Toys...

21:57 I've been playing around with some pedals and getting some good sounds for when I'll actually start recording these songs... Right now things sound a bit small for the complete lack of production, but the compositions (isn't that all that matters anyway?) are coming along nicely. Once that is complete, it will be a matter of finding the best way to record these songs, what sounds to use, what colours, and so on. It's a rewarding process and very creative. It can also easily get out of hand though...



So here's a little tech talk for those of you who are interested. The guitar goes into the wah pedal, than to the DS and then to the volume pedal. The volume pedal comes after the distortion in order not to lose the punch of the sound when at lower levels. Then it's the Whammy pedal, though I usually patch this in only when I think I'll use it. From here the signal travels to the a Pod Pro, or alternatively straight to the next stage, the Universal Audio preamp and compressor. It then travels to a DIGI002 rack unit, where it is converted into digital data at 24bit/96Khz (on demos I'll just use 44.1Khz). This of course changes for just about any song, new pedals get plugged in and others taken out...

Today I finally got a chance to hang my second screen right in front of me, on top of the Mac screen. It's much better for Pro Tools use and my neck will thank me.