Hi folks! I've been doing computer programming as study subject, job, side hustle, and hobby for way too long now, and both fortunately and unfortunately, I've been bitten by the synthesis bug.

I never was very good at playing music as a kid, but I'm slowly learning to play piano again, and I really like analog electronics, so masking my inability to actually play a tune by doing wacky stuff with a reverb and Plaits is a natural fit. That said, I'm not at all experienced and have little money, so beyond just screwing around in VCVRack, I'm a little lost.

Currently, I'm looking at the Behringer Neutron (mmm yummy patchbay) alongside the Arturia KeyStep - am I going down a bad path for someone who wants to get into this as a hobby and maybe expand to modular in the next few years?

'Cosmonauts' is a 9-track concept album about coming together through the hard times when you feel most alone and pushing each other to achieve things you couldn't otherwise do individually. When you reach it, you'll feel a grand sense of euphoria.

• On Bandcamp.
• On DistroKid (contains Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play, Tidal and iHeartRadio links).

A few weeks ago an announcement video was also posted, a 1:30 minute mix of a few songs on the album.