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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

hey maybe a hot take but I'm not sure I mind this whole youtube views update as much as some others. sure it's inconvenient and misleading but also numbers go brrrrrrrr

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

new video about DRONE (I didn't really get drone so I tried a drone synth and now I get drone) youtu.be/risslkGqfX4

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I Didn't Understand Drone Music... Until Now

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

PERELLO OLIVES. holy shit i might cry

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

shout-out to the 200-ish people who watched my new video on sunday evening instead of the dullest World Cup final of all time

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

see you on the gravy train fuckers

YT studio stats for my most recent video: the "Est. revenue" shows £0.01

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

so i just smelled the delicious aroma of fresh bread, mmm, figured my neighbour must be having toast or something. what a delicious smell, how jealous then realised it's the bread that I've BEEN BAKING ALL DAY

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I was debating whether I admit to this - but on Saturday I BOTH went for a run AND went to MK. it might be so over

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

FREE patreon quickie involving a couple updates on my next video and the obligatory complaints about the UK's current bout of intense warmies www.patreon.com/williamjacob...

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it's getting hot in here | William Jacobs

There's a little plastic basket in my kitchen, hidden below the kettle and to the right of a tub of coffee beans. It's got all kinds of gubb

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

i hate video editing until I start editing videos, then turns out it actually rules

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

yesterday I went to Milton Keynes today I went for a run oh my god what is life coming to

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

ok don't ask how I found this out but Snow Patrol's first album kinda rips it's like... pavement x mbv x blur x pixies? how did they go from this to coldplay 2.0 lol

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

...so the new video IS real and CAN hurt you: Remember Pocket Operators? youtu.be/I_iA1iAO2G4

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...Remember Pocket Operators?

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I did a bit of guest writing for an independent music tech magazine called Signal Path, by @rofilm.bsky.social! Had a natter about the Volca Keys... excerpt attached and link to the full mag below :) www.dev.rofilm-media.net/node/735

These quirks feel like artefacts of an earlier, more excitable synth market, when mini-synths weren't trying so hard to be so serious all the time. With fun-size music technology, we're always whipping ourselves up into this debate about whether something's a real musical instrument or "just a toy". In a failure to realise that this is a false dichotomy (how about both?), a lot of newer gear following in the Volca's footsteps feels almost insecure in the face of this distinction, tripping over itself to be ever-more clinical, ever more "pro". It's refreshing nowadays, then, to use a synth with such a charming roughness about it. It's unashamedly toyish; joyfully imperfect - and what that means is that it's brimming with that ever-elusive quality among synthesisers: personality.

And I don't say that just because of its sometimes strangely-conceived feature set: let it be known that the Volca Keys has a sound, and a unique one at that. It sounds almost brash, slightly metallic; maybe brassy, with this fuzzy, appealing warmth buzzing all around every patch. A pretty comprehensive array of controls allows for substantial shaping of this sound - in particular, the 700S filter is equally happy taming the oscillators as it is sharpening them to a screaming point - but ultimately the basic sound of the Volca Keys is an inviting and lovably rustic foundation for further sound design.

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

thom yorke seeing a relatable meme: that there that's literally me

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

we are not the same!!! you consume short-form content, dulling your dopamine receptors via immediate gratification whereas I merely: - eat maple syrup by the spoonful - eat sugar directly from the jar - cut slices of cheddar straight from the block - just munch on pure salted butter sometimes, tbh

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

just got an ssl12. so yeah you could say I'm a pretty Serious Music Producer now 😎

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

hey so i contribute to this substack now, wherein @tildesounds.bsky.social and other people far smarter than me suggest some cool free resources for musicians/producers every month. however i'm a contrarian little freak, so my suggestion was a @netshaq.bsky.social video instead

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

alt+y on da vinci resolve is a real game changer. get on that one folks

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

if there is one patriotic bone in my miserable body it's the fact that the UK absolutely steams the rest of the world in making audio interfaces

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

i swear I'm not trying to design the ugliest session ever, it just ended up this way

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

recession indicator: working on a youtube short rn

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

never mind, the output jack just died mid-recording after 7 years of service see the thing about me is actually i don't much care for bass

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

boy oh boy do i really just love playing bass palm muted, with a pick it's great because you don't even really have to be good. in my case that is absolutely key

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

progress really is an illusion huh

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

i just can't believe that we spend slightly more than 1/12th of our lifetimes in March fuckin March, what has ever happened in March

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

hahahahahahahaha what a great day to not be: a) just completely and hopelessly spineless b) a bigot

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

got a big bag of shallots last month and i'm still finding those little guys in the bottom of the fridge weeks later. the gift that keeps on giving, i think i'm shallot pilled now

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

whoever designed the piano roll in ableton..... i just wanna talk

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

turns out the "reheat" button on toasters actually WORKS????

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

bluesky is like twitter but instead of feeling despondent after 30 minutes of continued use, you just feel guilty

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William Jacobs @wrnjacobs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

ok fine i'll try the non-fascism app

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