new songwriting tool…

recently I picked up this Dave Smith Prophet rev 2…It’s turned out not to only be a great synth for adding sonic textures, but its a really inspirational songwriting tool. Can’t say enough good things about this thing….

 

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Gear geekdom

Gear geekdom has been an ongoing theme in Black Diamond Orchestra. Basic demos and sonic exploration starts here, with an acoustic guitar, a Dave smith prophet rev 2 analog synth, a pretty rare old string synth- (a korg Lambda ES-50), a casio mt-68, a micro Korg, a fender 68 deluxe reverb amp, a pearlman tm-1 Neumann U47 style mic, a nice sounding great river preamp,  …and lots of pedals.

 

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William Basinski

If you’re interested in the ambient genre and haven’t heard the disintegration loops by William Basinski, check it out. A modern day classic.. his performance at carriage works was the biz..

 

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