Yesterday I had hopes of getting some stuff recorded and getting the X32 talking to Reaper the way I envisioned it and it seemed like everything wasn't going to work out the way I wanted it to do because I couldn't seem to figure out how to do some routing things I wanted with the X32 and I wanted to change the layout for Reaper back to the way I had it about a year ago before I started messing with some things I saw on some videos somewhere, possibly the Reaper site. I ended up resetting Reaper back to the default layout and was afraid I had lost some other things in the process but everything is still there. I have also had some periodic issues with internet connectivity and some other issues that I need to resolve related to the computer communicating with many of the various devices attached to it. Finally, I wanted to get a better understanding about OBS and how to put it to effective use but it was challenging me as well.
I never did get things just the way I wanted them but before I went to bed last night I did manage to record a drum track that I will be using for several purposes. The first application is simply as an example of variation 1 of groove one in the Tommy Igoe book, possibly more to show my drum teacher that I have been practicing some and starting to do fills like showed me in my last lesson. The second purpose was to use it as an instructional video to post on the YouTube channel. The third is to use it as a rhythm track to build some kind of background music for my much needed intro and outro for all the other videos. The final application is to use it as the rhythmic foundation for a song that I have yet to write, quite possibly in Spanish because I need to start reviewing all that before the second semester starts in August and that would be a good way to begin.
I've also been practicing the Bach fugue #14 from the WTC and have decided that I will use it as a case study of sorts to demonstrate several practice techniques. I'm guessing that it will probably take me about another four to six weeks to learn properly and I am planning on creating a series of videos and articles about my practice process that I will be posting on Let's Practice Music and my YouTube channel, again for demonstration purposes. Today I spent almost seven hours creating a Finale engraving of the piece with the twin purposes of learning how to use Finale better and to have an easier way to create notation excerpts for the fugue to use in the descriptions of my practice techniques. Although it still has some things that need to be cleaned up in the file it provides a good starting point for learning some of the more subtle practices of engraving music notation. I will continue working on the appearance as I learn the piece but I have created a PDF of the file without fingerings that is readable and am posting it. ==> Bach Fugue #14 (WTC Book II).
In writing this entry I realized it would be nice to get a plugin or component for this website to display PDF files in the article and give the option to download them and in making the preceding link was a compromise in that my brief search didn't turn up a free plugin that would do it without me spending a lot of time setting it up. It also makes me realize that I need to go ahead and update the menus and other aspects of the website but I will address that over time. I will certainly do that before I start actively promoting any of my music or other online content but my focus now is primarily in generating my content so if you happened to stumble on this.