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| Long time, no me! [message #89581] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 00:47  |
Tony Benson
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Hey everyone!
I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
still hanging around.
I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
www.novascan.com
In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
strong!
Later,
Tony
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89584 is a reply to message #89581] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 01:55  |
rick
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hey tony,
welcome back though i was hoping the AFM was a new retro all metal
squirt gun...
rick
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:47:45 -0500, Tony Benson
<tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>Hey everyone!
>
>I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
>sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>still hanging around.
>
>I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
>an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>
>www.novascan.com
>
>In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
>keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
>the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
>were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
>use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>
>I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>strong!
>
>Later,
>
>Tony
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89590 is a reply to message #89581] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 08:50 |
excelav
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Hey Tony, glad to see you back! I was wondering what happened to you. It
looks like your doing some interesting work, it's funny where life will take
you.
What are your thoughts on DP now that you have been using it for a while?
What version are you using?
Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>Hey everyone!
>
>I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to
make
>sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>still hanging around.
>
>I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
me
>an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>
>www.novascan.com
>
>In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5.
Our
>keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we
had
>the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and
we
>were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
we
>use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>
>I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>strong!
>
>Later,
>
>Tony
>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89593 is a reply to message #89582] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 10:08 |
Tony Benson
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On 9/10/07 3:04 AM, in article 46e4fa80$1@linux, "steve the artguy"
<artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote:
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> Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>> Hey everyone!Hey everyone!
>
> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
> still hanging around.
>
>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and >the band
>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep >up with
>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design >Atomic Force
>> Microscopes.
>
> Tony, that's one of the coolest thing I can imagine. Congratulations.
>
> -steve
It's pretty interesting stuff Steve. My friend is without a doubt the
smartest person (in general) I know. Although his Phd is in Molecular
Biology, he knows something about everything from advanced chemistry, to
digging septic systems. The systems we build are all very "one off" custom
jobs. We have great software and electronic engineers who do the real brainy
work. I'm in charge of the actual production of the microscopes. In the past
few months I've learned how to program the CNC machines we use to make
custom parts and do all of our prototyping. It's a long way from being the
accounting office manager at a car dealership, that's for sure!
It's good to hear from you Steve and I hope all is well in CO.
Tony
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89594 is a reply to message #89584] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 10:09 |
Tony Benson
Messages: 453
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On 9/10/07 3:55 AM, in article qh1ae3l7sgb6nu54qfkm4fsq4plth3v28v@4ax.com,
"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
> hey tony,
>
> welcome back though i was hoping the AFM was a new retro all metal
> squirt gun...
>
> rick
LOL! Hey, I now have the technology to make you one if you want! ;>)
Tony
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> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:47:45 -0500, Tony Benson
> <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>> still hanging around.
>>
>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>
>> www.novascan.com
>>
>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>
>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>> strong!
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89596 is a reply to message #89590] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 10:43 |
Tony Benson
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On 9/10/07 10:50 AM, in article 46e567da$1@linux, "James McCloskey"
<excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Tony, glad to see you back! I was wondering what happened to you. It
> looks like your doing some interesting work, it's funny where life will take
> you.
>
> What are your thoughts on DP now that you have been using it for a while?
> What version are you using?
Hey James!
Yeah, I would never have believed I'd be in the nano-tech industry 6 months
ago. It's still kind of surreal to me.
I'm very happy with DP. I am on the latest version (5.whatever) and have
only encountered one bug that's crashed me. If I select several soundbites
at once and edit the crossfades, I have to wait a few seconds and let DP
finish thinking. If I move on too quickly, it can freeze the program. Other
than that, I have few complaints. It's quick, I can run as many tracks as I
need at 128ms buffer setting (pretty low latency) and haven't had many
instances where I run out of processing for plug-ins. Guitar Rig 2 is the
only "problem" plug-in. If I open more than one instance at a time, Things
get pretty slow. This is all on an older dual 2 Ghz G5 also. I think when I
get the funds together for a new Intel based quad or quad dual core, I'll be
in Nirvana! I'll have to upgrade my UAD-1 also though as I've really gotten
used to several of those plug-ins. The LA2A, 1176, and Fairchild get a lot
of use on my projects. As far as mixing in DP, I took Neil's advice and
start all my mixes with the faders at at least -6, and make up the gain with
the UAD Fairchild or Motu Masterworks limiter on the output bus. I'm still
learning, but that alone opens up my mixes greatly. I definitely miss the
PARIS bus in that respect, but I think with some more experimenting, I can
get DP a lot closer as far the "open" quality PARIS has. Getting the PARIS
"sweet saturation" or "glue", as many call it, may take more work. I'm also
pretty smitten with TriTone Digital's Colortone Pro across the 2 bus. The
"15 ips Hot" impulse response, to my ears, really adds something special,
and many of the other responses are nice for certain songs also. I like that
I can download, or even make my own impulse response samples too. Very cool
plug-in IMHO.
Good to hear from you James! Thanks for keeping things "level" here for us
Mac guys. ;>)
Tony
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> Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to
> make
>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>> still hanging around.
>>
>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
> me
>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>
>> www.novascan.com
>>
>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5.
> Our
>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we
> had
>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and
> we
>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
> we
>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>
>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>> strong!
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89598 is a reply to message #89581] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 12:46 |
Jamie K
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Hey Tony, that's very cool!
Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com
Tony Benson wrote:
> Hey everyone!
>
> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
> still hanging around.
>
> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>
> www.novascan.com
>
> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>
> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
> strong!
>
> Later,
>
> Tony
>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89599 is a reply to message #89593] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 13:22 |
Tony Benson
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Sorry Steve! I had just read a post by Jamie K and got my people/locales
mixed up there for a second. You're in CA, right? I'm flying out to LAX
tomorrow to install a microscope at UCLA. You're a ways North of LA though,
in Napa is it? Anyway, sorry for the mix up.
Tony
On 9/10/07 12:08 PM, in article C30AE427.255E8%tony@standinghampton.com,
"Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
> On 9/10/07 3:04 AM, in article 46e4fa80$1@linux, "steve the artguy"
> <artguy@somethingorother.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>>> Hey everyone!Hey everyone!
>>
>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>> still hanging around.
>>
>>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and >the band
>>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep >up with
>>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design >Atomic Force
>>> Microscopes.
>>
>> Tony, that's one of the coolest thing I can imagine. Congratulations.
>>
>> -steve
>
> It's pretty interesting stuff Steve. My friend is without a doubt the
> smartest person (in general) I know. Although his Phd is in Molecular
> Biology, he knows something about everything from advanced chemistry, to
> digging septic systems. The systems we build are all very "one off" custom
> jobs. We have great software and electronic engineers who do the real brainy
> work. I'm in charge of the actual production of the microscopes. In the past
> few months I've learned how to program the CNC machines we use to make
> custom parts and do all of our prototyping. It's a long way from being the
> accounting office manager at a car dealership, that's for sure!
>
> It's good to hear from you Steve and I hope all is well in CO.
>
> Tony
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89600 is a reply to message #89598] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 13:24 |
Tony Benson
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Thanks Jamie! I think so too.
Tony
On 9/10/07 2:46 PM, in article 46e5a0d7@linux, "Jamie K"
<Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
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> Hey Tony, that's very cool!
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> www.JamieKrutz.com
>
>
> Tony Benson wrote:
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>> still hanging around.
>>
>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>
>> www.novascan.com
>>
>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>
>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>> strong!
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89601 is a reply to message #89599] |
Mon, 10 September 2007 13:47 |
steve the artguy
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Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>Sorry Steve! I had just read a post by Jamie K and got my people/locales
>mixed up there for a second. You're in CA, right? I'm flying out to LAX
>tomorrow to install a microscope at UCLA. You're a ways North of LA though,
>in Napa is it? Anyway, sorry for the mix up.
>
>Tony
>
No problem, Tony.
Yeah, I'm about 6 to 8 hours north of LA, depending on how maniacally one
drives. If you ever get an order to install one of those machines in the
SF bay area (in a place that doesn't require a top secret security clearance)
I'd love to be a fly on the wall.
My fascination with science has always been immense. Had a wonderful tour
of Ames Research Center in the South Bay in the 80s, back when I was in the
Planetary Society. I follow the nanotech stuff very closely, albeit as an
ignorant layman.
All that I know I read on Physorg.com...
-steve
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89605 is a reply to message #89594] |
Tue, 11 September 2007 01:50 |
rick
Messages: 1976
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i'm ambidextrous if that helps...;o)
On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:09:56 -0500, Tony Benson
<tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>On 9/10/07 3:55 AM, in article qh1ae3l7sgb6nu54qfkm4fsq4plth3v28v@4ax.com,
>"rick" <parnell68@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hey tony,
>>
>> welcome back though i was hoping the AFM was a new retro all metal
>> squirt gun...
>>
>> rick
>
>LOL! Hey, I now have the technology to make you one if you want! ;>)
>
>Tony
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:47:45 -0500, Tony Benson
>> <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey everyone!
>>>
>>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to make
>>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>>> still hanging around.
>>>
>>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make me
>>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>>
>>> www.novascan.com
>>>
>>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too great
>>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5. Our
>>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we had
>>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
>>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description we
>>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if anyone
>>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>>
>>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still going
>>> strong!
>>>
>>> Later,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89610 is a reply to message #89581] |
Tue, 11 September 2007 07:19 |
Sarah
Messages: 608
Registered: February 2007
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Hi Tony. Nice to see you again. Love your band if for no other reason than
you do "Straight On" by Heart. :) And being a major science nerd, I will
have to read up on those microscopes. Can you see viruses with 'em?
(Hey, what's DP?)
Welcome back,
Sarah
"Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
news:C30A60D1.41651%tony@standinghampton.com...
> Hey everyone!
>
> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to
> make
> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
> still hanging around.
>
> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
> me
> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>
> www.novascan.com
>
> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too
> great
> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5.
> Our
> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we
> had
> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
> we
> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if
> anyone
> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>
> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still
> going
> strong!
>
> Later,
>
> Tony
>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89617 is a reply to message #89600] |
Tue, 11 September 2007 19:05 |
Neil
Messages: 1645
Registered: April 2006
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Senior Member |
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Hey Tony, I just had a chance to check out some of the tunes
on your site... nice work! Sounds great!
Oh, and i'll take a medium-bandwidth nanoscope.... something
running about 5W in the 2 GHZ range should be sufficient for
mapping my own DNA, shouldn't it? I don't have a specific price
range in mind, but just try & give me the most PicoWebers I can
get for the buck. Get back to me with a quote, ok? lol
:D
Neil
Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>Thanks Jamie! I think so too.
>
>Tony
>
>
>On 9/10/07 2:46 PM, in article 46e5a0d7@linux, "Jamie K"
><Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey Tony, that's very cool!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Jamie
>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>
>>
>> Tony Benson wrote:
>>> Hey everyone!
>>>
>>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in
to make
>>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>>> still hanging around.
>>>
>>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic
Force
>>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I
was
>>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
me
>>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>>
>>> www.novascan.com
>>>
>>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded
and
>>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the
need
>>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too
great
>>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz
G5. Our
>>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where
we had
>>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and
we
>>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something
out
>>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
we
>>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if
anyone
>>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby
and
>>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>>
>>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still
going
>>> strong!
>>>
>>> Later,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89767 is a reply to message #89610] |
Thu, 13 September 2007 03:35 |
Tony Benson
Messages: 453
Registered: June 2006
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Senior Member |
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Hey Sarah!
Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, Nancy our vocalist is my wife. We've been
playing in bands together for 28 years now, and married for 23! It doesn't
seem possible, since I still feel (or act I should say) like I'm 18 years
old. ;>) Anyway, we're both big Heart as well as Benatar fans.
I really dig your Sarahtonin stuff. I like the quirky, almost
semi-progressive approach. I wish we could branch out on our original stuff
like that, but our "demographic" wants the straight ahead pop rock stuff,
and the band stays booked a lot, so we're hesitant to risk alienating our
little niche. I'll have to do a solo CD with some more "interesting" music.
Yes, our microscopes can see DNA and smaller as a matter of fact. We can
image structures as small a few nanometers in size. The thing that amazes me
is that the basic principal of these scopes is very analogous to how a
record player works. The main difference being, our "stylus" is only a
handful of micrometers long, and the very tip is only a few atoms wide at
most. It's mind boggling to me.
DP is the abbreviation for MOTU's Digital Performer software. I forget that
not everyone is familiar with that though. It's a pretty cool program, but
only available for the Mac. Not any better or worse than most PC software (
I know everyone and their brother can, and will, debate that point though),
but since I've been a Mac user for so many years, it just seemed very
intuitive to me, so that's what I went with when I left PARIS.
Nice to talk Sarah. I can't wait to hear your next CD.
Tony
On 9/11/07 9:19 AM, in article 46e6a5d1@linux, "Sarah"
<sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
> Hi Tony. Nice to see you again. Love your band if for no other reason than
> you do "Straight On" by Heart. :) And being a major science nerd, I will
> have to read up on those microscopes. Can you see viruses with 'em?
>
> (Hey, what's DP?)
>
> Welcome back,
>
> Sarah
>
>
> "Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
> news:C30A60D1.41651%tony@standinghampton.com...
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to
>> make
>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>> still hanging around.
>>
>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic Force
>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I was
>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
>> me
>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>
>> www.novascan.com
>>
>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the need
>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too
>> great
>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5.
>> Our
>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we
>> had
>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and we
>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something out
>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
>> we
>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if
>> anyone
>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>
>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still
>> going
>> strong!
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89768 is a reply to message #89617] |
Thu, 13 September 2007 03:48 |
Tony Benson
Messages: 453
Registered: June 2006
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Senior Member |
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Neil!
Thanks for the kind words. I'm still learning (like a lot of us here), and
worked to the best of my abilities on our little project. The next one will
be better, and so on. That's how it's supposed to work anyway, right?
We can have your AFM ready in about 6 weeks for a killer deal. Only
$400,000.00 or so and this baby can be yours! ;>) Seriously, these systems
can run anywhere from 250k to 500k. It's unreal.
Thanks again.
tony
On 9/11/07 9:05 PM, in article 46e7497e$1@linux, "Neil" <IOUOI@IU.com>
wrote:
>
> Hey Tony, I just had a chance to check out some of the tunes
> on your site... nice work! Sounds great!
>
> Oh, and i'll take a medium-bandwidth nanoscope.... something
> running about 5W in the 2 GHZ range should be sufficient for
> mapping my own DNA, shouldn't it? I don't have a specific price
> range in mind, but just try & give me the most PicoWebers I can
> get for the buck. Get back to me with a quote, ok? lol
>
> :D
>
> Neil
>
>
>
> Tony Benson <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Jamie! I think so too.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/07 2:46 PM, in article 46e5a0d7@linux, "Jamie K"
>> <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hey Tony, that's very cool!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony Benson wrote:
>>>> Hey everyone!
>>>>
>>>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in
> to make
>>>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>>>> still hanging around.
>>>>
>>>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>>>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>>>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic
> Force
>>>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I
> was
>>>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
> me
>>>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>>>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>>>
>>>> www.novascan.com
>>>>
>>>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>>>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded
> and
>>>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the
> need
>>>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too
> great
>>>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz
> G5. Our
>>>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>>>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where
> we had
>>>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and
> we
>>>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something
> out
>>>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
> we
>>>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if
> anyone
>>>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby
> and
>>>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace Yourself"
>>>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>>>
>>>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>>>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still
> going
>>>> strong!
>>>>
>>>> Later,
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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| Re: Long time, no me! [message #89961 is a reply to message #89767] |
Wed, 19 September 2007 01:19 |
Sarah
Messages: 608
Registered: February 2007
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Senior Member |
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And thank you for the kind words as well, and especially thank you for
finally finding a category for our music -- Almost Semi-Progressive. :)
I read up on those Atomic Force Microscope and I almost semi-understand how
they work, but more importantly, I collected a whole bunch of nifty photos
from them. I love that surreal real stuff. Thanks for edjumacatin' me.
S
"Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
news:C30E7C92.2574E%tony@standinghampton.com...
> Hey Sarah!
>
> Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, Nancy our vocalist is my wife. We've been
> playing in bands together for 28 years now, and married for 23! It doesn't
> seem possible, since I still feel (or act I should say) like I'm 18 years
> old. ;>) Anyway, we're both big Heart as well as Benatar fans.
>
> I really dig your Sarahtonin stuff. I like the quirky, almost
> semi-progressive approach. I wish we could branch out on our original
> stuff
> like that, but our "demographic" wants the straight ahead pop rock stuff,
> and the band stays booked a lot, so we're hesitant to risk alienating our
> little niche. I'll have to do a solo CD with some more "interesting"
> music.
>
> Yes, our microscopes can see DNA and smaller as a matter of fact. We can
> image structures as small a few nanometers in size. The thing that amazes
> me
> is that the basic principal of these scopes is very analogous to how a
> record player works. The main difference being, our "stylus" is only a
> handful of micrometers long, and the very tip is only a few atoms wide at
> most. It's mind boggling to me.
>
> DP is the abbreviation for MOTU's Digital Performer software. I forget
> that
> not everyone is familiar with that though. It's a pretty cool program, but
> only available for the Mac. Not any better or worse than most PC software
> (
> I know everyone and their brother can, and will, debate that point
> though),
> but since I've been a Mac user for so many years, it just seemed very
> intuitive to me, so that's what I went with when I left PARIS.
>
> Nice to talk Sarah. I can't wait to hear your next CD.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 9/11/07 9:19 AM, in article 46e6a5d1@linux, "Sarah"
> <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tony. Nice to see you again. Love your band if for no other reason
>> than
>> you do "Straight On" by Heart. :) And being a major science nerd, I will
>> have to read up on those microscopes. Can you see viruses with 'em?
>>
>> (Hey, what's DP?)
>>
>> Welcome back,
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>> "Tony Benson" <tony@standinghampton.com> wrote in message
>> news:C30A60D1.41651%tony@standinghampton.com...
>>> Hey everyone!
>>>
>>> I haven't been to the group in a while and was just checking back in to
>>> make
>>> sure everything was still cool. It's good to see the familiar names are
>>> still hanging around.
>>>
>>> I changed day jobs last March and between that, the family, and the band
>>> gigging all the time, I just haven't had a lot of time to keep up with
>>> things here. My new day gig is building and helping to design Atomic
>>> Force
>>> Microscopes. The head guy is an old music buddy of mine and he knew I
>>> was
>>> good with gadgets and had a background in tinkering, and decided to make
>>> me
>>> an offer I couldn't refuse. Here's a link to the company if anyone is
>>> interested in just what the hell an Atomic Force Microscope is:
>>>
>>> www.novascan.com
>>>
>>> In other news, my band, Standing Hampton, just finished our first CD.
>>> Several of the songs started out in PARIS, but were then re-recorded and
>>> mixed in DP when I switched over. I miss the sound of PARIS, but the
>>> need
>>> for "modern" plug-in handling, virtual instruments, etc. was just too
>>> great
>>> for me. The bulk of the tracks were recorded in DP 5 on my dual 2Ghz G5.
>>> Our
>>> keyboard player recorded his tracks on his Nuendo rig and they were then
>>> flown into DP for mixing. The mastering was done by Discmakers where we
>>> had
>>> the CD manufactured. Our band plays high energy classic rock covers and
>>> we
>>> were always being asked if we had a CD, so we decided to put something
>>> out
>>> to sell at gigs, etc. It's definitely "old school" rock. The description
>>> we
>>> use is "Power pop rock at it's seveties-eightiesest". ;>) Anyway, if
>>> anyone
>>> wants to check it out, you can listen to snippets at iTunes, CD Baby and
>>> Digstation.com. Just do a search for "Standing Hampton" / "Brace
>>> Yourself"
>>> or you can get there from our web site at www.standinghampton.com.
>>>
>>> I'll try to check in more often now that my life's slowed down a little
>>> again. I always enjoy the company here and I'm glad the place is still
>>> going
>>> strong!
>>>
>>> Later,
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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