AES Day 2 - Rain on the big Apple Party

AES, Day 2, Saturday. Wow! I saw some cool stuff today. Not gonna bore you with technical gear run downs. I didnt see much on the AES floor today due to a late start and some work i needed to finish at the studio before going. The new Garritan orchestra and big band virtual synths are pretty amazing. I found replacement knobs for my Nuemann Mastering EQ's. I heard the new ADAM mini nearfield speakers, which sounded unbelievable. But then at $4000 with the subwoofer, which you need, they'd better sound unbelievable.

At 5pm, i started trying to make my way over to the Apple/Logic party in Midtown. It started raining, and in New York, when it rains, it is impossible to get a cab. About 15 minutes of standing in the rain and we finally grabbed a cab to the party. I was soaked when we got there, but in good spirits. speaking of spirits, they had an open bar, so i grabbed a beer, samples the muchies, and talked with some of the Apple Logic people. A fun time was had by all.

Apple actually has this new SAN network that ties all of your computers together to a central database, so all 4 of my computers and all 3 of my music systems can all be tied together, working on the same files at the same time if needed, all sharing my sample library, etc... Its kinda pricey, but i think within the next year i'll move to that kind of system. It'll definitely help productivity around here. Anyway, back to mixing tonight.
- Ken