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Pete Brown

Author. Speaker. C64/SID Fan. Electronics n00b. Programmer. Woodworker. Amateur deep space astrophotographer. Work at Microsoft, on MIDI and more, to fund my hobbies and help invent new ones. I like to play with sound. I"m Chair of the MIDI Association executive board.

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00:11:05

July 2025 thunder

Pete Brown ·

2025/07/14

Just a recording of a small part of a thunderstorm

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00:01:44

Test Project 1

Pete Brown ·

2023/07/23

I'm supposed to be preparing to present the workflow for this (unnamed) upcoming third-party app, but I got so engrossed in the simplicity of combining all the available loops and beats. I don't usually work that way (this is literally 21 tracks of all pre-made loops with some minor manipulation and effects), but especially for a beginner, the workflow is excellent.First evening using this app myself.

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00:01:06

Excerpt Of WIP Dub With Crap Snare

Pete Brown ·

2020/08/05

Very much a work in progress. Posting because I played it for my almost-12yo daughter and she asked "Why do you always make elevator music?" Much ouch. Oh, and from my own listening: the snare sounds like a staple gun.

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00:00:22

Frogs At 10pm

Pete Brown ·

2020/06/25

Noisy recording of frogs on the outskirts of our yard, at around 10pm during the last week of June

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00:00:39

Birds At 5:30am

Pete Brown ·

2020/06/20

It's noisy out here at 5:30 in the morning

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00:00:21

Eric Scissorhands - Eric Whitacre Choir patch

Pete Brown ·

2019/12/13

Don't mind me. :) I found it amusing that this was basically the instant early Danny Elfman Edward Scissorhands-era-type patch once you add reverb.

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00:14:15

Below The Root Parts 1 And 2

Pete Brown ·

2019/12/11

A bit movie soundtrack, a bit classic Diablo, a bit of ... well, who knows? :) Starts off with ambient soundtrack-type things going on, and then ventures into some classic Berlin school-type work, with a twist or two. Title is a bit of an homage to a game I used to play in 5th grade on the C64. YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZuXMA5MzC4 YouTube Video (just part 2 with the Berlin sequence and drums) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiMiQE_4414 Image source and license

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00:01:34

2019 - 10 - 16 - Snip - WIP (Incomplete)

Pete Brown ·

2019/10/17

Beginning segment of a track i'm messing with. Currently uses a Rhodes Chroma Polaris (most of the intro) and Behringer Odyssey (sequence and some drone stuff) Final track here: https://soundcloud.com/psychlist1972/polaris-c

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00:07:46

Polaris C

Pete Brown ·

2019/10/17

Berlin school track. Created with the Behringer Odyssey and Rhodes Chroma Polaris YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWQkpvx8jk

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00:00:45

Robot Beach - Dreadbox Hypnosis Background Noise

Pete Brown ·

2019/08/14

Not music. I had to amplify the hell out of this. But this is the background noise with the Hypnosis set on some pretty extreme settings for output level, etc. Super cool. It's like an electronic beach.

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01:34:26

Calibrations IV: Wild Moog ASMR Mating sounds (the...

Pete Brown ·

2019/08/10

I asked Synth Memes what I should title this. There were a lot of replies, but Pierre-Alexandre Laberge, Johan Zeitler, and Jan Jansens won here, creating a title as enormous as this masterpiece :) This is not music. It's the sound of my 8 voice Moog Poly Phatty calibrating through a Dreadbox Hypnosis. I have recorded it to feed your pleasure, or misery. You decide. Recorded in Audacity, so kind-of a DAWless Jam, too :D :D Recommended uses: - Crank up and leave running in loop in your apartment

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00:01:44

Dub (incomplete and very WIP)

Pete Brown ·

2019/07/16

Not sure if I'll finish this one, so posting here for fun. Lots of effects: Valhalla, Eventide, iZotope, and more Drums from samples in Studio One Chords are my MKS-50/alpha Juno Bass is the Behringer D Not finished, mixed, mastered, etc.

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00:01:26

EX-8000 and D-550 big strings (just some random chords)

Pete Brown ·

2019/07/13

Messing around a bit, and forgot how nice it is to just stack some modules, dig into the reverb, and see what comes out. Not music, just some random chords.

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00:00:06

MS Commons Underground Garage Reverb Tail

Pete Brown ·

2019/05/27

Horn beep in the mostly empty HUGE underground garage at Microsoft Studios/Commons on Saturday May 25, 2019.

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00:06:13

Soundtrack 1 WIP

Pete Brown ·

2019/02/04

WIP soundtrack idea. Thought I'd post it in case I don't get around to finishing it. Mix is a bit muddy at the moment. Instruments used 2x Behringer Model D (low bass at beginning, and first sequence) 1x Roland D-550 [D-50 module] (strings) 1x Roland MKS-50 [Alpha Juno module] (later sequence) 1x Korg EX-8000 [DW-8000 module] (strings) Spectrasonics Omnisphere (voices) Lots of in-box effects including Blue Cat's Late Replies, Valhalla Room, Valhalla Space Modulator, Echomelt 2 Sequenced,

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00:00:28

Wip 1212 Loop

Pete Brown ·

2018/12/13

Figured I'd render and post it in case it gets lost later :) A idea I'm noodling with. Nothing special and definitely nothing finished. Synths used: - Bass: Behringer D - High arp : Analogue Solutions Fusebox - Drums : Moog DFAM

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00:03:25

Dreadbox Modular Sequence (not music)

Pete Brown ·

2018/10/13

Not music. Just testing out the sound. 3 Dreadbox VCO modules, the Murmux filter, Dreadbox envelope for VCA. AJH synth envelope for filter. A little PWM on the lowest oscillator Magneto for delay. Recorded into audacity. No other effects.

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00:02:08

SH-7 Sample And Hold Fun (not music)

Pete Brown ·

2018/09/25

Messing around with the SH-7 Sample and Hold function. I use it on the filter, mess with the slew rate, and then also try it out on the oscillator pitch. Kept it on Random the whole time. Recorded into Audacity, though a Strymon Magneto

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00:08:33

SH - 7 Front Panel Exploration (not music)

Pete Brown ·

2018/09/24

Not music. Just messing with front panel. Oscillators, filters, ring mod, sample & hold, etc. Just got this synth. Needs some minor servicing (dirty pots, especially resonance). Still learning its ins and outs.

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00:04:29

Hybrid Horizon [Novation Peak Berlin Sequence / Demo]

Pete Brown ·

2018/09/01

YouTube video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raZpmmfsm2I All sounds from Novation Peak. A couple presets, and some of my own stuff. Sequences done using on-board arpeggiator on the Peak, clocked from Studio One. Multi-tracked, of course. Very slight EQ and limiter after the fact, using Ozone. Otherwise, no external effects. Some distortion was intended, some was not. In case folks are interested: - Intro feedback pads are modified preset. Love this patch. - Bells starting around 1:04

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