Darwin Deez: Occult Donuts
therapeutic brain dumping to nap to. darwin deez walks and talks (to himself) about music making and miscellanea. “never trust a thought that comes to you while you’re sitting down.” - nietzsche.
Episodes
January 21, 2022 • 13 mins
Think of me as a surrealist doing automatic writing on this one. Not for the logically-minded, this one. But you’re invited to the uselessness if you’d like to visit.
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January 14, 2022 • 38 mins
Uploading this one as a sleep aid, truly. Contains no real information. It does, however, contain the sounds of my voice and me walking. So enter here only ye who wish to vibe with me about tape machines and slumber.
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January 7, 2022 • 10 mins
Counterintuitive is the word I was looking for. It was not easy to think of :) I like that this puzzle/exercise can show you that you’re not always thinking as logically as it feels like.
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July 9, 2021 • 36 mins
Inward Connections Vac Rac 4000 made in 1997, specifically the TLM-1 Tube Limiter Module. Quite a compressor and I almost owned a pair. Go shopping with me.
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July 2, 2021 • 13 mins
One man’s take on the important parts and the order I find myself doing them in. And as soon as I cast this it will all change completely. Also none of this applies unless you think my songs are good, so it's no more universal than that. Riffs!
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June 4, 2021 • 25 mins
TL;DR: 1. Punch/Snap (add or remove it) 2. Movement 3. Leveling and 1. SSL Bus Comp 2. Vari-Mu 3. 1176
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May 28, 2021 • 8 mins
The possibility of (forwards) possibility and whatnot, but why 10 and not merely 7?
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May 7, 2021 • 15 mins
Which EQ do I want to use? Which one does Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Tina Turner, MCR, Muse) use? What's the difference?
update: the E-series sounds better.
update: the E-series sounds better.
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April 30, 2021 • 7 mins
Thoughts on respecting and disrespecting the signal path. And getting a little meta.
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February 12, 2021 • 30 mins
Compressors, converters and reel to reel tape. How do they sound and who really gives a sh*t? Follow this frugalist through some cautious toe-dipping into the world of affordable analog sound processing.
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November 13, 2020 • 18 mins
Myths, methods and superstitions about mixing, as explored by one dood on the brink of several major non-discoveries. Tune in.
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October 9, 2020 • 19 mins
dither is noise that is added to preserve information when reducing bit depth. this video 'audio dither explained' by nigel redmon contains a simple and enlightening visualization of how that is possible if you aren't familiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpWIQw7HWU&t=36s
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September 4, 2020 • 26 mins
Gearslutz is an online forum where people argue fiercely about this stuff with gusto.
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August 28, 2020 • 12 mins
Airwindows is a punk rock guy from Vermont who makes awesome free plugins.
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August 21, 2020 • 11 mins
I found another style of compression useful and it's faster compression.
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August 14, 2020 • 6 mins
Even more windy chatting about mixing, saturation and music production.
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August 7, 2020 • 27 mins
Yakking on about LA-2A's, saturation, and mixing badly.
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October 5, 2018 • 14 mins
If I think I need to grow, I will project it onto you and think that you need to grow. And if I think you need to grow, I need to grow. I am you.
Buy my new album: http://smarturl.it/ddtensongs
Buy my new album: http://smarturl.it/ddtensongs
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September 21, 2018 • 10 mins
Some random thoughts and behind-the-scenes details about some of the songs on "10 Songs That Happened..."
Buy my new album: http://smarturl.it/ddtensongs
Buy my new album: http://smarturl.it/ddtensongs
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August 17, 2018 • 14 mins
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