Diary of a sex romp (part 3)

The drums are done!

I found a loop, Time Streteched it correctly and it was pretty easy from there. Or at least should have been if not for human error.

Yesterday I likened the Time Stretch to my car. I know how to use it, but I don't know how it works. Last night I used the MPEX Algorithm option on the Time Stretch, which, to continue that analogy is the part of my car that I don't even know is there, never mind the name for. However, there are four quality settings for the Time Stretch, in this order: Low, Medium, High, MPEX Algorithm. So apparently it's the best quality. Which is what I needed, because the stretch was longer than was good for the loop otherwise; the sound was suffering. Even still, there is some loss in sound quality, but not as much, and oddly enough I think it sounds kind of cool.

The drum part isn't exactly right, but it's close enough for government work. It's fairly simple, but again what can you expect with loops and without the presence of a live drummer. But it's good enough to get the point across.

After getting the loop stretched and on it's track, it was just a matter of arranging it (cutting and pasting, essentially). It should ahve only taken a few minutes, but I must have somehow accidentally dragged the loop out of time, because I had to spend a good amount of time getting it to line up again.

All in all, it took me about two and half hours last night to do everything, starting at around 6:30, with a break in the middle to have dinner and watch Alias and Lost, and finishing around 11pm. But as I'm sure you all know, two and a half hours fly by when you're doing something you like. When I really get into recording/songwriting/arranging mode, I won't realize that hours have gone by while I've been working.

Anyway, they're done. Guitar and bass (if I can borrow Dave's) won't be until Saturday, so I have the next few nights off, which is good because I should really get back to learning some cover tunes I need to play in a jam on Monday.