A Conversation With Myself
Jan. 9th, 2018 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperI am in between phone calls now, so I have loaded up the test mix for The Grim Roper on my office stereo and listening to it through the tiny Bose bookshelf speakers that I have in here. The results are interesting.
This is a massively simplified mix as compared to the original: my vocal and guitar, plus Amy McNally's welcome fiddle on several tracks. If there's an error, there's pretty much no hiding from it.
On average, I haven't noticed a lot of actual errors. But I'm listening to what I did some thirty years ago now and there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. And the results are on CD instead of cassette tape, so things that you never would have noticed on a hissy tape are audible.
I've had a lot of help on this project: fresh fiddle from the aforementioned Amy, bits of engineering advice from the ever-helpful Jeff Bohnhoff, and extra ears from Gretchen and Erica Neely.
I never would have made it here without them. :)
The levels are sounding matched. If I get through the hour without any bobbles, it's going to be time to fix the fades, finish up the insert, and send this off to the duplicator.
And then I can work on something new! :)
This is a massively simplified mix as compared to the original: my vocal and guitar, plus Amy McNally's welcome fiddle on several tracks. If there's an error, there's pretty much no hiding from it.
On average, I haven't noticed a lot of actual errors. But I'm listening to what I did some thirty years ago now and there's a lot of water under the bridge since then. And the results are on CD instead of cassette tape, so things that you never would have noticed on a hissy tape are audible.
I've had a lot of help on this project: fresh fiddle from the aforementioned Amy, bits of engineering advice from the ever-helpful Jeff Bohnhoff, and extra ears from Gretchen and Erica Neely.
I never would have made it here without them. :)
The levels are sounding matched. If I get through the hour without any bobbles, it's going to be time to fix the fades, finish up the insert, and send this off to the duplicator.
And then I can work on something new! :)
Eeeee!
Date: 2018-01-12 08:39 pm (UTC)Also, two nights ago I made your recipe for key lime pie, which I've never made any version of before! (Okay, it was just lime pie, we were at Target and they don't have Key limes.) Well, last night I presented it to the intended recipient, Holly, who's going through a tough time lately, and she ADORED it. Big fan of the gingersnap crust, texture, everything. :D