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Below is a list of Reverb Machine content around the web, such as guest posts for other sites and sound packs that I’ve designed for other companies.
5 songs that use Roland’s classic VP-330 Vocoder Plus
My third article for MusicRadar looks at the Roland VP-330, a 1979 synthesizer combining a vocoder, a lush string machine and a unique ‘human voice’ sound all in one keyboard.…
The Synth Sounds of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
My second MusicRadar article celebrates the 40th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s 1982 mega-hit Thriller. Still the greatest-selling album of all time, Thriller ushered iconic cultural changes to the album format,…
How Aphex Twin made Selected Ambient Works 85-92
I got offered an opportunity to do freelance writing for MusicRadar and decided to use use it to write broader articles than the deep dives I normally write on here,…
ILIO Waverunner
Waverunner is my brand-new patch library for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2, created in collaboration with MIDIhead and ILIO. The collection combines 80s and early 90s synthwave sounds with a modern feel,…
ILIO The Fame Series
The Fame Series is my set of synth preset collections for Omnisphere 2 by Spectrasonics. The collections were made in collaboration with ILIO, who also distribute the packs through their own website.…
Recreating the Synths of Aphex Twin’s “Selected Ambient Works II”
In 2019 I was asked by the folks over at Reverb.com to write a guest article covering the sounds of Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works II, as a celebration of…
Reverb.com Series
In 2018 I wrote a series of guest articles for Reverb.com. Each article focused on a single artist, covering sounds from throughout their catalogue, and they were the first articles…