Striving for the full realization of the artist in everyone!
One of the big reasons I attended the 2010 IMMMS was to find out how people were making music with computers nowadays.? When I first got into computer music, there was MIDI and basic audio editing.? Software Synthesizers did not…
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Last week I was able to deliver an early alpha release of my VST Instrument to our lucky beta testers! I had a lot of fun creating the demo sound programs for the alpha release, and I think they may…
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I tweeted yesterday that I would be posting some images from my work this week on the GUI for the upcoming VST instrument.? Here it is: There is still a lot of work to be done, including reordering the controls…
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If you want to make money as a musician today the place to do it is with an independent label, not a major label.? The big downside is that with an indy label you must shoulder more of the work…
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Last September I attended the 2010 Industry Meltdown Midwest Music Summit, held in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It was a great chance to learn what musicians are facing in the music industry today. Things have certainly changed since the 1990?s when I…
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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.