Computer recording vs the old days: spent about 4 hours yesterday trying to recover a lost track. Weird stuff with lots of blind alleys trying to rectify. I’d done all the right things with incremental saves and backup files but it seems many of the saves were corrupted. So how would this play out in … Read more
With version 7, in my view, Cubase has finally got it right and I’m referring largely to the mixer. I could never really get to grips with the mixer in all previous versions. It was baffling and the window just floated all over. Now the mixer is much more solid visually and is a full … Read more
Finally, procrastination begone ! First track for a project started years ago to produce a collection to be called “Down To The River” based on Tom Kelly‘s epic poem “Geordie”. Now after thumb twiddling, technology traumas and distractions, I’m calling this complete. I could tweak this and adjust that but I’m not letting this boy anywhere … Read more
I’ve been watching developments in this field for a while. The process I use most is the sending of a track to a vocalist to add record their part which they then transmit back to me. I then compile the finished mix. Actual online collaboration has been attempted by several software producers but has never … Read more
Just pondering. WordPress is great but I’ve never seen or developed an effective Buddypress site (a plugin to turn WP in to a social network, forum etc) Possibly WP is best used as a blog/cms and leave social networking and forums to dedicated platforms. http://buddypress.org/
The sixth track from the Caffrey Morrison Thompson album Sleepless Nights http://bit.ly/YqT8xS