So here we are at the end of the first month in 2023. It seems time keeps flying by and sometimes I wonder what I have to show for it. In reality a good amount of progress has been made on the computer side of the update with a majority of the 3rd party software being loaded. The core DAW software has been running for several months and in use, but additional add-ons and supplemental elements can be many (likely too many) and quite time consuming to put in place. Those software toys have been years in the accumulation and so getting them loaded takes time at getting the latest version, establishing the new authorizations, then testing that each component functions and in some cases deciding I really don’t need some feature and again removing it. I’m probably about 80% finished with that phase and the larger element remaining will be to re-establish the sound libraries for keyboard, guitar and other music production. Most of the those sounds are already on the system – just need to make the connection on the new computer to their associated players.

In the meantime I’ve also spent time redesigning the patchbays and seeing how many I can eliminate altogether. Also there’s been the ongoing myriad of ideas bantered and tested for the best placement of the computer monitors. This element is complicated by the planned addition of a 2nd set of audio monitors. You can’t hear properly if you can’t fully see the speaker. I think a solution is in the works, but only a final in-place layout will decide if that idea gets the final stamp of approval. Onward and forward.