Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
Category: <span>Toys</span>

Soundcraft Ui24R.

Since just before New Year 2013, I’ve owned and loved the (now discontinued) Line 6 StageScape M20d digital mixer. It has provided me over ten years of solid performance, and rave reviews for my bands’ sound at gigs. But over the past few months I’ve struggled with a sudden onset …

MOTÖRing up, part 4.

I just published the latest in my video series on getting your Behringer MOTÖR keyboard working well with Pro Tools as a recording controller. If you’re not familiar with the series, check out this earlier post for a link to the first YouTube video, and then go from there. This …

MOTÖRing up.

I can’t believe how long it’s been since I wrote something on the blog. It seems like social networking has taken all that content into its tornadic funnel. I just wanted to note that I’ve been working on a YouTube playlist that helps you use a Behringer MOTÖR 49 or …

Logitech M570 on Fedora.

I just bought a new Logitech M570 wireless trackball for use with my Fedora workstation. I favor a trackball over a moving mouse, because it’s easier on the joints, not to mention more practical on a crowded desk. My previous trackball device was a wired Logitech, and it developed a …

Discoveries, no. 577.

This past week I discovered the following awesome things: Moving from a 10-year-old DOCSIS 2.0 modem to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem, assuming your cable ISP is remotely in tune with the times, will make your bandwidth better. Moving from a 7-year-old (?) Linksys WRT54GL a/b/g wireless router to a new …