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Reassembling the studio Part 1

As I’m nearing the end of the mountain of boxes that filled our new apartment after the move I’m finally starting to get my gear back up as well. I’m having a desk and some racks custom built for me …...

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Mavericks and the Mackie 1640i

I’ve been holding off updating the OS of my main studio computer (Mid 2011 27″ iMac) for the last 2.5 years. It came with Lion installed and I saw nothing in Mountain Lion that would motivate the...

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Bitwig Finally gets a Release Date!

March 26! Mark the date as this is when the german outfit will release their much anticipated new DAW. According to a press statement sent out today the date and pricing will be announced at NAMM 2014,...

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Switching from Ableton Live to Logic Pro X

I mentioned briefly in a previous post that the reason I was upgrading to Mavericks was to explore Apple’s Logic Pro X. Having lived in Ableton Live for the past 2-3 years I knew it was not going to be...

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Custom Studio Furniture (Free Sketchup Plan)

Since I moved back to Sweden It’s taken quite a while to get all the gear back up, but now  it’s finally in place and all plugged in. One of my goals was to improve my desk space to get … Continue...

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Fantastic Earplugs!

Got these amazing earplugs from a gacha machine on my last trip to Japan! Sadly I didn’t have time to get the whole series (there are 6 variations in total)…   Tagged: Japan, Oddities, Off Topic

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Cumulus 2, The Start…

Now that I’ve gotten most of my gear in place I’ve slowly started to work on material for the next Cumulus compilation. The track below is a sketch, not yet complete but I thought I’d share the working...

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Fiddling with deadly currents

A while back my good friend Niklas from NOR and Norator visited me here in Stockholm for an epic synth weekend (featuring amongst others Kraftwerk and Cold Cave…) and helped me modify my Doepfer LC9...

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Interview with Glitzerstrahl

Check out this interview on the Glitzerstrahl project over at the Geeky Disco blog: http://geekydisco.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/inside-music-henrik-johansson.html Big thanks to Andrew for including me!...

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Stuck in an endless AdSense loop…

I’m not extremely active on Youtube, but I do post a video from time to time and some of them have accumulated at least a some views. I’ve been thinking about monetizing them using ads, so a while back...

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Random Update

Just a quick random update to show that I’m still alive. It’s been really hard getting back into a good workflow since I arrived here in Sweden. I think part of it is my mind being occupied by my new …...

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Rock on! or off…

While my inspiration for the electronic side of the Glitzerstrahl project is running a bit low at the moment, I decided to do some intensive guitar practice instead. For this I need a new practice amp...

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New Ear Phones (Shure SE425)

I realised after landing in Tokyo that I had completely forgotten to bring any form of head or ear phones. I already have a pretty wide array of head phones, but my old sony ear buds that have served...

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Japan Shopping #1 – Vocaloids!

One of my favourite things about Japan is all the great books that get published (only) here. Being able to read Japanese certainly helps… Today I picked up ‘Logic Pro X + Vocaloid Editor 3′ from the...

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Mac Pro

The main computer in my home studie is an iMac that I bought back in mid 2011. It has served me really well and is actually still holding its ground on simple tasks like browsing and emailing. However,...

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Best Monitor for Audio Production?

I’m using an iMac in target display mode with my new Mac Pro, but the idea is to sell the old iMac and get a new monitor. The open question is, which one? At first I had my mind set on … Continue...

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Japan Shopping #2 – A New(?) Method

I’ve decided to use the downtime in Japan to get serious about some academic studies around the science and history of music. I haven’t gone so far as to actually join a course, but I found a great...

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Learning Logic Pro X (for real)

I mentioned before that I’m using the down time in Japan to study. It’s turning into a mixture of music theory, composition and software techniques, and I wanted to particularly highlight a book (Logic...

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Japan Shopping #3 – Logicool K480

I’ve had my eyes on this keyboard for some time since I wanted a better input method for my iPad. The K480 is great as it let’s you pair up to 3 devices, which means I can have it ‘connected’ to …...

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日本語での更新

このブログを始めてからの日本語の更新は今までほとんどなかったけど、新年の約束として、2015では必ず回数を増やして、書き込みをします。 最近スウェーデンに引っ越しし、日本語を使うきかいが減ったので言葉数もまえより大分少なくなってるけど、頑張ります!練習にもなりますので :-) この2015年も、よろしくお願いします! Tagged: Japan, Japanese

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