Pokey Sticks studio

11/05/2018

Excitingly Updated! Tasty Compressor is now better than ever :) With thanks to Jure Gabršček for both the idea and useful prompting! The updated version now includes a VU meter showing how much compression is being applied and thus saving you from Completely Guessing(tm). Download it via the blog page..
https://stuartmooresound.wixsite.com/stuartmooresound/single-post/2018/02/26/Classic-Compression-also
or direct from dropbox...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0byypcyaw2v4ro/TastyCompressorVU.dll?dl=0

11/09/2016

It's been a while since the last post and Pokey Sticks has been privileged to record some very fine music in the intervening time! Some of the technological fallout of these creative undertakings is brought to you here free and downloadable: Unclean Delay for the tape delay sonic complexity that's spanned Lee Scratch Perry to Blakes Seven. Also, Electron Cloud. Very subtle, elusive and illegal. It creates 'the other kind' of valve distortions you haven't heard about for another small piece of the tube sound puzzle... :)
https://pokeysticks.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/analogue-og-og-og/

10/05/2016

Pokey Sticks continues to explore the explorable with recent exploits in such things as binaural brass band recording and movie foley. Also the yummy issue of controllable 'analogue-ness' is finding more success than ever. However the latest plugin analogue reverb and echo effects, while bringing That Thing You Want(tm) to your sound, are a bit complicated, dangerous and demonic. Free still to those brave enough to ask! In the mean time Pokey Sticks clears its conscience by offering this also very lovely, useful, efficient and fun freeby... :)
https://pokeysticks.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/plastic-fantastic/

Pokey Sticks probably best work of late has involved low level analogue simulation combined with echo / reverb sounds. Pokey Sticks would be happy to share the digital distillations however, they a…

02/02/2016

Pokey sticks has been busy with all kinds of interesting stuff lately. There’s some very ‘arty’ things in process and once more free and downloadable are some plugin things from technical developments: Introducing the ‘Very Sexy’ range of filters. Based on legendary gear full of resonant inductors they're bold, shamelessly coloured, unruly and moreishly musical. Get em here...
https://pokeysticks.wordpress.com/2016/02/02/high-fidelity-and-white-lies/

Pokey sticks has been busy with all kinds of interesting stuff lately. There's some very 'arty' things in process and once more free and downloadable are some plugin things from technical developme...

11/12/2015

It's December and a persons thoughts naturally turn to ribbon microphones. To this end the Pokey Sticks research department has been working on some designs that combine the retro appeal of the super smooth ribbon with insane chips used to detect photons released from radioactive decay events. Superb results and a 'dangly bits of string' aesthetic are anticipated. Additionally, Pokey Sticks is getting into its VST stride. The Honest Highpass filter is now available (free) as a VST. The rest of the Honest set to follow soon. And after that, some exceedingly fine flavour-adding virtual analogue plugins to follow! It is Christmas after all... :)
https://pokeysticks.wordpress.com/2015/12/11/honest-highpass-update/

The Pokey Sticks research department has been working on a whole bunch of exiting Sound-Stuff lately. There are some very pure processing whatsits based on low level analogue simulation. Distilling...

17/10/2015

The most recent technical creations from Pokey Sticks are both free and downloadable! Exceptionally yummy mastering quality EQ filters in a 'virtual analogue' stylee with a heart as pure as Clark Kent. Why? Because the hidden digital tat from your other filters is a crime and the truth has caught up! :) Get them here...
https://pokeysticks.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/free-filters-resonance-and-punctuality/

23/05/2015

Technical innovations abound lately at Pokey Sticks. The Jeklin Disk was good, but you cant beat a sperical baffle for spatial resolution and general rule-ing-ness! (eg two good mics strapped to a football).
Also now road tested are some great newly developed reverbs that add that sense of space and scale but dont clutter or fudge over a vocal. Coming out of a kind of old school analogue plate reverb plus 3D spatial-sound-field kind of a deal. Demo'ed here with kind permission from the inimitable Jo Dervish
of Screaming House Madrigals

Then theres the Pokey Sticks unique Impossible EQ filters (also used on this demo). Distorted but provable thinking shows that two eq's with the same effect on frequency response can have different effects on wave-form and thus have different sounds - even though they measure the same on a spectrum meter. The sticking point - it's only true if you can make reality run backwards. Or if you use the Pokey Stick Impossible EQ filters! Greater punch and clarity,less mushy masking compared to ordinary 'possible' EQs. Some slight issues re. disregard for the laws of physics.

Finally, the Dub and Regge legend Lee Scratch Perry famously went to any length to create vibe in his recordings, including peeing on the tapes. Pokeys Sticks has just developed a plugin...

https://soundcloud.com/pokeysticksstudio/vocal-and-reverb-example

This is the excellent voice of Jo Dervish kindly demonstrating one of the newly developed Pokey Sticks Reverbs. Enough reverb 'sound' to create a sense of space and drama while leaving the vocal unclu

31/01/2015

Glass Tears like to have multiple names for their songs. This one is variously known as 'Love Answers' and 'Island'... :)
https://soundcloud.com/pokeysticksstudio/love-answers-by-glass-tears

Glass Tears tend to have multiple names for their songs. This one is variously known as 'Love Answers' and 'Island'... :)

09/12/2014

https://soundcloud.com/falaena/take-you-home
A great track from the uncompromising and international Faleana. Previewed with kind permission - look out for their official EP release date in Feb! :)

Taken from Falaena's 'Exquisite Music for Discerning Adults' EP. Music and lyrics by Christopher Lipscombe. Produced and engineered by Stuart Moore at Pokey Sticks studio, Milton Keynes. Alex Sta