MICHAEL W. DEAN

MICROTONE 5000, new free Microtonal VST. 64-bit Windows. New from BipTunia Synths: https://biptunia.com/?p=10403 MICROTONE 5000 is a VST3 and VST2 Polyphonic analog-style synth with 5000 microtonal tunings (also has western 12-TET setting), 128 presets (also can be user configured), 2 oscillators, 2 filters, 1 LFO, 7 LFO assigns, and 6 voices. It has very low…

Below is audio of a piece I’m working on, called “Slow Blink.” The ring modulator on a synth comes in at 13 seconds. Schematic of the 4-diode design of a ring mod above. Has a sound like a broken bell. Without it this synth part sounds very clean, same as the synth that precedes it.…

# ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING DETAILS: My latest #astrophotography photo. M31, plus of course, M32 and M110. I’m BipTunia on AstroBin if you want to add me or write to confirm I took this. Taken with two scopes, total of 6 hours 39 minutes integration. Bortle 2.8, rural, north east Oregon farm. This photo was done…

Here’s my photo of M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), the closest galaxy to us. The many things marked PGC_____ are tiny (to us) galaxies that are much further away. Next to each catalog number is a little circle or cross point showing the location. In some you can actually see a tiny oval or dot. M31 is…

(click for large)  I’ve made posters and t-shirts and other merch of the image, it’s here. Some RGB re-arrangements I did of it, plus a mono: —   — ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING DETAILS: My latest #astrophotography photo. It’s the Orion Nebula and Running Man Nebula top right, Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula bottom left. I’m…