Tim Harper

I had purchased a few presets for the APC40 from Native Kontrol last year but it was only last weekend when I eventually got round to rewiring the live rig that I got a chance to really test it out. I upgraded to CL3 +…

I got some more work done this week on the new online store for WB.com. I registered the name freerangefat.com and set up some webspace for it. I have the pages roughly planned out and I just need to get the design sorted before I…

Had fup all time the last two weeks for musical stuff unfortunately. Fortunately thou was busy getting a chunk of commission stuff wrapped up. Nearly finished this site – I’m happy with the way it worked out. The clients had a few changes of heart…

Its a funny thing that after having spent a good few hours comparing different MIDI controllers (far too much ruddy time in fact) that I came up with some ways of making more use out of the controllers I already have in the studio, case…

While getting thru a few more chapters of Mike Seniors excellent book I got to mulling over the benefits of having more control surface when tracking and mixing in Cubase, particularity with having an LCD screen and motorized faders which presents the chance of mixing…

Starting to make headway into the few subjects I had lined up in the schedule for the new year. This book in particular is beginning to make me see the light with regards the potential of building more functional websites with WordPress. Once I get…

Started to re-think the live rig set-up yesterday, particularly with the forthcoming release of Ableton Push. What I like about Abletons new controller is that it allows you to do alot without having to look at the computer screen (something I’m loath to have to…

Did’nt quite manage to stay away from the studio/office over the festives as I wanted to get Windows 7 installed on an new SSD drive aswell as bumping up the RAM and adding more cooling fans to the PC case. As usual it took twice…