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Kung Fu training highlight

By finalriposte On November 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Fitness, Martial Arts

Well,
Over the weekend I had a Kung Fu workshop with Master Qin Guang Cheng.
Details on the workshop can be found here:

My impressions, as a complete n00b, were that it was actually a very impressive day. I lost a lot of weight in sweat, but it [...]

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Goals for the day…

By finalriposte On November 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

To do a “Pink Floyd – Wish You Were here Immersion” mini review, with a part A/B of the SACD.
Cleaning

Axe fX 2 time, using the Jp6 and the stat today.

That will be most of the day gone, as the axe fx 2 time will involve me trying to learn more [...]

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Okay so the new axe fx has arrived

By finalriposte On November 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

And yes it is an improvement.
I did not get to use it much but it is definitely a bit rawer on the 3.02 presets, which I like.

The ethernet cable to the MFC-101 is great and frees me of a wall wart.

USB worked fine, though, and this is a big caveat, I [...]

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Frustration is knowing an axe fx 2 turned up at home

By finalriposte On November 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

and i am not there!

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Hoorah, my axe fx 2 has shipped from local distro

By finalriposte On November 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

ETA wednesday.
*anticipation*

Really looking forward to the mfc-101 integration

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Axe FX 2 should arrive this week..

By finalriposte On November 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

And yes, I intend to sit at home that day and wait for it.
I also need to hurry up and clear the rack space for it. Doh need to do that today!

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Waiting for the WYWH immersion before doing compare w/sacd

By finalriposte On November 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

The Immersion edition should turn up on Monday or Wednesday next week. I’ll do a compare some point after that when I get to listen to them one after the other.

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Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here SACD here at last!

By finalriposte On November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

Well, I won’t say much other than, time for me to listen to it!

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Cubase 6.05 released

By finalriposte On November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

You’ll need to go to and log into “My steinberg” to get tt.

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More than a little pissed at Fedex

By finalriposte On November 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In News, News

So the ongoing SACD saga…

They mark it delivered. No Package.
Next day – they leave a note to sign. Which I did.
I get home today. Hey, the note is still there. This is shitting me. Time to send them an abusive email that they won’t care about.

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