SIDzCarbonatedMilk began as a studio concept in the summer of 1979. Upon purchasing his first "real" synth... an Arp Odyssey still in use (the first first ax was a Korg 770S a.k.a MiniKorg... the first-first-first axe was a Univox electronic piano processed through a Mu-Tron III filter and a Mu-Tron Phasor II). The Arp was chosen for its duophic playability, from which the first SCM song was composed "Duophonix-".Though there have been many contributors to SCM recordings years along the way over the near thirty (yipes!) years of SCM's existence, it has remained mostly the compositions and performances of SIDney Howard that has created "their" sound.