Alex

I thought his artwork was a bit naff

just checking, but quite a common mistake is getting muddled with steinberg's seperate asio configuration tools, when you just need to setup the soundcard within cubase by going to device settings, vst multitrack to select your asio driver (should be installed), check the vst inputs and outputs (should all be there). When you're working on a project (or template), setup the inputs/outputs by going to "vst connections" and adding input/output busses as neccesary. (then just assign the inputs to tracks and whatnot).

http://www.guitarshredshow.com/

try out the jam one

deadloss will implode

Duracell, Lightning Bolt, Converge and SOIA

and fantomas and mastodon. boy they were good.

Even though unemployment is high if you do your job well enough you shouldn't have to worry about the new easy hire-and-fire laws. These regulations have been made to help the unemployment crisis in France' date=' not make it worse.[/quote']

I think the laws have been drafted to help businesses out of a minor recession. I was in st ettiene for a while and the problem with most of the guys I met was that none of the businesses would actually be able to reliably offer them a job they could pay their rent with, and I can't see the new laws helping workers it would affect in any way.

I think an ability to think objectively and creatively about the sound you're creating is essential. People with this ability will generally realise that proficiency at a given medium/instrument is neccessary to be able to manipulate the sound. The converse flaw with trained musicians is that they can believe a given level of proficiency translates into a sovereignty over the instrument where it's soley them creating this music. This leads to a blindness of how the instrument is affecting their musical choices, the musician seeing the instrument/medium as merely a vehicle for their perfect ideal, unaware of (and thus, exacerbating) an inherent conflict (hence: horrible 80s wank). True creativity is a dialogue between the artist and the tool.

either 1st or 3rd, I think.

Do you know craig hand? - sure he's doing that course. If so, check with him, he'll be a decent source of advice.

The Flashbulb - Kirlian Selections (fucking hell, this is the only music I can feel good about playing after squarepusher. Beautiful!!)

Meshuggah - Catch 33

If you're talking about spending cash, a couple of my friends do postering for a few clubs, I could prod them. Otherwise, just all the 13th notey/mono/sleazies places.

//Music

Nice fast meaty bass amp

old rg270

some active emg 5-string bass pickups

some new tubes for the JCM900

martin dreadnought

laptop

jitter for max/msp

onyx mixer with firewire interface, and a cheap portable interface

g4 mac for a few audio programs

a few more microphones

timpani, a gong, xylophone, battered drumkit

3kW PA system

A van

//Electronic

Agilent sampling oscilloscope (100Mhz+, 4 channels) with computer interface

Lab power supply, signal generator

Microchip ICD 2

Temperature regulated soldering iron

pci raid card

an absolute shagload of components (RCL, potentiometers, FSRs, chips, A/Ds, solder, coax, connectors, cases, wire, modular veroboard, tools, sensors)

Full version of eagle

few hundred metres of RJ45

A house

if anyone uses macs (eurgh!) I've been using soundhack a bit, which is free and ACE!

mine too. That made me go program assembly code.

You're a cock, James! I was feeling very uppity, but those lyrics touched me in uncomfortable places. Verrrr nice, though.

I wouldn't say that's pay to play, that's paying 200 for a video, with the chance of compensating yourself. Working out video cameras, (decent)staff costs, location wouldn't be too far off that.

It's a damn good track (liked the reverb tails leading into cymbals) but it all seems a bit too self-contained like the constraints of having everything hardware and very seperate sounds ala Bukem. Some more spontaneous dirty dynamics would suit me fine. Feel free to disregard (probably wise) coming from a chap whos electronic music represents a constant battle against whopping bitcrusher and quadrafuzz over everything (I try to keep it to what's neccessary, but 20 instances of quadrafuzz just ARE damn neccessary.

3 4th year uni exams. fucking ringtones all the way through. Complete and utter BASTARDS

and maybe the Space Harrier them tune.

Since you mention space harrier' date=' go HERE

get "Space Harrier + Turrican @barden's boudoir (wmv)" and play from 3:20, as he fluffs it up the first time.

Faust and Dalek - T-Electronique

Old Man Gloom - 'tis better to receive (sheer ball clenching ROCK)

Pig Destroyer - Towering Flesh

Converge - You fail me

Hrvatski - Vatstep DSP

That sounds lovely. My brain's programmed to look for percussion, but it doesn't need it.

Your opinion has no place on this thread' date=' looks like you only listen to yourself and don't put

other people's opinions in regard, how selfcentered?[/quote']

Sorry, I normally just ghost on these forums, but that made me chuckle.

Used to listen to tool loads, but it lacks a bit of texture for me sometimes.

fucking A!! well done chaps.

Ummm

Shave your balls with a clipper (previously stolen by graham f**king p**l to shave his public hair on account of him having crabs) Cut the "seam" skin on your balls. panic, run to the bedroom, back to the toilet, pass out from looking at the blood. Come to after a nice sleep to find the clipper still buzzing away near your eye.

Anyone met my flatmate nelson?

I stand by that beautiful moment. In key and in time.