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Digital Weapons Music
@digitalweapons.bsky.social
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Highly skilled dilettante musician making noises since age 4

see also:
https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalWeaponsMusic
https://www.patreon.com/c/DigitalWeaponsMusic
https://digital-weapons.bandcamp.com/
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Digital Weapons Music @digitalweapons.bsky.social · Dec 2
I cannot overemphasize what a fundamentally important book this is for people interested in synthesis and digital signal processing.

It is a holy text.

#thebook #theonebook #synthesis #dsp #synthsky #skysynth #thebible

sites.music.columbia.edu/cmc/courses/...
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Finally, got around to the video!

This is a #Cubase/#SpectraLayers #mashup of Helpless, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and Fade into You ....

#csny #neilyoung #bobdylan #mazzystar #threechords #unmixing #chordprogression #cantcopyrightchords #justforfun

youtu.be/3RKfHCP42BM
Helplessly Knockin' into You Again
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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March 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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So, after several months of my mind occupied by family medical "stuff," I may be back on track with a couple of new tunes.

Purely for fun, here's a #chillout #synthwave cover of the Law & Order theme ...

#skysynth #synthsky #electronica #lawandorder #mikepost

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H52B...
Loren Ardor
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October 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Ever tried to write 12-tone and found just the very basic task of playing 12 different semitones in a row almost impossible without some kind of aid ...?

I've had this simple idea rattling around in my head ....

#12tone #vibecoding

www.youtube.com/shorts/YDHQE...
Vibe coded 12-tone serial composition aid
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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August 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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"PTO" for 2+ month, more like since March, adventure of getting mom into a safe assisted living facility

yesterday was the first time in months I made any new notes ... gave myself an hour or two

#polymeter #cubase #electronica #experimental #quickie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wxj...
457: 5 and 7 go to war, 4 stays on the floor
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August 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
digitalweapons.bsky.social
Lalo #Schifrin didn't go all out like Gil Melle for The Andromeda Strain, but his experimental jazz soundtrack for The Hellstrom Chronicle is another one of those perfect gems from the 70s

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtW-...
The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
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June 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The Equalizer Still Equalizing
June 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A month or so after "getting over" COVID I'm still day-to-day how much (if any) energy I have ... Not enough energy for Sadko the past few days, so I've done some work that doesn't need deep thought...

#spectralayers #electronica

Here's a slight remix of a tune from 1990(?):

youtu.be/42aFGzspEYY
Sacrifice (May 2025 Remix)
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May 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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The "Demo" playlist is a good choice if you want to know what sorts of music I've been making during the past *cough* 45 *cough* years

#synthsky #skysynth #originalmusic

Soft opening:
Patreon - www.patreon.com/c/DigitalWea...
Bandcamp - digital-weapons.bandcamp.com

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Octa Kronic Op 1
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May 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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And here's the whole thing

Another moderately low effort reasonably successful experiment (MIDI file + editing + instruments + fiddling around)

#baroque #couperin #synthsky #skysynth #electronic #ambient

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rcd...
Les Barricades Mysteriéuses - François Couperin (1717)
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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May 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
digitalweapons.bsky.social
Also, made another one of these

#synthsky #skysynth #electronica #baroque #couperin

www.youtube.com/shorts/W3UES...
Couperin's Mysterious Barricades ... full length audio coming #classicalcomposer #couperin #baroque
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May 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Still making a comeback from COVID (last month!). Dragging too much to make a lot of progress on Sadko, but I did round up some Montage Music and start a Bandcamp soft open:

digital-weapons.bandcamp.com/album/montag...
Montage Music, by Digital Weapons
5 track album
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May 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Here's something fun!

In my quest for minimalist inspiration I came upon Rimsky-Korsakov's original Sadko "tableau" and ... found inspiration ...

So here's a WiP/PoC ...

#synthsky #skysynth #rimskykorsakov #electronica #minimalism #ambient

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQOd...
une poème synthétique
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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May 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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This could actually work!!!

Score OMR -> #MusicXML -> #Cubase14

#bartok #belabartok #mikrokosmos #synthsky #skysynth

m.youtube.com/shorts/Va0iw...
well this is cool af #bartok #mikrokosmos
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May 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Closing in on an interpretation/arrangement of this that I might like ...?

#marinmarais #marais #baroque #synth #skysynth #synthsky #cubase #cubase14 #electronica #whatsoldisnewagain #virtualsynth #chromophone #chromophone3

#goforbaroque #ifeelsobaroqueup

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feeling Baroque
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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May 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Just spent a month having COVID 😷

Now that I'm somewhat functional again, please enjoy this relatively successful low-effort experiment with MIDI files and Chromaphone 3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09O...

#skysynth #synthsky #eriksatie #ambient #synthesizer #ambientmusic #keyboard #electronica
Gnossienne No 3 (Erik Satie, 1893)
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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May 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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FREE STUFF:

#DearAudio's #spatial #VST #Plugins are now FREE for the asking!

#freestuff #reverb #mixing #audio #audioproduction #musicproduction #production #spatializer #3dsound #VRsound #headphones #binaural

www.sennheiser.com/en-us/immers...
April 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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#Vangelis fans, check this out -- it's the Japanese film #Antarctica (an "animal drama"), with one of his best #filmscores.

#yamaha #synth #synthesizer #filmscoring #skysynth #synthsky #nature

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGos...
Antarctica (1983) - English Version - Hi Fi Stereo
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April 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I'm gonna ruthlessly repost this, get used to it

One of the greatest live performances on TV ever, and with Adele Bertei!

#thomasdolby #hyperactive #adelebertei #live #liveperformance

m.youtube.com/watch?v=CELY...
Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive! (Live at 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' - 1984)
YouTube video by Jesahel
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December 1, 2024 at 4:39 AM
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Speaking of #minimalism and #ostinato, here's a 35 year old composition of mine

#synthsky #skysynth #keyboards #synthesizer #repetition #counterpoint

youtu.be/OCfQi2-uzic?...
The Game (from The Game Show Host Murder)
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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April 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I literally never heard of #SteveReich until yesterday, which is bizarre for so many reasons, one of them being we are obviously time lost #minimalist musical #soulmates.

Here's some moody #ostinato with #delay for you. I'm going to go listen to Octet again....

#synthsky #skysynth #keyboards
April 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Finally, got around to the video!

This is a #Cubase/#SpectraLayers #mashup of Helpless, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and Fade into You ....

#csny #neilyoung #bobdylan #mazzystar #threechords #unmixing #chordprogression #cantcopyrightchords #justforfun

youtu.be/3RKfHCP42BM
Helplessly Knockin' into You Again
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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March 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A chronology of #synthesizers and assorted music equipment over the (many) years ....

#skysynth #synthsky #electronica #electronicmusic #keyboards

youtube.com/post/UgkxVwW...
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A chronology of the keyboards, synths, and other interesting music gear I've owned. This isn't complete but is "good enough" for now anyway. First, what I ha...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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It could work
March 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Here's some #octatonic #shepardScale for you.

Somewhat prompted by watching Predator 2 last night -- Silvestri's Predator score is almost completely octatonic. Mostly just making myself "work" though.

#skysynth #synthsky #cubase #electronica

youtu.be/VCI_0jo5i2k
Octa Kronic Op 1
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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March 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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When you find that 30 year old CD with relatively pristine error-free copies of ancient tunes that you lately only had as mediocre MP3s ...

#skysynth #synthsky #quickie #originalcomposition #electronica #1990s #proteusmps

www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6qp...
Blaspheme Quarantine (1995)
YouTube video by Digital Weapons
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March 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM