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Why you should practice DJing
I’ve never really been interested in the art of DJing, but lately I’ve started lusting for a Digital DJ Controller. Why? I think the spark came when I visited one of the huge DJ stores in Tokyo a while...
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I’m not making music…
I’m not making music right now. In fact, it’s been almost 6 months since I packed up all my gear in San Francisco, put it into a container and sent it off across the ocean. While my gear has been …...
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Lightening up the Subway
In the Stockholm subway it’s common to see older men stepping on to the train playing instruments and sometimes even singing. It’s like a street musician on board. Usually they get on at one stop, play...
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Reassembling the studio Part 1
As I’m nearing the end of the mountain of boxes that filled our new apartment after the move I’m finally starting to get my gear back up as well. I’m having a desk and some racks custom built for me …...
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Mavericks and the Mackie 1640i
I’ve been holding off updating the OS of my main studio computer (Mid 2011 27″ iMac) for the last 2.5 years. It came with Lion installed and I saw nothing in Mountain Lion that would motivate the...
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Bitwig Finally gets a Release Date!
March 26! Mark the date as this is when the german outfit will release their much anticipated new DAW. According to a press statement sent out today the date and pricing will be announced at NAMM 2014,...
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Switching from Ableton Live to Logic Pro X
I mentioned briefly in a previous post that the reason I was upgrading to Mavericks was to explore Apple’s Logic Pro X. Having lived in Ableton Live for the past 2-3 years I knew it was not going to be...
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Custom Studio Furniture (Free Sketchup Plan)
Since I moved back to Sweden It’s taken quite a while to get all the gear back up, but now it’s finally in place and all plugged in. One of my goals was to improve my desk space to get … Continue...
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Fiddling with deadly currents
A while back my good friend Niklas from NOR and Norator visited me here in Stockholm for an epic synth weekend (featuring amongst others Kraftwerk and Cold Cave…) and helped me modify my Doepfer LC9...
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Interview with Glitzerstrahl
Check out this interview on the Glitzerstrahl project over at the Geeky Disco blog: http://geekydisco.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/inside-music-henrik-johansson.html Big thanks to Andrew for including me!...
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Random Update
Just a quick random update to show that I’m still alive. It’s been really hard getting back into a good workflow since I arrived here in Sweden. I think part of it is my mind being occupied by my new …...
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Rock on! or off…
While my inspiration for the electronic side of the Glitzerstrahl project is running a bit low at the moment, I decided to do some intensive guitar practice instead. For this I need a new practice amp...
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Japan Shopping #2 – A New(?) Method
I’ve decided to use the downtime in Japan to get serious about some academic studies around the science and history of music. I haven’t gone so far as to actually join a course, but I found a great...
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CDs – still going strong in Japan
Japan, in contrast to the rest of the world, still has a fairly healthy CD sales market (last year 85% of music sales in Japan were CDs). It is definitely shrinking (17% 2014), but still accounts for a...
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Where to download the Access Virus TI Software
I have no clue why Access Music has decided to make it bloody impossible to find download links to the TI Software Suite (which includes plugins and Virus Control) anywhere on their website. If you are...
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IsoAcoustics speaker stands, real deal or fake?
Turns out, they’re the real deal! One of my Adam monitors (A3X) started making a strange humming noise a while back, and when I took it in for service I noticed they had the IsoAcoustics stands in the...
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New Track: Tribute to Tom
This is the January track. First monthly track of the year. The news here is that I’ve recorded and mangled some analog electric guitar parts as well as synth loops. Other than that it’s entirely in...
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Cubase vs. Logic
I’ve been on the fence for some time, going back and forth on Logic as a DAW. I like how simple it is to get going with a melody and a groove, and how snappy the UI of the actual … Continue reading →
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New Track: If you take my hand
Lately I’ve listened a lot to 80s synth pop, so when Native Instruments released the Neon Drive expansion for Maschine I immediately jumped on it. The track below was sequenced entirely in Maschine...
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5 Tips for a faster Cubase workflow. Spoiler: its all about the keyboard!
Recently I switched from Logic Pro X to Cubase Pro 8, and immediately saw my productivity cut in half. The reason? The loss of familiar keyboard shortcuts. After working with Live and Logic for a few...
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