Haha right? Mckenna could've made a killing writing science fiction. I think the only reason he didn't write any fiction is because he always wanted people to entertain his ideas as serious possibilities, no matter how wild, how out there, he wanted people to contemplate the possibilities of what was really going on around us. He always stressed how little we know, how anything could be possible really, given our extremely limited knowledge of reality and life in general. If nothing else, Mckenna makes you think, and I think that's an important, if not THE most important quality, of a good lecturer/writer.



Duuuude. If you can do ANYTHING to make the money (Sexual favors aside...Maybe...) DO IT. Shpongle live on acid was the single most beautiful event of my entire life, can't stress how amazing it is, especially if the full band is gigging. With Simon just DJing when I first saw him, it was cool, but I was sober and all that. The next time for their Halloween show last October, oh my god...Words don't do justice.

Yeah, I wish I would have made it. I missed them 3 times lately and I'm not proud of myself for it haha. But I had to save the money. I am saving for some studio monitors and the show would have cost like $50-60 and unfortunately I'm really tight on cash at the moment so I had to choose my own music over Shpongle this time. I'm sure they played an amazing show though and if they ever announce their final tour I will be on that shit so fast. Sadly, Bluetech was in DC on Saturday as well. So many good shows, so little money! Well either way these monitors better be worth it lol.

How can u miss the Holy Sphongle 3 time in a row when u have the oppotunity to see them ? I'am still waiting to see them in france/europe !
/joking, but lucky you, each time i check their concerts there are in usa...

This post was edited by ApocaliX on Apr 25 2012 02:30pm

Yeah man, concerts be expensive. Gotta save for that gear! I'm gonna sell my current hardware synth and get another one in it's place. I just don't like the sound, it's not clicking with me. I just...Hate the filters. They're too soft, not cutting enough for crazy acid leads. It does amazing bass/mids but this can be achieved easily with EQ and a soft synth. I figure if I'm gonna have hardware at all, it'll be for some amazing filters, 'cause honestly I hate software filters. The resonance sounds like shit to me in most of them, and I've tried just about everything in the "Big names", like Omnisphere, Alchemy, Absynth 5, Reaktor 5. Reaktor5 actually sounds really really good in comparison to the others, with Omnisphere being 2nd best, but Reaktor is complicated as shit to use, and I figure if I'm using a softie it's for ease of use not personal preference. Omnisphere can sound really fat and colorful, and make some cool twisted noises, but turn up the resonance on any patch and it instantly sounds shrill thin and shitty, even if the filters are smooth otherwise.

Honestly, I think I'm just gonna say fuck it and trade my current HW synth in for a Nord Modular 1 or 2. Practically the same thing as Reaktor 5, full modular environment, except it sounds much better. 'Cause really, I find myself trying to emulate the Nord sound and I'm tired of it, I just want the real thing.

Bluetech was around here not too long ago and I missed him cause none of my friends wanted to go and I haven't a car myself It was in San Diego I think, and I'm in Santa Cruz, so tough shit for me I guess lol. I think I missed Tipper too, and that's really disappointing. Tipper, interestingly enough, uses only software synths on his new albums, and they sound great. He mostly uses Reaktor 5 if I'm not mistaken, and he makes it sound damn good. He's a lot more talented than me though, haha.

/Massive synth nerd talk