Geekdom
I have officially ventured wholesale into geekdom. That is, I have been toying with Ubuntu and Fedora, two flavours of Linux. Whilst they certainly aren’t for the shy computer user, neither are the installations of any other operating system. What makes it great is that when they’re set up, anyone could use them. They make a potentially slow computer (running Windoze) into a lighting fast machine that looks great. I’m particularly taken with the stylings of Fedora, and there are some great applications available to replace your standard office features and internet applications. Nothing really to sway me from the stable, well supported os that is osx, though.
I’ve been working hard on something new for Concrete Moniker, and it’s taking just so much longer than it should do, especially when I’ve got got more than a few things to write. I’m just starting to get used to using my current setup, but am bemoaning the lack of really good AudioUnit instruments and effects that are available in VST format, something that has hung over from the time I changed from PC to Mac, and which I’m not sure is going to be solved from use of Linux.
I’ve also been thinking about what really I would like to do with a live setup again, and I’ve just come to the conclusion that a lot of the things are fundamental principles which haven’t been solved yet. I’d really like to be able to make sudden changes, and gradual changes in sound. Of course this is possible at the moment, but a unified interface that provided a subtle graduation and a choice of change is absolutely imperative. I want to be able to predict where I’m going, and revisit that place if I want to, something that’s absolutely possible with conventional instruments, but very difficult or impossible with current technology.
