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Re: aimless weekend list drivel

2003-09-01 by ski_ex5tech

"aimless weekend"?  *AIMLESS* WEEKEND???

C'mon, Amanda... you're killing me here.  I bet Paul put you up to 
saying that.  ;)

Go download "Evolutionaries" and stick 384 new sequences and patches 
into your Evolver.  Among other things, it has a ton of great stuff 
in it from your new buddy Stefan, if that helps.  :rolleyes:  If that 
doesn't help keep you busy through the rest of the long holiday 
weekend...

"Aimless weekend", my ring modulator!


Ski
www.ex5tech.com
EX5Tech Evolver forum:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, cikira@r... wrote:
> Ravi said: 
> 
> >I pretty much thought that there must be WAY more women using 
synths and
> >making great music than that list. Too depressing to believe it 
would be
> >so short.
> 
> There seem are quite a lot of lady DJ's hanging out on label-hosted 
fora. (I 
> don't frequent these, but occasionally I get a heads-up to go look 
at one. I 
> notice that the gals tend to come out of hiding after someone has 
pointed to my 
> gear list. They have very sharp teeth!)
> 
> DJ'ing has gotten a lot of people into music production, so I think 
it's 
> great to see women getting into emusic from that angle. It selects 
for people with 
> showmanship and a consciousness of audience response.
> 
> 
> >have you checked out the Adrenalinn?
> 
> Really good question to ask. I just put the II chip in my first 
version 
> AdrenaLinn, and hooked up the nearest thing to check it out, which 
happened to be a 
> Basstation keyboard. I almost forgot to go to bed!
> 
> 
> Richard said:
> 
> >But one thing that bores me, having a few synths, is keeping track 
of my
> >patches and banks, knowing where they are, keeping them backed 
etc.. >looking
> >at the picture of all your beautiful machines... phew... almost a 
fulltime
> >job just keeping track of it all
> 
> The thing people don't see is that so much of my stuff has full 
editing in 
> the old Galaxy Editors program. One reason I have so many newer 
keyboards as 
> opposed to rack module versions is that I want as much interface as 
I can get if 
> I don't have the Galaxy editor for it. It's an uphill battle to use 
SoundDiver 
> in a big rig. The beauty of the Opcode stuff is how the apps all 
integrate, 
> and there's Max to build a special-project gizmo to filter MIDI in 
or out, and 
> the virtual IAC bus to connect all the software. This is why I stay 
in the 
> dark ages of beige Macintosh.
> 
> >have a good tootle
> 
> Yes, Richard, I'm Patchman-enhanced too! 
> 
> He's referring to a ROM chip of wonderful monophonic physical 
modelling 
> sounds for the WX5-friendly Yamaha VL1-m. My goal is to mangle them 
post-tootle, 
> and (topic! topic!) Evolver is a hot candidate for that.
> 
> Well, try as I might to be aimless, I've done something 
constructive this 
> weekend. I have been getting used to having satellite radio in my 
house, and I'm 
> entranced with the African music channel. So I spent hours adding 
12-count 
> meter to my step-sequencing app. Hooray!
> 
> Moral--don't get stuck in current emusic genres. Keep an ear out 
for 
> everything that might inspire a new experiment. Snagging satellite 
broadcasts (101 
> channels!) is a relatively cheap way to do this.
>  
> 
> --Amanda
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