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05/24/2026

Part two of this weeks RMLfx Vlog. Come with me as I go out in public šŸ˜±šŸ˜‚ and visit a couple local Portland Oregon resources. Figure out how to make a small shop improvement for drilling GateKeepers.

05/24/2026

RMLfx Vlog. Part One. This week a side mission to make life slightly easier. Cause itā€™s healthy to make things as easy as possible. Follow me for more life hacks! šŸ˜‚

Iā€™ll be working through the weekend. Iā€™ve sorta just adopted a work all the time lifestyle. Wasted a lot of time in my y...
05/23/2026

Iā€™ll be working through the weekend. Iā€™ve sorta just adopted a work all the time lifestyle. Wasted a lot of time in my youth. Gotta make up for lost time šŸ˜‚

Am I the only who thinks of sound as paint?
05/15/2026

Am I the only who thinks of sound as paint?

05/13/2026

Quick noodle with the 432k Rev2. šŸ˜ itā€™s a guitar pedal but has a wide range of applications. Here we are sending a basic beat out from the Apollo 8 and Logic Pro. More on this later.

04/18/2026

Today on ā€œBehind the reelā€ a clip from ā€œCool comes with sacrificeā€

04/11/2026

This is a longer take. You get points watching to the end. šŸŽ–ļøšŸ™ŒšŸ† I actually have a lot of fun testing GateKeepers. Purposefully start off with a sub par drum sound to see how far I can take them.

There will never be a ā€œlarge numberā€ of GateKeepers made. Not compared to a lot of commercial products in synth world. C...
04/01/2026

There will never be a ā€œlarge numberā€ of GateKeepers made. Not compared to a lot of commercial products in synth world. Canā€™t build them fast enough to saturate the market. But Iā€™m ok with that. Makes them a little more precious for those who happen to get one.

If we never went to space then how did we get this photo?
03/20/2026

If we never went to space then how did we get this photo?

02/14/2026

Remember, always use your ā€œlimitā€ toggle when playing with the OSC Noise Modes to protect your speakers. šŸ˜ƒ Here we are running a ā€œtotally realā€œ 303 through the GateKeeper. Its gate out is triggering the GateKeepers ADSR envelope for filter modulation. šŸ‘‰ Signal is dry with no other treatments.

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