Wedding DVD and a duet

Well, first of all the great news - the final DVD for Jenn's wedding is ready, which means I get paid tomorrow. Here's a shot for your viewing pleasure...

That means I will be trundling off to pick up my longed for Presonus Firestudio Tube audio/midi interface.

Now, a few words on this beastie. It's not just an interface. It's a 16x6 mixer and it's reputed to be zero latency (physically impossible, but I'll take that to mean "imperceptible latency").

It could easily replace my trusty Mackie in the studio setup. I've often wished for a couple of extra output channels on the Mackie. On the other hand, it's handy to have some real physical dials to twiddle, if only to turn the volume down.

The interface also comes with a whack of "light edition software", some of which I know I'll be buying the real deal on. I expect I'll be a week or so blogging on various explorations of bits and pieces before I settle down to do some real stuff.

The other thing I'm going to be eager to do is properly re-EQ this room. Fleet has noise generator / spectral analysis units for rent. I'm hoping I can wheedle a day with one on the house when I buy the interface.

Hmmm... I just did my pre-purchase check list. I've got a sinking feeling I should have done this in the "establish dream phase." The silly thing doesn't have 64 bit drivers. I've fired off an email to their tech support team to see what's up and should hear back in a day or two. A concrete brick in my gut says I might be back to the drawing board. Drat. Triple Drat.

At any rate, I need to get my Countryman wireless mic cable repaired - so I might as well run the mic in when I go to get the interface.

In other news, I've finished draft 1.1 on the adaptation of Dar Williams's Beauty of the Rain as a duet and gotten some initial (positive) feedback. The original is a bit of a solitary lament; re-working it as a duet characterizes it as a dialog. It's a take on the song that highlights a different dimension of tune's theme. I wasn't sure how it would work out but reading it over now, I like it.