Studio Update: A few weeks ago I was soliciting opinions about whether or not to get a Mac Mini to replace my ailing, nearly decade-old PC.
Opinions differed, leaning toward "yes but get more RAM than base model" and I had just about decided not to do it when I stumbled on a good video from a music tech vlogger I really like (video here: https://youtu.be/obkCMxaIIFM) who did exactly what I was thinking and had great results.
Spent 8+ hours today putting my studio together (haven't had time to work on it for weeks) and I've got it like 85% of the way finished. The only substantial task that's left is figuring out the MIDI routing; apart from that is just a little cleanup and organization, which will probably be an ongoing task for a while.
Today was all about hooking up my patchbays, which was A LOT. 5 synthesizers, 1 drum machine, the modular, 4 vintage FX units, and 5 tape machines are now all wired up.
There's still a fair bit that isn't wired in, including the 0-Coast, Strega and Terra. Those are all either small enough or weird enough or both that, in my mind, it makes more sense to just plug them into the front of the patch bay as needed. I have enough slots left that I could hook them into the back but it just doesn't feel worth the effort. If I change my mind, I'll have some hours of crawling around on the floor and cursing in my future 😅
I've also got 2 more drum machines, a half dozen effects pedals, a 4-track cassette recorder, an 8-track recorder (which may not even work but it sure looks cool in any case 😅) and a bunch of other weird shit but again, it's easy enough to just grab those things and plug them into the front of the patchbays as needed. Otherwise I'd need at least one more patchbay and another $200 worth of cables and a lot more patience...
MIDI routing should be relatively simple. I'll probably just plug everything in via USB (via a hub) and call it good, but I might end up hooking up at least some via traditional 5 pin MIDI if any of them act up while hooked up via USB MIDI. Guess we'll see.
If I wasn't a dirtbag who was inhumanly comfortable living amid utter chaos, I'd spend a day doing cable management. But doing that would be worse for my sanity than just ignoring it, so no.
Y'all, I'm selling my Gentle Wham percussion synth. Just put it up on Reverb. Here's the listing in case you might be interested. It's in mint condition. 🙂 https://rvrb.io/2020-present-gentl-q743r5
Ordinarily, I like the idea of not being able to save your patches on instruments which give you no way of doing so. That encourages you to exercise your memory to recall a patch, and also to embrace something new. But occassionally, I come up with something which makes me yearn for a way to hold onto it. Taking a pic of the config is all I can do.
Well, I didn’t know this was gonna happen until a few days ago, and then BAM it arrived today. Apparently, it’s an instant inspiration machine, too. Double-plus good.
Tip of the day: Use Command-ArrowDown in LIBRARY when a folder inside a Catalog is selected, and NeoFinder will open the content of that folder in a new window!
Tip of the day: Use Command-ArrowDown in LIBRARY when a folder inside a Catalog is selected, and NeoFinder will open the content of that folder in a new window!
"Just to say I have been using NeoFinder for many years for my other business and have cd’s, dvd and hard drives indexed and it is so easy to find old files, a brilliant programme!" Andrew G., Westoning, UK
Q: 1) I use to NeoFinder to catalog a petabyte of video storage that lives on 3 servers.
2) Using NeoFinder I can search for files with similar names. For Example “TARDIS”. Those files are on various mounts.
3) Can I use NeoFinder to copy all those files to a new location. (An external drive.)
A: Actually, yes, you can, either drag the files from NeoFinder to the desired destination folder, or use the "Save Copy as..." command in the Item menu.
When we created the initial new database format for CDFinder 3.0 and CDWinder for Windows 1.0 way back in December 2000, we thought that a 16-bit number was sufficient to store the duration in seconds of a song.