Saturday, December 06, 2003
One of the things that's been troubling me is the loss of artistic motivation and inspiration.Musically, I haven't produced anything for over a year and a half, partly due to a frustration with my equipment. While I've been able to create the bare basics of a tune, since my Amiga died, I've been unable to add overdubs, vocal samples and all the little sounds and effects needed to complete a tune. Even when that machine was working, it was seriously limiting, both in terms of flexibility and audio quality.
So... something has changed. I've got a copy of Steinberg Cubase SX 2 and what an absolute revelation it is. Truly liberating.
The problem I have now is a minor technical detail, and not too expensive... though it does demonstrate the poor state of my finances.
The only audio input on my laptop is a mono mic socket... completely useless for recording complex pre-sequenced music tracks. Now while I can work around this for a time while teaching myself the software, it's highly inconvenient, and the only solution is to buy an external usb soundcard. Not an expensive piece of equipment by any means, but a demonstration of the state of my finances, as I'm going to have to go and do some agency work to afford one... and I will buy one.
For the first time in ages my creative ambition is fired up... I fully intend to create a masterpiece of an album, one as good as I imagine my tunes to sound in my head before I hit the limitations of my equipment... and this time I intend to push it to the record companies.
Labels: music
Steve 9:55 PM [+]
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