Hey folks. Mike Peake...
I built a PAIA modular synth in 1980 and by 1987 was doing synthesis full-time with my own 3rd-party sound design business, TECHNOSIS. Those sounds, although out-of-date, are still around at soundengine.com. Did some factory sound programming and a tad of sampling for Korg, Yamaha, Ensoniq, Kawai, Peavey, etc. Did a few interstitial sound-alike tracks for the HBO Emmy Award-winning documentary series "Taxicab Confessions". Mixed the music for a few commercials and also most of the soundtrack for Wes Craven's film "The People Under The Stairs".
Ended up doing six years at Alesis and among other things, was part of the specification and realization team for the MIPA award-winning Andromeda analog polysynth (as well as voicing and standing at NAMM and Messe with our outstanding moderator). Wrote four reviews of analog products for Electronic Musician magazine.
Analog synths are my thing and I'm lucky to have a small Moog Modular, a small Buchla 200 modular, and a Techosaurus Selector System "C" modular in addition to my ADAM S4c monitors (got the third set of ADAMs in the States, after Rupert Neve and David Bryce- David and I saw them together at Messse, and were instantly sold) and a couple of Manley Labs pieces.
Life is good. Currently looking for a new gig. Hello to everyone!
I am often found with coffee in hand. Click on the second pic from the left, second row down.
http://www.bigcitymusic.com/pics_namm2003.asp