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Prep.
The turnable saga continues. The headshells came, they look pretty good. Slightly heavier than the one that came with the Stanton, but not by much. They’ll do. The new cartridge/needle assembly also came, as did the rubber mat, and the new USB audio interface. That all gets assembled tomorrow. I did have some time to… Continue reading
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Spinnin’ Wheel.
Well, it’s done. Ordered a Stanton T.92 turntable (USB), and it came the next day. Decided to go with a DJ-style turntable because it would (1) Probably be more physically robust, (2) be easier to set up and more forgiving in actual use, and (3) I’m using this for sampling, not archiving. I wanted the… Continue reading
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21st Century Fripp
Financial Times has a short but good interview with the inimitable Robert Fripp. The most recent music I had heard from him was A Blessing of Tears and 1999 (more soundscapes were made later on, in the early-00’s as well… need to find those). From the tone of the article, Fripp does appear to have… Continue reading
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Back to the Future.
Surrounded by all the bits and pieces now. Now I just need to pick them all up and put them all back together again. Got a good deal on ACID Pro 7 yesterday, surprisingly so. I had used it from very early Jan 2002 until March of that year, when I switched over to the… Continue reading
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The Empire of the Senseless.
There are a lot of Wise Fools in media; on the television, on the radio, arguably even more of them out here in the blogipelago. Alleged domain-level experts (who just so happen to be lifelong career conservatives), always with some authoritative title from a well-funded institution after their name. I’m sure this intellectual niche has… Continue reading
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