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Piston Honda MK3 from Industrial Music Electronics out of Seattle, Washington

For a moment I have two Piston Honda MK3’s from Industrial Music Electronics out of Washington. These dual oscillator sonic oddities are amazing, though the new one that arrived today with a proper faceplate and correctly wired guts is yet another magnitude better than the unit I was beta testing for about a month. The unit on the right will have to be sent back to Scott Jaeger in a couple of days, but until then I’m going to try and get some recordings from the two units while I can take advantage of their four crazy oscillators that are sitting in my case.

First recording with the new PH3:

Not The Color of The Desert

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Shadows on grass in Phoenix, Arizona

The green of this grass struck me on this early spring day as to how not like the desert it looked. For a moment I was able to linger in memories of Oregon or Kentucky where this color is found quite frequently. With the temperature at a pleasant 75 degrees (24c), the feeling of the green was enhanced to the point where I was compelled to snap a photo that would allow me to experience this sense of green again in 60 days when the relentless sun begs me to answer why do I live in Phoenix?

The Rabid Elephant Natural Gate

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John Wise and his Rabid Elephant Natural Gate Eurorack filter in Phoenix, Arizona

Yes, I’m the proud owner of the Rabid Elephant Natural Gate! Some will obviously wonder just what the heck is such a thing? It is the newest addition of synthesizer gear for my Eurorack based instrument. This filter was just released in its second batch a week ago after being sold out for about six months, it too sold out but this time it happened in under one minute! I should probably say more about it except that I need to get busy installing it and seeing how it compliments my process of making sounds.