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Digital Weapons Music

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Highly skilled dilettante musician making noises since age 4 see also: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalWeaponsMusic https://www.patreon.com/c/DigitalWeaponsMusic https://digital-weapons.bandcamp.com/

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Dec 2

I cannot overemphasize what a fundamentally important book this is for people interested in synthesis and digital signal processing.

It is a holy text.

#thebook #theonebook #synthesis #dsp #synthsky #skysynth #thebible

sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/courses/...

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Mar 8

Finally, got around to the video!

This is a #Cubase/#SpectraLayers #mashup of Helpless, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and Fade into You ....

#csny #neilyoung #bobdylan #mazzystar #threechords #unmixing #chordprogression #cantcopyrightchords #justforfun

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Helplessly Knockin' into You Again

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · 26d

Then, *entirely* in a different direction, here's some #minimalism:

#ambient #ostinato #repetition #skysynth #synthsky #electronica

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dUO...

Red Blood White Snow

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · 26d

So, after several months of my mind occupied by family medical "stuff," I may be back on track with a couple of new tunes.

Purely for fun, here's a #chillout #synthwave cover of the Law & Order theme ...

#skysynth #synthsky #electronica #lawandorder #mikepost

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Loren Ardor

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ever tried to write 12-tone and found just the very basic task of playing 12 different semitones in a row almost impossible without some kind of aid ...?

I've had this simple idea rattling around in my head ....

#12tone #vibecoding

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Vibe coded 12-tone serial composition aid

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Aug 14

"PTO" for 2+ month, more like since March, adventure of getting mom into a safe assisted living facility

yesterday was the first time in months I made any new notes ... gave myself an hour or two

#polymeter #cubase #electronica #experimental #quickie

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457: 5 and 7 go to war, 4 stays on the floor

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Jun 28

Lalo #Schifrin didn't go all out like Gil Melle for The Andromeda Strain, but his experimental jazz soundtrack for The Hellstrom Chronicle is another one of those perfect gems from the 70s

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The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Equalizer Still Equalizing

Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 31

it's a knockout

Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 31

A month or so after "getting over" COVID I'm still day-to-day how much (if any) energy I have ... Not enough energy for Sadko the past few days, so I've done some work that doesn't need deep thought...

#spectralayers #electronica

Here's a slight remix of a tune from 1990(?):

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Sacrifice (May 2025 Remix)

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 30

I have some "theatrical" red velvet curtains very much like those! I love them. Got them to use as a studio photo background.

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 30

The "Demo" playlist is a good choice if you want to know what sorts of music I've been making during the past *cough* 45 *cough* years

#synthsky #skysynth #originalmusic

Soft opening:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/c/DigitalWea...
Bandcamp - digital-weapons.bandcamp.com

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Octa Kronic Op 1

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 28

And here's the whole thing

Another moderately low effort reasonably successful experiment (MIDI file + editing + instruments + fiddling around)

#baroque #couperin #synthsky #skysynth #electronic #ambient

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rcd...

Les Barricades Mysteriéuses - François Couperin (1717)

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 27

Also, made another one of these

#synthsky #skysynth #electronica #baroque #couperin

www.youtube.com/shorts/W3UES...

Couperin's Mysterious Barricades ... full length audio coming #classicalcomposer #couperin #baroque

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 27

And also a Patreon soft open...

www.patreon.com/c/digitalwea...

Patreon is empowering a new generation of creators. Support and engage with artists and creators as they live out their passions!

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 27

Still making a comeback from COVID (last month!). Dragging too much to make a lot of progress on Sadko, but I did round up some Montage Music and start a Bandcamp soft open:

digital-weapons.bandcamp.com/album/montag...

Montage Music, by Digital Weapons

5 track album

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 21

what a pain in the ass to re-transcribe the score but i'm super excited about the payoff, will need a few days work

Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 21

Here's something fun!

In my quest for minimalist inspiration I came upon Rimsky-Korsakov's original Sadko "tableau" and ... found inspiration ...

So here's a WiP/PoC ...

#synthsky #skysynth #rimskykorsakov #electronica #minimalism #ambient

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une poème synthétique

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 20

Now, I just ordered an AG06Mk2 to use with a different PC ... The Yamaha gear has a reasonable reputation

Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 20

The fact that it's built like a wheel chock is also great although I don't travel with it these days

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 20

Having that "jog dial" for my monitor volume sitting right in front of me on my desk is the BEST

TotalMix is terrific functionality although holy shit the UI can be confusing (loopback I'm looking at you)

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 20

I'm a big fan of my Babyface Pro

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 19

This could actually work!!!

Score OMR -> #MusicXML -> #Cubase14

#bartok #belabartok #mikrokosmos #synthsky #skysynth

m.youtube.com/shorts/Va0iw...

well this is cool af #bartok #mikrokosmos

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 18

Closing in on an interpretation/arrangement of this that I might like ...?

#marinmarais #marais #baroque #synth #skysynth #synthsky #cubase #cubase14 #electronica #whatsoldisnewagain #virtualsynth #chromophone #chromophone3

#goforbaroque #ifeelsobaroqueup

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feeling Baroque

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · May 17

Just spent a month having COVID 😷

Now that I'm somewhat functional again, please enjoy this relatively successful low-effort experiment with MIDI files and Chromaphone 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09O...

#skysynth #synthsky #eriksatie #ambient #synthesizer #ambientmusic #keyboard #electronica

Gnossienne No 3 (Erik Satie, 1893)

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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Apr 13

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#freestuff #reverb #mixing #audio #audioproduction #musicproduction #production #spatializer #3dsound #VRsound #headphones #binaural

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