Bleeping good fun!
Friday, January 30th, 2009(Disclaimer: We all know that I adore the Nintendo DS, so I will not go into stylus-fan-boy mode).
When Dave over at Aisle8 told me someone had ported a vintage analog synth to the DS, I had to have it! Old synths have something magical, they become even more magical when packed in a little box with a touch-screen. The idea is just way to cool, in a geeky kind of way. Now that I have had it for a while, what do I think? Let’s get something out of the way for those of you who may not be familiar with analog synthesizers. It’s the type of machine you hear blipping and bleeping in old dance records. They are big, can’t recreate a natural sounding instrument (like a piano) to save their lives (for that you need a sampler) and lately became popular again. Why? Why does music seem to revive itself every 30 years? Because the kids that grew up with it are longing for days long gone. Nostalgia baby! So ironically, we are using 20 year old machines to make music called “techno”…. (more…)
