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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

this will definitely be happening, easily one of my favourite soft-synths, synths full stop really. too many things, not enough time. too many things, not enough time.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks! That is definitely in the plans for sure, I have a lot of exploration to do, it's such a deep synth but we'll get there.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I did forget to mention that @tal-software.com is also discounting TAL Sampler by 15% currently so if you like the sound of Mora but don't have the gears to play it on, maybe it's time to fix that? tal-software.com/products/tal...

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off Dance

Alt: a scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off where Ferris is dressed in a colourful shirt dancing happily in his bedroom because he just bought TAL Sampler and Mora for TAL Sampler by emptyvessel

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's true. Mora is out in the world. 25% intro discount for a week or so. thanks to the regulars who have picked up a copy already 🙏🩵

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🙏🩵 thank you for sharing, and thank you for the updates to TAL Sampler!

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

yes! Our clocks changed which always disturbs my body clock so one week later I've settled into 6am wake ups. Which *is* 5am but now isn't. Which is annoying. Still 6am is ok and maybe it'll creep back to 5 again, who knows. Best part of the day though, for sure.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

yeah I experienced quite an attitude shift in the relationship too, and by quite an attitude shift I mean the switch from: getting asked to do work for them to: not at all getting asked to do work for them. A small change, I know, but meaningful in many ways. To me.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lovely review of this release I was a part of, my remix closes out the album. // "Cole’s closing interpretation is perhaps the most surreal, stripping the machinery back until its strange, transparent details become increasingly exposed." 🙏🩵 // Hit me up for a code if you want one.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

yeah sorry I realised you already made that point in a much more concise way earlier in the thread, I'm just so irritated by this bullshit that I sprayed the rant anyway.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the curious thing really is the view that musicians as a group of people are in some way a particularly lucrative target. I know a lot of musicians (including me) and can count the number who don't need to worry about money (not including me) with the fingers on, maybe, two and a half hands.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I already have Zebra 3 but: pretty sweet deal from @bitwig.bsky.social if you've been putting off renewing the upgrade plan. All the fun of the new features in 6 and 6.1 (Sampler got lots of new goodies) plus the superb Zebra Legacy from @uheplugins.bsky.social

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seem to have settled into waking up round 5am for some reason the past couple of months (no alarm). Fought it for a while then just gave in and started getting up. Often getting 2-3 hours of good creative work done before 9 so maybe it's a magic hack? Brains are weird. Mine especially.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

yeah I admit it's my brain more than anything. Too much "yes but what if...[points over there to impossibly large pile of whatifs]". I really have to try AAS!!

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

[insert hug emoji here] also, same here but for month substitute...the last few years.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

yeah this is why I switched to Cardinal but then sure, I miss out on cool new modules sometimes. Also I'm not sure 1382 modules can exactly be viewed as a streamlined non-distracting set of options, either.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can't quite be bothered to process the photo to lean into the concept nor set a self-timer and go and stand in the right spot but... when you're out walking and realise you wandered into a Tarkovksy movie...

photograph of a swamp area with many clumps of storm flattened grasses with looks very reminiscent of the cover of Tarkovsky's movie Stalker

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Added a third, more orchestral ambient demo to the playlist for my upcoming sample/preset pack Mora for @tal-software.com Sampler (and a few other platforms to come). Nearing the finish line with this so it shouldn't be too long. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mora - Faded cinematic melancholy - presets for composers - demo tracks - YouTube

Presets for TAL Sampler and (to come) other sampler platforms

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This *was* on the list and is now ticked off: Shoot some video for a lovely demo track my good friend Mathias Brüssel made using 4 patches from my terrifyingly imminent TAL Sampler pack - "Mora".✅☑️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1d... With beta testers now, ready incredibly soon. unless they hate it...

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mora - faded cinematic melancholic presets for composers - TAL Sampler version demo

YouTube video by emptyvessel

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

did something that wasn't on my todotoday list so I added it so I could tick it off. I think that's fine. it's fine.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

hey, it's me from the future. Don't worry, you do get to have the pasta! Woo!

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm not big on envy but I do have a tiny sprinkling, 11-12 years ago I sold my E6400Ultra because the floppies meant I really didn't end up using it that much. Does the E4XT have the amazingly named (and very impressive) Beat Munger?

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James Bernard @jamesbernard.bandcamp.com · 06/09/2026

I miss the days when you could release an album and not feel like you needed to compose a novel describing the whole process and what you were feeling. It left more space for the listener to interpret what they were hearing from their own experiences. Old guy rant over

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

what an elegant idea! Slow modulation is best modulation. Hmm but audio rate... ok slow or really fast!

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

there are a few of these types of things but there are some really useful features here I've not seen elsewhere. Of course I might have just not seen them, I'm not always very observant. I also forget things so maybe I did see them then forgot. This one is good though.

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Isotonik Studios @isotonikstudios.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Day two. 25% off e at IsotonikStudios.com. Code BIRTHDAY25 at checkout. Every Max for Live and Ableton tool included. #MaxForLive #AbletonLive

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

back in the early days of emptyvessel I actually used to write for Sonicstate a bit, here's my hands-on review of the Kiwitechnics modded Juno 106. I stopped doing it after getting sick of the number of utter assholes in the comments section. sonicstate.com/news/2014/04...

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Review: Kiwitechnics Kiwi 106 Juno Upgrade Board

Super charge your Juno 106

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is a really thorough walkthrough of the fantastic updates to the Bitwig Sampler from the mighty Thavius Beck via @sonicstate.bsky.social Cheers Nick. youtu.be/xkSxn90qsHo btw this is what I've been waiting for to start a Bitwig port of my newest TAL Sampler pack Mora, stay tooooned.

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Bitwig 6.1 Release - Sampler With Thavius Beck - SonicLAB Presentation

YouTube video by sonicstate

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A small demo of a few patches from mora for TAL Sampler (more versions to come). Some things are in the background all of the time. Until they aren't. You didn't see them. but now you can't see anything else.

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mora cinematic sample-based presets for TAL Sampler and more

YouTube video by emptyvessel

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

genuinely the opening line of a novel I'd be keen to read

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wake up this morning feeling like you wanted to listen to a livestream from a beehive? The internet has you, plus a few other interesting environments too. wavefarm.org

screen grab from https://wavefarm.org showing a list of livestreams from various environments, including a new addition from the inside of an apiary.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A couple of useful utilities for the Mac crowd, I use Homebrew to install, update and uninstall any apps that are supported. Monthly command 'brew upgrade' updates everything you installed using homebrew. brew.sh Disk cleanup and optimise using Mole (free/opensource!) github.com/tw93/Mole

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Homebrew

The Package Manager for Everywhere.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wonder if the bot sending the emails from the DONOTREPLY@ email addresses gets overwhelmingly sad that it never hears back from any of the people it writes to. 😢

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"The patch also got slightly out of hand" 🤣

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ōtepoti report: 3, maybe 3.5. Fat proper flakes for a time, acceptable settleage but end of day rain and a sunny day today has reset things to a disappointing normal. Definite room for improvement but better than no snow. I love snow. snow snow snow.

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Sulk Rooms @sulkrooms.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Worm POV cam! Part of my ‘Songs Of Soil’ mini film to go with the album, filmed in my compost bin by. Imagine these lovely beasts writhing and thrashing around on a contact mic. Well, it happened and I made an album from those recordings… quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Snow!! No idea why but snow always makes me feel like an excited kid. Happy snow day everyone.

view of various music gear in a living room surrounded by Monstera plants and wide outside view of snow falling, dark clouds and snow covered house roofs and hills.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I've been considering a re-watch too, in part for the score.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

yeah this seems handy, louder is gooderer, same loud is truth

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

visiting my parents in France years back we saw one out on a walk and rushed back excited to tell my Dad we'd seen a hummingbird. We hadn't. Still a beautiful thing to see though, I'd also never heard of it before that.

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emptyvessel @emptyvesselnz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

agreed. With the odd sneaky double-time 140 section though, obviously.

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