I am Ashley Elsdon

someone who's doing some things

Category: Music

Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.

Where are the monotrons?

Posted by on in Music, Tech

I’ve been waiting ages for the two new monotrons to arrive, but so far nothing, at least nothing at a reasonable price anyway. A few retailers have them on at £100, but I’m not willing to pay that much for them. I’m aiming to pay around £50 each for them.

Of course the big problem with these is that I wonder if I’ll get them and then never use them, or hardly ever use them and it’ll just be a waste of cash. I rarely use my original monotron now, so maybe I should get that out and give it a go again before I spend out on two new ones?

There’s a Microbe in my 3G

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

Now I’ve got the excellent Microbe running under StyleTap on my old iPhone 3G. Of course, the original version of Microbe was built to run on a much less powerful device, so in theory it should do quite well. Next I need to get the big one up and running.

Bhajis Loops.

GuitarJack and iShred LIVE!

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

I do like iShred LIVE! And the other day I got it working with GuitarJack 2. I like iShred LIVE! because some of the effects in it are quite unusual and aren’t what you find in other effects simulations.

The upshot is I’ve ended up buying loads of in-app purchase units on apps all over the place. I’m sure it’ll be worth it though.

Sound Design in Mixtikl

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

To say that Mixtikl is a music app with a great deal of depth would be a massive understatement. Most recently I’ve been getting into the sound design capabilities of Mixtikl. You’d think that this might be difficult on an iPhone. But it isn’t. In fact, once you’ve got the hang of it, the sound design screens are actually quite easy to work with.

What you can achieve with Mixtikl is actually amazing, and the more I do with it, the more I realise that it can do.

And more Jasuto

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

I just love playing with stuff in Jasuto Pro. It’s so good for experimenting with ideas. Even when they just don’t work at all.

My latest idea for Jasuto was a total failure. Which was great as it made me think of something else which was quite interesting to toy with.

Martyn Bennett

Posted by on in Listening, Music

Every year I remember Martyn, who’s amazing talent was taken from the world far too early. I only have this album of his. It’s an amazing album and an amazing idea for an album.

Take a listen. You won’t regret it.

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Working on the Tabletop

Posted by on in Creative Process, Mobile Applications, Music

The Retronyms pulled out an amazing app when they introduced Tabletop last year. It isn’t like any other modular environment on the iPad, but so far I haven’t had much, if any, chance to do anything with the newer modules.

So my plan is to get that sorted out very soon.

More making stuff with Jasuto

Posted by on in Creative Process, Mobile Applications, Music

The more I get into Jasuto, the more ideas I have for using it. That’s not to say that it is perfect of course, there are always areas that could be improved, but you can say that with any software.

Jasuto is perfectly useful as it is, but it would be great to see it updated sometime soon.