George Napier
OS·MO·SE - the process of gradual or unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.
So, after 3.5 years, my Osmose finally arrived. I think I ordered it on day two of the initial offering. Ordering it then (November 2019)...
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George Napier
Mar 14, 20235 min
A game composer and ambient composer walk into a bar...
I am both excited and nervous to share some news: If all goes well with this kickstarter campaign, I will collaborate with a friend on a...
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George Napier
Nov 5, 20224 min
Letting the Days Go By...
I have always loved the Talking Heads video "Once in a Lifetime". First. it's just a brilliant song. Second, it was a ground breaking...
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George Napier
Feb 3, 20224 min
The Deficit of Too Much
Walk into any Container Store in the US. What do they sell? Most people would say "containers." (D'uh). Or, if you want to get fancy:...
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George Napier
Jan 23, 20224 min
Pedals, Cables, and Routing (Oh my!)
This post was supposed to be the end of the "TripTik" about my journey with Reaper. (Click bait working title: "I tried Reaper and you...
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George Napier
Jan 6, 20223 min
Old Songs for the New Year...
So with everything going on - the holidays, dodging Omicron, helping aging parents, family life, learning new software and hardware, work...
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George Napier
Dec 24, 20214 min
Learning Reaper, Part One
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m giving Reaper a try. This has been both hard and easy... The “hard part” has to do with the fact that...
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George Napier
Dec 12, 20217 min
Cometh the Reaper?
I've never liked Cockos Reaper. I have owned a non-commercial license since 2011. I've tried several times in the last decade to "get...
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George Napier
Nov 11, 20214 min
Stability
Back in December of 2020, I wrote a blog post about a recurring issue that I was having with my iMac Pro involving Kernel Panics and what...
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George Napier
Oct 31, 20213 min
Quoth the Raven, No Big Sur (still)
So... I use Slate's Raven a LOT for my audiobook and podcast production. I don't use it for the "multi-fingered EQ curve editing" or...
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George Napier
Oct 12, 20212 min
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
So a lot happening. Mostly just life. Freelance gigs, summer vacation, kids, their return to full time school, birthdays, anniversaries,...
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George Napier
Aug 22, 20212 min
About that promise....
So have I been slacking off? Whatever happened to "a project a month?" Well.....I have been working on creative projects that have been...
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George Napier
May 10, 20212 min
A promise to myself...
A huge challenge over the years has been my tendency to self-edit to such a degree that I never put any music out there. Nothing is ever...
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George Napier
Mar 2, 20211 min
My First MAX Patch (that actually does something)!
Some recent efforts at using Tracktion's Waveform's API to create some custom functions revived my interest in doing a bit of scripting /...
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George Napier
Feb 11, 20211 min
Pt 3: Vintage Synth Repair: An OB•12 and The Hero's Journey
Robert Darnall is a damn interesting guy. If I remember the story correctly, his father worked at Intel in design and his mother was...
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George Napier
Feb 5, 20213 min
Pt 2: Vintage Synth Repair: An OB•12 and The Hero's Journey
Part 2 of 3 I think I went through the seven stages of grief while staring at my newly purchased, DOA OB•12: Shock - I can't believe I've...
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George Napier
Jan 27, 20213 min
Pt 1: Vintage Synth Repair: An OB•12 and The Hero's Journey
Part 1 of 3 Many years ago I sold some keyboards to woo a woman I loved and who (thankfully) eventually married me. That doesn't mean,...
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George Napier
Dec 27, 20205 min
Into the Seven Circles...
I've spent the better part of the last three or four days being in that place NONE of us want to be with our set up. Namely, trying to...
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George Napier
Nov 23, 20203 min
Vintage Synth Repair
I've owned a lot of hardware, but have shed much of it. The only hardware synthesizers I keep around now are ones that take a more unique...
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George Napier
Oct 19, 20201 min
Tapestry
tap·es·try /ˈtapəstrē/ An intricate or complex combination of things or sequence of events. I'm particularly enamored of the lo-fi,...
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