Archive for March 17th, 2011

Posted By andrew603

Meet Synth-Studio Tower!

17 Mar 2011 @ 8:02 PM Comments Off on Meet Synth-Studio Tower!

I finished building my newest PC a little while ago.  Just the other day (at time of writing) I replaced the motherboard due to a bug in the Intel Sandy Bridge motherboard chipset Serial ATA Controller with it’s new, bug-free version.

Long ago, for the first time, I built my own PC.  Then, I built another.  Then another, and another.  This is one of them.

Surprisingly, that went through with zero issues I’m happy to report!  I thought at least I would have to re-create my RAID 10 array, and re-image the machine from a backup.  However, it found my array and booted right up!  Way to go Intel/Asus!

I decided to take some photos of it, they came out alright, as the lighting in my room is not great.  Check them out below.

What, you don’t want to look at stupid pictures you’re a computer expert?  What are “specs”?  Why do you want to know about what kind of glasses I have???

System Specs:

Chassis:  Silverstone Fortress (FT02 in Black)
Power Supply:  Silverstone Strider 1200 Watt PSU (ST1200)
Motherboard:  Asus P8P67 Deluxe (B3 Revision)
CPU:  Intel Core i7 2600k Quad Core CPU (2nd Generation Core i7 “Sandy Bridge”)
CPU Heatsink:  Prolimatech Super Mega Twin Tower CPU Cooler
Memory:  2x G.Skill Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600 8GB 2x4GB Kit
GPU:  2x Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX570
HDD:  4x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA3Gb/s (in a RAID 10 array)
Optical Drive:  LG 10x Blu-Ray Burner

On Back-Order:  MOTU 24I/O Recording System with PCI Express interface card  (still waiting for this beastie at time of writing.)

Now, the photos!





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Posted By andrew603

A few more random recordings

17 Mar 2011 @ 6:23 PM Comments Off on A few more random recordings
Here are a few more random songs I have recorded recently.  Enjoy!
  • My newly remixed covers from Doom.
    These were fun!  They use mainly the Roland XV-5080 and some new guitar patches I’ve made which are combinations of waveforms from various SRX boards.  Also features the really cool Roland PMA-5 on drum tracks for all three songs.

    • Download Doom – E1M1 SRX
    • Download Doom – E1M4 SRX
    • Download Doom – Intermission SRX

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  • My remix of my friend Andre Louis’ song The Improbability Factor.
    Cool song!  Uses both Roland Fantom XR and XV-5080, various SRX sounds.  I don’t remember if there’s some SC-8850 in there.

    • Download The Improbability Factor

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  • My remix of a song from the RPG Brandish 4.
    The soundtracks from those Japanese RPG’s are always pretty serious business, in a good way!  This song uses the Fantom XR and XV-5080 SRX Sounds with the SC-8850 on drums and a couple other patches.

    • Download Brandish – Soldiers

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  • A funny MIDI remix draft of Michael Jackson’s song Beat It. Ever wonder what the vocals would sound like as a synth with a formant filter effect?  I think the guitar solo came out nice as well.  This song uses the Fantom XR, XV-5080, SC-8850, and Yamaha MU128.  I named it after a patch from the MU128 that is used for the intro synth.
    • Download Beat Hit! SRX

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