And So It Goes...

My work on the next AD release is pretty much done, and now it’s all up to Adam. This one should be fairly quick, though. The Windows side of things just needs a couple little issues ironed out, but it is otherwise done. He’s actually working on Mac Stuff today, and those of you that follow our release schedules will note that means the End is in Sight.

Speaking for myself, I’m getting things ready for RT60 rehearsals. This involves deciding on a final gear complement for our live shows. We’ll actually have quite a bit of Analog Shiny on stage for the gear whores out there. Speaking just for myself, I’ll have my MKS80 and CS5 for certain, as those two synths plus piano will be able to replicate almost all of my actual “played” parts on what we’ve done so far. What I do need, though, is a perfect working condition TX802 or TX81Z. If anyone has one they aren’t using, I’d be more than happy to take it off your hands. Drop me a line if you have such a thing. There’s a ton of 81Z action on eBay and it would stand to reason at least one of those people reads this site.

(To address the obvious first comment in that regard, no, I won’t use FM8 or a different FM synth. All props to NI, and I’m a proud and frequent user of FM8, but RT60 is a soft-synth-free zone. And we can argue the semantics of “soft synth” when describing a digital box later. You know what I mean.)

And finally, this Crumar Performer. It’s got a couple things wrong with it, and I’m debating whether to go Whole Hog like I did with the CS5. Mechanically, it needs all the sliders on the front panel replaced. Electronically, the resonance isn’t working, but I think that’s probably due to the slider. Cosmetically, the end cheeks need to be replaced. Still debating as to whether that’s a good idea or not.