Ray Kemp's Blog (10)

It's gonna take ages to transfer these DVD's onto the drive.......... OK put the kettle on Sorry if this sounds boring folks Continue

Read the instructions on loading......don't want to make a mistake now and place the library on the wrong hard drive...........................curtains if I do Continue

broke the seal! extracted the discs.......one by one....... Continue

Opened the packaging! Damn that bubble wrap. Continue

LAS VEGAS, NV, US 27/10/2009 LOUISVILLE, KY, US 28/10/2009 PHILADELPHIA, PA, US 29/10/2009 EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT, GB 29/10/2009 are these customs people going to keep my software sheeesh ................ STIRLING, UK got it 02/11/2009 check it out here Continue

It's a job well worth doing. Having templates on the server rather than bringing unnecessary midi tracks and sample sets into Cubase projects will be just great. Calling them up as and when needed from outside of the DAW either from the host server or slave servers over simple LAN connections. MAGIC! Continue

10:00am Saturday It's happening! I've signed up for the beta testing of Windows 7 x64. The reports I've read say it works fine for Cubase 5 etc. so I've got my fingers and toes crossed. I'll report my progress (if any) as I go along. 3:00pm struggling with video drivers Sorted 7:00pm after some problems with the ASUS centre thingy checking my motherboard etc which doesn't work in W7, I removed it and now I'm getting somewhere. 8:00pm Sorted the BSOD problem on shutdown........cause?.....… Continue

Well another week passes and not much thought of new compositions... reason? Giving up Windows XP for Vista x64. It shocks me that it has been relatively painless conducting the transition. As I type I can look at the Cubase 4.1 arrangement page on the left monitor main mixer on the right... all tidy with a orchestra template set up... piccolo at the top double bass at the bottom. Four instances of EWQLSOGold XP VST Kompakt... All four colour coded sections. Basic xfade instruments loaded and my… Continue

I'm going to have to update my photographs here in the forum before Mr Merritt does it for me :-) never mind, grey hair is better than no hair. Continue

It's Saturday morning sitting here at the desk wondering whether to try and write a new cue or re-record an existing track following learning and hearing a new way of processing which will transform an ordinary tune into something everlasting lol! I'm out gigging tonight with Gerry Mac at a local club. We'll be mercenary as usual, giving the people what they want and expect. Songs they've heard a million times. No wonder I'm interested in using the newest virtual instrument technology to compos… Continue