Steam Packet Session again!
Over the weekend it was great to meet up again with some of the fine musicians who go to the […]
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Bye, Facebook …
Right – I’ve downloaded my data from Facebook (or at least, what they have packaged as my data). The intention
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As you can see we have moved to WordPress. You may have seen the previous website in its temporary state
Scandi keyboard
Well I finally decided I had used a software keyboard for Scandinavian characters enough – the problem was that I
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Shetland webcams
I couldn’t resist sharing this link – I see the aurora so rarely in Edinburgh but it’s really common in
Edinburgh and District Shetland Association anniversary
Just got back from Edinburgh and District Shetland Association 90th Anniversary dinner-dance, at the Balmoral Hotel. We survived to the
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Fika Session again
Sunshine in Glasgow! A great Fika session this afternoon, many thanks to people for welcoming the nyckelharpa from the east
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and it sounds like this …
Finally, now I have a proper setup for sound recording, I made a recording of the kontrabas nyckelharpa. This is
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Mixing with Ardour
The setup for recording, using Audacity on the Raspberry Pi, is great. However Audacity is a bit limited in what
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Chromatic nyckelharpa
Edinburgh Scandi Session 7
The nyckelharpa had a great time again at the Edinburgh Scandi Session – together with the fun of meeting a
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More recording fun – a Trollpolska – with pictures
Four nyckelharpa tracks, two fiddle tracks, one church organ (!) – I’ve re-done this with some photos of Dalarna, where
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Playing with the new toy …
Thanks to Donald Ross for introducing me to this tune yesterday. I couldn’t resist learning the melody on the nyckelharpa
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A new usb interface
Time to get an improved system to get the sound into the computer – a better usb interface. I bought
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Test recording with the Raspberry Pi
I am gradually working up to having a better sound recording setup. One concern is the computer used to do
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Final photo of Starman
The final photo of Starman from Elon Musk / SpaceX. Sadly there won’t be comms at all in future close
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Falcon Heavy test launch
Photos from the live video from the ragtop spacecraft put up by the SpaceX Falcon Heavy. I wonder if my
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Falcon Heavy boosters return
From SpaceX Twitter feed … the two boosters landing back at Cape Canaveral. Amazing! … and … both of those boosters
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A new microphone
The “Julottan Trio” test made me want to do some more recording, but I need a better recording setup. The
Fiddlers’ Bid and Frigg at Celtic Connections
Last night’s Celtic Connections concert – Frigg and Fiddlers’ Bid. Absolutely superb, both on form (though Maurice missing from the
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