Step By Step

[billroper]

I'm going to be running the multi-track recording demo at Musecon next weekend, so it was high time to get out the portable gear and check out the setup. This involved:

Working through the "battery plugged in but not charging" problem again

Downloading the new anti-virus software

Downloading the latest Windows updates

Downloading the new version of Cubase Elements

Downloading the new version of Wavelab Elements

Downloading the updates to Cubase Elements and Wavelab Elements

Plugging in the mixer

Listening to some tracks from Capricon

Discovering that the Thieving Magpies recording from Capricon stops unexpectedly after about 35 minutes of the 75 minute set

Sending a grumbling e-mail to Debbie on the subject

Pulling out the headphone amp from the basement and hooking it up to the Aux1 output

Grabbing one of the mirrored hard drives from the basement and backing up the 191 MB of audio recording on the laptop

Sometime soon, I will make the last couple of changes over in Cubase, load up the scratch track from Cheshire Moon, and get the session ready to record.

Later, I will refamiliarize myself with how the "lanes" feature works, because that's one of the more interesting things to show. Then I need to go over rendering a song in the Cubase mixer.

And I'll be ready to go. :)

Comments

[dave-ifversen.livejournal.com]

Discovering that the Thieving Magpies recording from Capricon stops unexpectedly after about 35 minutes of the 75 minute set.

Hmmm. I don't remember there being any issues (at least, the computer didn't complain about anything) while we were doing the recording at Cap this year. Any idea what went wrong?

[billroper]

Either there was a power problem with the laptop and it just went into hibernation, or someone inadvertently hit the stop button. I'm inclined to think that the laptop didn't have power and ran the battery down.

[hms42]

I wish I was making it to Musecon to see this sort of demo. (I know I would likely find it interesting.)