WHEN MACHINES DREAM
The New Wave of Euro Tech
When Machines Dream started several years ago as a side project and has, in the last couple of years, become my main musical focus. When Machines Dream songs are featured in the video games iDance, Pump It Up Pro (1 & 2) as well as several DVD's. A new When Machines Dream CD is slated for release on SCI Records later this year in addition to my regular live performance schedule.
Playing live is a large part of the When Machines Dream endeavor. I mainly perform with my musical partner Kyle Ward as When Machines Dream + KaW. Together we have performed all over the US and Europe. For more information on how we do this, please see the post "How When Machines Dream + Kaw Perform Live" in the blog section of my member profile.
When Machines Dream has been influenced by a wide variety of electronic & pop music. From early Kraftwerk & Devo through the 80's New Wave and Synth Pop era, into the 90's House and Trance scenes, Swedish Dance, Industrial, Electro Clash and beyond.
The When Machines Dream sound(s) has been forged with quite a variety of equipment throughout the years (More details in my blog on my profile).
The current studio equipped as follows:
Digital Audio Workstation
Quadcore Intel q6600 Processor 3.0GHz (custom built)
4 GB of DDR800 Ram
320gig System drive
1 TB Media Drive
10K 150gig Audio drive
EMU 1220m -
24-bit, A/D 192kHz converters
Studio Hardware
Moog Little Phatty
Korg Micro X
Korg microKORG
Alesis Micron
Korg EMX-1
Korg R3
Moog Mogerfoger Delay
Electrix Mo-FX
Joe Meek British Channel (2)
Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer
Sampson Rubicon 5a Monitors
Sampson Rubicon 10s Subwoofer
AKG Perception 100 Microphone
AKG Perception 400 Microphone
Studio Software
Ableton Live 7
IK Multimedia T-Racks
Sonnox Limiter
Sonnox Inflator
Steinberg Wavelab
Antares Autotune
IK Multimedia Classik Reverb
reFX Nexus
reFX Vangard
Native Instruments FM7
Gforce Oddity
Gforce Minimonsta
Gforce impOSCar
Artura Jupiter 8v
Native Instruments Pro-53
Novation V-Station
Novation Bass Station
Waldorf Attack
Waldorf PPG Wave
Sonic Projects OP-X
Steinberg X-Phrase
IK Multimedia Sampletank 2
IK Multimedia Amplitube
Softplug Adventus
TAL Juno-60
Arc Dev Echo Tune
RSO Vocal Magic
and some misc. VST's that I can't remember
Last but not least
All powered with Monster Power
All wired with Monster Cable
Studio equiped with just about everything Auralex sells
OTHER CURRENT PROJECTS
Mendenhall
A long-running pop music group
https://mendenhall.bandcamp.com/
Oscillator X
An Electro & Eurodance collaboration between my musical partner Kyle Ward & myself. Oscillator X songs have been featured in the video games iDance, Pump It Up (Pro, NX2, NXA, Jump, Fiesta, Pro 2) and In The Groove 3, Snake360, Snowball Runner, etc.
Coconut
A Eurodance act featuring the lovely and talented Olohana on vocals. Produced by the Oscillator X team of John Mendenhall & Kyle Ward.
