Sicne I experienced a stab of productivity recently, I looked into buying some additional mp3 slots. Then I reconsidered and went for VIP status. After all, if I can get people to call me 'your majesty', why wouldn't I? Don't be worried though, I will still be my modest, creative, brilliant self, and if you call me Monseigneur that's ok though, there is no protocol in outer space, after all. Check out the initial version of 'Christmas Is Near' and tell me what is wrong with it, and I will be forever in your debt.
Finally... a new controller
(Wednesday, December 15, 2004)
It has been some time that I had trouble with my old ROland Keyboard's A4 key. I had been looking at a replacement, especially once of those new nifty master keyboards with lots of controllers. Then my eye fell on the KORG Microkontrol. It had looks, with the aluminium sides, that go so well with my other gear. It has 16 percussion pads, which is great. It is very compact, which is an added plus. The keyboard keys are kiddie size, but I am not a real keyboard player, so I can live with that. Sadly enough this will force me to spend a lot of time studying this new equipment again, only just after getting to grips more or less with the goodies I received 2 months ago. I'm becoming more of a technician than a musician, I feel. Still , being able to fiddle with sliders when mixing a piece will be worth the effort, I can feel that already.
Got me some new hardware...
(Tuesday, October 26, 2004)
It's been my birthday, and my friends and relatives have been most generous, that's why I have gotten a new external sound card from Edirol, the UA-25, with built-in Mic pre-amp. I also got me a brand new pair of headphones, AKG K271, with a particularly flat frequency curve, I am very happy with them, they practically allow me to make my mix completely with headphones, they are easy to translate. I only use my speakers for final verification now.