Albert De La Vega replied to Sylvester Wager's discussion The Composer as an Expensive Hobby
"Hello Sylvester, very interesting discussion indeed. At the end of the day, what do you want to get out of your compositions? Apparently, it seems that it has worked out for you that you may NOT require all of the bells and whistles, but the…"
Sep 26, 2010
Albert De La Vega commented on James Semple's blog post Two hands, no waiting.
"Thanks for the honest reply and insight, James.

At this point, I will probably pick up LASS and VE Pro (and Hollywood Strings when EW decides to have a sale :). As always, it is a pleasure to read and learn from your blogs. Cheers mate"
Sep 22, 2010
Albert De La Vega commented on James Semple's blog post Two hands, no waiting.
"Hey James,

As a user of the EAST WEST family of VST's (started with silver and ended up with the Platinum PLAY version), I find the format be it Kontact or Play to be fairly user friendly, and just perusing over your blog it would appear (at least…"
Sep 14, 2010
Chris Merritt replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Before you worry about a RAID array, just consider a couple of very fast drives with a backup. Maybe Raptors or SSD's with a 1TB drive backing them up."
Sep 10, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Thank you pair of Chris's!!!! I will follow your advice and will get back to you. I gotta do some studying & research to learn how to partition the drives and set up a RAID array??

Also, BACKUP is key in both of your statements. Makes perfect…"
Sep 10, 2010
Chris Merritt replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"I use WD 10k rom Raptor Drives. I have a 300GB one for my C drive, with all the programs installed there. I have a RAID array of 8 150GB raptor drives set up as my 'D' drive, where all of the samples are installed.

I guess for you I might recommend…"
Sep 8, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Hey Chris, how are you? Thanks for your lengthy and insightful reply sometime ago on this topic.

Do you own the Barracudas/have them installed currently? I ask because my 1TB Barracuda which stored all my VST's (choirs, MOR, Silk, Gypsy, Goliath,…"
Sep 8, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Hey Ray, how are you?

NO I MOST CERTAINLY HAVE NOT SOLD ANY GUITARS!!!!! NOR WILL I

I like to look at them, they keep me centered and blissfully at peace. That and I got em' real cheap and I doubt that would get what I am looking for, I'd have…"
Sep 8, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Hey Chris,

Believe it or not, your advice to check / download drivers led me to links describing the flaws of the hard drive itself (it just freezes and disappears). This may be the cause of everything.

Thanks you so much, your help was…"
Sep 5, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Hey Ray, how are you?

Your initial suggestion to switch to a Quad Core helped-a-plenty, but just found out today that my model of Seagate 1tb HD has a penchant for "self-bricking" or disappearing from the BIOS completely, although the disc still…"
Sep 5, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Thank you Chris!! I had disabled the Soundmax at the time you suggested it, but not in the BIOS. I also never properly tweaked my BIOS which may also be an issue?

I will try updating all software and eliminating any unnecessary crap, but I may just…"
Sep 4, 2010
Chris Merritt replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Hey! Here are some new thoughts on this:

You should disable the soundmax on the motherboard in the BIOS. If that is impossible, disable it in the device manager. You will NEVER get good performance using it anyway. The drivers for it will not allow…"
Sep 3, 2010
18dhek5g8wf53 replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"You're welcome Albert, I must admit, during the early dark days I used to imagine taking the thing up the garden and administering the mother of all chain saws... But I think you have it with the 50 cal. Good luck, I'm sure you'll get there, there's…"
Feb 19, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Tyler Hughes's discussion The Definition of Music What is yours?
"You know that there really is a heavy metal / death metal band that uses a dog barking as its lead singer...

Thomas Green said:"One must keep an open mind, at least for the first 30 seconds of play."
Ha ha... now THAT is why the first 30 seconds…"
Feb 19, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Tyler Hughes's discussion The Definition of Music What is yours?
"Now THAT is quite clever!!

Fredrick zinos said:Albert, you may be aware of this:
There was a young farter from Sparta,
A really magnificent farter,
On the strength of one bean
He'd fart "God Save the Queen,"
And Beethoven's Seventh Sonata.

He…"
Feb 19, 2010
Albert De La Vega replied to Albert De La Vega's discussion I want to kill my computer...
"Thanks Chris, you da man! I hope to get this squared away, my track for WLP is almost ready. I feel guilty every time I log onto the Forum and dont have it ready!

Chris Merritt said:Wow Chris, you should turn that response into an article!
I use…"
Feb 19, 2010
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  • Hmm you're the 2nd person to say "The Cave" should've been longer. Maybe I should start heeding the advice of my peers, eh? The title "The Cave" suggests that it should go much deeper....perhaps I will explore it some more and see where it takes me. Thanks for listening! And where did you find that dingleberry picture? Did you make it? It's a goodun'
  • You're funny! And you're music is beautiful. Make more
  • Hi Albert, that piano nocturne is programmed! I hope to get a recording of it sometime though =)
  • You gave it away...Gaby 4A.. Gabriel Faure ;)
  • Thanks for connecting Albert!

    I enjoyed listening to your music, i specially liked Vaslliev & The Razor Eater Great work!!

    Hope to hear more of your music soon and hope to stay in touch yoo!

    Best

    Bon
  • si va meglio grazie.. sarà il cambio di stagione ( season change coming..) :-0
  • Vasiliev & Carnival... very nice works ! reminds me some Elfman moment.. congratulations ! :)
  • Grazie del commento Albert...le tue musiche sono molto suggestive. Chiedo la tua amicizia se ti va..Buon lavoro..good luck & God bless you....Igor
  • Your 'Carnival' is very promising. Very Shostakovich-like.
  • vero.. sono di umore piuttosto grigio in questi giorni (dark mood...) :-(
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