rabid.audio

Documenting my work at the intersection of technology and music.

Server Isues

Published: 18 Aug 2010

Note

This is an old post or draft which was migrated from my old blog. It may have broken links, and it definitely has questionable opinions. Consume at your own risk.

If you've tried accessing the site recently, you probably noticed it is down. I'm having some server troubles; one's that would be easy to fix if I had direct access to it. Unfortunately, the Network on Campus disables servers, so I have to leave mine at home, and being over an hour away makes it difficult to make minor changes. I almost have a remote-access system up, but it's hard to make router settings changes if I can't reach the firewall, and trying to walk my family though it over the phone would be a nightmare.

On the other hand, pretty much all the information available on the site is also on our new Facebook page. And this blog should update to a Twitter account, which should then update to the Facebook news feed. Very messy.

EDIT 9/21: Next weekend the server will be down (not that you can tell a difference; it's been down for several weeks now while I've been away) while I switch to a significantly more secure, more reliable Linux system (I will be using Ubuntu 10.4 Server Edition, if you are curious) and away from crummy Win7.

If I can scrape together twelve hundred dollars, I can get me my dream machine, an M-Audio ProjectMix I/O. It will finalize my DAW and I can actually start professionally recording stuff.

It has a Firewire connection that works seamlessly with Logic, ProTools, etc. You move a slider in the software, and the slider on the mixer moves with it, which is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Plus, multi-layer recording, MIDI control, and so much other cool shit.

Hopefully, I won't get too antsy and spend my savings on something else.