Thu, 02 Sep 2004
Updated my live setup.. with another FM synth
After being flat out and leaving this blog languishing for months it took me to be home sick with the flu to get of my backside and update it..For ages have used an old Yamaha DX21 4OP synth as the main (only?) tone generator, with a Korg ER-1 for rhythms. All this driven from a laptop.
Now have just got a Behringer VMX300 DJ mixer and a Yamaha DX200 synth groovebox thing. The DJ mixer has been very handy with the D D T T residency, but now I can use a new stripped down live setup without a bulky keyboard, laptop or large mixer to haul around.
I will have to work on a new set and evolving a new compositional technique using the on board sequencers of the two grooveboxes, but at least I have a small reliable live setup, while keeping the amazing FM synth sounds.
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strange lockups fixed by flashy cables
After reshuffling the inside of my computer I started getting wierd random lockups - Wolfenstein Enemy Territory would crap out with a signall 11, compiles sometimes messed up, etc.. Memory tested OK, and a lot of reseating of everything didnt help. For a while I blamed it on the proprietry Linux nvidia drivers, and went on a raft of upgrades, downgrades and crossgrades that didn't help at all.Turns out the problem was the older crappy 40 pin ide cable I had used for my the first hard drive mainly because it was the only one long enough (by and extra few centimetres) to reach.. Replacing it with a Thermaltake IDE cable fixed the problem, now the box is working perfectly.
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just got a gmail account
thanks to Nikt. As I already have heaps of email accounts I may not use it much, although I think I will check out the spam filtering. All I need to to is publish the email address on the web and this should come to pass real soon.Posted at: 13:26 | category: / | # | 0 comments
