Category: Studio Diary (Page 3 of 23)
I’ve completed recording. I’ve been mastering the tracks in Presonus’ Studio One, because it has this great “Project View” that I haven’t seen in any other software.
This allows me to set volume levels, frequency equalization, and cross-fades across all tracks, to ensure that they sound like a unified collection.
I still need to burn a CD and play it in a variety of locations but I think I’m close.
Next steps will be to finalize the artwork for CD duplication, and also upload to Bandcamp and/or CD Baby for distribution. This is going to be primarily a digital release but I do want some physical CDs to give to friends and family and anyone else who really wants one.
About 50% of these tracks are old music that Walter and I worked on together, and the rest is all (relatively) new.
Track List:
1. EULA (0:31)
2. Working the Paradigm Shift (8:42)
3. Listen (12:52)
4. The Toks Invade Bogland (4:57)
5. Cathedral of Hosts (3:27)
6. Enlightenment (6:06)
7. Omnipotence in 17/8 (2:58)
8. Priority Interrupt (2:07)
9. Head Crash (5:18)
10. Cathedral (reprise) (1:12)
11. Introspection in G / Tubular DLLs (6:57)
Tracks 5-10 are a continuous suite, so there is a choice to be made here about whether to break it up into separate tracks or keep it as one long track, for digital distribution. On an audio CD you kind of get both as it cross-fades between tracks cleanly. (usually).
I guess the right answer is “both” which is actually feasible, to have two different versions of the album up on Bandcamp. Or maybe just an additional bonus “EP” for the single-track contiguous version.
I’ll mull this over. In the meantime, stay safe folks. Don’t go viral.
When the heck was my last post? October? Ouch. Well, I’ve been busy, working on the album. Much progress has been made.
Also, I’ve created a new Cakewalk Theme called “SteamPunk” to inspire creativity and in the process, written a how-to guide on theming.
Here’s a picture of the introduction to the final track on the upcoming album:
I realize that gives nothing away but does give an impression of the new UI theme: Slate, oiled bronze, leather, with gilt highlights.
Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer on Themeable items in Cakewalk.pdf
(updated 03/2020 to version 0.9.5)
Back to the studio; this album’s not going to finish itself.
I needed 24 frets for this part, so the old guy came out for a spin.
Front Panel:
My nomenclature, from left to right: F1 – F4
Rear Panel:
My nomenclature, following a U-shape from top left to top right: R1 – R7
Type (according to XPS 8930 manual):
ID Description Speed Connected -- -------------------------- ------- ---------- F1 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type C 5 Gbps F2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps F3 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps F4 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps R1 USB 2.0 480 Mbps Keyboard R2 USB 2.0 480 Mbps Mouse R3 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C 10 Gpbs R4 USB 3.1 Gen 2 10 Gpbs Scarlett 6i6 R5 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps R6 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps R7 USB 3.1 Gen 1 5 Gbps MIDISport 2x2
Here is a report from USB Device Tree Viewer 3.3.6:
Quite by accident I seem to have connected the Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 to its own dedicated high-speed USB hub, which I’m guessing is optimal.
However, we should remember that the USB port on the Scarlett is only USB 2.0. So we’re hopefully gaining some isolation or immunity from interference, but no throughput gains. Chances are we may have another device that could leverage the 10 Gbps speeds…
To celebrate reformatting my studio computer and rolling back to Windows 1803 (Death to automatic updates!); Re-installing all software and plug-ins, etc…. here is a remix of a track from 2013’s “Fruit of the Steel Tree”: Solo Flight.
And by “remix” I don’t mean “like a DJ”; I mean, improved upon the original mix for clarity and effect.
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