can't come with you when you go south

So, this is my new toy:



(click to engorge and add vibrancy)

Apparently, it's designed for applications "sadly lacking in granular facilities" and it has the power to "turn skip textures into smooth things; rearrange rhythms; turn sustained textures into stuttering snippets..."

Really? Really? Cause when I use it I only hear this bit of the blurb: "to render your original audio quite unrecognisable". Ah, now that's more like it. Even the default "everything on zero" patch turns everything into a buzzing, static-y mess - not that that's a bad thing, but whether this device has a place outside of "hey guys, come and listen to THIS!" remains to be seen.

Been flitting back and forth between Liebezeit and guitar during the last week, stuck in an infinite loop of 'what comes first, the beats or the song?'. And do i even need beats? Or guitar? Anyway, net result is another Logh-esque guitar part and a petulant loop made of sampled guitar chords from an ancient home recording, impossible to sing over or develop further!

Simon, meanwhile has been quietly perfecting his 40-strong choir of Simons. I pray that things are going to snap together soon - it's all a far cry from the indie days, writing acoustic ditties, where our only concern was whether the guitars were sufficiently in tune.