Nana Anna Nana

Ever watch the anime Nana? Ever hear of it? Because this post is hardly related to it.

The opening of the show has the song "Rose" by Anna Tsuchiya. And I am fairly obsessed with her.

Not hard to see why.

She has a fantastic voice, in my opinion.



That's up to you to decide.

Even if you decide wrong.

Überleet

I woke up early this morning. As in 1PM. I couldn't back to sleep, big surprise.
So me, being who I am, randomly decided to hack my video games.

I didn't have enough time to figure things out on my own, however I did come across this video for modifying the wastescape of Fallout 3.



So far I haven't gotten it figured out, since my Autosave is corrupting, and it crashes when I leave the room. But I'll figure it out.

Or not. Can't say for sure.

On My Own, Here We Go

I had maybe a half our of sleep last night. It was my fault entirely. I was composing music on the keyboard. And by the time I was ready to stop, it was maybe 5:00. I figured I wouldn't make it to school if I fell asleep. So I forced myself to stay up until my bus pulled up. And I napped. For a short time. Then I went back to composing music in ACID Pro. Without a keyboard this time.

Now I'm so out of it. So. Very. Out. Of. It.

This sucks.

Totally worth it.

Before You Travel On

On Tuesday, the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Lonesome Road, came out. And I have been waiting for it since I got the game, all those months ago. Yeah, waiting months for a DLC.

Worth it.

"Lonesome Road brings the Courier's story full circle when you are contacted by the original 'courier six', a man by the name of Ulysses who refused to deliver the Platinum chip at the start of the main storyline in Fallout: New Vegas. In his transmission, Ulysses promises the answer as to why, but only if you take one last job - a job that leads you into the depths of the Divide, a landscape torn apart by frequent earthquakes and violent storms. This is the fabled location of the battle between the Courier and Ulysses. The road to the Divide is a long and treacherous one, and of the few to ever walk the road, none have ever returned." - The Vault

It was pretty amazing, albeit a pain.  At least a couple of short parts are. There are this lizard men called "Tunnelers", which are more or less Sleestak wannabes.

Jealous?

 

 

 I hate them. They do just as their name implies. The dig. And they're cowards. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. So the hiding makes them hard to kill. They're not as bad as Deathclaws, though. Those are some evil beasts.

Also, you blow up nuclear warheads with lasers. Love it.

MIDIvil (Medieval? MIDI evil?)

So I got my MIDI-USB cable last night, as projected.And it just plain pissed me off.
I plug it into my computer, I plug it into my MIDI keyboard, I put the batteries into the keyboard, and I turn it on. I pull up ACID Pro, my music editing software, and I try to configure it to detect my MIDI device. And to my surprise, despite having installed properly, it wasn't there. I open up a piano program to try that out, and it happened to show up. I band on the keyboard(the musical one), but alas, nothing.

After some research I found... nothing. Not a damn thing. No reason, no solution, it was a true first.
As a last resort, I tried a good old fashioned power cycle. And to my surprise, it worked. Almost.

I open the program up again, ACID Pro, and I try to configure it. And it was there. Finally. It showed up.
I set it up, opened up a MIDI track, and smash on the keyboard again. AND MUSIC CAME OUT. It works. Absolutely lovely. And then...

I pulled out the MIDI part, so I can try the guitar out. Set up the guitar, check back in the program. And then... again, nothing. This thing clearly hates me. I restart my computer, load it all up, and it seems that now the guitar works. I switch it back to the keyboard, and the same damn thing happens.

Apparently I have to reboot each time I plug in or switch out the instruments.

This thing is evil.

I hate you, MIDI cable.

Rockin' Out Rock Band

SO. I found out that the Rock Band 3 "Pro Controllers" can be used as MIDI instruments. Which is a good thing, since it means that all the money spent on buying them isn't going to go to waste. Because the game is terrible. I'm not a hyper talented musician, so I prefer the classic 5-Fret/One-"String" layout of the other Rock Band and Guitar Hero controllers.

So anyway, I ordered a cord to allow the MIDI to plug into a computers USB port. Using this, I'll be able to play guitar on my computer. And keyboard. With a guitar. And a keyboard.

More or less, anyway.

Oh My, I Forgot This is a Thing.

Been a while, eh?
Haven't seen the blog since (I believe) before the summer.

I have a treat for you, persons. I've taken a foray into the art of musical creation.

I've created two song which I'm satisfied with. And I shall post them. Oh me, oh my.



And another.



Ask not of the unicorn. It's for the best.