Automatic, Systematic, Hydromatic...

Movin’ right along around these parts. Various things, in no particular sequence:

1. In order to facilitate the 64-bit OS X versions, we apparently need to use the bleeding edge VSTGUI 4.0. I’m pleased to report that Adam has successfully built Discord 3 using VSTGUI 4, which required a lot of changes in our internal GUI code that took him the majority of last week. The only thing remaining is updating the compatibility layer we use to turn VSTs in to AudioUnits. This layer uses something called HIView, which is the Carbon API windowing system. We need to change it to something called NSView, which is the Cocoa windowing system, as there is no 64-bit Carbon. We don’t know exactly how complex that’s going to be, but we’re sanguine about things at this juncture.

As soon as the 64-bit OS X versions of Discord 3 are out, we’ll have a fairly rapid update to Axon, then turn our attention to the rest of the catalog. I’ll update as is necessary.

2. A bit outside the purview of this site, but for those of you that find my photography explorations interesting, I opened a Deviant Art account, the which you can find here. I’m only putting my current run of “serious” works (my dip- and triptychs, basically) up there; the majority of my photographic output will still go in my Flickr account as always. Slightly related: I got one of these the other day, an example of which you can see above. Fun little camera, and a hoot at a party.

3. Yes, the other Axon videos are coming.

4. Musically, I’m mixing the last RT60 song this week (it is, in fact, open on my music PC right this minute.) This record needs to be released on vinyl, but due to the heavy front-loaded costs, we’re exploring various options in that regard. One idea we’ve had is to have a separate Bandcamp item that gets the download, with a pre-order for the vinyl. If anyone has any different ideas in that regard, I’d love to hear about them. I’ve also got the next Micronaut EP, Capacitor, on deck (it’s about half way done) and the Many Moons (Selections 1998 - 2008) LP, which contains new-mixed versions of several Micronaut tracks, plus some unreleased stuff from the early days, is nearing completion as well.

5. And finally, today is the 7th Anniversary of the founding of Audio Damage, Inc. Yay, us, and a huge thank-you to anyone that ever bought a plug-in from us!