Roll on weekend. Oh, it's here...

An odd week in some respects. Not much work done, lost my studio amp to some kind of smoking death. So had to dig up the old Alesis one I have - now missing my sub though, you really get used to that low wub!

Colin came to stay Tuesday and we did the curry thing, turned up unexpectedly last night too and stayed - better than trying to drive back to Scotland in the foul weather. Hopefully all production issues now resolved and development can burst into life at long, long last. Optimism returns!

Anyway, my Cirklon display replaced so I'll tuck the P3 away and force myself to get back into it with the prospect of getting stuff slicked up. Colin's taken my CS30 with him to drop off with Tony so I'll finally get that crusty knob replaced, something I should never have had to do. Won't buy anything from RL again.

Listening to the new Jarre album. Wasn't massively impressed on first listen (with a few exceptions) but maybe it'll grow on me. The TD track sounded bland, which is disappointing, but maybe it has hidden depths. I have to keep reminding myself it takes 3-4 listens of a newly-hatched Headshock session before I understand it - and I have a vested interest!

Another day waiting for men to come and brutalise our kitchen. Meant to be here 'in the morning' but they have 30 mins before that's untrue. Another day wasted as far as I'm concerned. At least Colin left some beer in the fridge. :)

Some beta testing to do when I get chance. Since this blog is public I can't say more, but good shit is coming for one of my fave pieces of gear.
Also, I reported to Korg again about the delay sync bug they've now spread to both machines. I found a workaround that involves changing the tempo of the external source, which seems to kickstart the Electribes into taking a proper look and resyncing. Most obvious in 3/16 delay IFX which, when wrong, sounds truly horrible. Apparently nobody else has complained, which is bloody typical innit.

Would love to get stoned and work on my novel today but doubt I will be able to. Hey ho.

My fave two pix from this week.
Right, now to choose a new laptop. This one is making bad noises. Colin suggested imaging the disk onto SSD as a better solution. He's probably right, as usual.