2004Archive

If you celebrate Christmas, then I hope you have a good time.
Me, I’m off to get the tray of goodies ready for Santa and his reindeer. I find it quite thrilling that Santa and I should share the same…

Well actually, it arrived yesterday and came complete with one horizontal line of dead pixels across the lower third of the screen.
So to be completely accurate, the iMac G5 replacement arrived today.
My small bedroom studio is now almost…

Like everyone else who runs a weblog, I’m being pestered by comment spammers.
Because search engines (and Google in particular) rank sites by the number of links to them, spammers are now sending in hundreds of comments to blogs. With…

The fuzz box kit has arrived. My first thought is that I’ll have to paint it yellow in honour of my old Tonebender, and design a ‘HIT IT!’ graphic to ornament the footswitch.
The parts for the bass have arrived…

retreat:

determine date
book cottage

instruments:

wire and setup guitar
wire and setup bass
build fuzz-box
new bridge for fiddle?

Studio equipment:

Buy iMac G5
Buy Logic 7
Buy Motu 828 MkII
Set up and test all studio equipment

web…

…make a proper ‘to do’ list, and start ticking off items.
OK, here goes:

make a proper ‘to do’ list…

Now I’ve got Logic 7 Pro, so there should be no more issues with missing anything – from recording the first guide track through to burning a red book audio CD. I can even mix down in 5:1 surround sound…

Today I bought a MOTU 828 Mark II and a pair of Alesis Monitor Ones.
I don’t have time anymore to collate review after review and decide months in advance exactly what kit will deliver at the right price. I…

Well, things have moved on since I last posted under this category. i’ve drubk a lot more winde for a start.
My current set-up is as follows:

Mac G4 400mhz (5 years old)
Logic Express 6
M-Audio USB Audiophile
30…

So I’ve bookmarked some cottages that looked like good options for the project and made enquiries about availability early next year.
I’ve been researching the best software and hardware within my credit card budget.
I’ve borrowed bits of a dismantled…