Striving for the full realization of the artist in everyone!
Rock-It has been progressing.? I changed the start-up behavior so that touching any control will initiate playback.? I have also?created song arc events that include modifying the root note, scale, and tempo of playback.? Styles (my name for the pre-stored…
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This afternoon I am working on Rock-It.? Here’s a rundown of events since the last update: I have fixed the bugs in the player code, and songs now play properly.? Part of this work included adding some debugging functionality that…
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I have spent?the last few Saturdays getting back up to speed on a project for the Madison Children’s Museum called Rock-It.? The idea behind Rock-It is to give children the opportunity to have?an “I love making music!” epiphany that may…
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Position the Mic to avoid popping your plosives! Put your hand an inch from your mouth and say ?bumblebee?.?? The vibration you feel in your hand is caused by the breath you use to pronounce the ?B? sound (?B? and…
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Last Sunday I showed up at church with some big plans for improving the sound. I was planning to get the “air mix” (without the PA) sounding good, then rough in a PA mix, then tweak the monitor mix, then finalize the PA mix. But I didn’t have time for that.
Things are going pretty well behind the mixing board at my church.? I’ve had a couple of goof ups (a little?ringing on the pastor’s mic two weeks ago, and I ran out of disk space on the recorder last week),…
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Last Sunday I experienced a self-discovery moment.? I decided to try out running the sound at my church.??I am not a newcomer to mixing boards.? In fact I have a nice 24-track board sitting 3 feet from me right now.?…
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Lots has happened since my last post, but I suppose that is bound to happen when I wait so long between posts. This post is a quick rundown of recent developments.