Revenue

I think it's time to make some money back from my many purchases. I've always enjoyed creating sounds and it might be a good idea to create a sample library, with all these vintage keyboards it could be quite interesting to see how it works out. Before, it was just a question of making multi-sampled wav's - now do you create a library for Reason, Kontakt, Ableton or Halion?

Korg Poly-61 back from the dead!

Well, I am well and truly chuffed to bits... my first synth - a Korg Poly-61 that I bought for £400 back in 1986 is working again.

It's been dead for over 7 years due to a battery leak eating the CPU board. I tried cleaning the damage but to no avail. So it's been sitting in the corner of my studio collecting dust since the

n as I couldn't bear to get rid of it, hoping that someday I might find a spare CPU board to replace it.

So... just last week I decided to have a look on E-bay for some synth bargains and surprise.. a guy was selling just the board I needed for £40 - got my bid in and won - superb!!!

So today I've put the board in, stripped the keyboard as the contacts were caked in dirt and dust and now it's working as good as it did back in '86. - fan-bloody-tastic!!!

Record

I've been busy beta testing Propellerheads' new product - Record and I have to say it's really, really good. Even with the beta status it hardly made a dent on my laptops CPU and it's a big beast too.

When you think you've got a full recording system and Reason too, that's a hell of a accomplishment. If I had a criticism, the audio editing isn't as fast or clean as Pro-Tools, but the mixing desk (based on a classic SSL) is the most amazing sounding software desk I've ever heard and I'll definately be getting the upgrade for my Reason 4 in September.

Check it out at the Props' website (www.propellerheads.se) as it's now an open Beta and anyone can join in.