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    michaelwylie over 11 years ago +28
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    joe1871@att.net over 8 years ago

    Hey Folks,

     

    Day one of my membership - well day two really, but day one was such a whirlwind of gala balls and speeches, shaking hands and kissing babies, that I can’t really count that!  Thanks for having me - I promise I will try ro reign in my pithy observations and just be a regular Joe. 

     

    My name is Joe (see how I did that there?).  I live in the east SF Bay, however I am a Boston native.  I am an operations engineer for a small startup that does on line environment automation.  We create VMs ondemand, on the fly.   Lots of shell scripts and java code. 

     

    My interests are primarily in learning electronic design.  I am a noob when it comes to electronics, and I am basically a blank slate.  I am lucky enough to have an incredible wife who lets me dig into the bank account more than I should.  I have been setting up a home lab, and having a ball. 

     

    I am a musician.  I love all things Midi, and have a good collection of guitar synths and processors.  One very intruiging piece of gear I own, which has really taken the pro guitar world by storm, is something called a Fractal Axe FX II.  It is a ‘modeler’, holding virtual copies of close to 150 of the most respected guitar amplifiers.  It combines that with speaker emulation in a very unique way.  It is an amazing piece of gear.  I would like to explore the idea of guitar modelers, guitar synths, and musical innovation,  but I am up for just about anything.  The mini-pinball project currently being discussed would be a phenomenal kit to buy.  Sign me up!

     

    Thanks for having me.  I am very psyched to keep on deep diving a lot of electronic concepts.  If there are music members out here with online content, I would love to find you!

     

    Joe

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    joe1871@att.net over 8 years ago

    Hey Folks,

     

    Day one of my membership - well day two really, but day one was such a whirlwind of gala balls and speeches, shaking hands and kissing babies, that I can’t really count that!  Thanks for having me - I promise I will try ro reign in my pithy observations and just be a regular Joe. 

     

    My name is Joe (see how I did that there?).  I live in the east SF Bay, however I am a Boston native.  I am an operations engineer for a small startup that does on line environment automation.  We create VMs ondemand, on the fly.   Lots of shell scripts and java code. 

     

    My interests are primarily in learning electronic design.  I am a noob when it comes to electronics, and I am basically a blank slate.  I am lucky enough to have an incredible wife who lets me dig into the bank account more than I should.  I have been setting up a home lab, and having a ball. 

     

    I am a musician.  I love all things Midi, and have a good collection of guitar synths and processors.  One very intruiging piece of gear I own, which has really taken the pro guitar world by storm, is something called a Fractal Axe FX II.  It is a ‘modeler’, holding virtual copies of close to 150 of the most respected guitar amplifiers.  It combines that with speaker emulation in a very unique way.  It is an amazing piece of gear.  I would like to explore the idea of guitar modelers, guitar synths, and musical innovation,  but I am up for just about anything.  The mini-pinball project currently being discussed would be a phenomenal kit to buy.  Sign me up!

     

    Thanks for having me.  I am very psyched to keep on deep diving a lot of electronic concepts.  If there are music members out here with online content, I would love to find you!

     

    Joe

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    jw0752 over 8 years ago in reply to joe1871@att.net

    Hi Joe,

     

    Thanks for the nice introduction. It sounds like we will all be able to learn something from each other. I look forward to your future posts about your new shop and your adventure learning electronics. This is a great forum where you can ask questions and answer questions without any judgments. Well maybe just a few respectful judgments.

     

    John

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    cstanton over 7 years ago in reply to joe1871@att.net

    Hey joe1871@att.net , Have you checked out MusicTech ?

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