Windows 7 and hope for media mongers like me

On April 29, 2009

As many of you may know, I’m an intrepid creative that has used Windows as my sole production platform for years. That has often left me “on the outs” with the myriad Mac acolytes that seem dominate this little corner of the computing world.
There are several reasons for my aversion to most things Apple, but [...]

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New Synergy in the studio, in a manner of speaking

On March 19, 2009

I get really happy about the little things that help me get work done faster in the studio. Oh sure, it’s fun to break out a new sound that allows me to explore uncharted territory – that’s always a rush. I’ve lost days at a time to finding all of the nuance and subtlety in [...]

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TLA goes Blu Ray in the name of data (and sanity) protection

On February 25, 2009

Well – I knew it had to happen, eventually. The DVD backups were becoming just *too* cumbersome for the amount of data I was archiving off every week. That, and a technical rub with getting an HD feature out the door for a screening on Friday left me with little choice but to upgrade one [...]

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The well tempered sketchpad

On December 26, 2008

Since I’m spending the week between Christmas and New Year away from the main studio, I decided to put together a  road-worthy kit to take with me for sonic sketching on the road. Of course there’s the obligatory laptop, along with Cubase, 32-key USB MIDI keyboard, and Korg nanoPAD, and an external hard drive for [...]

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