pAdK-rAd http://www.padk-rad.com K-rAd mAKes musiK Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:54:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 K-rAd says, “go and get a RadioShack Electronics Learning Lab!” http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=944&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-says-go-and-get-a-radioshack-electronics-learning-lab http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=944#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:54:02 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=944 Hell Yeah! Get one! There $40 on amazon. The workbooks are really well done! Forest M. Mimms III is the coolest. What are you waiting for?
RadioShack Electronics Learning Lab

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=944 0 The Bread Continues! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=932&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bread-continues http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=932#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:39:52 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=932 Continue reading →]]> With the help of Expert Sleepers Silent Way and its calibration loop, I was able to get a decent range out of this really simple circuit. A little flash light trickery goes along way with this light sensitive lo-fi oscillator.

120bread_K-rAd

Yes this bread board is the lead synth in this track. Silent way + motu ultralite gives the osc voltage and gate voltage to make the 74C14 osc circuit change pitch and turn on and off. The black tube blob is a homemade opto-coupler(an led super-glued to a photoresistor with heat shrink tubing around it). Most of the ideas came from this book and a bunch of other books and tools. It suprises me how few components were necessary to get something to happen.

120bread_mix01.mp3

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=932 0 DUBBOX http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=925&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dubbox http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=925#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:15:52 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=925 The DUBBOX for my adventures with Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub!
Contains arcade style punch in buttons and a light controlled noise synth for extra dubtastic atmosphere.
DubBox

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=925 0 Bread! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=920&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bread http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=920#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:12:05 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=920 Bread

Who cares what it sounds like…my laptop is telling it what to do and noise is coming out on the beat. Yay!
120Bread.mp3 In case you DO care.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=920 0 K-rAd joins Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub. http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=912&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-joins-ted-sirotas-heavyweight-dub http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=912#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:34:45 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=912 TSHD
Check it!
Facebook page.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=912 0 K-rAd Video for “128spum8″ from the T12CD. http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=883&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-video-for-128spum8-from-the-t12cd http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=883#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 08:13:42 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=883
K-rAd Youtube Channel.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=883 0 ZIP ZIP ZIP! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=879&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zip-zip-zip http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=879#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:22:53 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=879 So all the albums have a .ZIP package now for easier downloading. YAY!

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=879 0 K-rAd Mix for RTS.FM 110412 http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=864&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-mix-for-rts-fm-110412 http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=864#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:37:00 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=864 K-rAd_RTSFM_110412.wav

Here is a nice set of all original K-rAd tracks. The intro features a vocal by the late Terry Callier. He gave me a lo-fi digital voice recorder with tons of song sketches on it. Enjoy

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=864 0 401K-rAd http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=855&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=401k-rad http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=855#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:27:09 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=855 401K-rAd is now available on the Download page (if you scroll down a bit).

Released: Oct 2012
A new yet classic full length album from the freaky minds of Mark Hardy and Chris Grabowski.
Download 401K-rAd now!

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=855 0 OuTLeT EP now available! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=845&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=outlet-ep-now-available http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=845#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:10:58 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=845 OuTLeT is now available on the Download page (if you scroll down a bit).

Download OuTLeT now!

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=845 0 K-rAd’s short birthday set. http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=833&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rads-short-birthday-set http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=833#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:50:02 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=833 Listen to the set from Sully’s. It’s my birthday month! Check out the new “lots o percussion” sound.
K-rAd_Sullys_072812.wav

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=833 0 Welcome to “Dub Me K-rAd” part 01! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=825&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome-to-dub-me-k-rad-part-01 http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=825#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 20:09:02 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=825 This mix is for all the dub masters that have been so influential to K-rAd since the beginning. King Tubby, Scientist, Mad Professor, Lee Perry … The Dub heroes of K-rAd.
K-rAd_050912_Heartbeats_Dub_Records_Set.wav

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=825 0 Here is the .WAV of my latest RTS.FM set. http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=798&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-is-the-wav-of-my-latest-rts-fm-set http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=798#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:45:38 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=798 K-rAd_RTSFM_020512.wav
K-rAd on the RTS.FM site 050212

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=798 0 Johnny Armstrong for Dinner http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=788&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=johnny-armstrong-for-dinner http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=788#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:38:26 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=788 Continue reading →]]> Our good friend Johnny Armstrong came over to the pAd for dinner. We fed him chopped salad, squash, fish sandwiches and curried potatoes. Then he fed us this sweet all vinyl set from his crate of tasty wax. Thanks Johnny.

Johnny_Armstrong_111011.wav
Allow enough time to download this big .WAV file.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=788 0 Rococo Tracks Whipper now available! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=777&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rococo-tracks-whipper-now-available http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=777#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:47:46 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=777
Rococo Tracks Whipper is now available on the Classic page. 18 BIG HITS from 2002! Dig it!

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=777 0 2 hour K-rAd mix on RTS.FM http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=719&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-hour-k-rad-mix-on-rts-fm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=719#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:10:42 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=719 Continue reading →]]> Check out the K-rAd_RTS.FM_080911 set. Broadcasted from pAdK-rAd.
This set came out nicely. I played slower 116-120 BPM. Since I was at home I could use all my stuff at the same time. There are a few moments when there are two Ableton machines and one Impulse Tracker machine all going at once plus moog and turntable ahhhh! Yes…all the tracks are originals.
Here is the .WAV of the set: K-rAd_RTSFM_080911.wav

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=719 0 K-rAd LIVE on RTS.FM 08.09.11 3PM CST http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=700&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-live-on-rts-fm-08-09-11-2pm-cst http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=700#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:52:24 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=700 Tune in to K-rAd’s broadcast live on RTS.FM August 9th 2011 3PM CST.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=700 0 K-rAd Car001 now available http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=688&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=k-rad-car001-now-available http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=688#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:23:54 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=688
Car001 is now available on the Classic page. Put these tracks onto something you can play in your car or your friends car and drive around. Vrooom!

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=688 0 Signals Treats CD available now free http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=674&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=signals-treats-cd-available-now-free http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=674#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:03:52 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=674 Continue reading →]]>
Signals Treats is now available on the Classic page. We made this CD as a demo for a record label in New York. They strung us along for a bit then never put anything out. They were upset because we were putting our music out independently.

]]> http://www.padk-rad.com/?feed=rss2&p=674 0 Download the qqqq album free! http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=662&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=download-the-qqqq-album-free http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=662#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:06:44 +0000 antf4rm http://www.padk-rad.com/?p=662
qqqq is now available on the Classic page. This record is hilarious. If you don’t like it, four Q man!

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