Sound of the Future
BBC came to see Spicetone and Stigobike. Here’s the story with video and text: “Next Silicon Valleys: Small Estonia has big ideas”
Many thanks to Janek the guitarist, Priit from Garage48/Mooncascade and to Nigel and Tracey from the British Broadcasting Corporation!
Special thanks to Nigel for giving us the punchline: “If Bob Dylan would have had one of these, when he went electric!”
And cheers for the Estonian Independence Day (24 Feb)!
We checked out if the prototype is capable of rocking like back in 1980s. And sure it is;) This time one mic per track, the proto through Vahur’s antique Hohner Orgaphon 41MH (seen on the photo – btw, sorry for the pillow there, Vahur sometimes sleeps next to a vintage all tube amp). Continue reading “1980s Rock”
Hi there! Our mate Kessu played a fine tune that demonstrates the superb dynamics of the true analog circuit. As far as we knew, it was a great Scottish ballad but the title was gone with the wind… But as it appeared, it was an Irish tune after all! Shame on us. And thanks to Mr Munro for letting us know that it is actually an old Irish folk tune by Turlough O’Carolan called “Si Bheag Si Mhor”
Mr Kessu played some Lynyrd Skynyrd in 6/8 tempo, so it’s time for soft dances.
Artwork by Alar Kriisa, the genius.
A happy news: the state-financed Enterprise Estonia foundation granted us 5000€ to buy some highly useful hardware and software for engineering and testing. Thank you! Together with our own investments this means we have a pretty nice setup to deliver top notch guitar effects, meaning both innovation and quality.
As reported in this wonderful article, fuzz effect was born accidentally recording this song:
