Notes After Recording

• My initial attempts kept producing a wicked hum
• Guitar into amp: ok, guitar into Pod/modeller: ok
• I independently checked amps, pedals, Pod, cables - all good
• After literal hours I realized the issue was running my USB audio interface on my laptop while plugged into a dock
• Plugged the laptop into the wall and all was good
• Made a basic and honestly not-great ambient recording
• (Making clunky things is fine, the key is to keep making things)
• Sustained tones with an EHX SuperEgo, using both a Strat and a J-Bass, warble via Shallow Water
• I think this is the first time my partner's bass amp has been used in 17 years
• Figured out how to (mostly) de-noise the track with Reaper
• Speaking of which, finally bought a Reaper license (buy the software you use!)
• There's still some weird noise on the track I can't get rid of
• My USB audio interface just bit the biscuit, so I can't continue
• It's an M-Audio Fast Track from like, 2008?, and is so old that it's not compatible with Windows 10
• I bought it when I was first writing songs and had the idea I was going to record them
• (Yeah, I never did)
• But, gear is gear, right? It worked for a while, and then it didn't
• I'm off to L&M tomorrow before rehearsal to pick up a suitable replacement
• (Ideally, one compatible with a decade-old OS)
• Reminds me of the first time I brewed: it was a disaster, spilled wort everywhere, and after I cleaned up, I made immediate plans to try again, to not let myself be defeated
• This feels a little like the same
• Back on the horse