Post #136,351
1/17/04 11:13:54 PM
8/21/07 6:08:36 AM
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Guitar
I've begun unarchiving my music life.
About a week ago I went through a big box of old cassette tapes of songs, snippets, old band demos, etc. I've been digitizing them before the tapes degrade much further. Also unpacked my piano (Alesis QS8), my studio monitors, and restrung my trusty old Washburn Hawk.
I'm inspired by the release of GarageBand. I expect to resume writing and recording soon. Stay tuned for announcements on download location.
Gotta do something fulfilling - work isn't it.
Hey, maybe us Denverites ought to get together and jam sometime!
ps - how to know you are OLD - when the guitar you bought as a teenager is reissued as a "vintage classic reissue".
"I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone."
-- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
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Post #136,358
1/18/04 1:01:46 AM
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My soon to be 15yold
has been learning electric guitar, trombone, basoon. Lately he is hitting the the AC/DC live CD from Donington (circa razors edge tour) note for note, I will be a roadie again before I die.
Miss, ya wanna meat the star I hafta inspect ya :-)
solly about that his wife wont let him meet females, I'm the best yer gonna do.
"Dad, will you get that groupie off yer schlongue(long schlong) long enough to pack the equipment!"
no probs, grunt
thanx,
bill
same old crap, con artists ripping off fools. Ah, hell, Catholic Church it start off that way. They All do. Jesus probably had three walnut shells one pea, then he's dead and can't be questioned,
Gabriel Dupre
questions, help? [link|mailto:pappas@catholic.org|email pappas at catholic.org]
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Post #136,360
1/18/04 1:10:44 AM
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Music
I've been revisiting my childhood music life I guess. I've been collecting and listening to old old musicals like "Camelot" and "Sound of Music" and less old musicals like "West Side Story." I just ordered two more tonight with my belated Christmas money from my sister, "The King And I" and "Brigadoon."
Somehow listening to all those old musicals that I used to stay up and watch with my mom has been really comforting. :) Kinda like a reminisce, I guess.
Nightowl >8#
"It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences." Harry S. Truman
"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude." Timothy Bentley
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Post #136,364
1/18/04 8:49:57 AM
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Re: Guitar
Odd, I'm working on a string quartet and a piano sonata, or maybe a piano quartet since they seem to share a lot of thematic material. Same reason, gotta do something creative.
What computer tools do you use? I play fragments and capture the output to my music editor over a serial MIDI connection, and edit from there.
-drl
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Post #136,425
1/18/04 6:42:59 PM
8/21/07 6:10:49 AM
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Gear
"What computer tools do you use?"
My first sequencer was built into my Ensoniq ESQ-1. 8-tracks and basic 8-button menu driven interface. I could put stuff together really fast with that. Still have it but I want more control so I purchased Vision, then upgraded to Studio Vision (added digital recording). Most of my stuff is in Vision file format and Opcode was purchased and killed by Gibson. I'm going to start out with GarageBand, but I'm considering the competitive 1/2 price upgrade to MOTU Performer. Its pretty cool of them to take a competitive upgrade from a dead product.
I also need a new midi interface - old one was based on serial ports and there are no serial ports anymore. I'm looking at the 828mkII. I have 6 keyboards, 2 drum boxes, a rack D-50, guitar, and vocal mike. The 828 will let me get away with not buying a dedicated mixing board for all that stuff. I'm going to start with the 828 and GarageBand and see how it goes - I suspect I'll need to add additional midi interface more or less right away and we'll see if I can be productive with GB.
"I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone."
-- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
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Post #136,495
1/19/04 1:08:00 PM
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OK, I'll bite...
what is an 828mkII (I assume that's 828-mark-2 in english)? Is it an A/D, or multichannel MIDI in-out-thru (if its the latter, what do you intend to do with the guitar and mike?)?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Also, any ideas on a decent VST synth?
jb4
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Post #136,535
1/19/04 7:22:27 PM
8/21/07 6:13:16 AM
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Chew on this
MOTU = Mark of the Unicorn
[link|http://motu.com/english/motuaudio/828/body.html|http://motu.com/engl...dio/828/body.html]
Gadget has 8 line ins, 8 outs, 4 sends, 2 mic/guitar ins with available phantom power, midi in/out, etc.
Basically, this should handle my audio stuff including guitar and vocal mic, plus basic midi. I suspect I'll need another midi interface for more channels soon - but for writing I expect to record the midi, clean up my sloppy playing, and then record the synth to audio, then mute the midi track....
"I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone."
-- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
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Post #136,905
1/21/04 2:21:50 PM
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Sweet!
Nice box! (and the 828 is OK, too!) Only complaint is its Mac-specificity for the attached SW. Seems like it should handle anything.
I wonder if its FireWire implementation is compatible with the Audigy flavor?
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating that facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #137,031
1/21/04 11:58:06 PM
8/21/07 6:29:13 AM
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Supports both Mac and Windows
Don't know about the firewire issues. I picked one up - haven't had time to set it up this week. :-/
"I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone."
-- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
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Post #136,368
1/18/04 9:30:06 AM
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Re: Guitar
I got GarageBand yesterday (Edu. price US$29) and have been playing with it.
It's got me inspired as well. It's very easy to use and in fact encourages experimentation.
I've got it on my desktop G4 and am now clearing out some disk space on my TiBook so I can have a portable music studio.
Tom Sinclair
And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be
living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got
you invited to the very best social occasions.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay)
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Post #136,369
1/18/04 9:33:17 AM
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Re: Guitar
Duh, I thought GarageBand was am album. <- dolt
-drl
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Post #136,496
1/19/04 1:13:18 PM
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Actually
I think neil Young released an album with that name
(on further review: "The Third Greatest Garage Band in the World"
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating that facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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