Thinking my 2018 MBP might have seen better days.
But dear *god* the current MBPs are so bloody heavy. Absolutely no way I’m lugging one of those about for leisure. Glad I checked before blindly ordering.
Thankfully it looks like the MBA will run Ableton etc just fine.
Interesting, but rather exciting, change of plans for tomorrow evening.
God, I didn't realise how badly I needed these four days off.
Massively biting my tongue at one bit of news, and strongly suspecting the truth will come out in due course. As it always does.
Thinking much the same thing.
That was a lot of peopling today.
Trying not to just get straight into bed.
Just a wonderful read. Nearly had something in my eye towards the end. But you all clearly imagined that.
Have been making loads of progress.
Then totally overcooked it today, and accidentally fell back into the old habits. 9-7pm unmoving from the laptop, with a 10 minute break to grab a sandwich.
In bed like a zombie at 8:20pm.
Idiot.
Have an iPhone note full of what was going to be in the weeknote.
Took photos for the weeknote.
Did not actually write the weeknote.
(Partly because I was too busy having fun doing music or engaged in mandatory cooking)
Maybe tomorrow.
OMG Weeknote! Includes a "set texts" list for Product Managers. www.leaningforward.com/blog/2026/03...
I’ve got a Scarlett 18i20 or whatever it’s called. There are better ones and much worse, but I’ve found it works well with modular and lots else.
That’s nice. But a decent 8-in-8-out audio interface should probably be next on your list. So you can also use it as a mixer for all the toys.
You’ll need to enable it as a midi out device in Live’s preferences, so you can select it as an out in a blank midi track.
Suspect default is A - midi channel 1, B midi channel 2.
You can also possibly play around with the Ableton CV tools pack which can turn my audio interface into CV out.
Basslines of C at various octaves, with the occasional F, G and Bb are good places to start to test things.
Or just painting things in with tbe mouse in Ableton, then out to SQ1 and on to Mavis.
Exactly this.
And then the SQ1 does midi-to-CV/gate.
It’s more like breadmaking. You can know some theory, but it’s not possible to intellectually do it all upfront. You just have to view it as a hobby and continuous improvement where the wrong turns are the point. You are learning how to imagine - in a completely new field.
Agreed. But the “required” bit feels stronger than the “in general”.
(And yes the aria tags were a PITA)
Well, public-facing. There are successful examples of react and other JS frameworks for internal services where the (well researched) user need justified it.
Delighted that, somehow, I am not the oldest person in the queue for this Baby Queen gig.
Still not sure what we were supposed to be hear at 6pm for though. There are too many others here for me to have missed something.
@babyqueen.music-social.com
A goal we can and should all aspire to…
When you can’t even get your own adlibs right…
Sad, because there was probably a good talk-with-slides in there
Sadly watching a lesson in “don’t over-rehearse your fireside chat”.
Some wise people coming across as totally robotic, and everyone’s now got their phones out. :( #productcon
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
Phantom Thread.
All that incredible craftsmanship from everyone involved. For a film that was absolutely nothing. Just “why did someone bother making this”?
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
Yeah, for me it’s the “music without turning on a computer*” aspect that means I may want to keep some kind of outboard non-modular-bound FX. I have too many non-FX synths: JX-10, Poly800, P12…
* explicit general-purpose computer, obviously. I know all the kit has secret computers in it.
Well, I was thinking something similar, yes.
But also, is it time to get one of those external Eventide pedal-like gizmos instead, and start winding down the 19” rack?
Or indeed, both?
Sad day.
After many years of faithful service, my Lexicon MPX100 has given up the ghost. I’ll never forget how amazing it suddenly made Vicky’s vocal sound. Or, more recently my Prophet 12.
The last two other units standing (Alesis Quadraverb, Zoom 1201) are going to be poor substitutes.
Just absolutely brilliant thread. H/t @suw.bsky.social