I was stupid enough to order the M-Audio Firewire 410 before I checked to see that there was a Linux driver for it. Turns out there isn’t. Nor is there one for the Mbox. Oh I should’ve listened to Erik and bought the Tascam US-122. Hopefully Zzounds will switch them up for me.
Trying to get Rosegarden to do something led me to look into midi, which I’d never done before. Hey what do you know? My keyboard is totally midi-ready. I was pretty amazed when I discovered I could load up this Linux program Fluidsynth, download some soundbanks and start playing sitars and shit with my keyboard. [...]
Good Linux news! I actually got Rosegarden to make noise last night. And then I got it to record something. I’m back on Gentoo because I like it best, and it turns out the problem I was having before was really simple and lame. (I just needed to run JACK as root.) So rad, I’m [...]
So I totally forgot to give any kind of credit anywhere to the guy who made the “Let It All Burn” video that’s on the Divider CD. It was shot and edited by my friend Chris Ryder AKA prayformojo. Also, the CDs were made by Short Run Music.
So with the book closed on Divider, a couple people have asked what’s next. The notebook is part of the answer. Another part is playing open mics and posting demos on this site. A third part is a new recording setup.
Obviously, I want to go linux. But I actually want to go linux on [...]
1. You’re a True Believer
2. It’s Always Something
3. Let It All Burn
4. It Won’t Last
5. Flagwavers
THE ECHO CHAMBER
7. Don’t Be Afraid
8. Uniter
9. Divider
10. Open Your Eyes
1. Scared to Death
2. Locked Box
3. Towering Inferno
4. What’s Happening to Me?
5. Shades of Black
6. New York
7. Good Morning!
8. Coming Dear
9. Red
10. When Have I Been Wrong?
11. Air Traffic
12. Maybe So
1. Back Like This
2. A Reason to Stay
3. Choose My Battles
4. Dirty Water
5. Alone
6. Carrying On
7. Exactly the Same
8. I Know Better
9. Wears on Me
10. Let It Go
11. I Feel Bad
12. The Smile on Your Face
13. I Know Better
1. Midnight Rendezvous
2. Don’t Dance
3. Shipwreck
4. On a Line
5. Black Hole
6. Dad, I’m Changing
7. Listen Close
8. It’s Invisible
9. Been to China
10. A Thousand Swords
11. I Can See You
12. Do It for Captain
13. Red Robot
14. Birds of Our Own
15. Firecrackers
16. Acid Mouth
17. Experimental Fashion
18. Secrets
19. Hotel
1. I Won’t Be There
2. Hard Enough
3. Fall Apart
4. Five o’Clock
5. Guess You’re on a Plane
6. I Know This Won’t Solve My Problems
7. Maddie
8. Bad Guy
9. Quit Breaking My Heart
10. Tell You Today
