Archive for March, 2010
The Continuing Adventures of Co-Producer Cat
Scene 1:
I was in the studio, fussing endlessly over some vocals, while Nori sat purring loudly in my lap.
I was struggling with how to get a vocal take to sit correctly in a mix. I could get it to sit right but it would become very nasal-sounding and harsh, and if I removed some frequencies then the vocal sounded odd over the song. I was very, very precisely adjusting the knobs of the PSP classicQ equalizer to try and find a happy medium.
Nori sprang into action and mightily headbutted my mouse hand, sending the onscreen knob wildly careening to some random extreme setting…
…and damn if it didn’t sound pretty good. How does she keep doing that?
Scene 2:
“Mrow?”
“Mrph.”
”Meeow? Prrrrrrrrrrr.”
“Buh.” It’s 4:48am. Nori is standing on my chest desperately trying to get my attention.
”MEE-YOW.”
“Bleaarrgh alright alright I’m up I’m up!”
I assume the food dish is empty and I’m being alerted to this fact. I get up, and Nori dashes to the bedroom door. Sure, food dish. Must be. I follow her.
Surprisingly, instead of heading upstairs to the food dish, she tears down the stairs into the studio. I think this is cute. But I’m tired, and go back to bed. A few hours later, I get up to get ready for work, and go downstairs to grab some laundry from the dryer. I note that my screens are not in powersave mode, and there’s a status bar up on the screen. I walk over to investigate, and see that Logic is cheerily recording audio, and has been since about 4:50am.
Nori has figured out how to press “record.” She’s bucking for an engineering credit, I just know it.
View Comments