28.8.10

Pain and painting ~ a short and incomplete guide to painter biopics


Biographical movies about famous painters are always about pain. The suffering makes these visionary prophets of art more Jesus-like and sometimes it also deepens their work on an emotional level, but believe it or not.. even Bob Ross suffered!

20.8.10

Out now: Boomski - She was a rough rider




The Tao of FM Synthesis #3 ~ Basic combinations and extra hands

Here's a thing that's confusing about FM synthesis: it's the simple fact that each synth is different. The FM controls are never quite the same. For example, we’ve been talking about ratios in episode 2. Remember: the ratio between the pitch of the ‘basic sound’ and the pitch of the ‘effect sound’ is extremely important in FM.