Saturday, Jan 13, 2018-
Hey there. Well, it’s cold (chilly to you folks in the REAL COLD), foggy, everything is obviously wet and slippery on a hillside so I decided to give my posterior a break and forego the outdoor stuff today and try to figure out what I did wrong with the last “almost music” offering. (Yes actually, I am a little sore from working yesterday also.)
Well, one thing was, just because an audio track “appeared” to have nothing on it (in that space between thumping on a trashcan or finding the right note on the guitar with numerous failed attempts – lol) there is definitely background noise, refrigerator compressor kicking on and off, breathing, tapping my foot on the floor, canine “toenails” as the dog curiously walks by, wind, traffic, etc. (Even accidentally recorded a “stomach growl” once while hungry. lol) So much to consider. I must check tracks much more carefully.
Anyway, I cleaned up the non-sync “dueling harmonicas from hell” in the intro (yes, yes, I know I don’t know how to play the darn thing – but it’s still fun trying to learn – and it was a raw track that should have been turned off anyway. NOTE TO SELF….NEVER POST WHEN TIRED UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!), dumped some of that background “didn’t know it was there stuff”, and adjusted some volume levels. As always, I also like playing around with the L-R levels so the sound moves from one speaker to another on playback. Funny, I change some small aspect of the composition only to discover later how that seemingly insignificant change unexpectedly caused a shift in synchronization somewhere else. (Knocked the clapping out of sync!) Start over. (Still not right.) I can understand how some have dedicated their lives to such intricate work but it sure is tricky even with a simplistic approach like mine.
You know, I’m sure that Casio keyboard female voice has a “6, 7, 8, 9” number key somewhere, but I didn’t have time for a full-out search to find the missing “9” in “11395”, so filled it in with my own voice (but that track was muted on the first post). [No, the digital voice did not have a speech impediment with the word “nine” —-“Number nine, number nine”? Remember? That very strange recording on the The Beatles White Album? John Lennon/Yoko? …. Never mind. I’m just old and recalled a related song.]
There’s much more I’d like to do with this particular project (especially on the video side) but time, as always, seems so limited – however, I do learn something every time I mess around with the stuff so I guess it is all forward motion.
Oh yeah, Monday’s REGULAR LAKE DON PEDRO CSD Monthly Board Meeting has also been changed to a SPECIAL MEETING (as was the meeting in December) which is therefore conducted under slightly different rules and policies. As anticipated, GM Kampa received an extension for his answer to the State Water Board Notice of Violation. There’s a rather peculiar letter by GM Kampa to the USDA with copies to government representatives, apparently requesting some sort of assistance in receiving those federal funds for the groundwater wells which are now clearly being used for an “ANNEXATION EMERGENCY WATER DEMAND” rather than the “DROUGHT EMERGENCY WATER DEMAND” as was intended and “sold to the public” – but you know my opinion on that matter so why bother with it now, right?
Let’s part on a happy note.
(Although if I play it, perhaps a little off key – right? Lol)
Stay warm.
My best to you and yours, Lew
My best to you and yours, Lew
