You’ve got to be kidding me.  What’s the occasion for this?  Which freaking song are you still working on?

Well, the impetus for the post is the simplicity of Windows Live Writer.  Having a nice WYSIWYG editor makes for less resistance to creating a new entry.  But there’s other minor things that happened in the last year and a half that might be mentionable as well.

Currently the recording system is running Vista x64.  This was a trial run on 64-bit to see if I could still get by, which I certainly can.  Well, except that the CME UF6 doesn’t have a USB driver for Vista (except through a user patch), and no 64-bit driver at all.  So, although I never used the USB functions of the controller, it seems I never will, either.

I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of Windows 7, at which time I’ll rebuild the system for recording again.  The system has no music software on it yet.  I’ll also invest in a nice hard drive or two for performance and volume, although I don’t expect to do much physical recording, instead sticking to MIDI and VST, having the HD space is never a bad thing.

So, you know I have been working on this song…  as the joke goes, “When’s your album coming out?” I’ve been playing the same songs for over a year.  They haven’t been completed, but I expect when I get the new recording setup, I’ll be ready to put some tracks down and get some momentum.  The plan is still the same, to do another CDD-type release – that is, non-sequence-based, more live-oriented.

Otherwise, musically, there’s not much to say.  Well, my Mackie mixer has been powered on and running 24x7 for at least 5 years and my Event monitors have been doing the same for at least 2.  That makes these devices a great testament to longevity , durability, and ecological irresponsibility.