Alphabet Dust
@alphabetdust.bsky.social
A miscellany of soundtracks, photos and random thoughts apropos of nothing. Find my fuzzy warbles at alphabetdust.bandcamp.com
Pinned
Late afternoon walk.
Soundtrack: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Organisation".
Soundtrack: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Organisation".
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Late afternoon walk.
Soundtrack: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Organisation".
Soundtrack: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Organisation".
The view from Saturday night.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The view from Saturday night.
I like the idea of squeezing more life out of tech that otherwise might be regarded as past it. So my no-frills rig for occasionally recording away from my DAW is an old Toshiba laptop, previously creaking under Win 10, revived with an SSD, Mint Linux and a spare PreSonus Audiobox. It lives!
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I like the idea of squeezing more life out of tech that otherwise might be regarded as past it. So my no-frills rig for occasionally recording away from my DAW is an old Toshiba laptop, previously creaking under Win 10, revived with an SSD, Mint Linux and a spare PreSonus Audiobox. It lives!
Haven’t made a #BskyBeer post for a while, so.… I discovered the connection between Home Bargains and the perfectly quaffable Love Lane Brewery range they sell so suspiciously cheaply: the HB parent company rescued the brewery from insolvency last year. Mystery solved Scooby, pass me another can.
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Haven’t made a #BskyBeer post for a while, so.… I discovered the connection between Home Bargains and the perfectly quaffable Love Lane Brewery range they sell so suspiciously cheaply: the HB parent company rescued the brewery from insolvency last year. Mystery solved Scooby, pass me another can.
SQ-1, DS-2, DF-8. It occurred to me that the raw analogue buzz of this happy little gathering was taking me right back to noodling with the MS-20 over forty years ago.
#synthsky
#synthsky
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
SQ-1, DS-2, DF-8. It occurred to me that the raw analogue buzz of this happy little gathering was taking me right back to noodling with the MS-20 over forty years ago.
#synthsky
#synthsky
Early Dust, featuring a guitar no less. Because I’m a non-guitarist who nevertheless picks one up occasionally. There’s no law against it.
passim, by Alphabet Dust
from the album Waiting for the Toast to Burn
alphabetdust.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Early Dust, featuring a guitar no less. Because I’m a non-guitarist who nevertheless picks one up occasionally. There’s no law against it.
I know, Batman, I know. Stop badgering me!
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I know, Batman, I know. Stop badgering me!
Sunday morning in Culross.
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sunday morning in Culross.
Saturday Lunchtime Walk.
Soundtrack: Steve Reich "Sextet".
Soundtrack: Steve Reich "Sextet".
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Saturday Lunchtime Walk.
Soundtrack: Steve Reich "Sextet".
Soundtrack: Steve Reich "Sextet".
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rearranged the wall a little in my tiny cupboard studio to squeeze in the Stylophone DF-8. I have informed my wife that if I buy one more device we’ll have to move. Or at the very least evict one of the grown-up kids.
#synthsky
#synthsky
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Rearranged the wall a little in my tiny cupboard studio to squeeze in the Stylophone DF-8. I have informed my wife that if I buy one more device we’ll have to move. Or at the very least evict one of the grown-up kids.
#synthsky
#synthsky
My earliest audio adventures are long out of print.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My earliest audio adventures are long out of print.
Grabbed the golden hour for a walk.
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Grabbed the golden hour for a walk.
DF-8 joins the Stylophone party. The most unexpected thing so far, it turning into a nutty drum machine when paired with its sibling the DS-2.
#synthsky
#synthsky
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
DF-8 joins the Stylophone party. The most unexpected thing so far, it turning into a nutty drum machine when paired with its sibling the DS-2.
#synthsky
#synthsky
Murky meander along the riverbank.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Murky meander along the riverbank.
Three quid Kirkcudbright charity shop find. New specialist subject unlocked.
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Three quid Kirkcudbright charity shop find. New specialist subject unlocked.
Awake at two in the morning. Gave up trying to get back to sleep at five. Waiting for daybreak to get out for a walk. I’ll probably be asleep by mid-afternoon. Sounds like a plan.
Daybreak, by Plasma Flasks
from the album Zombie
plasmaflasks.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Awake at two in the morning. Gave up trying to get back to sleep at five. Waiting for daybreak to get out for a walk. I’ll probably be asleep by mid-afternoon. Sounds like a plan.
The view from Wednesday afternoon. Well, a bracing walk in the late autumn sunshine can have a destination in mind, can’t it?
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The view from Wednesday afternoon. Well, a bracing walk in the late autumn sunshine can have a destination in mind, can’t it?
Well, that was a splendid racket! The triumphant return of Cabaret Voltaire, absolutely pounding proto-techno. Only took me 45 years to see them live.
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Well, that was a splendid racket! The triumphant return of Cabaret Voltaire, absolutely pounding proto-techno. Only took me 45 years to see them live.
Shiny new iPad Air, my venerable 1st Gen Pro having given up the ghost (my positively ancient iPad3 still fires up, the little trooper!) Installing my favourite synth/sampler apps while taking the opportunity to tidy up and leave a whole bunch of also-rans behind.
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Shiny new iPad Air, my venerable 1st Gen Pro having given up the ghost (my positively ancient iPad3 still fires up, the little trooper!) Installing my favourite synth/sampler apps while taking the opportunity to tidy up and leave a whole bunch of also-rans behind.
Looking for a pink noise generator for your modular synth setup? Simply move to Scotland and build a room with a polycarbonate roof.
#synthsky
#synthsky
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Looking for a pink noise generator for your modular synth setup? Simply move to Scotland and build a room with a polycarbonate roof.
#synthsky
#synthsky
Time to read a 2000AD classic for the umpteenth time.
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Time to read a 2000AD classic for the umpteenth time.
Rainy Sunday Morning Music.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Rainy Sunday Morning Music.
My CV. My other CV is +/- 5V.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My CV. My other CV is +/- 5V.