Basement Impulse from the link above.
You’re welcome, America.
Phun Philly Phact: My friend MC Lars, an enthusiastic Poe fan, once tried to jump the fence surrounding the Poe house before Dean Clean and I pulled back to safety,
An Ersatz Revivew of the Novation FLKEY 37
In this video I take my sweet time getting around to reviewing the Novation FLKEY 37 which [SPOILER ALERT] is an excellent product. Watch this and learn as much, if not more, about my anger issues than the actual hardware.
Wiring Up My “Cabinet of Curiosities”
Since it looks like 7th Victim will be returning to live show in the very near future, I decided to run a few checks on our new synth settup – AKA “The Cabinet of Curiosities” How did I wire the whole thing in under three minutes? Lots of coffee – and sped-up photgraphy