Skip navigation.

StrawBerry Attic

Aetern Limeade's Fantastically Strange World of Music, Audio, and Stuff

Sans-Serif Complex Logo

Monday, 29. June 2009, 05:47:46

, , , ...

Sans-Serif Complex Logo

I would like to introduce you to the new Sans-Serif Complex logo. Work on the album will begin very soon. I already have a potential album cover, posted on flickr. It may be called 'Paint Chips"

Hope everybody is having a good summer. I'm mostly bogged down with work and school these days.

2 comments

Casio MT-68 Sample Pack

Tuesday, 19. May 2009, 17:27:35

, , , ...

Casio MT-68 keyboard

For you music makers out there, here are some free analog drum samples for your software samplers. May it suit you well.

I bought a Casio Mt-68 keyboard several months ago for about USD$15. I mainly bought it for the percussion, but it also creates some nice sounds as well. This is actually a cute little analog keyboard that they made in the early 80s, just before they went digital. It has a surprisingly nice sound, especially when going through the line out, which is how I recorded these.

The sample pack includes one-hit samples of each of the seven percussion sounds. I identify these sounds as: Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Closed Hi-Hat, Open Hi-hat, Clave, Mid Tom, and Low Tom. There are in 24/96 wav format and there are multiple samples of each, so you can round-robin them. They have been carefully EQ'd and trimmed using Synapse-Audio's Orion and Audacity.

This is the first sample pack I've created, and I hope to continue doing more. Eventually, I'll convert the Meropis Lollipop site to host software, samples and other tools for fellow electronic musicians.

Download Link

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor : Octopus Zoo (MP3)

Sunday, 8. February 2009, 09:42:02

, , , ...


Here's track 10, "Octopus Zoo".. the title track of the album. This is a reworking of a song I recorded as StrawBerry Yoga back in 1993. I think I gave out maybe two copies of that album ("Garbage") on tape. It was some lo-fi noise freak-folk kind of something or other. It's a strange song, seeming to meander a bit at the beginning, until it takes off into a danceable pop bit and destroys itself in a climax of noise and confusion. The bonus song is a different mix of "Octopus Zoo" that is just even noisier and stranger.

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor : Circles (MP3)

Sunday, 11. January 2009, 20:19:56

, , , ...


"Circles" is a laid back song with vocoder vocals. It has a bit of a 70s era Kraftwerk/Jarre vibe to it.
It borrows some phrases from the classic "The Spinning Song" by Albert Ellmenreich. For that reason, the b-side is a Vacant Sky Parlor arraignment of that piano classic.

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor : Honey Lamb (MP3)

Sunday, 4. January 2009, 17:34:23

, , , ...


"Honey Lamb" is sort of bit of a hopping groovy song of sorts until the halfway mark it jets off into a rising barrage of descending chords and percussion.

The b-side is a lo-fi sounding alternate mix in an attempt to emulate the sound of an old cassette tape copy of a vinyl record.

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor : Eyelids Blossom Tulips (MP3)

Sunday, 21. December 2008, 16:46:21

, , , ...


"Eyelids Blossom Tulips" is sort of a trippy song mostly based on my love of a cup of tea, and other ideas sort of thrown in. I like the music in this one a lot.

The b-side is a song from the scrapped "hype!" ep project. It's an instrumental song that I feel is kin to Eyelids.

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor : Nor a Drop to Drink (MP3)

Thursday, 20. November 2008, 17:38:29

, , , ...


"Nor a Drop to Drink" is one of the longer songs on the album. It goes through several sections and, I think, it is a bit of journey from start to finish like a storm building.

The b-side is a stripped down mix revealing primarily the background instruments.

1 comment

Vacant Sky Parlor: Halls and Walls (MP3) + b-side

Sunday, 9. November 2008, 21:21:57

, , , ...

Song 5 is here. Thumping bass and some simple and somewhat silly lyrics, with toy keyboard leads, and some latin percussion because I can. The b-side is just some toyful playing around with the same setup.



(just discovered I can use bb code in these posts to my.opera.. that makes it easier, since i announce these on forums too)

No comments

Vacant Sky Parlor: OZ: Vegetable Scream MP3

Monday, 3. November 2008, 09:10:39

, , , ...


Track 4 is now available. It's a noisy synthesizer freakout laid atop of frantic distorted piano and some driving drums, with a short break in the middle for a nervous interlude. Pick it up!

The b-side is just a little extra noise to get you through the day.

1 comment

Vacant Sky Parlor : Octopus Zoo : first 3 tracks + b-sides.

Sunday, 26. October 2008, 14:33:37

, , , ...



I am going to release the album one track per week.. each track with an accompanying bonus track.
Here's the first 3 to get you started:


  1. Lovely Day (mp3)
  2. Sunlight Shines (mp3)
  3. Gone Fishing (mp3)
  1. bonus 1 (lovely dream) (mp3)
  2. bonus 2 (now i'm thirsty) (mp3)
  3. bonus 3 (figures) (mp3)

2 comments

Time is Passing

Sunday, 17. August 2008, 05:49:16

, ,

I have been working on the songs, but mostly I've been dealing with a new cold. This one has kept me exhausted for a full week, during my brief break between Summer and Fall semesters. I've decided to change the name of the Clara Kirkbride project to simply kirkBride, with the fancy capitalization.

For now, I'm going to continue anticipating an October release of 'Octopus Zoo'.

No comments

1 2 3 4 5 ... 7 Next »

Showing posts 1 - 11 of 75.

Photos

IMGQAQHOJMW64.jpgIMGBWCWYTQ2IN.jpgIMGMPGD5FCDYU.jpgIMG38JBM4YPLB.jpgIMGT7ZUGFZON8.jpg

Countdowns

38 days until College Graduation
385 days until Flying Machine album release
425 days until The Rumble and The Roar Release

Friends and Family

Audio Software

  • Synapse Audio Software

    Home of Orion Platinum, premium music production software.

  • Audacity

    Home of Audacity, free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.

  • Rarewares : LameDropXPd

    LameDropXPd is a simple and easy to use LAME-backed MP3 encoder.

  • PSPaudioware

    Home of VintageWarmer and other excellent plugins

  • Omnitaur (was nBeat)

    nBeat Audio, developer of Daedalus, an excellent virtual analog synth.

  • Bicycle for Slugs

    Oatmeal is one of the greatest and most versatile free synths out there.

  • VoltKitchen

    The place to get free software emulations of the ARP 2600 and Minimoog.

My Stuff