I really miss Live and on the Fly,,,,

That could mean that I miss the band LIVE,,, (and no, I still can hear them when I want: good band, but went strange with a quickness.)  No, what I am missing is being able to ‘mix on the fly’: grab that fader, or Gain Knob, mix in bussed effects, adjust the parametric EQ, or patch in a compressor/limiter,,,,

ON THE FLY,,,,   LIVE, in your face, Screaming Jet Engines level dB’s

sigh,,,,

The New Mic came in today (still need a decent set of cans,  Using my Ulitmate InEar monitors currently.  Good, but may be a bit clinical for the goal.)(yes, I still have them 18 years later and yes they still work flawlessly. They’d frellin’ better for a $1000 set of headphones.)

I’m experiancing a curve here.   Add EQ, sample, adjust, resample, adjust more, resample,,, 

TEDIOUS  SO F-ING TEDIOUS!!!

That there is why I LOVED mixing live.    We had the tools, and patching or bussing things around the board was the schizznizzle.    When we went with Digital Consoles, that became even easier,  One of my favorite Digi consoles, even though it wasn’t pro-level, was the Mackie TT-24.   I personally owned this unit when I was prepping to go back out on my own, That TT meant ‘Two Touch”.  Anything I needed to do was two touches away from the main screen.   And screenshots of the entire board could be done.    Like the settings you dialed in at a particular venue or for a particular band: SAVE and then later, two touches from the main screen, pull it up and ALL THE FADERS AND KNOBS would shoot to the last place they were at when you saved it.   WAY COOL.    

Some of the higher grade Digi Boards could have used a lessoning on “User Friendly” from Mackie, IMO.   (and its been many years, they are likely MUCH BETTER,,,)

But I blew the ears and lost the creds.   It would take years to regain my position, even if the ears were up to par again. Will admit, can’t see it happening from this side of 57, ears or no ears.

But I miss that.    These Computer interfaces are strictly studio style, and TEDIOUS is the operative word.   I can’t really complain about their functionality, but user friendly is NOT a key feature.  Especially not when the guy doing the fun is used to HIGH SPEED LOW DRAG stuff.

I’ll get it.   Lots of reading to a mic, playing with settings, sampling, editing, sampling new mix, etc etc etc,,,

And I found I have somehow picked up a ‘california lilt’; where I raise the voice pitch at the end of a sentence.   Almost as if every sentence is a question or begging forgiveness for speaking.  IRRITATING!!!   I’ll be untraining that with a quickness now that I am aware of it.

Yes y’all, I have been busy, and ain’t done yet.    When I have this polished up to where I don’t gag when I hear it, You will get a chance at it.      So, bear a little more patience with this grumpy ol sound-dood; he will deliver,,,,

L.L.L.L.L!

(side note: new ‘puter is still Enroute.   Johney had some issues making it to the shipper,,, but I do have a tracking number now.)