Saturday, March 17, 2007 (11:23AM)
                                    WH Spicher, RA Weber, KD Broy
+   Record
    *   The djembe is a Remo Paulo Mattioli 14-inch, Fiber Skyn 3 Mondo
        Mo-Fa Head by Remo
    *   Setup:
        -   Track 1: Overhead: B-5 through BlueTube, no tube, flat,
            reversed polarity. 
        -   Track 2: Side Head: B-2 Pro through BlueTube, no tube, flat
        -   Track 3: Bottom: B-2 Pro, omni, pad, direct, flat
            (forgot to try flipping phase). 
        -   Record three tracks simultaneously. 
        -   Photos:
                    front_left_a.jpg
                    front_left_b.jpg
                    front_right_a.jpg
                    front_right_b.jpg
                    rear_right_a.jpg
                    close_up_a.jpg
    *   One file per syllable:
        -   djembe_doe.seq
        -   djembe_doe_mute.seq
        -   djembe_doon.seq
        -   djembe_doon_mute.seq
        -   djembe_goe.seq
        -   djembe_goe_mute.seq
        -   djembe_goon_1.seq
        -   djembe_goon_2.seq
        -   djembe_goon_3.seq
        -   djembe_goon_4.seq
        -   djembe_goon_mute.seq
        -   djembe_pa.seq
        -   djembe_pa_mute.seq
        -   djembe_raw.seq
        -   djembe_rhythms.seq
        -   djembe_scrape.seq
        -   djembe_slap.seq
        -   djembe_slap_offhand.seq
        -   djembe_ta.seq
        -   djembe_ta_mute.seq
    *   Record some rhythms to calibrate mapping. 
        -   3:59 PM Done. 


                                Saturday, December 15, 2007 (5:35AM)
                                WH Spicher
+   Take a stab at building the sample kit in Battery 3. 

    *   Battery 3 is intuitive and flows easily. In 45 minutes I have
        defined two syllables with three mics and twelve velocity
        zones EACH! 
        -   Secrets:
            >   In PT12 use Ctrl-Shift-F3 to export wave file. Parse
                on bass mic. 
            >   Name the file so that an alphabetical sorting 
                arranges all samples for that syllable and microphone 
                together. That is, the last character is the velocity. 
                For example,
                    djembe_doon_1_micb_a.wav
                    djembe_doon_1_mics_a.wav
                    djembe_doon_1_mico_a.wav
                These refer to the first set of doon, the first sample,
                and the bass, side, and overhead mics, respectively.
            >   In Battery 3, use the browser to locate the samples.
                Drag & drop the samples onto the cell in ascending-
                velocity order.
            >   In the mapping tab, select Edit|Stack Zones.
            >   Wah-lah! 
        -   If options|load multiple samples into one cell is ON,
            I can drag ALL the samples at once! Plus, I can drag & drop
            from the windows explorer. 
        -   Select all three mic cells to learn the key in one step. 
            Now Battery 3 is the easy part. The real work is parsing.
            >   7:04 AM Goon, Doon, Goe, and Doe are done--90 minutes!
            >   All six major syllables defined (Pa and Ta added).
                Two hours work! 
        -   Add a little level and bass boost to the goon and doon 
            bass mic and limiting and compression to the mix. 
            >   battery3_scrn_a.png
            >   The kit is currently 35Mb.
            >   Also, the six major syllables are mapped to the first
                two groups of three black keys.  That is,
                        goon   = F#0
                        goe    = G#0
                        pa     = A#0
                        doon   = F#1
                        doe    = G#1
                        ta     = A#1

                                    Sunday, June 15, 2008 (10:34AM)
    *   Add some more syllables.
        -   Parse in Powertracks.
            >   djembe_goe_mute.seq -> take two
            >   djembe_ta_mute.seq
                    Difficult to find well-damped hits. Use markers
                    to help sort. Handy A-B technique: click a marker,
                    press space to play & stop, click other, cycle.
            >   djembe_scrape.seq -> 3 samples
            >   djembe_slap.seq
            >   djembe_doon_mute.seq
        -   Copy djembe_a.kt3 from the song, Came The Light, rename
            djembe_b.kt3.
        -   Edit in Battery 3.
            >   Copy doon cells for muted doon hits to preserve
                effects settings. Same idea for goe and ta.
        -   Save djembe_b.kt3 and WAV files to djembe_b_kit.zip
            >   The kit is now 36Mb. 
                                    Monday, June 16, 2008 (3:55PM)
    *   I hear timing problems in Came The Light. Some of the files
        were parsed sloppily with 20-ms of silence before the impact.
        Clean them up! 
        -   Method: 
            >   Drag three mic files into audacity from Windows
                Explorer--e.g., 
                            djembe_slap_omic_f.wav
                            djembe_slap_smic_f.wav
                            djembe_slap_bmic_f.wav
                Sort by date for quick access. Copy these into a backup
                subfolder just in case.
            >   Drag-select across the three tracks to have all three
                selected with the same start and stop times. Move the 
                selection start accurately.
            >   Trim outside selection
            >   Choose File|Export Multiple...
                Split files based on tracks (the track name is 
                automatically the WAV file prefix). Name files
                using label/track name. Overwrite the original files.
                See trim_starts_a.png
        -   I found one hit with 50 ms of lead-in! Do ALL the files!
        -   I am ashamed to see how much clipping I allowed in
            the recordings. Clipping is at 80% full scale, so it is
            analog and more forgiving, but still--how did we set the
            gains again? 
        -   346 WAV files done!!! Update djembe_b_kit.zip.