Talkbox 😉 (I tried having the vocals pre-recorded, but trying to manage everything and "sing" with a PVC tube stuck in my mouth at the same time was too much).

And FWIW, I don't think the ES-8 was involved here; I have a Zoom H6 that I realized my phone sees as a USB mic! Straight rack to video

... routed to a stereo pair of outs when it's configured with a multi channel ASIO device, and it has a great stereo sampler built in for recording. On the rare occasions I do more than two channel simultaneous recording I use the Melda MRecorder VST.

Renoise... Not exactly industry standard, and actually tracker-style interfaces are arguably the worst UIs when working with long recorded stretches of audio... But I'm a nerd, I like modular, I like trackers, and it's what I'm used to 😅 each tracker track (and the master) can be individually...

Though it's worth noting I haven't so far used it to try and output at v/Oct signals, so haven't been though any kind of calibration process. TBH 99% of the time I've been routing straight audio with it (but haven't felt that's a waste, the reduced faff & cabling to go to/from DAW/modular is great).

I wound up getting the simpler es-8... And so far haven't needed to use any dedicated software other than the Expert Sleepers ASIO drivers. It just shows straight up as a multichannel audio device, I can route DAW channels to its outs (including slow moving "DC" waveforms) and record from its ins

The compressor is sitting atop the shed's heater, for extra analogue warmth

"Analogue mastering". Run the recording through a combo exciter & stereo widener (Minsk to Stereo Dipole acting as saturated bandpass, adding some additional, moving mid-high harmonics, mixed with the dry signal), through an FNR RNC1773, recorded with a digital limiter shaving that last peak dB.

I kind of forgot my actual point there. It's not meant to be about comparing artforms, my poorly-expressed intent is just to remind you to feel proud of yourself.

... relative to the rewards... The idea of ever profiting from it is just an absolute pipe dream, and it's absolutely saturated as a market. Those not doing it for their own enrichment usually quit when they realise that.

As for not feeling like a real artist - you absolutely are, no question!

Music as a "serious hobby" is brutal. I've had people buy my music; one stranger (as in, not a biased friend/family) said they hope one of my albums becomes a cult classic. But the amounts of time and money required...

It's beautiful. If my walls weren't already so full and I hadn't already bought from you so recently, I'd be eyeing this one.

Let's see if sleeping on it helps reinforce the practice at all, and if I can claim an evening this week

Just minus the talent, unfortunately

Consonant. Consonant shapes.

I used one all over this, and had a sore throat for weeks. Still one of my favourite pieces though.
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