September 25th, 2009 by lifesabatch
Found this one on twitter. It combines two of my favorite things, retro synthesizers and retro ads. This is basically porn to me.
Roland TR-808
This was the first drum machine one of my early mentors taught me on. It flopped originally until it was discovered in pawn shops by early hip-hop and techno producers. Now you can’t turn on the radio without hearing it’s signature sub-bass sound which, by the way, doesn’t actually come out of the box raw. You have to process the bass drum sound to get it.
I’ve always wanted one of these but I figured it wouldn’t happen till I turn 80, but an 808 practically fell in my lap last year. Now it’s a major part of my production process and my life is complete. I can die happy now.
All hail the 808!!!!
http://retrosynthads.blogspot.com
Tags: Design, drum machine, hip-hop, Roland, TR-808
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September 25th, 2009 by lifesabatch
Hi, everybody, I’m back. Big things coming. If anybody is still checking this blog, please leave a comment. I missed you. I won’t leave again.
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June 2nd, 2009 by lifesabatch
I’ve been waiting for this. While I have to admit I spent the downtime between skateboarding in the late seventies, and skating in the early eighties, dabbling in things such as D&D, knives, throwing stars, Apple IIs, and dirt bikes, I never did get into the RPG video games.
I’m playing Fallout on my Bootcamp partition, so this will be my second RPG.
I’m downloading as I type.
Tags: playstation, psn, rpg
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May 18th, 2009 by lifesabatch
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May 18th, 2009 by lifesabatch
I found this article about the making of the Sony PlayStation and being the logo freak I am, I was sold by this picture of toss away ideas. I haven’t actually read the multiple page article yet so holler if it’s any good, or bad. Enjoy, and welcome back!
Tags: logo, playstation
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