The RC-505 mk2 is meant to arrive today. Unlike Gaz I decided to read the manual before it came, so I shouldn't be surprised by anything I discover in there. I expect I will be though ;) I think I'll slot it into my system 4 (OT) in place of the old one. Finally the OT won't need to have its inputs hogged and cause all that confusion with me forgetting to Cue stuff I'm capturing.
Of course one of the things you forget about the old reviewing lark is the hanging around, putting aside a day (or days) in which to await a delivery that, as the day progresses, seems increasingly theoretical. TNT updated their green airplane icon to an orange triangle with an exclamation mark. Further 'explanation' states:
Shipment delayed in transit Recovery actions underway
TNT is working to resolve this and will contact you shortly if needed.
OK, a few days late but it arrived, it works, I sent in my first question to the 'product champion'. Also dropped Mike a line to see if my Roland text was OK or not since I ain't heard a sausage.
Last night went to see this guy - quite brilliant and got me looking forward to playing my own gig next month. https://exeasterislandhead.bandcamp.com/ - the spot is 30-40 mins so I'm going to go really minimal and take the pipe/cosmos plus synth and GR-1 through DD-20. That should do it and be easy enough to fit on the little tables.
Last night's earworm was a weird merging of 'Going On' from Tree & Leaf with a Talk Talk track (Tomorrow Started) that has a similar groove. As the Talk Talk was released about 3 years after my album, I can only conclude he heard it first and was desperate to copy me. Yeah, right. I looked for the VOD CD of T&L this morning with a view to putting the track up somewhere but, of course, couldn't find it.
Saturday morning and we have snow - some of the biggest flakes I've ever seen. Yesterday's recordings both sound great, the use of Pipe through Cosmos yielding all kinds of fun stuff - and from algorithms I barely touch ordinarily. The GR-1 was put through the old RC-505 and doing sterling work, leaving just the controlling keyboard, the Reface, soupified through the DD-20.
It's Monday and we're grandparenting. Dawn and Chris in good form and William happy to be here and full of beans, as always. Of course at 4am Tuesday poor Pat got summoned but I guess he's always going to be excited in a different place. Pizza later.
Have still heard nothing from Roland's champion so will leave it a few more days then try the guy's boss, not something I like doing. I've tested everything now except remote control so should be able to start writing soon. Feeling guilty for not writing Cosmos review so may do that afterwards - it is definitely starting to show its value as I prepare for the gig. I had a good idea for another tweak, will see what Vlad thinks.
Speaking of Vlad, another one is dominating the news today. I shall try and stay away from it and work on my review. No doubt the stockmarket in freefall again. Got news of gas/electricity rises - fucking hell.
I tried all the remote stuff, MIDI and pedal, good you can tweak all the FX parms that way if you want. Also got word back from the Roland guy - I was in his Spam folder and it's hard to argue I don't belong there. Anyway, got a workaround for my issue and he says he'll pass on my thoughts/hopes for improvement in that area. The old workaround, which involves wasting a track, still pertinent too.
Having a mini-Friday today with a view to walking tomorrow instead. Need to sort out bunion, cooker and leaky conservatory, probably not in that order.
Saturday and working on review. Brock (the puppy, not my name) arrived yesterday and seems very chilled. Still tiny and sleeping a lot but a happy chappy when awake. A few aches and pains from the walk but a superb day with brilliant views - quite a long trek too.
Credit where credit's due - the new TD album (Raum) is sounding very good on first listen. Regardless of who's in the band or what they choose to call themselves, this is quality stuff.
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