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Learning Modular March 2021 Newsletter: Mixing It Up

by Chris Meyer | Mar 2, 2021 | Newsletters | 1 comment

I’ve been busy the past few weeks composing, recording, and video-ing (is that a word?) two new compositions. One will be my set for SoundQuest Fest on March 27, and the other – which still needs to be edited – will be webcast later this year. Edited versions of the...

Learning Modular February 2021 Newsletter: Composition & Performance

by Chris Meyer | Jan 31, 2021 | Newsletters | 0 comments

The Monday after the last newsletter went out, two great things happened: My name was pulled out of the digital hat to perform at WMD’s Freq Boutique 045 Steve Roach asked me to perform at his and Serena Gabriel’s SoundQuest Fest 2021 The first one set off a scramble...
Learning Modular January 2021 Newsletter: Looking Forward

Learning Modular January 2021 Newsletter: Looking Forward

by Chris Meyer | Dec 31, 2020 | Newsletters | 2 comments

Happy New Year, everyone! I think most of us are very happy to see 2020 to be finished. Unfortunately, it looks like 2020’s bad side will hang over us for several more months, so we can’t quite yet let our guard down and party like it’s 1999… 😉  I’m finding this to be...
Learning Modular January 2021 Newsletter: Looking Forward

Learning Modular December 2020 Newsletter: Filters as Waveshapers

by Chris Meyer | Nov 30, 2020 | Newsletters | 2 comments

It’s been a varied month: In addition to working on my studio to better prepare it for recording and webcasts (and I have two such events coming up in December), I’ve created videos for a couple of small, inexpensive modulators, and experimented further with altering...
Learning Modular January 2021 Newsletter: Looking Forward

Learning Modular November 2020 Newsletter: Modular Performance

by Chris Meyer | Oct 31, 2020 | Newsletters | 0 comments

My main focus last month was composing, performing, and otherwise documenting a pair of modular synth performances: the angst-ridden Fear Itself for our local New Mexico modular meetup, featuring my gigging system The Tardis, and the longer-form, more cinematic Ash...
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