I got to play with an Aquatica underwtare housing for our Canon 300D Digital Rebel DSLR camera last Monday. Go here to check out the pics: http://gallery.thelaitys.com/uw-20040906_santabarbara I think we’re going to go for this system, I liked the way it worked. I was actually much more comfortable with it than I thought I would […]
I think I’ve decided against building the modular synth. I started tallying up the number of modules I would want, and the cost started to look pretty scary. If I think of the synth as a tool to create music, I could better spend that money on things that would be more musical. I’m going […]
My PowerMac G5 has been freezing and all of the fans go full blast. I have learned that this is called a “Boeing”, as in the jet it resembles when this happens. I just called Apple and they suggested that I bring the computer in for a checkup. This is the second computer I’ve had […]
I sold my Korg Wavestation last night to finace the modular synth. This was a great synth, one of the first to use “vector synthesis” and “wave sequencing” to produce synth sounds that aren’t static. It’s known for nice voice pads and “wave sequence loops” that were heard on a hundred commercials in the mid-90s. […]
Last nights’ Indian food resulted in stomach pains and strange dreams. I dreamt I was in Aspen, Colorado, impersonating Alec Baldwin. Somehow I had ended up with his jacket with the sunglasses in the pocket, and when I put these on everyone thought I was him. I had his girlfriend fooled, his manager, shop owners, […]
The first component of my modular synth arrived today! Whoo! Rock and roll! Actually, this is a pretty serious power supply, giving me 3 amps at ±15V to power dozens of modules. As my first electronics teacher used to say, “If you aint got power, you aint got shit.” Besides stating the obvious, what he […]