I have been trying to upload my old material from Elka CR99 floppies.
First I tried Sonar PE (6.2.1). I got quite a few tracks loaded but the biggie. The huge 'medley' we used to perform live, well that was just too much. Sonar go boom. It had already done this on some of the other tracks but had scraped through on subsequent attempts. Not this time. Same thing each attempt: boom. Sonar died.
So I loaded up Ableton Live (6.0.7). The medley recorded ok but the following tracks killed Live as well. Gah!
Its late and I have had enough for now. It does make me wonder that stuff I did around the early 90s on far less capable computers and software causes such difficulties now. My current PC and software is in a different universe. And therein lies the problem I guess. Power and complexity bring their own problems.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Skint
Every damn month there seems to be some additional expense that kicks snot out of any plans to recoup.
June was the month I shut down my old web business and, working through some accountants, it has cost a fortune.
This month or perhaps August it will be the collapsed ceiling. Since the insurers have decided not to pay (in dispute so more about that later) we will have to cover the repairs. The collapse happened in APRIL! It is getting beyond a joke it really is.
Meantime my current employer seriously underpays me. I guess it is time to move on but that will almost certainly mean moving to the SE. Not exactly a positive spin is it?
June was the month I shut down my old web business and, working through some accountants, it has cost a fortune.
This month or perhaps August it will be the collapsed ceiling. Since the insurers have decided not to pay (in dispute so more about that later) we will have to cover the repairs. The collapse happened in APRIL! It is getting beyond a joke it really is.
Meantime my current employer seriously underpays me. I guess it is time to move on but that will almost certainly mean moving to the SE. Not exactly a positive spin is it?
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Busy busy
I have been creating entries on various music community/showcase sites. At this rate I will lose count and forget one.
Not that it is an issue with just a single loaded demo at this point in time.
On the writing side I am accumulating a fair number of unfinished tracks. I am going to have get down to actually finishing this material and soon. But time is not something I have a lot of and late night sessions are just knackering me. So I will have to plan this out somehow and see if I can manage things more effectively.
On the gear front I am learning the new s/w but as ever, it is a slow process. Getting there.
There is another ICS virtual session coming up on the 21st July. I think I will go all experimental for this one. Just see if I can seriously fux0r sounds and create some kind of unpleasant musical texture. Oh. Did I day musical? Heh. Just kidding. It will be anything but.
And just what is with the weather? Are we going to get a summer? Ugh...
Not that it is an issue with just a single loaded demo at this point in time.
On the writing side I am accumulating a fair number of unfinished tracks. I am going to have get down to actually finishing this material and soon. But time is not something I have a lot of and late night sessions are just knackering me. So I will have to plan this out somehow and see if I can manage things more effectively.
On the gear front I am learning the new s/w but as ever, it is a slow process. Getting there.
There is another ICS virtual session coming up on the 21st July. I think I will go all experimental for this one. Just see if I can seriously fux0r sounds and create some kind of unpleasant musical texture. Oh. Did I day musical? Heh. Just kidding. It will be anything but.
And just what is with the weather? Are we going to get a summer? Ugh...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Tele
Here it is. Or at least here is a crappy mobile phone photo. If I can find the camera I will post up something better!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Change
Change... the only thing that is constant. If you could bank on it we would all be rather wealthy. And here it comes again.
I am going through a change. A change of thinking, feeling, of direction. It is past time to move away from the old and look to what might be in the future. Of course some things you just cannot and would not want to leave behind. Family for example. But this is not necessarily true for friends. When you find your previous common ground and mutual respect no longer holds, it is time to move on.
Nothing bad about this. Sad perhaps... but it is just the process of age and change taking effect.
On the whole my current mood is bleak. I cant find much in the way of fun and relaxation. Work is simply tedious. Home seems a place of anxiety. I cant place my finger on why or how. I know full well that quite often what you bring to a situation is what will mostly determine what you will get out of it. So I guess I will just have to 'think positive' even if talking about it risks extreme nausea. Bleurgh. OK enough of thinking positively... and 'embrace the wave'.
There are other changes around me at the moment. Not just the negative. All being well tomorrow I will be in possession of the first guitar I have purchased in something like 15 years or so. Needless to say, I hope I am not disappointed!
More and perhaps some photos later.
I am going through a change. A change of thinking, feeling, of direction. It is past time to move away from the old and look to what might be in the future. Of course some things you just cannot and would not want to leave behind. Family for example. But this is not necessarily true for friends. When you find your previous common ground and mutual respect no longer holds, it is time to move on.
Nothing bad about this. Sad perhaps... but it is just the process of age and change taking effect.
On the whole my current mood is bleak. I cant find much in the way of fun and relaxation. Work is simply tedious. Home seems a place of anxiety. I cant place my finger on why or how. I know full well that quite often what you bring to a situation is what will mostly determine what you will get out of it. So I guess I will just have to 'think positive' even if talking about it risks extreme nausea. Bleurgh. OK enough of thinking positively... and 'embrace the wave'.
There are other changes around me at the moment. Not just the negative. All being well tomorrow I will be in possession of the first guitar I have purchased in something like 15 years or so. Needless to say, I hope I am not disappointed!
More and perhaps some photos later.
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