bandcamp friday is tomorrow (cohost crosspost)

i am going to put an ad on artist alley for it! today allegedly!

i've also been back in the linux rabbit hole and found a DAW that i'm highly interested in. bitwig studio seems really powerful and even if it isn't FOSS, it's WAY easier to get started than any of those other FOSS options. i was able to like start recording instead of figuratively wondering where to plug things in. so i'm going to experiment a little with that before i buy so i don't have to get a new mac.

i did a cover that i uploaded to my personal soundcloud recently. played around a little more with the vtuber model for whenever i get that rolling.

i do wish i had a space to really be loud instead of my office, which is not terribly soundproof. maybe i would play more in general. i get self conscious. terrible trait for a performer but oh well.

VERY SUCCESSFUL RECORDING SESSION WITH BITWIG STUDIO (cohost crosspost)

i recorded:

• a "new collective" style MIDI groove with some tweaking
• a mixed midi/live set, with recorded vox and guitar on separate tracks
• a full live set with audio on one track

after the midi session it took me a minute to get the latency dialed in; i had to go back to the mac and see what it had, and then replicate it on linux. but once i did that it was golden. i could really get into it

i need to see what electric guitar effects i can play with there as well...that's one thing i didn't test tonight. that's okay! it's quite robust and the fact that i can run it on a laptop is impressive to me. that or this guy has more horsepower than expected