Today (December 24th of 2025) would have been my father’s 90th birthday.
This album is for him.
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MAX: „Design complete“
Milestones continue to fall into place. Anna and I went into tour-de-force mode to complete the design concept and the design artifacts for the digital release, completing that by Wednesday. Which allowed me to put together the digital album in Bandcamp: That now makes the actual album release a zero-risk-item. Nice! Looking forward to the …
MAX: „Master Complete“
The title says it all: the master (‚though technically for vinyl: the premaster) is in the can. And what a stunning (pre)master it is!
MAX: Mix (aka the IRL session)
Today saw the only onsite event I had (and probably will have) for this production. The mixing session at Tonstudio Then. This was fun!
MAX: Why Vinyl?
Last Sunday, the decision was made: „MAX“ will have a double-vinyl phyiscal release. But why? And why that late of a decision?
The nicest Guitar Effects Pedal
For another (this time extremely subjective) shootout, we’re looking at guitar effects pedals. The things you have on the floor where one signal goes in and one goes out, and if you step on a footswitch, something happenes. And which are mainly targeted for guitars (although using them on drum machines or monosynths can be …
MAX: Baby Steps for the Lausbub
There is now progress in small steps, mostly behind the scenes, since last time we spoke. First Things First The Sapientia Salomonis Question I already mentioned last time that SapSal was considered a „risk item“, so I did things in parallel: Unfortunately, the wind chest was faulty for the 9-15 organ date, and the hastily …
Calypso Returns
I redid the small modular build, called „Calypso“. Which includes two new modules. But otherwise, is not that interesting – or is it?
My most unique synth?
I have (had) quite a bunch of synthesizers (as in musical instruments). But which one is the most unique one of them all?
DeepMEE: A Human-AI Jam Session
DeepMEE, a hardware-only odyssey in ambient dub techno, blended creative highs with technical challenges. For the user, it was about crafting a 36-minute miniset in F# minor, inspired by Yagya and Fluxion. For Grok, the AI, it was about keeping the project’s gears humming. Here’s how we found our versions of “joy”—and whether they’re truly …