http://www.velvetacidchrist.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Atari STe is mono chrome in 640×480 max res, 8mhz, yes, 8mhz motorola 68000 processor, with 720k floppy drive and no hard drive, external mouse and monitor, a space hog. Doesn’t make noise though. Cubase 2.0 is a dream. If you don't have a lot of gear daisy chained ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/03/08/sequencing-atari-st-cubase-2-0/ Now I have a hard choice to make. So I bought an atari STE, a Dell Pentium 2 laptop with windows 98, and an ASQ10. I used Cubase 2.8 on fun with knives and remember it being tight. I remember decypher having fast arpeggios that sound tight. I remember moments ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/03/04/sequencers-cubase-2-8-on-windows-98-hexfix93s-take/ I loved you so much. I will miss you every day of my life. Zyden, rest in peace, you were the best dog in the world. 2005 - 2010. To young to die. I wish i could of moved long ago, these neighbors are bastards. He was given decon or something ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/03/02/bye-bye-to-my-best-friend/ My poor dog, is so ill, i just had to spend money on a blood transfusion. 1500 for un insured dog care :( i don't know what it is, his blood is only 6%, hardly any Tcells, like he was poisoned. But at this level, the doctors are saying it might ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/03/02/zyden-my-poor-dog-is-sick/ Wow, I finally got it. 2 days of using it, plugging all my gear into it. First impression: It sounds so musical(think old meat beat manifesto, DR DRE, Aphex Twin's older stuff. I had the sensation of 80s and early 90s music rushing through everything I was recording. This was ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/02/25/midi-sequencer-akai-asq-10-hexfix93s-take/ The above image is logic's midi not lining up when tracking in sequences. For a while I have been struggling with midi. I started using hardware synths and drum machines ages ago in tandem with my Atari ST computer. The atari ST had built in midi ports. With notator ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/02/16/midi-woes-computers-suck-with-hardware-a-grim-tale/ Click Here to Listen to VAC's Korg Tr-Rack Synth Demo. This is my secret weapon. It can step in and do most any job. Yeah, the sounds are compressed rompler stuff, but seriously, the filters in this have this wet sound, this air to them that really makes things cut ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/02/13/synth-review-korg-trinity-rack-tr-rack/ Selling both of them, no longer tracking into a daw, I used them for tracking. Plus I have a lot of bills to pay, hate to sell them, my loss is your gain. In great shape. Click on the links below. Distressor EL8 #1. Distressor EL8 #2. Share This http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/02/10/fs-empirical-labs-distressor-el8-x2/ Click here for VAC's Nord Lead 2 Rack Demo mp3. Warning, the nord lead presets suck! they suck! So do not judge the synth by those. What can I say. I'm back to digital. Not to software, I still think software sucks and sounds no where near as good as ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/02/03/synth-clavia-nord-lead-2-rack-hexfix93s-take/ Terrible news. I generally am a misanthrope, but I get so angry when I see the poor being victims over and over again. This moved me. I ask you, please donate to the red cross. Click Here to donate to the red cross. Or volunteer! Do something to help these ... http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2010/01/14/haiti-relief/