I’m turning the corner on the cold. My Reason book showed up. It’s awesome~! I’m also agonizing over getting Push or Maschine.
Reason
Woof Woof. Books.
I’m sick as a dog, so no New Year’s going out for me this year. I ordered what looks like it will be a great book on Reason, and I started reading “BasicSynth,” a book about synthesizer programming. Good times. Happy New Year.
You Komplete Me
Komplete showed up today. Installing took a while, but just skimming the surface, it looks like a ton of fun. I also picked up SynthMaster and Chromaphone, which are also on sale, as well as a second monitor for photo and audio editing work.
Music Composition // Bargain Hunting
I finished my second musical doodle the other day. I’m also starting to scope out some potential deals coming up next weekend. It’s a great time to pick up audio-related software. (And a lot of other things.)
Digital Sound Design Class
The sound design class on Coursera is over, and it went well. Now I’m starting up an introduction to music production class being taught by a guy from the Berklee College of Music. Should be fun!
FM Synthesis
My copy of “FM Theory and Applications by Musicians for Musicians” showed up at the library today. I’m hoping it will give me better insights into how FM synthesis works. Also, I’m really enjoying the Sound Design Class on Coursera so far.
Jamming With Meg
In one of my stranger ideas, I’m thinking about writing “Grammar Rock” style songs using Vocaloids to help me remember Japanese grammar. You know, writing this out makes it sound even weirder.
Penciling Some Notes
I dug out my old Edirol keyboard yesterday, and surprise, surprise, a large number of keys didn’t work. Apparently over time, the contacts will lose the graphite they need to make the keys work properly, and according to this video, you can just fix it with a mechanical pencil and a 2H (not 2B) lead. … Continue reading