Depthbuffer

@depthbuffer.bsky.social

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Amateur musician, professional procrastinator. https://depthbuffer.bandcamp.com/ https://www.depthbuffer.uk/

An image of an eclectic gallery wall, densely packed with framed photos and illustrations spanning birds, nudes, horses, butterflies, ladies, and gentlemen. In the centre is a framed photo of a toddler with a potato for a head, lying on some grass.
A home studio setup including two 6U 104HP cases full of Eurorack modules; a three-tier wooden stand housing a half-constructed Erica Synths/MKI DIY edu synth, a Moog Werkstatt-01, and a Korg SQ-1 sequencer; a Keystep Pro, a Behringer Solina, and a Behringer Model D.
A middle aged nerd jamming on his overpriced musical train set, with analogue percussion, a weird warbly noise layer, gapped phased string machine, and too much reverb
A painting in the shape of a speech bubble, with three frogs dancing around a boom box, captioned WHAT THE HAP IS FUCKENING. Other art pieces hang nearby, including a lion's head made of what looks like chipped tiles or broken glass, and some kind of suprised bear, of which only the top can here be seen.
A 12U (4 rows), 104HP modular synth buried under an absolute rat's nest of patch cables, flanked by a Keystep Pro, an SP404 MK2, a talkbox and SM58, a wooden 3-tier stand containing another small modular synth and Moog Werkstatt-01, a small skiff case containing a joystick module, with a Behringer Solina & Model D hiding out under the desk
A plush Mickey Mouse toy wearing a cowboy outfit, sprawled on the ground looking dazed and confused, staring at the ceiling. A hyperactive toy crab with flashing eyes and motorised legs pushes its feet, causing it to slowly spin as it dissociates.
Meme in "You wouldn't steal a car" DVD anti-piracy format, with the text "You wouldn't use a game for recreational purposes".
Archimedes A3000 from Acorn Computers, showing !Paint running on the RISC OS desktop. The monitor sits above the combined keyboard/computer unit on an angular metal stand instantly recognisable to anyone who had one at home.
A man, off camera to the right, playing a keyboard connected to a modular synth. Wires everywhere and a soldering station in the background.
Malekko Voltage Block Eurorack module
A lovely pair of vintage AKG K340s wit h the connector worryingly cut off the cable, and each of the four individual wires stripped ready for soldering
A screenshot of a headline from BBC News, asking "Is Elon Musk worth his $56bn Tesla pay package?", adorned by a photo of Musk with arms spread
A photo of the sun, in my garden, through my out-of-focus wedding ring
A brand new TipTop Mantis case for Eurorack synthesiser modules, that are exclusively used by cool people to produce cool awesome music and never fart sounds and bleeps
The contents of today's shopping bag: a bottle of plughole unblocker and a box of laxative tablets
A robin my wife and I saw on a walk, that posed very photogenically and hopped successively closer, before vomiting up a berry in front of us
Standard Google camera app gains a "wired mic" option in the video recording settings when an external USB audio interface is plugged in. The cable plugged into the USB C to A adapter says Nintendo on it; I think maybe it was once a Wii U gamepad charging cable.
Shoddily assembled Moog Werkstatt adapter circuit - held in hand, underside
Befaco ChikiPower Eurorack PSU hooked up to a work-in-progress prototype board, which currently only has a power connector, power filtering, and reverse power protection; no actual functionality.
Mystery breadboard circuit with three jack sockets and three potentiometers, hooked up to two modular synths, another bare (not mounted in a case) Eurorack module, and an oscilloscope
Meme of a man sitting at a table outside, with a sign saying "Radiohead have changed their name to The Smile; change my mind"
Custom Frequency Central Microbus case rough fit check: board fits within outline on base, mounting pads for standoffs can be seen through screw holes, ventilation holes line up with heatsinks, barrel jack hole lines up, pin header orientation appears correct
Unhinged man standing next to a wall covered in documents connected by push-pins and red string, conspiracy-theory style.
Our hairy son, Human Brian
Five for pizza, six for cake Counting magpies while I bake Getting fat, better watch my waist Go jogging, counting magpies Guilty pleasures, simple things Shower songs and party rings Romance books from bargain bins I just like counting magpies Seven for scritches, eight for rubs Knocking the lid off the dry food tub Too fat to catch them, but my cat loves Treats, and counting magpies Nine for the moon, and ten for the stars Dreaming of little green men on mars Space tourists, clones, and brains in jars I'm happy counting magpies Eleven grams is a rabbit's brain They put our human smarts to shame Frolick in fields while we slave away No work, just counting magpies Twelve for wealth, we all need that You spend yours on pointless tat I'll buy a birdbath, a new straw hat Doze off while counting magpies Thirteen's unlucky, or so it said In a fortune cookie I once read I think I'll quit while I'm ahead Go back to counting magpies
"Is this a pigeon?" meme with text "Is this synthwave?" See, it's funny because I make electronic music that is usually not synthwave, and this post is about nostalgia for something I didn't experience first hand, which is one of the foundations of synthwave. How smart and clever I am!