I continue to be unable to play, due to an injured finger.

So, I am writing this, instead.

I would like to back up for a moment and explain some things which are little known and even less understood.

The computer mania was really born of two prior manias.

The one being the stereophile and the other being the hot rodder.

Both groups were very active in electronics.

The great quest in the stereo world was to have the highest fidelity possible with the most noise-free recording and playback possible....

From my vantage point I continued to wait for the invention of what I Iike to refer to as an "orchestra in a box".

It seemed to me such a conceptually easy thing to do that I was very shocked that it never really did happen.

Some programs pretended to be such a thing, but so far as orchestral mock-ups are concerned (in which tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars of orchestra time must be spent), they just simply were not up to the job.

To date it never has actually been done. 

The closes...

I am unable to play, due to an injured right ring finger, but I can still type, even though I am having to use only two fingers.

First of all I would like to address some matters as regards exactly what it is that is going on here at this site.

I am a lifelong student of electronics and electricity.

I have also been making sound recordings on a regular basis since I was about twelve years old.

I have always loved audio engineering and sound recording and reproduction.

It was only natural, therefor...

This really is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and write in this blog since November.

Today I worked on the website some more and am quite happy with the progess which is being made.

I just spent several weeks in Europe followed by a three week cruise from Los Angeles to Tahiti.

These are not pleasure trips, for me, so you can only imagine how deeply tired I am.

I run on only three to five hours of sleep on these amazing excursions.

I am always the last to bed, making sure everyone el...