My new guitar amp

I just finished paying for my new guitar amp (layaway rocks)…

It is a Blackstar HT-5TH Limited Edition White. Here are the specs:

HT-5TH Limited Edition Overview

Innovative 5 Watt valve combo
1xECC83 and 1x12BH7 valves
Unique push pull power amp design
Award winning HT Pedal preamp
Two footswitchable channels
2x 10″ Celestion speakers
Enhanced tone controls
Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
Fully equipped for studio or practice
Digital Stereo Reverb
Speaker emulated output with 1×12 or 4×12 voicing
Effects loop with effects level switch
Footswitch included
Custom cosmetics

Ht5th gallery front big

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I Dream of Wires

I Dream Of Wires, the upcoming documentary on modular synthesis, was going to be a must-see for synthesists, just based on the variety of synthesists interviewed for the film.

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Best Analogue Synth Training

** This is a series of excellent YouTube videos utilizing the Korg MS-20, but the theory holds true for any analogue synth.

Automatic Gainsay – YouTube

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Quiet Cayla

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Hmmmm

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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Change

Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens.

The sleeper must awaken….

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Beck’s new song

New song ‘Defriended’. He has 2 new albums in the works, an acoustic album and a proper follow up to 2006’s ‘Modern Guilt’. This song is not scheduled to appear on either of these records…

Defriended

 

 

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Flaming Lips live video

NPR Music has a 1 hour video of the Flaming Lips performing the entire ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ album live. Check it out:

http://www.npr.org/event/music/177028655/watch-the-flaming-lips-perform-yoshimi-live
 
 

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The Flaming Lips ‘You Lust’ video

Check out this kool, disturbing new video from ‘The Lips…

http://www.vice.com/read/the-flaming-lips-you-lust-video

 

By the way, this is NOT safe for work!!!

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The Black Keys in ATL

They put on a great, by-the-books rock show to a very receptive crowd.

Setlist:

With Full Band:
Howlin’ for You
Next Girl
Run Right Back
Same Old Thing
Dead and Gone
Gold on the Ceiling

Just Patrick and Dan:
Thickfreakness
Girl Is on My Mind
Your Touch

With Full Band:
Little Black Submarines
Money Maker
Strange Times
Sinister Kid
Nova Baby
Ten Cent Pistol
She’s Long Gone
Tighten Up
Lonely Boy

Encore:
Everlasting Light
I Got Mine

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