Being Intentional

Merlin Mann over at 43 Folders posted a 3-part series relating to being intentional with our time and our focus. He talks about the hard work of a creative life, and how no one but you can carve out whatever blocks of time are needed to make the creativity and work happen.
I was in [...]

In for a Penny….

Hi.
Instead of Ed Ramsey Online I probably should be calling this the Ed-Moves-from-Vista-to-Mac-and-What-He-Discovers blog. In reality, I am more of a technology-oriented person anyway. I enjoy the spiritual/heartfelt side of life, and try to tie the technology and spiritual sides of me together, but when push comes to shove, the love-of-technology side tends [...]

Now I’m Just Being Logical

Hi.
I have been in the process of moving over to a Mac. And, actually, it has been as much a philosophical move as a physical and practical move. I find that, other than the learning curve, my world is simplifying. What took several programs and interfaces on my Vista machines, now just [...]

Now on a Mac!

Hello and Happy Easter!
I am now on a Mac.
It might seem an obvious progression to those around me, but since I have used CP/M and MS/DOS and Windows (since versions 0.9), I am pretty knowledgeable about Digital Research and Microsoft products. Then one day, I had just had it with Vista. I have [...]

Field Recording using the M-Audio MicroTrack II

Well, in addition to being a proud Pro Tools MBox 2 owner (and learning to become a user as well , I now have an M-Audio MicroTrack II for field recording.
                                     
I put a 4-GB compact flash card in it and get 21/2 hours of 44.1/16-bit stereo recording on internal battery.  If I [...]

I am now a Pro Tools Owner!

I am now a Pro Tools owner J!
Cool.
Before I gave all my recording studio equipment away to my sons, I used Samplitude as my primary recording software.  For those of you not familiar with Samplitude, it is a very high-quality recording package, used a lot in Europe.  I had Samplitude because someone had pity on [...]