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Learning Modular/Alias Zone March 2024 Newsletter: A Bit of History

Learning Modular/Alias Zone March 2024 Newsletter: A Bit of History

by Chris Meyer | Feb 28, 2024 | Newsletters | 0 comments

Hi! I hope you’ve been having a good 2024 so far. I started it by attending the most recent NAMM show (as well as the parallel Buchla & Friends modular-focused show), and just two weeks ago construction started on my new studio. Indeed, as I write this, there is...
Learning Modular/Alias Zone January 2024 Newsletter: New Recording Studio

Learning Modular/Alias Zone January 2024 Newsletter: New Recording Studio

by Chris Meyer | Jan 1, 2024 | Newsletters | 0 comments

Imagine trying to anticipate everything you might want to do in your recording studio over the next ten or so years – and then trying to design a new studio to accommodate that, down to the last table, patchbay, and wall jack. That is what I’ve been doing the last...
Learning Modular October/November 2023 Newsletter: Improving Oscillator Tracking

Learning Modular October/November 2023 Newsletter: Improving Oscillator Tracking

by Chris Meyer | Oct 30, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

It’s been a fun couple of months since the previous newsletter. I played a series of gigs, had the chance to patch vintage Moog and Polyfusion modular synths, raised some money for the Moogseum, attended Knobcon where I demonstrated my Osiris WavPak with a new idea...
Learning Modular | Alias Zone August/September 2023 Newsletter: Stepped Random Sources

Learning Modular | Alias Zone August/September 2023 Newsletter: Stepped Random Sources

by Chris Meyer | Aug 31, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

As I mentioned briefly in the previous newsletter, I’ve been designing a new potential studio. I had no idea how time consuming the process would be: Although I am working with an architect, I’ve still had to educate myself on a wide range of subjects great and small...
Learning Modular July 2023 Newsletter: Backing Tracks

Learning Modular July 2023 Newsletter: Backing Tracks

by Chris Meyer | Jul 2, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

June was a month of juggling. I helped organize and headlined an afternoon concert of instrumental electronic music at the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico; I started planning a potential new studio that will be Dolby Atmos compatible; I also have...
Learning Modular June 2023 Newsletter: Superbooth 2023

Learning Modular June 2023 Newsletter: Superbooth 2023

by Chris Meyer | May 30, 2023 | Newsletters | 0 comments

I was home barely two weeks after my most recent tour plus the NAMM show, and then I was on a plane to spend two weeks overseas ending at Superbooth in Berlin. The main article below contains my favorites from that show. But that’s not the only thing going on! Patreon...
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