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We then up the ante with Poke Volume II, unleashing more
than 1,800 unnatural samples including 150 rhythmic loops (with BPM), 170 ambient textures,
500 percussion sounds and 800 melodic samples. This sound library contains 16-bit linear mono or stereo
AIFF files samples at 44.1kHz for use in any digital audio workstation.
Thrill to the sounds of rack torture, fake animals, Oakland Jail ambience, interstellar kitchen noises,
throbbing machines and weird gloomster dialog.
Poke II was listed in Keyboard Magazine's 24 Top Discs (2/95).
charles Maynes- is a sound designer based somewhere. He is now a proud father, but still finds
time to churn out millions of amazing new sounds on an hourly basis.
D. Saint-Ape- is part human, part intelligent being. He recently traded in his toaster
oven for an old Russian tube amp that gives his samples their uniquely Slovic tone.
SnowCone- is not a bald English DJ. He recently finished recording his 10,001st drum sample,
and is wondering if perhasps he should try his hand at something new instead.
Thomas Dimuzio- was trying to stay warm in Boston (out behind the junkyard) while he worked
on many many projects and dreamed of California beaches... now he dreams no more. He currently
resides in San Francisco with more computers than you can shake a stick at; freezing in the San Francisco
summer fog.
Nate- is the (San Francisco) east-bay king of low end funk. He is probably playing his
new 5 string fretless at this very minute.
Bobb- (no, not Jim. No, not the church of), after 'eliminating' the last of his band
members, is currently mutilating vocal samples until they scream for mercy.
Atau- dopples digits at CCRMA by day, and plays garage surf music by night. He was
last seen chasing small zoo animals and Scrubbing (TM) the sound out of them.
Joe Niski- is a guitar player living in Portland, Oregon. He recently chainsawed his
vintage stratocaster while in search of that perfect industrial sound.
Gerry Bassermann- vows he will never play another NAMM show, well maybe. He owns some of
the coolest hats in the known universe, and you probably own some of his synth patches.
Dave Nelson- Back in the day, he founded Poolside Studios in San Francisco and now Outpost Studios.
If you don't find him mixing film scores or recording Foley artists, you won't find him.
SMAK!- (the Grand Poobah of the OUT! movement), his ears still ringing from his pre-Post
Industrial machine deconstructivism, is kept locked in a small room in our garage, where he toils
endlessly under hot and harsh conditions editing sounds. He IS the granddaddy of the Poke series...
