Modulations
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Dispatch 20260903 - Galaxy Electric
Mosaic was played on Galaxy Electric show. They had some nice words about it.
Dispatch of 20260829
An update on the implementation of the mailing list software on my own site.
Hello World!
Announcing to mailing subscribers of the new mailing software now hosted on peachymango
Resident Electronic Monthly
Resident Electronic Monthly is a Bay Area open mic dedicated to live electronic music.
Sound, Space, Time
Spatial Audio or Immersive Audio is gainning popularity, thanks to the processing capabilities of computers, phones, game consoles.
Spatial Audio and Physical Releases
In today's digital streaming world, capturing and maintaining an audience is crucial.
The rebirth of quadraphonic modular synthesizers
Attending a concert of Suzanne Ciani or Morton Subotnick in full surround sound is quite an experience.
Get your own Dolby Atmos Studio
I have a Dolby Atmos home studio in 5.1.4.
Quadraphonic on Eurorack
If you want to get into quadraphonic sound on a eurorack modular synthesizer, here are a few modules you may want to use.
Electronic Music History in the San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a hub for innovation in electronic music, from early academic experiments to thriving underground scenes.
An analysis of surround sound in streaming services
I have been doing some exploration in to quadraphonic audio.
Electro music in the San Francisco Bay – Some history and a list of on-going electro events
Bay Area electro history from Buchla and Suzanne Ciani to Robotspeak, Resonant Frequencies, and Resident — originally published on MerciSF.
Electronica open mic events around San Francisco
When you start making music, it is quite important to reach out to the local community.
Why I moved from Facebook Live to YouTube (and Twitch)
Every month as part of our corporate inDay program, we do social activities on a Friday. With some of my colleagues (Juan Rosales, Bryan Levay), we take this friday afternoon to play Beep Boops or Blip Bloops or modular synthesizers. We book a conference room with a view and often invite friends that play modular synthesizers too.
Final Cut Pro and 360
I have been doing 360 videos for my YouTube Vlog and music. It has been quite a learning process.
What DAW for a good music recipe?
A friend asked me, what DAW, Digital Audio Workstation, should he get for his son?
Courting the indie artists
It seems that Spotify is courting the indie artists.
San Francisco Electronic music scene
West Coast Electronic music but also any coast.
360 video and audio
Why audio is very poor on video?
"Binary Trees" - A Musical Journey
I really liked the album "Oxygene" from Jean-Michel Jarre. This was my first encounter with Electronic Music. As he stated "In my music, only the instruments are electronic", which reflects a classical rhythm structure for a research on sound.