On Fri, 03 Feb, 2006 at 01:46PM -0800, Russell Hanaghan spake thus: You're probably right, but I love beat and bass led music. Feel free to add something. Not being much of a guitarist (and not having much of a guitar), I don't have the skills or equipment to do much with guitars. I love the sounds, but can't achieve them. In fact, if you ever feel like creating a few sample packs (individual chords and notes with a particular feel), I, and probably a lot of other people, would be very grateful. It's all done in CheeseTracker. Thankyou -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)

On Wed, 08 Feb, 2006 at 09:04PM -0800, Florin Andrei spake thus: You think I lack focus? Pah, I'll have you know that Oooooh! A bunny rabbit! What was I saying? You're right, I think. It's something I know I suffer from. Without sounding too big headed, I do know I could do better with these. The thing is, I do what lots of open source projects do - I get as far as release early and forget about release often. Once I've shown people, I leave it. It's also to do with how little free time I have since I took a lectureship, although hopefully I can soon combine this hobby with work in a Media Production module. On the other hand, I'm still learning a lot, and everyone's feedback is really really useful. One day, I'll spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more than 20 quid and speakers that were meant for more than Doom. Then maybe I'll stick with a track long enough to produce something polished. -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)

On Thursday 09 February 2006 12:51, Arnold Krille was like: I just want to say a big AYE to that! I made 'Do what you can with what you've got' a production rule a few years ago and my productivity soared. Anything you can't put your hands on right now only exists in the world of fantasy. Not making the album because you haven't got the latest bit of kit / musicians / whatever will SCREW YOU UP. The corollary to that is: 'Be grateful for the skills and equipment that you DO have' - some great albums were made with nothing but a beat up old guitar, beat up old voice and a walkman. As it happens, we also have a huge pile of excellent software. That said, one day I too will spend some money and get a soundcard that costs more than 20 quid, hopefully on the proceeds of the beat up old solo acoustic album I recorded in my front room. ;) -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim

On Thursday 09 February 2006 13:36, timg was like: Then you will be able to restimulate and optimise those intimate timbres in the fullness of time! Now there's an optimistic reply! -- sorry, I just couldn't help it. !:] tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim

On 2/9/06, james(a)dis-dot-dat.net <james(a)dis-dot-dat.net> wrote: You know, it probably isn't as necessary as you think. All studio monitors do (IMO) is give you a good listening environment when you're mixing. However, they are not 'required' to get a good mix. If you know the qualities of what ever speakers you are working on, and they ALL have limitations, then you adjust your mix accordingly. When you have something you think might stand up on a better system, burn a CD and go listen to it elsewhere. Take it to the big system in the living room. Most certainly listen to it in the car. To a friend's house. A boom box by the pool. A/B your mix against some other CD that has some of the qualities that you are looking for. When you decide that something needs fixing on the other systems, go back and listen to your CD on the Doom'ed speakers and see why you missed it. Fix it, burn a new CD, rinse and repeat if necessary. I mix on $1200 speakers and it doesn't change that process at all. It's what I do every time. 2.5 cents for free, Mark