http://jamesnotjim.com a music site of solo recordings by james "wheatbread" martin Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I posted over at wheatblog about my switch back to Macintosh. Here, I'll only note that one of the biggest reasons I wanted new hardware was so I'd have enough horsepower to record without worrying about dropouts, and enough screen real estate so that editing would be a pleasure ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/34 More fun with GearBox's "Analog Delay w/ Modulation" effect simulation. I recorded this Monday night, and Monday was a very good day, hence the title: [audio:good_day_mix001.mp3] If you're a TonePort user, here are the settings: Time: 1005 ms FX Tempo: 240.0 Feedback: 100% Mod Speed: 76% Mod Depth: 88% Mix: 50% I ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/33 I was playing around with delays in GearBox and came up with this variation on a theme from "Ocean." It's all done in one pass (just bass + delay). [audio:oh_intro_mix001.mp3] Here's a direct link to the mp3, if you'd like to download a copy. http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/32 Bassist and FaceBook friend of mine Andy Long uses ReverbNation to share his music. So I set up an account for James, Not Jim, just to try it out. If you're on that service, please become a fan. They also have an player widget: Update: If you're ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/31 It has been ages since I finished a track for the James, Not Jim project. But, now that the semester is finally over, there may be hope. I decided that I'm too much of a perfectionist when it comes to audio and that I should take the open ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/30 Page--amazing guitarist for Vore and a long-time friend of mine--are collaborating on some tracks. We intend them to be instrumental rock/post-rock in feel. These may or may not wind up a part of the James, Not Jim catalog. But I'm enjoying working on them and will create ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/29 I set up a label page for James, Not Jim on Last.fm.  You can use it to stream and/or download tracks.  Think of it as a classier version of MySpace (where we also have a page, of course). I've bought a new piece of recording gear this week:  a Line6 TonePort ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/26 I just published a new interview at Bassplaying.com.  This one is with one of my childhood idols, Billy Sheehan, who is an amazing bassist. http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/24 I really haven't done much recording since I upgraded from Ableton Live 5.2 to Ableton 6. This is partly because I've been busy with other things, but it's also because I got bit by a bug in the upgrade process that makes Live loose track of samples. This ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/23 Not yet, anyway.  But that's the plan.  The fall got very busy and I didn't have time to work on much.  My upgrade from Ableton Live 5 to version 6 has a problem I need to work out at the moment.  And I've got some grounding buzz in the studio ... http://jamesnotjim.com/archives/22