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Ted: Sell your gear. Buy a laptop. BTW, Lovely to chat yesterday. Jeff > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: tEd ® kiLLiAn >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 9:40 AM >> Subject: Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system >> >> Hi there Kris, >> >> Wow! That list of plug-ins is really impressive. The sound clip is >> too. >> Quite a variety of spacey oddball noises that one could get quite >> creative with. I love it! I am envious to the point of drooling on >> myself >> . . . heheh . . . almost. It's all really kinda funny/ironic to me >> personally >> how this laptop thing has developed . . . and is still waaaaaay out >> of reach for me. >> >> WARNING: old geezer fish-story about the "one that got away" follows. >> >> A dozen years ago, when I lived in Santa Barbara and worked for >> Seymour Duncan, I had some friends who worked in some big "think >> tank" type research centers for a couple of HUGE firms there. I'm >> talking >> about really bright guys, mind you. Anywho, one good friend there >> was listening to me complain about schlepping my big rack around >> to gigs over beer or something and I predicted that someday all of >> this stuff would reside in software on a laptop and all I'd need for >> a gig was a guitar, some cables, a laptop and a bank of MIDI pedals >> to control it with -- and I'd just play through the house PA and stage >> monitors. I hoped I lived long enough to see it. >> >> Well, this friend happened to actually work with computers, >> programming, >> A.I., and digital signal processing on a project for the Department >> of Defense. >> He hadn't told me that before because, technically, it was all >> classified stuff >> having something to do with "electronic counter-measures" or >> something. >> Anywho, he said (a dozen years ago) that it was totally possible THEN >> in terms of what his computers could do. Commercially available >> consumer -level computers would soon follow. >> >> Later, he got a few of his work friends together for a little >> demonstration >> at his house where he had me haul in all my gear, demonstrate how it >> worked, and talk to them about the musical equipment industry -- or >> at least what I knew about the guitar-oriented end of it as an >> "insider" >> already working in the marketing end of it. At the end of the demo >> they >> were all nodding their heads in agreement that such a scheme was not >> only possible and viable . . . but probably inevitable too. Oh happy >> day!!! >> >> They were all still young-ish middle aged guys and they though it >> would >> be a great way to escape the world of "building a better bomb for the >> Pentagon" and do something positive and creative with their lives. >> Well, life happens. While they were all still scheming about this >> little >> hobby-horse, one guy's wife got pregnant. Another went through a nasty >> divorce, another guy (my friend) got transferred to Boston (of all >> places). >> It never went any further than that . . . talking and thinking about >> it >> . . . and dreaming of the day. I did some GUI sketches . . .that's >> all. >> >> Now, it's apparent, that the day is actually here and I have too much >> money >> and experience tied up in hardware . . . and my now ancient back is >> really >> killing me. I never told you. But, I injured my elbow too in Boise >> lifting my rack >> during load-out. It's didn't hurt all that much at the time. But it >> got worse >> and worse over the next month or so to the point that I had to go in >> to >> the Doctor and get a cortisone shot directly in the elbow for "tennis >> elbow" >> a couple of weeks ago. The old body is simply falling apart. >> >> Anyway, I digress, laptop technology is finally here, I need it >> desperately >> and I cannot afford it. That's the irony. Life happens. >> >> Like I said, your list of plug-ins (and the sound they make) are very >> impressive. >> I am practically soiling myself over them as it is. You're going to >> have to >> set me down and give me a serious demo at the next gig in Boise at >> the end >> of August. So . . . there is just one more reason for me to look >> forward to it. >> >> Peace, >> >> Ted