My First Music Demo, 1988

These are my very first 4-track recordings. I made them in the spring of 1988, then dubbed and distributed a bunch of demo cassettes under the name M. Scott. Eden in the Rain01-Eden-in-the-Rain.mp3 Predestination02-Predestination.mp3 The Rush of My Heart03-Rush-of-my-Heart.mp3 You Deny04-Simple-Man.mp3   Equipment used: Roland Jupiter-6 : all the “analog” sounding stuff. Strings and bass, […]

DIY Oktava 319 Mic Mods – Part 1, introduction

More than a year ago Jess and I purchased a pair of Oktava 319 microphones with the express intent of having them modified by Michael Joly at Oktavamod.com. Several years ago Guitar Center was blowing these out at $89 each. They currently go for about $300 new. We found them on Ebay for less than […]

Mac Desktop Sharing (VNC) over Internet

A while ago I started using VNC (Desktop Sharing) both at work and at the home studio.  In my opinion, this sort of technology is a real game changer.  From my laptop (or any other computer on my LAN) I can access any other computer – just as though I was sitting in front of […]

DIY/kit guitar effect pedals

Monday night I ordered parts to mod 2 of the foot switch pedals I currently use for my electric guitar setup. My amp is a Peavey Classic 50 2×12, which has a double foot switch – a channel select switch (normal/overdrive) and a reverb switch.  That’s fine, except there are no indicator lights to let […]