Quantified TonesNotes on gear, mostly for self-edification.

Software

• Csound: If it can't be done in Csound it can't be done.
• Cuckos Reaper: The best DAW for capturing hours-long jams.
• Tabledit: The long-lived French tab editor. I've used it constantly since last millennium.

Synthesizers

Alesis Fusion

2000s. Versatile. Hollow Sun Sounds.

• Alesis Fusion Forum: All kinds of info on this absurdly versatile yet sadly overlooked synth.
• Fix for MIDI garbage transmit issue: Press Global Button, navigate to MIDI, turn off sends and receives for Sequence control and MIDI timecode.

E-Mu Proteus

1990s. Science fiction. Metroid Prime. X-Files.

• Proteus 2 at Synthmania: Patch examples, including the X-Files whistle.
• 25 Patches used in Metroid Prime: Youtube video with examples.
• Sound on Sounds review of Emulator X: The sadly discontinued VSTi.

Yamaha DX7

1980s. Big hit records. Twin Peaks.

• Bobby Blue's DX7 site: Patches and examples of iconic recordings.
• DX7 Synthmania: Examples and notes on patches.
• The Cultural Significance of Timbre Analysis: A Case Study in 1980s Pop Music, Texture, and Narrative: Megan Lavengood's excellent paper on timbre with a focus on the DX7 in Music Theory Online.
• Dexed: An astonishingly close VSTi recreation.