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MELODIC INSTRU-METAL MADNESS: THE CAPTAIN ZILOG FILES
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2/8/10 - Recording Bookshelf updated. Way to go, Discmakers!
1/18/10 - New free guitar preamp plugin added to Tips 'n Tricks. Recording Bookshelf updated.
1/14/10 - Auction Island updated, along with a few new quotes of the day.
12/31/09 - I've been reading a number of books on tube amp electronics this year, here's a few of the better ones: Recording Bookshelf updated.
12/30/09 - Rare transcription of a great Andy Timmons track added to Tips 'n Tricks.
12/28/09 - Recording Bookshelf updated.
12/26/09- List of DTV stations receivable over-the-air from Montebello Ridge updated. KFC recipe updated in International Cooking.
12/22/09 - Metal mixer? Great recent SoS magazine article series added to Tips 'n Tricks! With sound examples.
11/22/09 - Music In Progress gear pic updated.
10/8/09 - SHEPPi updated to v1.01 to fix reported Nuendo startup problem solved with recent 1.1.3.1 Synthmaker build.
9/30/09 - Added Shure's Microphone Techniques For Recording article to Tips 'n Tricks. Added Christian W. Budde to list of interesting freeware plugin creators.
9/28/09 - Added Bootsy's plugin link to Tips 'n Tricks, and Matthew Lattimer's "Speechless" to Curmudgeonly Delights.
9/16/09 - Power outage! Now that things are working again, I've clarified a few items on the SHEPPi Spatial Enhancer page. I'm sure to be adding more details as they occur to me (and the questions keep rolling in...)
9/15/09 - Initial SHEPPi public release. Thanks for finally fixing your bugs, OutSim!
9/11/09 Added proto-MP3 compression patent researcher David M. Schwartz to Tips 'n Tricks. You can read more about his patent here. Updated Demonizer cabinet impulse response - have I ever mentioned what a useful tool Sample Champion is? Too bad its UI still hails from the Win 3 era... Updated Music In Progress gear pic.
9/10/09 - Added my ENGL 530's Impulse Response to Impulse Reponse Corner. Why I didn't do this earlier is a mystery.
9/9/09 - Updated instrument collection in Music In Progress. If you don't see something here, I've probably sold it!
9/3/09 - Added Jack C. Sondemeyer & Hartley D. Peavey (Peavey) to patent searches in Tips 'n Tricks.
8/28/09 - Added some more cool hard to find free plugins to Tips 'n Tricks.
8/22/09 - Added Curt Knoppel (Aphex inventor) to the Patents search in Tips 'n Tricks.
8/20/09 - ENGL 530 product review updated. Thanks for the contour schematic, Tom! Added Alex Welti (Redeemer circuit inventor) to the Patents search in Tips 'n Tricks.
8/4/09 - Wow, did these move around in less than two months! List of DTV stations receivable over-the-air from Montebello Ridge updated.
8/2/09 - About page pics section updated. I still can't believe I got the chance to work with these musical legends... and up 'n comers Hydrogyn, too!
7/12/09 - KFC Chicken recipe updated.
6/13/09 - No more analog! Added list of DTV stations receivable over-the-air from Montebello Ridge.
6/4/09 - Added a few "before & after" remix/remastering demos to Project Studio Tan. Thanks for the projects, guys!
5/11/09 - "Whatever Happened To Deluxe Paint?" updated.
4/28/09 - Tips 'n Tricks updated with some new amp modellers!
4/10/09 - "Whatever Happened To Deluxe Paint?" article updated thanks to DPaint's last producer, Hal Jordy!
4/6/09 - You're on your own if you happen to stumble across a secret development project currently under development somewhere in Tips 'n Tricks,
3/2/09 - "Whatever Happened To Deluxe Paint?" article updated.
3/1/09 - Straight From The Archives - 1995 "Nasty Cowgirl" demo added to Project Studio Tan, remastered!
2/26/09 - New Sonic Maximizer impulse (courtesy BBE's D82 Sonic Maximizer plugin by Nomad Factory) added to Impulse Response Corner. Demonizer cab impulse trimmed.
2/25/09 - Impulse Response Corner added to Tips 'n Tricks, along with a cool new phase rotator impulse courtesy of Ozone 4!
2/8/09 - AMT SS-20 Review updated with new information.
2/6/09 - Added "Using The Equalizer Effectively" EQ article to Tips 'n Tricks.
2/2/09 - Updated ENGL 530 product review with more recording tips & examples. Same goes for my AMT SS-20 Review - thanks Jozef for letting me reamp your Tele!
2/1/09 - All you ever wanted to know about high-quality encoding for YouTube has been added to the production notes of the "Riff King" video.
1/26/09 - Remastered & reencoded "Riff King" videos in Project Studio Tan for oh-so-slightly better quality ;)
1/17/09 - New Instructional Video-style version of "Riff King" solo up, in Project Studio Tan. Always wanted to try this - what a hoot!
1/12/09 - Check my video for "Live 2 Rock", SAXON's "Riff King" YouTube Guitar Solo Contest Entry in Project Studio Tan.
1/8/09 - ENGL 530 "Modern Rock" twin-tube rackmount preamp review up!
1/6/09 - New Mix Experiment up on Project Studio Tan. A nice development in the ongoing quest for tone!
1/2/09 - Happy New Year! Updated gear endorsements & studio pics in Project Studio Tan and Music In Progress.
12/29/08 - Added some more recommendations from C|Net on deleting unnecessary Windows Background Services in Tips 'n Tricks.
12/28/08 - Updated "Direct Box" settings in my AMT SS-20 Review, and revised my Unnecessary Windows Background Services list in Tips 'n Tricks.
12/27/08 - Added Musicrow's free Preamp Emulator plugin to Tips 'n Tricks. Thanks to Sound On Sound magazine for pointing this one out!
12/15/08 - I just got my TubeZone Overdrive back from Australia - with a useful mod! Details here.
12/12/08 - Added what I consider to be Standard Practice "Windows Light" optimizations for DAW Recording in Tips 'n Tricks. Also added a couple more plugins to the list of freeware ampsims that may not be quite free, but they're cheap and too good to leave out!
12/2/08 - Finally, a book on TRS-80 history! Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution namechecked in Retro Computing and Curmudgeonly Delights.
11/13/08 - Added Peter Urbanik's w32dasm (last version of the great abandonware Windows disassembler) to Music In Progress.
11/02/08 - Added Line6's GearBox plugin "Early Reflections" impulse to Tips 'n Tricks.
10/19/08 - The "Quote Of The Day" database has now reached 50 entries, this time courtesy of radical tax cutter Grover Norquist. Hit F4 enough times and you might see it...
10/2/08 - Added Freeware Amp, Tube & Tape Sims section to Tips 'n Tricks.
9/17/08 - Thanks to miracle of eBay, we now have data sheets on the Panasonic EV-95 battery packs as used in the RAV4 and Ford Ranger EV's. RAV4-EV page updated!
9/4/08 - How much louder is a 100W Marshall than a 50 Watter? (It's not what you think.) A Decibel Primer updated in Tips 'n Tricks.
9/1/08 - Added AMT's new manual to my SS-20 Tube Guitar Preamp Review, along with some detailed technical info that you won't find anywhere else!
8/29/08 - Google's Patent Search is sooo much better than the USPTO's. And to prove it, I've added a handful of really good searches to Tips 'n Tricks.
8/19/08 - Hard-to-find BOSS ME-X Owner's Manual added to Tips 'n Tricks.
8/15/08 - MI Audio Tube Zone Overdrive Review added to Tips 'n Tricks.
8/13/08 - Latest metal mix experiment updated at Project Studio Tan. Listen to that, then compare to the previous one - Hollywood Blasers, look out!
8/12/08 - Guitar pedals are on my mind. Two great resources: Roland's Guitar FX Guidebook added to Tips 'n Tricks, and Dave Hunter's "Guitar FX Pedals" referenced in Music In Progress.
8/11/08 - Music In Progress updated.
8/5/08 - SS-20 Tube Guitar Preamp Review updated again, with some new info about how AMT's own samples were recorded.
8/3/08 - "Whatever Happened To Deluxe Paint?" article updated.
7/31/08 - Music In Progress studio layout pic updated.
7/30/08 - SS-20 Tube Guitar Preamp Review updated again, with some technical observations on its cab emulator and EQ behavior
7/28/08 - Long overdue: Simplified homepage menu to better reflect what the site's about. Updated Montebello Ridge (formerly "Mountain Living").
7/26/08 - So You Want To Be A Star? Some Musical Career Advice To A Young Man added to Tips 'n Tricks.
7/24/08 - SS-20 Tube Guitar Preamp Review updated.
7/15/08 - Added AMT Electronics' SS-20 Tube Guitar Preamp Review to Tips 'n Tricks.
7/12/08 - Some long overdue pictures illustrating my recording setup added to Music In Progress.
7/4/08 - New track up! Time to pay tribute to the lovely hard rock stylings of His Infernal Majesty in Project Studio Tan.
6/21/08 - Somehow, today's Scott Adams strip referring to EV's reminds me of that Paris Hilton commercial for Carl's Jr...
6/18/08 - Update my Recording Bookshelf with some new goodies and added a Music Engineering section to boot.
5/6/08 - Two very useful goodies for those who understand: A "famous" 4x12 cab simulation and a superb matching EQ, both perfect for metal tracks. Check 'em out in Tips 'n Tricks.
4/24/08 - Updated "Hell's Kitchen" theme in Project Studio Tan. The magic of real tubes and mastering! Also repaired "Aphasia", whose ending somehow got cut off... WTF?
4/13/08 - Added "Hell's Kitchen" theme to Project Studio Tan.
4/11/08 - New items added to Curmudgeonly Delights and the Music In Progress book lists.
3/23/08 Three new guitars for up sale on Auction Island!
3/16/08 Added UPC Code lookup search link to Tips 'n Tricks.
3/5/08 It's been an exhausting couple of weeks, but the entirety of Project Studio Tan (along with a few surprises!) has now been remixed and/or remastered (usually both) in preparation for "MELODIC INSTRU-METAL MADNESS: THE CAPTAIN ZILOG FILES" coming soon to an online store near you. Who woulda thunk? All in glorious ((( STEREO ))), with every bit immaculately preserved!
2/25/08 Song ownership search links added to Tips 'n Tricks. Also added Dave Moulton's informative EQ chart to my collection of great audio spectrum breakdowns.
2/24/08 "Don't Touch That Dial" remastered in Project Studio Tan, taking advantage of some new plugins I discovered while remixing Aphasia!
2/14/08 "Aphasia" remixed in Project Studio Tan, mostly to get a real bass performance in there. But, it also gave me the chance to remix an old chestnut - these things are never done, are they?
1/16/08 - We're up to 66 CD's, 42 movies, 29 documentaries, 35 fiction and 67 non-fiction book recommendations in Curmudgeonly Delights, not counting the Recording Bookshelf (one new addition & some tools) listed in Music In Progress. These are the most often updated parts of this site.
1/10/08 - ART Project Series Tube Mic/Inst Preamp w/USB Gear Review added to Tips 'n Tricks.
1/6/08 - Fixed the built-in music players so they center properly in Firefox. Also added a useful new recording reference to the book list in Music In Progress.
1/1/08 - Happy New Year! Instrument Frequency EQ Chart added to Tips 'n Tricks.
12/22/07 - Recording & Audio Magazine Links added to Tips 'n Tricks.
12/19/07 -
"What's New" doesn't go back this far, but It really has been over ten years for this
overgrown homepage. Originally started as a project to help me and my MMI307 students learn HTML
3, the URLs may have changed but the look remains the same, doesn't it?
12/18/07 - SFZ instrument file updated, and a cool new song demo that uses it!
12/13/07 - Need to use Beta Monkey's DrumWerks IX sample library with Cakewalk's Session Drummer 2? SFZ instrument definition file now available in Tips 'n Tricks.
11/26/07 - Dammy's Stuffing and Popovers added to International Cooking. Teaser Snippet added to Project Studio Tan. New items scattered throughout Curmudgeonly Delights.
10/29/07 - More tweaks, and a few corrections made to International Cooking. Added "Geek Code" to the About page.
9/16/07 - Too many small changes to bear mention, mostly new additions to the Books (formerly Top 10) page along with a few Project Studio Tan mix tweaks.
8/16/07 - Remastered "Breakaway", my 2002-era industrial electronica (?) guitar instrumental. Project Studio Tan updated.
8/13/07 - Remixed "Club Soda", which was my first really good solo songwriting effort from Guitar War. The mix was pretty dated, so - Project Studio Tan updated.
8/11/07 - Merged the "Who's Behind This" and "About" pages together, and rechristened the formerly buried Top 10 page as "Curmudgeonly Delights", with a lot of new content.
8/10/07 - Freshened the "About" page. Kinda. At least it's now technically accurate...
8/4/07 - Freshened my "Top 10" page a bit, particularly the Books section
7/30/07 A new Halfpixel cartoon in Tips 'n Tricks. There, now I've got all humor bases covered.
7/30/07 "Aphasia" remastered in Project Studio Tan, along with (in case you missed it) several 'silent' remasters of DTTD
6/20/07 Deluxe Paint interview with Swedish computer magazine Azine added to Tips 'n Tricks.
6/4/07 Fun with Pinnacle! "Don't Touch That Dial" now has a video to go along with it.
5/30/07 A lotta little clean-uppy things that I should have done long ago.
5/28/07 Bitchin' (but brief) music segue added to Project Studio Tan page. Hope it doesn't get old!
5/27/07 Edirol HQ softsynth docs added to Tips 'n Tricks.
5/21/07 Updated the RAV4-EV Page a bit, but this section could really use a freshening!
5/9/07 Updated TTS-1 information in Tips 'n Tricks
5/5/07 The Toyota RAV4-EV in Auction Island has been sold. Thanks for looking!
4/30/07 Handy Master Controllers List cheat-sheet covering the TTS-1, HyperCanvas, Line6 GearBox & M-Audio Axiom 49 added to Tips 'n Tricks.
4/29/07 Looking for the hard-to-find EDIROL HyperCanvas manual? It's here in Tips 'n Tricks.
4/24/07 Remixed "Don't Touch That Dial" for the Project Studio Tan page, along with a new Solo Medley and some minor changes throughout.
3/19/07 Added some Halfpixel.com disposable fan humor to Tips 'n Tricks page
3/4/07 Added a long-overdue pic to the Project Studio Tan page
2/1/07 Completely reorganized the Tips 'n Tricks page, with a whole lotta new stuff.
1/2/07 Added "Don't Touch That Dial" to Project Studio Tan page.
12/2/06 Added Igor Bars recipe to International Cooking.
11/10/06 Added a mini review of SONAR 6 to the Tips 'n Tricks page.
10/23/06 - Added "A Decibel Primer" to the Tips 'n Tricks page.
10/10/06 - Added "Aphasia" to Project Studio Tan page.
6/27/06 - added a mini review of the Edirol R-09 24-bit WAV/MP3 Recorder
6/9/06 - Added "Annabella" to Project Studio Tan page.
5/6/06-5/17/06: Added several more great songwriting/recording books to Music In Progress.
3/17/06: Add item for sale in Auction Island.
3/16/06: Added Stan Veit's "History Of The Personal Computer" to the Retro Computing page.
3/9/06: Updated "Premonitions" mix in Project Studio Tan to v1.06.
3/9/06: Updated the Commodore-Amiga page.
3/7/06: Added "Lost In Time (intro)" to the Project Studio Tan page.
3/3/06: Added "Coast To Coast" to the Project Studio Tan page. Updated books in Music in Progress.
2/18/06: This site, after 10 years, is finally being hosted on a real server, with lots of space. Please update your bookmarks to the Island's new home: dallashodgson.info
9/12/05: Updated the Project Studio Tan and Music in Progress pages.
2/8/04: Updated the "Whatever happened to Deluxe Paint?" page.
2/4/04: Added "Harmony Central" to the Project Studio Tan and updated Music In Progress.
10/30/03: Added "The Last Waltz" to the Project Studio Tan page.
9/28/03: Added production notes to Project Studio Tan page.
9/26/03: Added "Captain Crunch" to the Project Studio Tan page. Updated gear on Music In Progress.
8/15/03: Added "Don't Cry" to the Project Studio Tan page, all tracks remixed & reencoded to 128Kbps
8/5/03: Added "Club Soda" to the Project Studio Tan page.
4/30/03: Updated the Project Studio Tan page.
12/24/02: Updated the Project Studio Tan and Music In Progress pages.
12/19/2002: Updated the Toyota RAV4EV and Cooking pages.
4/8/2002: Added a new section for the Toyota RAV4EV, the world's first consumer electric SUV!
12/29/2001: Rearranged the songs in the Midi Sound Tracks section for playback on the Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, as used in Win2K. Now we finally have a consistent MIDI playback platform across PC's, thank you Roland! Amiga section updated.
11/4/2001: Deluxe Paint was one of the world's most successful paint programs. Whatever happened to it? Now the story can be told.
10/4/2001: Tired, old quote on splash page finally replaced with some choice random ones. Why does HTML have to make this so difficult?
8/7/2001: Thinking about renting a U-Haul? Caveat Rentor! Read this article first to avoid suckeritis.
7/12/2001: If you've ever wanted to install a backup generator at your house and say goodbye to rotating blackouts, then this story is just for you.
5/14/2001: I've really, really given up on V3Space's Web hosting service, but their URL redirecting service still works passably. What a frustrating experience - if the redirector doesn't work, you can always fall back on (current) actual address: http://home.earthlink.net/~rockisle/. And, unfortunately, that means I'm limited to only 6MB of space on-server.
Although we've been back in California for nine months now, I can't believe I'm busy with house & repair issues! Fortunately I've found enough time to raise a new website/webserver for our local school, and it's kinda cute: http://www.montebelloschool.org.
2/8/2001: Read, Listen, review. My thoughts & opinions on some Amazon.com purchases.
11/30/2000: Montebello Cam added.
11/29/2000: This site, originally hosted at the University of Miami School of Music, has moved often enough that I've decided to do something about it. The new official bookmark location will make sure you can always find us, thanks to another island... Tonga!
11/28/2000: Lead Guitar page added. "The path to enlightment is long, Grasshopper..."
11/5/2000: International Cooking page added. Some of my favorite spicy recipes.
10/30/2000: Now we're here, here's where we are. Montebello Ridge page added. General site cleanup.
10/27/2000: RealAudio samples have been recoded in RealPlayer Version 8 (Sony
ATRAC-3) format. Other minor tweaky improvements throughout.
10/22/2000: The site is going to be moved once again, as we prepare ourselves to
shift over to a new ISP in order to beta-test a new Internet service. Goodbye DirecPC, hello wireless
broadband.
9/28/2000: We've moved, happy once to be back in Cupertino once again. It took only 8 days of cross-country RV'ing with no major mishaps. This being our second cross-country trip in five years, there aren't too many states we haven't seen!
5-1-2000: Vice Squad makes its hi-fi debut on the newly revamped Project Studio page.
3-15-2000: The Amiga page has been updated with news from the Gateway 2K show in St. Louis.
3-6-2000: The Retro Computing page has been updated with more TRS-80 & LNW-80 stuff.
What's that? Your ISP logs you off after 10 minutes of idle? Fight back with KeepAlive 3.01!
More guitar? You got it. New demos 'n studio techniques this month in Project Studio Tan. Now with HTTP Streaming Audio!
Surf for free! Only got a Unix shell account? Rejoice! New and improved, with examples.
Psychoacoustics students can read about the Binaural Perception of Masking, recently revised.
Check out today's weather radar for
Cupertino, CA, or get it straight from the government.
... And plenty of new additions scattered throughout. Don't say I didn't warn ya!
Garry Kasparov's loss to Deep Blue in Game 6
Today's Featured Guest Artist: Nicholas Gurewitch
(If not for true love, she probably would have left with Superman)
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