At 10:52 AM, Friday, March 14, 2003 Star Drifter posted the following:
The world sings, "I have guitar."
Finally set the drum loops and both guitar for Recess parts to 4-Track. For the first time, I actually mixed two tracks onto a third track. For the sake of my friends who are less musically inclined, here's how it works.

Think of an audio cassette tape. When you play it, it's plaiying two different "channels" - a left channel and a right channel. Then when you flip the tape over, it plays two different channels. Another left and right. A 4-track turns a cassette tape into a one-sided tape, and uses all four of those channels.

Yes, this means you can hear your song backward, or probably even record backward. I'll have to try that some day. That's not what I did today.

What I did was record the rhythm guitar on track one, the accompanying guitar on track two, and drums on track 3. I had one track left, but bass and vocals to add. So, I told track 4 to record off of tracks 1 & 2 instead of an instrument. I told tracks 1 & 2 to play at a specific volume for track 4. Then, I hit record and the machine did all the work.

So, now I have two free tracks again. One will record bass, one vocals.

As I get more comfortable with Audacity, I may eventually do more of my mixing on the computer. It should mean a more polished sound, but time will tell.

Also, I figured out what I've been doing wrong in Bunny Style. Consequently, I re-recorded the bass line. Again. Between that and the phased drums, this take should be a lot nicer.

More good news: I've been working on some ideas for a new comic strip, too. I have art. It's been scanned, too. I just need to assemble the strip itself, now.

Finally, I've decided it's okay to put up a link to my junkmail account. If you use it, please make note that it's actually for this weblog. I get about 50+ pieces of unsolicited mail a day in that account, and you may easily be missed.