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  This live recording was originally broadcast on purturbradio.com on 1st August 2021. Please consider paying what you are able as sales of this recording go directly to the running costs of Perturb Radio.
  
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  How Google Brain inspired << Clean Skin >>
  
  I’m sure we’ve all done it. Or at least heard people say they got lost down a YouTube rabbit hole; that chance encounter with a video we never set out to watch. However, it’s not as random as some of us think. In 2015, the Google Brain team began using a type of artificial intelligence that mimics the human brain. Essentially they use one neural network which filters videos to see if they are suitable for a viewer’s “watch next” selection – and a second neural network that ranks videos by assigning a score.
  
  So one evening, not too long ago, I had fallen down that rabbit hole (or was captured by a malevolent algorithm). I had no doubt been watching an informative video about a synthesizer (who knows which one!) and was eventually led to a decades old video instructing me about skin care. So the << Clean Skin >> seed was planted, deep in a virtual rabbit hole. It led me to think about this last 18 months or so, how at one point we were being told on a daily basis, wash your hands, keep your distance, stay home, save the NHS etc.
  
  I thought it would be interesting to gather a few soundbites advocating self-care, personal grooming, washing and shaving tips – and set them to some music – purely as a fun distraction.
  
  When I’ve played onstage previously the majority of the music was pre-programmed and played through Logic on a MacBook. That gave me space to bang a drum, or shout in a microphone, without having to concentrate on playing a keyboard. This set up is quite different. There are some loops and samples playing from a Korg Electribe Sampler 2 which is being manipulated in real time. I’ve also used a DSI Pro2, a Moog Grandmother and Dreadbox Erebus to play a few improvised lines, sound effects etc. If the day comes where I play onstage once more, the set up will be very much this way. I sold the MacBook!!
  
  
  Microchip Junky
  
  August 2021
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  In the Microchip Junky music rooms:
  
  
  Hardware:
  
  ALESIS HR-16 (circuit bent), ANALOGUE SOLUTIONS Leipzig-S, Telemark, ARTURIA MatrixBrute, Microfreak, BASTL Kastle, BEHRINGER ARP 2600, Crave, Neutron, BLEEP LABS Nebulophone, CASIO CZ1000, 1000p, VL-1, PT80, Casiotone 202, CLAVIA Nord Lead 2, DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS Pro2, Mopho, Evolver, DOEPFER Dark Energy, DREADBOX Erebus, Typhon, DUBREQ Stylophone, Stylophone Beatbox, GAKKEN SX-150 Mk II, JEN SX1000, KORG Microkorg, Microkorg XL, Minilogue, DDM110, LittleBits, KP3, Kaossilator, Volca Keys, Volca Sample, Volca FM, Volca Bass, Volca Modular, SQ1, Monotribe, EA-1, Electribe 2 Sampler, Monotron, Monotron Delay, MFB Dominion 1, Megazwerg, Nanozwerg, Kraftzwerg, Microzwerg, Step64, MOOG Grandmother, Rogue, Werkstatt, MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS Shruthi, NOVATION Ultranova, OBERHEIM SEM, PATCHBLOCKS Programmable Synthesizer, RED SOUND SYSTEMS DarkStar, ROLAND Jupiter 6, System-100, SH101, SH201, SE-02, JP-08, MC202, VT-3, EG101, D10, SOMA Pulsar-23, SOUNDMASTER Memory Rhythm SR88, STAR INSTRUMENTS Synare 3, TEENAGE ENGINEERING PO Modular 400, All Pocket Operators, YAMAHA CS2X, CX5M, CS Reface, DX7, VSS200, PSS390
  
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  Soft Synths:
  
  ARTURIA ARP 2600v3, B-3 V, Buchla Easel V, Clavinet V, CMI V, CS-80V3, DX7 V, Farfisa V, Jup-8v3, Matrix V3, Piano V2, Pigments, Prophet V3, SEM V2, Solina V2, Stage-73 V, Synclavier V, VOX Continental V2, Wurli V2, CHERRY AUDIO CA2600, Eight Voice, Memorymode, Polymode, PS-20, Surrealistic MG-1 Plus, Voltage Modular, GFORCE Oddity, Minimonsta, ImpOscar2, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS Blocks, Flesh, Rounds, Monark, Massive X, Reaktor6, Kontakt, Maschine, ROLAND System 100, Promars, SH-2, JX-3P, SRX Orchestra, SONIC ACADEMY ANA2, SONIC PROJECTS OP-X PRO-II, STEINBERG Retrologue, TONE2 Icarus, ElectraX, U-HE ACE, Bazille, Beatzille, Diva, Hive, Podolski, Repro-1, Repro-5, TripleCheese, Tyrell N6, XILS LAB Oxium, PolyKB III, PolyM, StiX, Syn’X2, XILS 4, XILS 201, XILS 505, XILS 5000
  
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  iOS:
  
  76 Synthesizer, Amarillo, Analog Synth X, Animoog, aPolyvoks, Arctic Keys, Argon, Attack, Cassini, DM1, DRC, DXi, Factory, Figure, Filtatron, Funkbox, Gadget 2, Guitarism, Howl, iDS-10, iElectribe, iKaossilator, iMini, Impaktor, iMS-20, iPolysix, iProphet, iSEM, iSequence, iVCS3, Jasuto, Kaspar, Kauldron, Laplace, Magellan, miRack, Model 15, Model D, Modular, Monotone, myNoise, Nanologue, Nave, NLog PRO, Noisemusick, Odyssei, Oval Synth, Patterning 2, Phonem, PixiTracker 1Bit, ReBirth, Ripplemaker, Roxsyn, Scythe, Seaquence, Sector, SidTracker 64, SK-51, SoundGrid, Steel Guitar, Sunrizer, Synclavier Pocket, Synth One, Syntronik, Theremin, Thor, ThumbJam, Ton, Triqtraq, Xenon, Yellofier, Zeeon
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  There are three bonus tracks included on this release in addition to the CLEAN SKIN set:
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  Analog Punk is the title track from the first Microchip Junky album, available here:
  https://microchipjunky.bandcamp.com/album/analog-punk-five-year-anniversary-edition
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  Freak Show is the title track from the album of the same name, available here:
  https://microchipjunky.bandcamp.com/album/freak-show
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  High Octane features on the Microchip Junky album, Adrenaline Rush, available here:
  https://microchipjunky.bandcamp.com/album/adrenaline-rush ... more
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