Thoughtless for the Day

Are you tired of synthesizers being so damn expensive, and bastards always trying to steal your synthesizer because times are so bloody bad?

Then today is your lucky day, because the scientists at DM Laboratories in Tirana, Albania have finally completed work on the prototype of what will, hopefully, be the first Dead Milkmen VST: The LC 5000.

The LC 5000 is a four-operator, one algorithm synth which features on-board reverb, and LFO, filtering, and not a whole Hell of a lot else. But then again, it's free. You can download it here Then unzip the file to your vst directory. If you don't already have a DAW, may I suggest FL Studio (which I use) or Reaper (which is free).

Here's a tiny demo tune made uses patches from the LC 5000

The LC 5000 comes loaded with 32 custom designed patches:

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1. Blood Bass. Nice and noisy; the way Dave liked it!
2. Smokin' Peels: A nice Farfisa-esque organ
3. Methodist: A lot lower and a little more percussive than Smokin'
4.Buzz E. Shoes: A buzzy synth
5. Doctor 5ssss: Try playing "Life on Mars" on it.
6.UVB-76
7. Life is Merde: Slightly orchestral synth
8. Air Cymbal: Does what it says
9. Low Boojays: Sounds like Joe's old "fan organ"
10. Perc E. Piano: My attempt at a Wurlitzer
11. Inharmonium: Much prettier than it should be
12. Ortho Orange 42: Eat your heat out Keith Emerson
13. Dandrew: Smooth, TR303ish bass
14. Clean snare: duh
15. Clean Kick: double duh
16. Church of CNR: Odd sort of pipe organ
17. PRG Accord: Play the accordion; go to jail. It's the law.
18. AfterTone: Atmospheric synth
19. In Progress: Chock on it, Wakeman.
20. The Swelling: Pad-ish synth. Not bad - really
21. Phaser: Sci-fi synth
22. Steam hat: an open (or maybe closed - I don't play drums) high hat
23. Clockwork: I'm sure that, one day, you'll find a use for this.
24. Knocking: It's like a visit from the Cybermen
25. Synth UK: One day you'll have to play "Love Will Tear Us Apart"; then you;ll thank me.
26. Roxy Keys: Try the riff from Remake/Remodel
27. JoeJack: Makes nice lead lines...ok...it makes strange lines.
28. Unlucky Man: Industrial-power synth
29. Rumbler: Probably my favorite
30. Gritty Kitty: More Industrial phun
31. Wreckner: For when you need something loud! Not for hippies.
32. Mr. Mapp: Kinda Vox-ish, kinda synth-ish

Please note that the LC 5000 is for Windows OS's ONLY, and that this is the beta version; therefore I am NOT responsible for any damage it might cause to your PC, laptop, or psyche. In other words: if smoke starts pouring out of your goddamn Dell, call the fire department; don't call me or Rick Wakeman.