Sponsored by "Hawkwind".
Finished off editing the Squier Strat parts in CE5. Stripped them pretty much to the bone, but as I said yesterday, there may be scope for further editing when the vocals are tracked.
I also tracked audio for the various MIDI VST plugin synth parts using the Behringer Xenyx 1202, as I need to do some drop-outs on the synth parts, and it's as handy to do them in audio as against VST. But maybe that's just me.
The track is pretty much done for the moment. I have a road trip to Dublin tomorrow, to collect the Roland Juno-D from the vet, but if I have enough time in the afternoon, I might be able to do some editing on another track. At least I have a choice in the matter...;-).
Regards,
djp
Showing posts with label Hawkwind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawkwind. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
I Choose Indecision - 220814
Sponsored by "Hawkwind etc."
Eventful morning today. Had to rise at 2.30 a.m. to drive my younger daughter to Dublin Airport to catch an early morning flight to Sweden, where she will be studying for the next few months. Back home around 8.30, determined to make myself busy for the morning, even though I was feeling knackered.
In spite of my fatigue, I did some significant work on ...INDECISION. I finished programming and editing the drum parts in CE5, and then I programmed two addition synth parts using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/HALion One New Wave Synth/Minimogue VA Simsynth 3. The Minimogue part is arpeggiated, but for some reason that I cannot fathom, the pattern for the arpeggio changes towards the end of the track without my intervention. I've tried to program it a number of times but the same thing keeps happening. Maybe my VST plugins are haunted...;-). I'll stick with what I have, because the track is coming together very nicely.
Now I'm starting to flag, so I reckon it's the leaba for the afternoon. It'll probably turn out to be a nice afternoon, too. Bastid...
Regards,
djp
Eventful morning today. Had to rise at 2.30 a.m. to drive my younger daughter to Dublin Airport to catch an early morning flight to Sweden, where she will be studying for the next few months. Back home around 8.30, determined to make myself busy for the morning, even though I was feeling knackered.
In spite of my fatigue, I did some significant work on ...INDECISION. I finished programming and editing the drum parts in CE5, and then I programmed two addition synth parts using the Yamaha DX100/Phonic Firefly/HALion One New Wave Synth/Minimogue VA Simsynth 3. The Minimogue part is arpeggiated, but for some reason that I cannot fathom, the pattern for the arpeggio changes towards the end of the track without my intervention. I've tried to program it a number of times but the same thing keeps happening. Maybe my VST plugins are haunted...;-). I'll stick with what I have, because the track is coming together very nicely.
Now I'm starting to flag, so I reckon it's the leaba for the afternoon. It'll probably turn out to be a nice afternoon, too. Bastid...
Regards,
djp
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 300414
Sponsored by "Hawkwind".
I wasn't expecting to be able to do any work on the album today, but an unexpected bit of fortuitous timing, realword-wise, gave me a few hours to play around with.
I tracked the various VST plugin parts (Voyager Brain Salad/Shifting Sands/reset) in CE5 via the Behringer Xenyx 1202 mixer and the Phonic Firefly. Audio cleanup in AA3.
And I accidentally solved a long-running problem I have had when tracking VST plugins to audio (or at least I think I have...). I would frequently gets clicks and pops breaking through on the audio. I always assumed that this was due to various bits of electrical activity around the gaff (fridges switching on/off etc.) breaking into the signal chain, but it seems to be a feature of my PC's graphics card when scrolling along the track while tracking. No pops/clicks occur when I zoom out sufficiently so that I can see the entire track without scrolling.
"Did you not know that before? Feckin' eejit!!!"
Never said I wasn't...;-).
Regards,
djp
I wasn't expecting to be able to do any work on the album today, but an unexpected bit of fortuitous timing, realword-wise, gave me a few hours to play around with.
I tracked the various VST plugin parts (Voyager Brain Salad/Shifting Sands/reset) in CE5 via the Behringer Xenyx 1202 mixer and the Phonic Firefly. Audio cleanup in AA3.
And I accidentally solved a long-running problem I have had when tracking VST plugins to audio (or at least I think I have...). I would frequently gets clicks and pops breaking through on the audio. I always assumed that this was due to various bits of electrical activity around the gaff (fridges switching on/off etc.) breaking into the signal chain, but it seems to be a feature of my PC's graphics card when scrolling along the track while tracking. No pops/clicks occur when I zoom out sufficiently so that I can see the entire track without scrolling.
"Did you not know that before? Feckin' eejit!!!"
Never said I wasn't...;-).
Regards,
djp
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