Project update video this week. Went well. Good progress on enemies and eviormental SFX. Built out documentation in spread sheets and google doc. Built server space for S&B to collect new expoprts for implementation. Rotating to battle music soon. Need a break on SFX. Felt stuck, good to work on another problem for a bit.

Car wont open. Key (blade) bugged out. Replaced fob battery. Called dealer, will need a tow. Talked w/ AL about family and our goals. Aligned Ramping up to work on my health. Several bike rides this week. Even tried jogging part of the way to the theater last week or so ago. Time crunched further. Gig with Delorean Overdrive coming soon. Trying to work on shifting set around a bit in down time. Joking w/ Amy about car ride in K's rental Miata. My hair is still tangled from the dropped top Hair is getting long again. Thinking about cutting it. Been using notebook gift from AL a lot more to keep ideas and remind me of information I felt connected to. Experimenting with fountain pens, highlighters, and formatting for it when I carry it around. Would like to keep it minimal so I don't need a big bag to carry around.

Late nights w/ poor sleeping habits. Try to ride bike for 6 or 7 miles when that happens. If I am not sleeping, might as well do something nice. Struggling w/ digital consumption regulation lately. Looking for balance in health, time, and mental space distractedness. Anxiety levels good so far. Made a 303 sequencer sheet and took rides to chill. Couple meals w/ AL out. Didn't sleep a night and went to pick up breakfast for her on an early mornining ride. Radio museum day, enjoyed a Motown cover band.

Media Consumed: Life Aquatic (2004), John Wick (2014), Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Health and Safety by Emily Witt, The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, The strokes - The New Abnormal, Unlust - Unlust, 808 State - Nintey, Tears for Fears - The Hurting, Sigur ros - Takk...(The Tape Variations), Machinedrum - Blooms EP, Boards of Canada - Music Has a Right to Children, Autechre - Tri Repetae, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7, 8,

Software used:

[WarmUp]
Renoise
ALM Almicon
Tal J-8
Tal Bassline
Tal Uno-lx
Fors Junior lite
Audio realism abl3
izotope ozone 10

[MXL 770 mic check]
Audacity
Izotope ozone 10

Gear used:
[MXL 770 mic check]
MXL 770 condenser mic

[WarmUp]
Made as fun way to ramp back into writing before diving into back to work on the game music. Wanted to work on something outside of Ableton and structure need for the game. Didn't prepare, just scrap samples. improper monitoring so likely has mixing and clicking issues with samples. Half assed sound design.

[MXL 770 mic check]
Made while testing condesner microphone settings. Was setting up for game SFX and feeling a bit loopy. A bit of a fun distraction between grinding away at SFX list.

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