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What's Wrong With This Picture?

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100

Look closely at this picture I kited off Matrixsynth. (Click for full-sized.) What's wrong with it? ...

Interesting demographics...

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100

I was just plowing through the Google Analytics data trying to discern what the fuck, exactly, it is that you, my loyal readers, like to read about here on Analog Industries. I mean, if it was up to me (and the gods know it isn't) every post would be about either user interface design or how fucking stupid [choose one: Deadmau5 or the guy that ripped off Deadmau5] is. And really, I can't be bothered with the latter; that story is made out of 100% pure Sadface FTL.

And let me just say that the Google Analytics shit ain't helping nobody. The top three stories on AI, by any of the several metrics they offer, are this one (my Mopho mini-review), this one, (I know, right?) and this, which is just some random thoughts about the Prism Orpheus, a box I don't even own and have never tried, which means the post was just me talking out my ass. (Like so many great bloggers before me. This apple doesn't stray far from the tree.)

Now, I know from cross-referencing that the Mopho review and the Orpheus rambling are direct results of the Godzilla-sized Google footprint this site has. If you search for either the Orpheus or the Mopho in Google, you're gonna get either of those pages early on in your search fiesta. So that leaves the Sarah Palin bullshit post as essentially the most read thing on AI. This is unnerving on so many different levels. Just for fun, the most popular individual story prior to those three is my re-posting of the Fatman's Captain Beefheart thing, which makes a certain amount of sense, given that it is one of the few things I've posted that is both good advice and 100% true.

In any case, the reason I was looking at this data and trying to make sense of it is that some time in the not-too-distant future we're going to swap Old And Busted out with the New Hotness, and there are some extra sections and I was looking for how I should fill 'em. Also, too, (you see what I did there?) I feel that I've been meandering lately, and wanted to tighten the focus of my writing a bit.

The one thing I can say with certainty is that it is impossible for me to determine simply by looking at Google Analytics what you guys like, as most of you are refresh monkeys that just hit the front page whenever your RSS reader of choice tells you there's a new post. So the index page accounts for 99.6% of all page views. I know from experience what engenders the most comments, that's for sure. So if I just want to generate traffic, this'll become "Analog Industries: 100% Font Talk, All Fonts All The Time!"

I swear to god, though, I'm never gonna post another picture of a synth unless I bought it. (And wait until you see what's coming down the pike: Pimp My CS5...) ...

Heidi Klum and Guitar Hero - NOT a Strat-o-Sister

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100

A Stratoblogster public service reminder to you that real girls with real guitars really exist.

Check out our Strat-o-Sisters Directory for evidence that the central scrutinizers don't want you to know. Real guitar women on planet earth. What a concept!

Directory Sisters of note:

Chelsea Constable
Orianthi
Amy Schugar
Carolyn Wonderland
Jo Shaw Taylor
Lori Linstruth

LET'S GET REAL!!!

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Stratoblogster's 1973 Guitar Game Controller

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100

I just remembered this one. Early in my pre-guitar playing youth, I used to come home from school and play the Etch-a-Sketch to my Hendrix albums. During the solos, I would try to keep up, making stair-step things or EKG-like lines trying to emulate what the riffs "looked" like.

It wasn't until later with the introduction of malted beverages & ______ that jumping around playing air guitar or a tennis racket took over, ultimately leading to harder substances (real guitars). But in the very beginning I was drawing guitar solos on my Etch-a-Sketch.

Did anyone else ever do this? Probably not huh...

If anyone else really ever did this, let's get together and start a nifty little cult ok.

Note: The above story is true. Any similarity to fiction or fantasy is strictly coincidental.

Stratoblogster Labs
Stratoblogster Features Directory

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Recent Interesting Guitar Blogs

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100

As Guitar Flame chips away at building a following, I'm really seeing the IG factor develop. Our Romanian guitar blogger Ovidiu attempts to tackle a broad spectrum of international & timeless issues concerning musicians while eating chips in his car in the supermarket parking lot.

Pribek - blogging from his '73 Winnebago in an undisclosed location within Missouri's Ozark Hills (I'm not makin' this up folks!) has a Friday feature which invites your opinion and commentary-- with this week's feature: "Pat Metheny or Allan Holdsworth?" You'd expect that from a guitar oriented blog, but ya never know because Pribek can get pretty random and post about Martha Stewart. Next Friday could be "Mary Ann or Ginger?"

Guitarz continues to bring us eBay's most bizarre guitar finds. I'm still undecided about the Strat with the Levi's denim tuck & roll job from France. The Coneheads were from France too.

Guitar Holiday who keeps dishin' out wild & zany bursts of "meaningless guitar driven drive" lets us know about the Electric Ladyland DVD documentary coming out in December. That ain't meaningless! What's Holiday doin' in that photo anyway?

Guitar Player Zen - Check out the recent psych evaluation for the Blues via Psychology Today & a Syracuse Univ. Prof who seem to know something about Blues and artists in general. What a friggin' joke! Either way, Jeff at Zen posts a great BB King clip from an early '70's performance at Sing Sing Prison showing that Artists actually do the job that shrinks are supposed to do.

IG Blog - "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead"

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FH(fx) The Hugger

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

The Hugger by FH(fx) is a brand new boost design, created by FH(fx) and developed with Mellowtone. ...

Blue Cat Audio Plugins Pack [Freeware]

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

Blue Cat Audio has launched a new version of its freeware audio plugins bundle, Blue Cat's Freeware Pack. Already available for PC in VST and DirectX formats, the new versions bring Mac compatibility as well as many improvements. ...

Steinberg New Sequel Content Sets

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

Steinberg announces two more Content Sets for its Sequel 2 Music Creation and Performance Software. ...

Lexicon PCM96 Software Update

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

A new version of the PCM96 software v3.0.0.7 (Macintosh Only) is now released and available for download. ...

Ultimate Sound Bank Electric Toy Museum

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

Univers Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank introduces what might be the most surprising sound library in the market: 97 vintage musical toys were sampled in 24 bits / 96khz. ...

Auto Time Adjuster RTAS

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

MellowMuse has announced that Auto Time Adjuster is now available as a native RTAS plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X and the VST version has been discontinued. ...

Coffin Case X-175 Universal Guitar Case

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0100

Coffin Case presents the X-175 Universal Guitar Case, the newest addition to the brand's line of instrument cases. ...

KORG nanoKEY first review with GarageBand MacBook