Tag Archives | guitar

Square Sky [disquiet0271]

by Marco Raaphorst on March 10, 2017 in blog

“Prison Sky: Mark the 5th anniversary of open-source software engineer Bassel Khartabil’s detention”

Weekend Edition (week 42)

by Marco Raaphorst on October 22, 2016 in blog

My lifelong journey and some stuff to read…

Weekend Edition (week 39)

by Marco Raaphorst on September 30, 2016 in blog

“Perfectionism is super boring, right?”

Weekend Edition (week 37)

by Marco Raaphorst on September 16, 2016 in blog

This blogpost is the start of the Weekend Edition: a list of good longreads, videos and podcasts for the weekend. Killing time!

All fourths tuning for guitar

by Marco Raaphorst on July 8, 2016 in blog

It’s strange how the human brain works. Sometimes suddenly something starts to make sense even if you have heard about it for years and years. This happened to me this week. I started playing guitar since I was 12 years old. In regular tuning because it was… well, I don’t know… we are all tuning to that system, right? Other tunings felt […]

Almost ready for release: my Rockmen ReFill

by Marco Raaphorst on June 14, 2016 in blog

Over a year ago I wrote about the Rockmen ReFill I was working on. Now it is almost ready for release: next Monday the 20th of June 2016.

Instrumentaldream [disquiet0181-instrumentaldream]

by Marco Raaphorst on June 22, 2015 in blog

I made the track Instrumentaldream [disquiet0181-instrumentaldream] for Disquiet Junto, an international group of sound artists.

Warm saturation in Reason: Pulveriser versus Revival

by Marco Raaphorst on May 22, 2015 in blog

For today’s experiment I am comparing two of my favourite devices: the Pulveriser and the Revival Rack Extension.

Maternité, because of Mother’s Day

by Marco Raaphorst on May 10, 2015 in blog

A band in which I played guitar for many years, was MAM. Mam means mother in Dutch. The song which is considered our musical turning, is Maternité, a tribute to motherhood. The song Maternité is based on the eponymous painting by Picasso.

Boutique Amp ReFill available at Propellerhead Shop

by Marco Raaphorst on May 6, 2015 in blog

My Boutique Amp ReFill is now available at both the Propellerhead Shop as well as my own Melodiefabriek Shop. It gives you access to 57 classic guitar sounds which are build on the Softube Amp Rack Extension.