Hurz!

Today is my birthday, and it\’s a round one – wow, I\’m 60 already. Reminds me of the \”Seven years\” song we\’ve heard during our summer holidays…

The most wonderful present I\’ve got – beside a really nice cake – was this new birthday card made by Zuleikha:

And I\’ve got some new gear. This time less photo-related, tho we could use it for some of the videos which Mitchie and Zuleikha make:

Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 2nd gen audio interface

Røde NT-1a large diaphragm studio condenser microphone

And no, I don\’t intend to become one more of those Youtube video podcasters, or \”vloggers\” as they sometimes call themselves. But with this I can do some voice-overs for videos and screencasts – also for the company – and I can record the acoustic guitar or Zuleikha when she plays the horn or countless other things. I already recorded a \”Hurz!\”:

Oh, and the sound quality from that Focusrite interface is really nice. The onboard sound can\’t even think of competing. Plus it\’s plug & play under Linux, while on Windows you need some drivers (from Focusrite *and* from Avid if you want to use the included cost-free version of Pro Tools. But Ardour on Linux is better than that of course).

Thanks for reading.