The Depth of Research

The more time goes by, the more I find to read.

Everyday seems to enlighten my mind with new aspects of understanding.

The closer it gets to the due date, the bigger the paper seems to be in my head.

I'm glad that there is a min/max of 2000 to 3000 words.

It's just a short research paper on the material culture of technology and the classroom;

I will develop it further and change the angle for my conference submission.

I must remember to stay within the bounds of the assignment and not get caught up in the bigger picture. There needs to be more research and development in education, but this is only a small paper for class.

Focus.

Class was productive.

We got into presets and are finally reaching a level where we can make a few tunes.

Alex dropped Afro Samurai on the VideoDj and I totally felt the vibe. We're going to tweak it out and make an awesome piece for the class performance in a month.

I've got my sampler moving along and will soon double its size to 16 channels.

I'll break it up visually into sections of 4, it will be much easier to use that way.

Looking at eight channels is a bit tough sometimes, and sixteen will be worse.

I'm changing the colour coding of the patch as well, it'll be easier to navigate.

I am looking to create a solid GUI sampler.

I have to create a soundbank for it still.

On another note, Greg's patch is sick.

It's a two loop sampler that has a 16 step sequencer.

I'm hoping to integrate the two patches together.

Then one can record the loops created by the sequencer with the sampler and then recycle that with the sequencer.

I'm starting to see mad possibilities with PD, and can understand patches that I used to look at all googly eyed.

Using the programs I already understand with new patches in PD will create a lot of fun and good music.

I hope that I can continue to work with the class after semester, and that Adam runs a section next year.

We could get super tight and travel to play a gig and demo how to develop a laptop band.

Anyways,

hella busy.