I realize many of you, including readers of the blog Synthetix.FM, are probably wondering: what happened to my track The New Communism? The answer: I had described the track in many places as an outtake for the upcoming synthwave compilation by NewRetroWave. The other day, the owner of said blog got back to me, saying that they liked it despite my opinion against it being featured on the compilation, and that they would include it provided I remove all the other evidence of the track.

This is also why some of the related videos on YouTube may show a video with no proper thumbnail: it was a video that had the track in it.

I also write this post because I regret to say I will definitely be on another hiatus from writing new pieces until sometime next week, main reason being my studies and the fact that finals are next week.

Thank you all for reading, and thanks for understanding.

Be sure to support this on Steam Greenlight. I'm liking what I've seen of this game so far, and not just because I'm fascinated by TRON-like atmospheres.

First of all, apologies for another absence; classwork was at its peak the past few weeks. Good news is, this will likely be my last full semester before graduation.

As for the subject matter at hand, I am tempted to migrate my synth and sample library information from this blog back to the main site. However, I am not certain if this is worth it, so please leave comments below.

Thank you.

So, today, I was taking care of some matters unrelated to music, and during that period, I got countless emails within a minute. Checking my emails later, I discovered that Soundcloud, the site I primarily use for sharing sounds, especially works in progress, removed several of my tracks, telling me that they removed them on the basis of copyright infringement!?

Sorry, but I don't know where they came up with the logic that I was stealing my own music. The only track they listed for removal that wasn't 100% my own work was a cover of Gary Numan, which I had obtained a license to distribute legally! The only possible explanation as to what led them to take such actions was that all of the tracks in question I had allowed for distribution by an aggregator.

Nonetheless, regardless of the reason, it does lead me to question whether I should have so many tracks on the site. Expect me to remove some early tracks over the next few weeks.

Just to prove that I'm not fully dead at the present, here is another review: a '90s drumloop sample library.