No sugar coating, things are getting bleak in Strandland.

 

 

Narrowing down the loops. (In the video I mention posting sample of the loops.  I dunno if I’ll do that.  It’s still pretty rough, and potentially lame.)

The music computer is fixed, back to songwriting.  Also, be good to each other out there. Recorded Sunday at 4pm on November 20 2016.

This week I spent a LOT of time troubleshooting audio problems and trying to optimize my system.   In the end I downloaded LatencyMon software, and it is helping me track down the source of these frustrations.

Dave talks about his potentially un-ethical way for developing the new song, and then plays what he’s got so far.

 

In this episode we talk about The Strand’s music studio.  Here is a list of the hardware and software we mention in this video.

Primary Hardware and DAWS

Cubase 8.0 DAWS

Event 20/20 Monitor Speakers

Focusrite Scarlett 18i8

Software Synths:

Native Instruments KOMPLETE

Vanguard

Z3TA

Massive

Retrolouge

FM8

Mics:

BLUE Spark Mic

Rode NT4 and NTK Mic

Shure SM58 Mic

(and Sennheiser E85)

Keys:

Access Virus KB and Indigo

Nord Lead 1 and 3

The topic of the new song we are working on, and our Hollywood gig.

Details leading up to the cancellation of our involvement in the Oscillation 2016 festival.

Dave starts the video series StrandUpdate.  This video talks about the start of band’s 6 month creative phase, following the resignation of Matthew Elias Lewter (drummer).

The band goes through their flyer binder and recounts tour dates, venues, antics, and discusses many gigs along the way.