Hell Freezes Over: ImpOSCar 2 Released for Mac

The forever-impending release of GForce's ImpOSCar 2 has become something akin to the release of the next Duke Nuke'em game. But lo and behold, the release of the Mac version was announced today with the PC version to follow. Here's what GForce had to say:

"Some say we've behaved like over-protective parents, refusing to let our corpulent teenager out for fear of it bullying the other kids on the block. That may indeed be true but we're finally pleased to announce that the Mac version of impOSCar2 is being given its independence.

There's a Mac demo version here. The demo version is unlocked by purchasing a license.

With a little luck the PC version will follow before 2013 (joke) and will automatically be allocated to the account of anyone who purchases the Mac version.

There are three ways to purchase the instrument:

impOSCar2 is €139.00 (plus VAT where applicable) Only available directly from our shop."

Moog Memorymoog on eBay

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Korg Mono/Poly on eBay

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Sequential Circuits Drumtraks on eBay

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Free Sample Friday: Broken Shortwave Radio

Guest samplist Psyche Poppet was kind enough to provide one extra entry while I recovered from jetlag. A big thanks to him for picking up the slack during my absence! Our regularly schedule Free Sample Fridays will resume next week.

Today's entry was produced by running a shortwave radio through a Korg Kaoss pad.

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Korg Poly-800 on eBay

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Oberheim Xpander on eBay

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Sequential Circuits Sequencer 800 on eBay

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Striking an Oil Drum at 1,000 Frames Per Second

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Korg VC-10 Vocoder on eBay

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Expand Your Bag of Production Tricks

It can be easy to get into a rut when producing in your home studio, so it's always a good idea to try and seek inspiration from listening to the music of others. I suggest keeping a notebook (or a notebook app on your phone, if you prefer) on hand to write down the bits and pieces you find catching your ear when you're checking out other artists. Starting a new track? Pull out your iPod, throw it into shuffle and listen to the first three songs that come up. See if there is something in each one that you can apply to the new track. Maybe it's a drum fill you want to emulate, or the way the track uses reverb, or an unusual type of vocal, etc., etc. Whatever it is, see if it's something you can work into your new track. Sometimes we get too focused in working on our own music, we forget to take the time to listen to the work of others. Start every time you go into the studio doing this, and you may find yourself being a lot more productive and inspired.

Arp Pro Soloist on eBay

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Roland Juno-106 on eBay

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Waveformless Forum Added to HumanNotMachine.com

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we've added a Waveformless forum over at HumanNotMachine.com, which is a fan-run forum revolving around my band, Assemblage 23. Feel free to join up and post about all manner of synth geekery, ask questions, make suggestions for articles, and so on!