W50 - Steep
By ENC_ on December 15, 2024 5:14 am
Finished contract. Was a good a good experience. Felt good to work again. Simple design project perfect to get back into it. Discussed AAPI experiences around movies with client. Asked to recommend me for other business associates. Friend's Giving w/ T&D, T&K, L&R, A, and AL. Discussed music and listened about travel trips. Exchanged perspectives on the online discorse. Planned day to meet with T&D, and A to see Daft Movie at small local community theater. Wanted to support small independent business. Slowing down on listening for the year. Have been listening to several new albums every week for inspiration but not returning to redigest them. Helpful creative inspiration and research but not always for deeper enjoyment and memory. Noticed trend in apple music yearly listening statistics. Top listened to album was an album I had only listened to once and happened to have a longer run time. Wrap up did not include stats on bandcamp cloud listens (where most of my music comes from) so also had lower numbers then what is accurate.
Autism test after watching video of internet personality. Interesting view into how others experience the world compared to myself hinted. Worked on DO with D. Shared progress on new set build for the rig. First 3 songs backing tracks established. Frustrated over limited time. Watched partner work on her contract. Discussed having limited time for ourselves and trying to limit over working. Hard to do for both of us. She also pushed me to raise wage rates for my services. Was able to squeeze in a bike ride between the cloudy weather. Thinking of picking up a new used bike to replace single speed. Found great options on craig's list (updated Centurion Le Mans RS w/ new paint and modern components). 20 miles on single speed is a bit much and limits possibilities. Looked at speaker for listening in living room. CEO shooting discussions and listening. Also hardware vocoders. Shared acid house history, discussed and watched old Xmas and childhood vhs's from pasts with AL. The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968), Frosty the Snowman (1969), The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948), Jack Frost (1934), Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971).
Consumed:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, The Snowman (1982), Deep Space 9, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) [horrific AI upscale followed by hires other music videos from other albums], Daft Punk - Alive 2007, Justice - Woman WorldWide, Helena Hauf - Qualm, Objekt - Ganzfeld, XCOPY - The Future Sound of Anywhere, Mike & Rich - Expert Knob Twiddlers (vinyl),
Gear Used:
Strymon Flint Mk.1
Roland S-1
Dave Smith Instruments Tetra
Dirtywave M8
Tascam DR-40
Gear Sampled:
Roland Alpha Juno
Yamaha RX11
Boss DR-110
Software Used:
Ableton
Izotope Ozone 10
Wanted to make something short to get this week out of the way. Trying to find more time to work on DO set and use some unfortunately ignored gear. Started by using the S-1 as a bass synth rather than typical polyphony duties. Built patch and dove into see how it could fit in. Made in the evening friday night. Turend down S-1 delay for recording. Working on collecting songs from this year and last WB year. Tried to make this fill in a gap. Undecided if successful. Different scales then usual. Tetra > Flint > S-1 > M8 > DR40 Audio chain. M8 > S-1 > Tetra midi chain. Recorded in one stereo live take. Wife tea ritual in mind.
Mix feels off. Not satisfied but decided to move on. May revisit and try for a slower speed for more breathing room.
File Name: "W50 - Steep" Dirtywave M8, "Steep" B1 P12 Tetra, "W50 - Steep" Ableton,
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