Author Archives: Andrew Ramsden
Revenge of C.H.A.D.
I celebrated the end of my eduvacation by publishing a piece of music. It’s titled Revenge of C.H.A.D., a reference to Super Meat Boy—a diabolically difficult but fun modern-retro platformer. The piece was also inspired by vintage games I enjoyed … Continue reading
WIP—Ebb
An early work in progress, just playing with some new techniques I’m learning, synthesis, spatial effects and automation mostly. It uses the Cthulu arpeggiator and Massive synth. The inexorable descending bass reminded me so much of Koyanisqaatsi that I kept … Continue reading
Eduvacation
Still on holidays, have some time set aside for projects, which is nice. I wanted to create some music but have been feeling frustrated by limitations of my knowledge around digital audio production. In the past I’ve muddled through and … Continue reading
Custom app icons updated
Spent a little time revisiting the Custom app icons plugin for WordPress. It was well overdue for a revisit, since initial release in 2010, Apple have released a bunch of new devices of differing display resolutions and with them a … Continue reading
Pure CSS ‘tags’—ala SoundCloud
For the recent irama.org realignment I wanted to emulate the cute little ‘tags’ that sit below a track on SoundCloud. I wanted to try to do as much as possible using CSS alone—without background images, too many extra elements, or … Continue reading