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Old 4-track gives me a new idea

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 9, 2015February 4, 2015in Creative Process, Music, TechLeave a comment

I saw this the other day as I was looking for something else and had remembered that I’d bought it so I could retrieve some old 4 track tapes from complete obscurity. I had some notion that I’d revive the tracks and even add to them. Who knows if that would’ve ever worked out. However, at the time when I bought it I didn’t go ahead with the plan as this 4 track doesn’t have multiple track outs. It only has a stereo out, which kind of ruined the idea. My very first cassette 4-track was an X-15 which did have 4 outs, but sadly this doesn’t.

Anyway, as I saw it the other day I had a new idea of how to make this work. So, when I can get some time to set it up I might try and get it working.

If I do, you’ll hear about it. I it fails, we’ll never speak of it again …

Sorting out categories and tags

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 8, 2015February 4, 2015in AdminLeave a comment

I decided that I really needed to do a little more on the categories and the tags on the site to make them all make more sense. So that’s what I’m going to be doing on and off for the next few weeks, or more realistically, for a lot longer than that. Anyway, hopefully it’ll make things easier to understand and find over time. That is my aim at any rate.

Making lumiphones …

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 7, 2015February 1, 2015in Making things, Sounds, TechLeave a comment

I realised that I had another lumiphone kit from Technology will save us. So I thought I had to make it up. This one I’ve made exactly to the instructions, and it works perfectly.

Good to get soldering again.

Ok, it’s just a simple noise maker, it doesn’t do a huge amount, but it’s fun, and noisy.

Olegtron Experiment 1

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 6, 2015January 31, 2015in Sounds, TechLeave a comment

I do wonder what, if anything will happen to the molecule synth …

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 5, 2015January 31, 2015in Music, TechLeave a comment

Pd Input

Auduino

Infrared

The map

I am still a fan of the molecule synth and all its modules. I think it is a great idea, and when I was looking over old images I remembered that there was the promise of other modules too. My guess is that these are unlikely to happen now, but some of them would have been nice.

Day of the Triffids

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 4, 2015January 31, 2015in TVLeave a comment

The original Day of the Triffid from the 1970s. It was a great story and a good version. It’s interesting to see the differences between this and the newer version, which I really liked. In fact I like both now, and of course the big finish sequel story too, but now I feel like I have to see the new version again.

Missing the Donut

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 3, 2015January 31, 2015in Mobile ApplicationsLeave a comment

I

miss

the

Donut

I

wish it

was

updated

It was such a great app. It is a great app. The Strange Agency was great. It’s a shame they’re not doing apps anymore.

Listening to the lost stories

Posted by ashleyelsdonon February 2, 2015January 31, 2015in Books and AudiobooksLeave a comment

I’ve been listening to these stories for a few days. They are pretty good. Not all of them, but on the whole they are and I’ve been enjoying how they’ve been brought back and amended for audio.

Of course, as with any set of stories there are some you like and some you don’t like as much, but so far these have been of a particularly high quality and I’ve enjoyed the characters and the stories themselves. I’m looking forward to hearing all of the 6th Doctor lost stories.