UK Fnordcooler 23: Immanentizing The Eschaton - When The Pyramid Meets The Eye!

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I just won Kate's birthday present on eBay.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

OOoh, now I'm intrigued.

Aaah, who knows how to write Hebrew? I'd love to have it say "pie" (as in pie you eat) under Pi (as in maths pi).

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

From what I have heard of your dad I think he is in the school of thought that says, 'Compression promotes laziness because the musician does not have to play or sing at a consistent level to get a good take'

The guy who taught me recording wouldn't let anything touch the desk without insert compression, generally quite gentle but still it was there.

Given that you are trying to maximise the use of the dynamic range of your recording medium and you are recording someone with limited time, on the money clock, then it would be a good thing to save otherwise good takes with compression.

It shows on the mix we did last night that you have taught the girls to sing well into the microphone and compression is less of an issue.

Wait till you record me on the mando, you are going to be screaming for the dbx to tame my shonky playing.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

No, I will be making you practise more and more to tame your shonky playing.

Part of the whole point of home recording is that there is no money clock!

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

Let's see when we get to take 1476.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

Something I learned from Warn DeFever - three takes is all you get.

(Not really, obviously, as I record in pieces and put it all together, but I understand his reasoning - the best take is usually take 1 or 2 and it's nice to have a free take for punching.)

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, if you mess up a take, K8 punches you?!

― G00blar, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yup, I'm as psychotic as Phil Spector in the studio. Indeed.

(The funny thing is, I'm actually one of the calmest people you ever want to deal with in the studio. It's one of the only places where I don't get wound up or random urges to punch people, I'm very patient and understanding, even when on about Take 200.)

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

guessing, but i suppose it's cos you love making music; Month End, however.....

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

(Leonard Cohen is in the studio, recording an album with producer K8 St. C1aire. K8 has her arm around Leonard's shoulders, a bottle of wine in one hand, a loaded .45 in the other.)

K8 (smiling): You know what, Leonard?
Leonard (cowering): Uh, what, K8?
K8: I like you, Leonard.
Leonard: I hope you do, K8, I hope you do.

― G00blar, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

Argh, speaking of Month End, they want me to write a Users Guide.

The expression on my face must just have been priceless because my boss was all "no, no, we're not going to sack you, it's just that... well, if you got hit by a bus, we'd be SCREWED!"

And I'm all "I can NOT teach someone else to do it - it's just too freaking fiddly and requires a level of technical knowledge... well, not even technical knowledge (that is assumed) but just this kind of instinctual understanding of how our data works..."

My other colleague just asked about it - I think cause she was scared that she was the person who was going to have to be taught it - she thought I just hit a big red button labelled "download" - erm, NO. Would I tear my hear out over that if it was that simple? I think she's relieved that she wouldn't have to be the one doing it. No, you'd need a proper data analyst to do it. You can't just train up an accounts assistant.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe you would get a promotion if someone else could do your job?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

You really don't understand this corporate thing, do you?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

Hello all. The cold is finally finally finally dying. I think.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

Kate, what are we doing for food and folk this evening?

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

[Removed Illegal Link] they sell at folk clubs

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

gah
http://www.camra.org.uk/

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know. What shall we do? Are we going to finally try the pub grub? (I freaking wish they had CAMRA Ale there, but they do not, Kerr) Or just go to the Indian Mission again?

I fear I may be sick of the Indian Mission. Or maybe even want a pizza.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Are you with guitar?

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Them not having proper beer inevitably leads to whisky and ruin.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

No, did not bring guitar. Do not feel comfortable playing that song in front of proper people just yet as have not had enough time to practise. Hungry now.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

I absolutely cannot deal with ruin tonight. WILL NOT DRINK.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

I could go a calzone, DC folks have been taunting me with calzone all week.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

La Porcetta, then? There's no rush if I don't have to sign up to sing. Unless you are going to sing?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Hahahahahahaha

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Is that you warming up, then? Ha ha ha haha ha!!! I tend to do "ma made me mow the moon" instead.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

It's not whisky that leads Kate to ruin, it's Ed that does that, isn't it?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

And I'm all "I can NOT teach someone else to do it - it's just too freaking fiddly and requires a level of technical knowledge... well, not even technical knowledge (that is assumed) but just this kind of instinctual understanding of how our data works..."

You don't think this makes you sound big-headed at all, do you? I have spent the last two days trying to rectify the arsing-up someone made of our database when we were on holiday and if someone had written a "here is how to do this without arsing it up" book, life'd be a lot easier all round right now. If I'd gone under the wheels of a bus and she'd been left properly in charge of it...I don't think they'd have got the cleaner to work based on instructions or anything, but something to hand over to a reasonably competent successor is always a useful thing to have. The lassie doing my stats and reports when I was off made a fair go of it, but a set of guidelines would've helped, no doubt (I didn't think she'd be doing them, I thought they'd leave it until I got back, or I'd have knocked something up for her).

― ailsa, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

And, on a slightly cheerier non-work-related note, I am almost definitely coming to London for the weekend of 21st/22nd April (will know for definite on Friday). I may be available for fappage on Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon.

― ailsa, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

when we were on holiday

lolz at me referring to myself as "we" in a post where I'm suggesting someone else has a slightly inflated sense of self-importance :-)

― ailsa, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 21:52 (nineteen years ago)

― emsk, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

I am very much infavour of this plan for drinking. I summon the sunshine and would like some outdoor warmth.

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

dude the sunshine is doing its best. there was outdoor warmth today!

i am sad tonight.

― emsk, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

why so, is it the coming cold, tomorrow?

― Ed, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

no, it is other things. is the cold coming? stay back, the cold!

― emsk, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Hooray for AilsaFAP! BOO for sadness!

We're off to Montenegro tomorrow to pick a place and a date for the wedding. Should be...interesting. Good weekends, all.

― G00blar, Wednesday, 28 March 2007 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

Watch Cheese Mature

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 06:48 (nineteen years ago)

ha i was going to post that!

― emsk, Thursday, 29 March 2007 07:50 (nineteen years ago)

I have friended the cheese on myspace.

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:27 (nineteen years ago)

I think we should start using the correct verb 'befriend' to describe the action of adding someone as a friend on social networking websites.

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:37 (nineteen years ago)

Morning. I heard the cheese on the radio.

― Forest Pines, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

I would like to befriend the cheese, but I have no Myspace.

― C J, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:41 (nineteen years ago)

"befriend a troll"

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:43 (nineteen years ago)

I think I heard someone say that the cheese-cam gets interesting at about 10 o'clock each day, because that's when the cheese is turned!

It's quarter to ten now. I will go and watch .....

― C J, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:44 (nineteen years ago)

I would like to befriend the cheese, but I have no Myspace

the ball is v much in yr court -- the great thing about myspace is you can reveal as much or as little about yrself as you choose.

― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

....and when it comes to setting it up, as Take That once said, It Only Takes A Minute, girl.

― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:48 (nineteen years ago)

I grabbed my "myspace" just to stop anyone else with the same name as me getting it.

I already lost out on getting one with my very old alt.name, but I think my old band-name is still up4grabs.

― Mark G, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:49 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder if the gherkin and the cheese are friends, cheese goes well with gherkins.

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 08:59 (nineteen years ago)

Folk last night was the best yet, and so busy. I am in love with the Basses on The Groanbox Boys' accordion. Open mike was stellar. Annie thinks I should come down to cecil sharp house to cut my teeth as a singer. The guy who sold kate the cosmichorus played some seriously vintage guitar with very long fingernails. Benji K should not be allowed near soundmen he's a fussy bugger about monitors.

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 09:03 (nineteen years ago)

But he was playing a bouzouki so I got some playing tips by watching (I need to be less afraid of hitting it harder seems to be the message)

― Ed, Thursday, 29 March 2007 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

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