01-23-10: server upgrade complete
The server upgrade went very smooth. The new upgrade allows me to host the Studio Notes blog locally now. This helps keep everything in one location and allows lots of future expansion. Have a look at the new blog here:
Studio Notes
There's not much there at the moment. I'm in the process of migrating all blogspot posts to my server and will be adding new posts along the way.
01-14-10: website upgrade and downtime Sunday (1-17-10)
This Sunday (1-17-10) they site may be down for about 4 hours as it gets upgraded to a new server and storage space. Increased storage and new features are being added to the site this weekend.
01-10-10: Solar Powered Heat
It's 3deg F today, a perfect day to install mini solar panels to power the 12vdc fan inside the solar heater. Below are a few pics of the heater and the mini panels wired in parallel to power the fan. The set-up works perfectly, as the sun comes out from behind the clouds the solar heater creates hotter return air and the solar powered fan runs faster (higher solar panel voltage) thus pushing more hot air into my workspace. Then, as the sun goes behind the clouds, the return air is cooler, and the fan runs slower (lower solar panel voltage). It's very simple, and very efficient. It's not q u i t e enough heat though on a super cold day like today. I'm going to improve the insulation around the studio space next, perhaps this will be enough to hold in the heat produced by the solar furnace, and keep the temperature nice and even.
Field Notes Blog
01-03-10: solar heating and upcoming release
Happy New Year to everyone...
Been quite busy here the past few weeks installing and testing a new passive solar air heater with a solar powered circulating fan. Next step is to improve the R value of the studio walls, and do it in an environmentally responsible way. This will help the solar heater work more efficiently. I also plan to begin posting photos of the solar studio over the course of this winter.
I'm also finishing up the next environment release this month and should have it out by the end of the month. This one is more than likely going to be an extended work in the range of 2rhs or more.
11-24-09: Generative Music For December
I've gotten the generative set-up to produce very organic and "loose" feeling atmosphere's now, and have been running this most recent environment for the past 3 days and am continually surprised by the wonderful breathing of it. At times, it can be filled with all sorts of sound sources, and then quietly settle into a space that allows it to focus in on 1 or 2 elements. Again, the focus is on creating a space that feels very natural and open, without the traditional use of reverbs and other overused FX that tend to blur things to such a degree that the general feel is that of mechanically produced space that has a very shallow depth of field. I may release this one as a 2 hour work.
11-08-09: new release
A very cyclic minimalistic generative work created with a very small sample set. Created for low volume playback.
November
