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Tallisman - Journals

January 24th, 2007 @ 4:08PM

http://reaper.fm/index.php
looking for a 64bit DAW that is very inexpensive, easy to use and full of wickedly unique features including built in side chaining capabilities?

REAPER
http://reaper.fm/index.php

Powerful recording options
Direct multi-track recording to all supported formats, including WAV/W64/BWF, MIDI, WavPack, FLAC, and OGG
Record monitoring allows you to run FX on inputs and route them while stopped and/or while recording
Per-track record monitoring settings: off, on, tape auto style (monitoring when recording, not monitoring when playing)
Per-track record mode selection (can record input, mixed track output, track MIDI output, or just monitor+route only)
Change any track's record arming, input, monitoring, or record mode at any time (even while recording)
Supports auto-punch in/out, and multi-item/multi-track auto-punch
Supports looped recording adding takes
Can record entire mixed (live) output

Automatically add recorded items to any existing items as new takes
Automatic gapless file switching to avoid 2GB/4GB filesystem limits

MIDI support
MIDI files can be inserted in any track
Piano roll MIDI editor with velocity, pitch, and CC controls
Support for multi-track recording/monitoring of any MIDI hardware input
Any number of tracks can send to any MIDI hardware output
Support for VSTi/DXi softsynths and VST MIDI fx
Support for MIDI sending/receiving to ReWire devices
Support for recording a track's output (audio or MIDI) independent of what input is selected (meaning you can record live the audio output of a softsynth from a MIDI source, or even more interestingly record the MIDI output of ReaGate from a live (audio) input)

Customizable user interface
Configurable shortcut keys -- customize the keyboard keys to work the way you are used to, or use REAPER's intuitive default mapping
Color themes: change the way REAPER appears to meet your tastes, or choose one of nearly 50 themes included
User arrangeable user interface. The following windows can be hidden, docked, or floated to meet your needs:
Track mixer view
Transport controls
Undo history
Media explorer
Routing matrix
Navigator
FX browser
Track FX chains
Performance meter
more!

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January 24th, 2007 @ 4:05PM

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January 24th, 2007 @ 4:02PM

Fast and powerful editing facilities

Tool-less mouse interface -- spend less time clicking
Drag and drop files to instantly import them into a project
Support for mixing any combination of file type/samplerate/bit depth/etc on each track
Easily split, move, and resize items
Each item has easily manipulated fades and volume
Configurable and editable automatic crossfading of overlapping items
Per-item pitch shift and time stretch
Arbitrary item grouping - easily group any number of items across any number of tracks (great for drum editing)
Markers and envelopes can be moved in logical sync with editing operations
Ripple editing - moving/deletion of items can optionally affect later items
Multiple tempos and time signatures per project
Ability to define regions, and quickly move/copy regions (and their contents), to quickly try out alternate arrangements
Automation envelopes for volume, pan, and plug-in parameters
Configurable locking settings (lock items, envelopes, loop selection, etc, independently)

Outstanding routing capabilities
Tracks can be viewed and used as normal tracks, or....
Each track can function as a track and as a bus
Each track can send to any number of other tracks (unlimited multiple parallel sends*)
Each track can send to any number of hardware outputs (mono or stereo) for monitoring or analog mixing
Every send can send audio and/or MIDI, audio sends can be before FX, after FX, or after the track's volume/pan faders
Every send has its own volume/pan/phase controls
Tracks can have as many as 64 channels, for easy support of multi-out VSTi, as well as enormous sidechain flexibility
Routing Matrix window for easy viewing and changing of routing
Feedback routing is supported

Powerful recording options
Direct multi-track recording to all supported formats, including WAV/W64/BWF, MIDI, WavPack, FLAC, and OGG
Record monitoring allows you to run FX on inputs and route them while stopped and/or while recording
Per-track record monitoring settings: off, on, tape auto style (monitoring when recording, not monitoring when playing)
Per-track record mode selection (can record input, mixed track output, track MIDI output, or just monitor+route only)
Change any track's record arming, input, monitoring, or record mode at any time (even while recording)
Supports auto-punch in/out, and multi-item/multi-track auto-punch
Supports looped recording adding takes
Can record entire mixed (live) output

Automatically add recorded items to any existing items as new takes
Automatic gapless file switching to avoid 2GB/4GB filesystem limits

MIDI support
MIDI files can be inserted in any track
Piano roll MIDI editor with velocity, pitch, and CC controls
Support for multi-track recording/monitoring of any MIDI hardware input
Any number of tracks can send to any MIDI hardware output
Support for VSTi/DXi softsynths and VST MIDI fx
Support for MIDI sending/receiving to ReWire devices
Support for recording a track's output (audio or MIDI) independent of what input is selected (meaning you can record live the audio output of a softsynth from a MIDI source, or even more interestingly record the MIDI output of ReaGate from a live (audio) input)

Customizable user interface
Configurable shortcut keys -- customize the keyboard keys to work the way you are used to, or use REAPER's intuitive default mapping
Color themes: change the way REAPER appears to meet your tastes, or choose one of nearly 50 themes included
User arrangeable user interface. The following windows can be hidden, docked, or floated to meet your needs:
Track mixer view
Transport controls
Undo history
Media explorer
Routing matrix
Navigator
FX browser
Track FX chains
Performance meter
more!

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January 24th, 2007 @ 4:00PM

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January 4th, 2007 @ 9:15PM

For the New Year (and the whole year)...
A Prayer for Peace

Peace

O God, my God! Thou seest how black darkness is enshrouding all regions, how all countries are burning with the flame of dissension, and the fire of war and carnage is blazing throughout the East and the West. Blood is flowing, corpses bestrew the ground, and severed heads are fallen on the dust of the battlefield.

O Lord! Have pity on these ignorant ones, and look upon them with the eye of forgiveness and pardon. Extinguish this fire, so that these dense clouds which obscure the horizon may be scattered, the Sun of Reality shine forth with the rays of conciliation, this intense gloom be dispelled and the resplendent light of peace shed its radiance upon all countries.

O Lord! Draw up the people from the abyss of the ocean of hatred and enmity, and deliver them from the impenetrable darkness. Unite their hearts, and brighten their eyes with the light of peace and reconciliation. Deliver them from the depths of war and bloodshed, and free them from the darkness of error. Remove the veil from their eyes, and enlighten their hearts with the light of guidance. Treat them with Thy tender mercy and compassion, and deal not with them according to Thy justice and wrath which cause the limbs of the mighty to quake.

O Lord! Wars have persisted. Distress and anxiety have waxed great, and every flourishing region is laid waste.

O Lord! Hearts are heavy, and souls are in anguish. Have mercy on these poor souls, and do not leave them to the excesses of their own desires.

O Lord! Make manifest in Thy lands humble and submissive souls, their faces illumined with the rays of guidance, severed from the world, extolling Thy Name, uttering Thy praise, and diffusing the fragrance of Thy holiness amongst mankind.

O Lord! Strengthen their backs, gird up their loins, and enrapture their hearts with the most mighty signs of Thy love.

O Lord! Verily, they are weak, and Thou art the Powerful and the Mighty; they are impotent, and Thou art the Helper and the Merciful.

O Lord! The ocean of rebellion is surging, and these tempests will not be stilled save through Thy boundless grace which hath embraced all regions.

O Lord! Verily, the people are in the abyss of passion, and naught can save them but Thine infinite bounties.

O Lord! Dispel the darkness of these corrupt desires, and illumine the hearts with the lamp of Thy love through which all countries will erelong be enlightened. Confirm, moreover, Thy loved ones, those who, leaving their homelands, their families and their children, have, for the love of Thy Beauty, traveled to foreign countries to diffuse Thy fragrances and promulgate Thy Teachings. Be Thou their companion in their loneliness, their helper in a strange land, the remover of their sorrows, their comforter in calamity. Be Thou a refreshing draught for their thirst, a healing medicine for their ills and a balm for the burning ardor of their hearts.

Verily, Thou art the Most Generous, the Lord of grace abounding, and, verily, Thou art the Compassionate and the Merciful.

- Abdu'l-Bahá

Peace

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December 30th, 2006 @ 12:48AM

...And then, the world was fixed:

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face.
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men.
Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression.
Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts.
Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be an ornament to the countenance of truth,
a crown to the brow of fidelity,
a pillar of the temple of righteousness,
a breath of life to the body of mankind,
an ensign of the hosts of justice,
a luminary above the horizon of virtue,
a dew to the soil of the human heart,
an ark on the ocean of knowledge,
a sun in the heaven of bounty,
a gem on the diadem of wisdom,
a shining light in the firmament of thy generation,
a fruit upon the tree of humility.

----Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

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*edited Dec 30 @ 10:08 am following a comment from farfor44

It is a beatiful testament to the potential of human nobility - where we could be with a little diligence.

It is not written by a Native American, though it was writen not long before 1892. Oddly enough, I was inspired to put this quote in this journal following a canversation I had with a co-worker (who is Native American).

She had told me about a dream she had, in which a medicine man came to here with a gift: The tail bone of an Orca. He told her in the dream that, "this was the best medicine." She had mentioned this dream had plunged her into deep thought, along the lines of why wouldn't this be the best medicine?

I told her that I really admired orca whales: They were beautiful and graceful; they live in harmony with their environment; they have strong family groups; they are protective and nurturing (of their young)... I told my co-worker that the orca in her dream could have been a symbol of all these things, which for our human world would be the best medicine! I said that the Orca, to me, was like an animal kingdom manifestation of the sentiment, concepts and ideas found in the excerpt from The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.

I googled the book, and found this from wikipedia:

The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is the last major work of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, before his death in 1892. It is a letter written to a Muslim cleric, a violent opponent of the Bahá'ís who, along with his father (called by Bahá'u'lláh "the wolf"), also a Muslim cleric, had put to death a number of Bahá'ís.

cheers,
Tallis

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December 23rd, 2006 @ 4:27PM

Merry merry, and happy happy.

In the spirit of this giving season, I have an offering for you all, and mad props to give to some old friends.

T'was the day before x-mas (2 years ago) all was quiet at Long & Mcquade in Regina, SK. Few and far between were the customers, almost as if people were organized with their gift getting!

Between the bitter, yet hilarious jokes - not many were happy to be working on the eve of eves - an idea was tossed around. we should record a track. We got the talent, the gear and the know how... but only 2 1/2 hours before closing. Can we do it? Yes, we can.

Groovin

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I created a session in Cubase SX3 with Reason 2.5 ReWired... 10 minutes later the Drums were down. The boys in the shop were given the heads up and some had grabbed their weapons of choice... it was going to be mostly improve. I remembered, from my innocent childhood, a track from the movie Beat Street (I killed that soundtrack)... shortly thereafter I had laid it atop the drums and bass.

Brad Papp was first... Dude freestyled the bassline in fine fashion, playing well of the drums and setting the tone for something funky to come. check him out here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=113469051 Brad returned for som killa guitar (so talented).

Brian Warren was next... playing some nifty electric violin, and then returning on the flipside for some wicked vox! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51987609

The sweet sax sounds were provided courtesy of Art Neil. Chris Gervais, Eric (something-or-other... sorry man forgot ya last name), and Dan Flaman provided the rest of the percussion, attitude and extra guitar.

We all went crazy with the background vox. The Funk was heavy, the funkwas thick. We all had a blast on xmas eve.

Have a listen, Download and give-it-away now!
and,

boogiewityabadselves!

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December 19th, 2006 @ 7:27PM

a thin line, thick skin, steel resolve

it is an amazing, and odd thing this: making art and parading it before the masses. those who do it for the sake of the art-form--to contribute to the canon, to elevate it, to expand the boundaries governing the genre--often feel frustrated by the efforts of entertainers and industry folk whose primary motive is bottom line. may pimp and prostitute the arts for bucks and fame and leave a plethora of mediocrity in their wake.

to borrow from a source of inspiration and lend it to this context, think J5 and think thin line. artists walk a very thin line. paramount is the expressive voice finding life on their canvas of choice--paint, movement, stage, mic, sp1200. it is the world, and life, filtering through your perception, beliefs and integrity that finds voice in your music. but, like any voice it yearns for the receptive ears. the ears that are sympathetic love the music, the lyrical content, the feelings evoked, the little piece of soul that is on offer for embellishment of their cypher. but, the artist needs to eat too. and the message needs to reach. therefore, we need to find a balance (like atmosphere), we are looking for a balance: while i am no advocate of formulaic musical composition, we still need the right formula: artistry in terms of music and lyric, some bumpability, some funk, the head-nod factor and quality control. believe me when i tell you a touch of mass appeal will not hurt your career, your music, and if your head is on right and connected to your heart and soul, it will not hurt your integrity.

even with all the right ingredients, there will be folks who don't feel it, can't understand it, don't like it, and use words like crap and poopy and ain't real, to describe it. let your skin be thick and your armour impenetrable. stay focused on the voices of you calling as the resonate from your soul throughout your being--do not cross them, undervalue them or deny them, or they will dissipate and be lost.

you need to be detached from self enough to remain untouched and undaunted by the non-constructive criticism of naysayers. you need to be attached enough to that inner voice the driving catalyst in your artistic endeavours, to steel your resolve.

you got music (visual art, dance, theatre, writing) to make. make it. do it for yourself, and humanity. an unheard voice is a lonely.

--what I will tell my sons, when they receive their first negative feedback.

boogiewitchabadself!
Tallis

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