The deed is done

I have placed my 'buy now, panic later' order with Dolphin Music. So in due course (all being well) my spangly new Fender Telecaster will be in my grubby paws.

Along with a couple of other things.

My lack of PC power has pushed me into a Pod XT and my need for some kind of fully fledged DAW to master material has landed me in the Sonar 6 camp.

I downloaded the Sonar 6 demo and several things impressed me. Firstly I was able to get a basic track up and running with a softsynth without reference to the manual.

With a bit help from the basic demo manual, I created a drum map for ErsDrums and created a simple drum pattern in the drum editor. All very easy indeed.

Ease of use is important to me. I really do not want to get lost in geeky software exploration. I want to get on with the music. I succumb to geeky stuff all too easily.

The fact that Sonar 6 PE is the best part of £200 less than Cubase 4 also helped swing my decision.

So now all I have to do is wait... assuming my credit is good for a 12 month panic later scheme (which it should be). But you never know.

I am a bit concerned with the 'ordered on request' tag on the Tele and the Sonar. That could make for a longer wait than I want. Oh well.

I am also a bit concerned over a guitar being sent via courier. Will it survive?

More on this soon.

Oh. Almost forgot. My wee shuttle is now up to a 4200 dual core. Next month 2GB memory. And that will have to do for... well for quite some time I suspect.

ScribeFire

Performancing no more?

Well I haven't used 'ScribeFire' for a while so I thought I would check it out. Until recently it hasn't worked at all.

If you can see this. It worked.

EDIT: It double spaced everything. Yuk. More to fix.

Ready?

All being well my wee Shuttle should be running on a 4200 dual core sometime tomorrow afternoon. Assuming it arrives and nothing breaks.

I have flashed the BIOS, updated the chipset drivers. Sacrificed the appropriate animals and made liberal offerings. Etc.

For a brief moment I was concerned when my box blue-screened during the driver update. I think that was just the god of mischief reminding me I am just some mere mortal. And not to get carried away.

uhuh. Good point. Lesson learned.

Next month I will hopefully move up to 2GB. Watch this space.

All this means one thing: no Mac Pro this year. Not happy about that but that is the way it is.

On a positive note I hope to have a new guitar soon. More on that later.

EDIT: Seems google/blogger have changed the way text is sized. Great. I so love inconsistent text.