I'm learning things as I go along, like at least some of you. I never attempted to do such a grand thing as an entire album by myself before. Apart from the odd moment of brief experimenting, all I've ever done previous to this is simple demos containing guitars and some vocal overdubs, as kind of a private audio notebook.

And this drums programming part is fracking killing me. I gotta do midi drums for six songs in very short order, since my friend the drummer who was originally gonna do it unfortunately got struck down by the flu and had to bail.

Alright so I got this VST-instrument called EZ-drummer lying around. It's got heaps and heaps of patterns that sound really good. But of course none that fit perfectly to a song without it having to be tweaked. And I don't know the program OR Cubase all that well, so it's taking me forever and I'm not even sure I'm doing it right.

Any pointers from anyone with more experience with these contraptions than myself are of course extremely welcome.

I do possess a touch-sensitive old synth that I'm able to hook up. I hope. I got it working once before. And I'm guessing I'll need it for the midi input.

This shambles is taking precious time away from finalizing the album and making sure it sounds about right overall. I guess the best I can hope for now is to get it all down and then do a hasty rough mix. Mastering? Yeah, right...

Still gonna do it. Damn if I won't.

S. Dude 

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