Noodling with a bit of audio gear

Had some fun tonight playing around with audio and midi gear.

First step was to repair the plastic overlay for the led display on my E-mu Xboard 49 midi controller. Had to disassemble it and glue a little shaded piece of plastic in place.

Once the Xboard was squared away I played around a bit with Syntronik for iOS, configuring knobs etc. Fun!

Next up was practicing some scales and improv forms over two chord backing tracks.

https://carlthewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_0062.mov

Here’s another lead practice- Moondance chords.

https://carlthewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_0066.mov

After the electric fun (AmpliTube via a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 and the Fender amp pack), I decided to give “Blowin In the Wind” a try.

Key, timely line:

How many deaths

Will it take

‘Til he knows

That too many

People have died…

And the real answer is, this many.  Far too many, to date.

https://carlthewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Early-attempt-blowin-in-the-wind-1.m4a?_=1

Definitely need to work on the audio mix…

Edit: here’s a different mix  better?

https://carlthewebmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mixed-weffects-blowin-in-the-wind.wav?_=2

A few more photos – capture the flavor of the room.