Just got the LAST piece of rack gear for the studio redo. The "sound making stuff" rack on the right is overflowing by 1 space, and the drumming and effects rack on the left is full. No más compras!!
Finishing the wall repair and painting this weekend, carpet going in Monday.
Then about 4 days of wiring. LOL!!
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Notes in a rack from decades past I had that Roland MT32 right next to the Yamaha FB-01. Bought a shelf for the rack and they fit beautifully side by side. Put in a little block is wood 3/4" x 3/4" behind them so they couldn't slide backwards and they sat in that rack for 3 years.
So now I have to go out and find one of each for the 3rd rack. After I get the new power feed....
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So....I'm not the only old fossil that hass the Protues FX. I've had it for over 20 years.
I think it it's a very good module....(4) banks of patches works for me. My other old modules: Roland MBD-1 Drums/Bass - Roland MVS-1 - Roland XV-5080 - Art SGX Nitro pre-amp with (4) banks of patches. (more than I'll ever use)
1980s you ever have any of those oldie but goodie modules?
I wish!
At one point, I had a Proteus 1 and a K1. The K1 would occasionally send spurious MIDI to the M1 and cause it to go bonkers, so I (with much sadness) had to get rid of the Proteus.
I eventually got the SoundFont version of all the Proteus modules. Amazing how much sound they could get out of really tiny samples!
It's getting there!! Painting done, carpet down, stuff slowly being placed into the room to see how best to fit 5 pounds of stuff into as 4 pound bag. Didn't dawn on me that I need that tempered glass floor mat to roll the chair on with this new carpet that actually has some pile to it. The 45 year old stuff was so smooth it was like laminate...
Wiring awaits. And I am NOT looking forward to that!
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The black wall will hold 7 guitars, and 3 will be on the floor in stands in front of them.
I can't believe how disgusting the old carpet and pad were. I wore nitrile gloves and a respirator when I tore it out. But, the house was built in 1965, and the owner put in those upstairs bedrooms and bathroom in about 1975 when she started breeding, so that stuff was about 46 years old. Cat urine all over the padding, layers of dust... But it's all gone and that's behind me. Soon be back to writing mediocre songs.
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" But it's all gone and that's behind me. Soon be back to writing mediocre songs* ........................ With Band in a box 2022 and up to 16 chords per bar!
Windows 10 (64bit) M-Audio Fast Track Pro, Band in a Box 2024, Cubase 13, Cakewalk and far too many VST plugins that I probably don't need or will ever use
I wanted to have this painting hanging in my studio. I called the Museum of Modern Art in New York and they wouldn't give up the original!! Can you imagine?? I told them... "Hey! This is ME!" Then the call must have gotten disconnected. So, I guess I am stuck with a copy.
Picasso's 3 Musicians.
I am calling it a Picasso Printcasso.
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And I thought I was the only crazy one here...lol I am only going to stop buying stuff when I die! And I am sure even after I am gone the spending will not stop...lol
Think singing robots who can also play...lol
Billy
New location, new environment, new music coming soon
Seize the moo-ment If you feel like you’ve herd all these cow puns before, you probably have deja-moo
I used to hear that a lot too. I finally figured out it was easier to change wives than stop buying.
Not here, kept the same wife and kept on buying. In fact my wife and kids bought the last 4 guitars, one fretless bass, and one 6 string banjo. She never tried to stop me from buying guitars, playing gigs, and/or teaching. She was a keeper from the git-go.
Me, it's not about how many times you fail, it's about how many times you get back up. Cop, that's not how field sobriety tests work.
64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
Recently re-thought the rack idea and decided to change from the 2 short side by side racks to a server rack. Since I don't really touch these much this is more space efficient. It's 95% done. Finishing it today.
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Thanks Trev. Now engineering in my mind how to make the base more stable. That's a lot of weight wanting to pull it backwards. I think I am going to cut 3/4" plywood the width of the base and 24" back and screw it to the wood. I may also make angled braces from the bottom to maybe 24 inches up along the back uprights. The screws holding the base together are as tight as a power screwdriver and ratchet can get them and it still wants to waver a bit. I'll figure it out. Just finished adding the last piece and completing the wiring and everything works.
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That's not a bad thought to put those braces from floor to top. I was going to go up 2 or 3 feet but as long as I am bracing I may as well make sure. Aluminum won't cost much and I have a guy to make perfect bends.
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