Last night, I ran into a brick wall of 64-note polyphony at 120 bpm. It wasn't pretty. Yes, I should have seen it coming. At some point I know I read the sign that said "brick wall at 64-note polyphony," but I didn't think I'd actually, y'know, hit it ( Read more... )

So I'm surfing along and I run across an ad for Windows Server 2003: "NCsoft won't play with Linux, chooses Windows Server instead." After getting over my initial reaction ("How much is MS paying them?"), I decided to spend a minute poking at it.

( Stop poking me! )

I was going to do a few useful things this evening. Instead, I ended up reading In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson. This was the better choice ( Read more... )

After wrestling some more with my Linux recording set-up, I'm heading back to Cubase/Windows once I get the software upgrade and my hardware reorganized. There were just too many quirks and problems cropping up, from Rosegarden not having any kind of internal "mix this down to a single file" option, to application resources not being able to ( Read more... )

Organizations attempting to follow a mechanical model of growth (formulaic, x% increase per year, optimal ROI) will tend to develop the benefits and problems of machines - statistically predictable outcomes, low behavioral variance, depreciation, etc. Organizations attempting to follow an organic model of growth (natural, environmentally holistic ( Read more... )

Studio to Go seems to work as advertised, which sets it nicely apart from AGNULA.

( Rambling music geekiness ensues. )

Last night I brought the hard drive from innerwilds' old computer over to my main system and daisychained it with the drive I've been using. Set up the imported drive as Master, the native drive as Slave, with the appropriate jumper settings and whatnot. Successfully installed Ubuntu Linux on the Master, complete with GRUB for dual booting Win 98 on the ( Read more... )

I heat up, I can't cool down
You got me spinnin'
'Round and 'round
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes
Where it stops nobody knowsAfter my appointment this morning with the Dr. High Geek Optometrist and the Most Gorgeous Optician in the World, I finally have a new pair of glasses on order to replace my currently broken pair. Hopefully I'll get ( Read more... )

The Middle Pillar courtesy of Linux Musician:
The trick with any problematic electrical system is to be thorough and methodical. The trick with any musical equipment is usually to be emotional and unnecessary. So taking the middle line between these two is usually a good way of troubleshooting your problems.

Rosegarden might be a good choice for ( Read more... )

December was primarily a month of Slack. Call it recharging, call it hibernation, call it celebrating the holidays... whatever. I caught up on my sleep, indulged myself with enjoyable frivolities, and got very little work done of any sort. I call it Slack, and it was good. Time to move on.

( Whoooosh... )