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Tonal Drift is the solo project of producer/composer Mark Hollomon mostly focusing on Melodic Ambient and nearby genres. https://tonaldrift.com

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Yea. That's fair. I use Reaper on both Mac and Windows. So it would make more sense to use VST3 for both.

12.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Question to those that use MacOS for music production -- Is there any reason to prefer AU over VST3 if the plug-in has both formats ?

11.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today's mood - Red Hot Chili Peppers as violin musak.

11.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks doc, but I think I'll pass.

Great atmospherics.

09.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. That was 50 years ago. Let's see what I can remember :)

09.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*NEW THEME*

Get out your guitars for some pop punk or, on the contrary, to serenade the one you secretly love in the classroom next door.
In any case, the theme is high school, so let's go!

09.03.2026 08:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's tough, Jim. Be sure to take care of yourself.

09.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trend setter.

08.03.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of the common chords web utility showing the menu that now allowsyou choose modes from the harmonic major and harmonic minor scales.

screenshot of the common chords web utility showing the menu that now allowsyou choose modes from the harmonic major and harmonic minor scales.

Small Update to the common-chords utility to add the modes of harmonic major and minor. Just in case thats your thing.

mhhollomon.github.io/common-chords/

08.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey babe, I got true sustain.

08.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everybody knows it's VST plugins, not cars, that make the ladies swoon.

08.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been setting up my MacBook Pro to do sound stuff.

I had forgotten exactly how much I had customized Reaper DAW. I hadn't tried looking at a fresh install in a while 😬

05.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you closed to FINished?

05.03.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of my tracks are best described as happy little accidents.

02.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Better late than never… (maybe?!?) Here’s some Dorian-mode-megadrive-funk for this week’s @musicweeklies.bsky.social challenge. Didn’t turn out anything like I thought/hoped but it’s all part of the process. #modal #megadrive #deflemask

02.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The new theme is Science.
Make some scientific music, no matter what scientific music sounds like in your head!
Whether it's sound textures of bubbles or a mathematical sequence for your song structure, have fun with it!

02.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh, good. New music to code with tomorrow.

01.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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boreal forest from above
natural wavy pattern in sand

2 images boreal forest from above natural wavy pattern in sand

biomes vol. 2
🌱🌍🏜️
edwardgivens.bandcamp.com/album/biomes-vol-2

#musicsky #nature #ambient #bandcamp 🎧

01.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It must be a great track. I've already gotten two spam comments on Soundcloud that "the vibe is deep" and it is "fire".

01.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cold Molecular Cloud Created for the #modalscales challenge for @MusicWeeklies Starts out in Myxolydian b2, shifts to Lydian, then to simple major with a borrowed min 5 chord. Image Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Yay! Completed one on time :)
#modalscales for @musicweeklies.bsky.social .

Starts out in Myxolydian b2 (mode of the harmonic major), shifts to Lydian, then to simple major with a borrowed min 5 chord.

I suck at transitions.

soundcloud.com/tonal_drift/...

01.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I dreamt last night that there were a ton of pugs surrounding me. The pugs had these balloon like things shaped like blood cells attached to them. Somehow, I knew that they were big germs. While they were not bothering the dogs, I spent the entire dream brushing the dogs to remove the germs.
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01.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Edward Givens - Metropolis
Edward Givens - Metropolis YouTube video by Edward Givens

"I am hoping more than ever for a future where cats rule the world." - Dokpetra

I concur

#musicsky #dystopia

01.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We get a ton of them at our feeders. Such cute little guys.

28.02.2026 23:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. I hope you can get it them to do it.

28.02.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me being on Anthropic's side of an argument was not on my 2026 bingo card.

28.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I know what common name means. I dispute that they are useful. And having a unified catalog would be useful.

28.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A different idea would be to create a 10 Parsec Catalog (abbrev TPC) where the catalog number was its distance in parsecs multiplied by 10.

So a star 6.1 parsecs away would be TPC 61.

28.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In my layman's opinion, if I can't see it with the naked eye in Bartle 3 or 4 skies, then no, it should not have a "common" name (which is a misnomer in most cases anyway).

28.02.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Assuming this is an honest question ...

Each translation is a different work and would have their own copyright. Some are now in the public domain (e.g. KJV, Tynsdale) but many are not (The Message, NIV, NRSV).

27.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This gets frequent turns on my personal play list.

27.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0