A good start. Slept poorly, kind of awoke close to 8AM, then decided near 9, "I'll go swimming and get that out of the way." And I did.
Later in the afternoon, I recorded some guitar noise. Basic setup, going from Hello Kitty guitar through Thrash Metal pedal and into the Nanoverb, before ending up in the BR-600. Nice sheets of sound, sharp with infinite sustain. Unrecognizable as guitar for the most part. One thing I have got to remember is to check the BR when I do a new song: by default it wants to throw its own effects in there, and while I appreciate the gesture, I'd rather it didn't. Perhaps there's a default I can set.
Anyway, I'm not sure what I did will be useful at all in any projects now or down the road, but it was nice being able to create without the pressure of some existing project forcing its NEED on me. (Yes, I'm talking about you, Cat Song.)
Speaking of Cat Song, finally got the words written down so I won't have to rely on memory. RV supplied some good lines, though they tended to...wander off point, which I guess is what he does anyway. I forgot to ask him if he'll do the vocal when the music is polished off. Since that time is likely far off, there's no urgency to the task.
Update: perhaps spoke a bit soonish. Decided a tad reluctantly, to work on the Cat Song and, heaven forfend! I actually got a good paste up of the verse-workings. It sounds actually pretty good, to my admittedly wanting-to-be-done-with-this ears. Still have to put together the chorus, but heck, I'll take this.
The bad news: ACID doesn't want to import the resultant WAV properly. It insists on...well, I can't describe it. It sort of robotizes it, gets the choppy rhythm all smoothed out. Hence, unusable. Maybe I'll have to do the whole thing in Audacity. (Shudder.) (Perhaps that's unfair. Audacity is free, after all, and has been an enormous help. I take it back, Audacity.)
Spent the rest of the evening digitizing old VHS tapes.
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