The Mekano Set

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Entourage is crap.

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For someone who is still plodding along in the antique world of G3 and pre-pentium computing, something like the new Mac Mini [I'm not linking to it - it's not like Apple are struggling for attention] seems like a tempting offer. But there's no audio-in for starters, which would make it pretty much useless in a live situation [wot no live-sampling / effects processing?], plus the fact that we'd have to lug a monitor around etc. And yeah, you can use a Firewire or USB audio device, but that means purchasing one of those as well, and setting up the in's and out's of dozens and dozens of virtual drum kits etc.

I'm quite wary of falling into the technology trap, [oh look, it's now available in a slightly different shade of blue, how have I managed to survive for so long without it?!] but being surrounded by a number of computers that at times struggle inexplicably to do the most simple of tasks [Eject the 4ucking CD already!!!], I'm certainly getting tempted to take the plunge and get hold of a machine that doesn't require the shoveling of large amounts of coal or the sacrifice of a number of small animals just to open a Word .doc file. [right now I'd personally like to take the makers of Entourage outside and drown them in a puddle of warm piss [send the 4ucking email already!!!]- an idea totally at odds with my pacifist leanings]


CD Drive (F:)

Windows can fail to perform the same action each time you naively attempt to insert a disk or foolishly attempt to connect a device with this kind of file:

Open writable CD folder
and then just sit there and freeze up.

Fail to Create a CD using iTunes
and just freeze up and refuse to eject the CD whatever happens.

Keep on pestering me with these useless messages
until I try and switch this computer off, which will prove surprisingly difficult.

X Always fail to do the selected action.
X Always try and get me to use inferior native Windows programs instead of more user-friendly ones.
X Always attempt to connect to the internet at the most inappropriate times, regardless of User defined settings.
X Always try and switch on in the middle of the night or when I least expect it regardless of User defined settings.

OK? Cancel? Or just throw me out the window?


In other news, last night I realized I came up with exactly the kind of guitar sound I've been questing after for years, on a track we did months ago, and I've no idea how I did it. I can tell that it was made just using stomp boxes rather than computer processing, this big wave of Wah-filtered white noise, but now I can't replicate it.