Breaking the silence.

I've been quiet for a while. Mostly due to lots of work and family life, but also due to the fear of unsubscriptions that might follow if I flat out acknowledge that I'm not producing any more YouTube videos. I so wish I had the time, but sadly I don't.

Therefore I hereby announce that my YouTube series on MilkyTracker is being put on ice. For how long I can't tell. One of the main reasons is that it takes too much time. I'm not a good ad-libber, I want a script. This means I have to write one. This takes time. Then I go on to recording the voice over. This is usually done rather quickly. Then I shoot the screen captures, just to get it the way I want it. Sometimes it's one-shot, sometimes it involves several re-takes. Now for the real time consumer - putting it all together. I probably could do it faster with less texts and stuff flying by, but honestly, that's how I like the videos, and that was how I wanted the multi8it videos to look. If I stray from those ideals, I'm doing something I don't want to, and that's the easiest way of not getting it done at all.

So, what's on the horizon? I don't really know. I do know that I want to finish the series, but that's something I won't be able to do for some time. I also know that I want to do some videos on open source philosophy and maybe some hacktivism. These require less production compared, so maybe these will be easier getting done.

If any of the above interests you, by all means, stay subscribed. However, I do understand if you're disappointed and feel like you've been cheated (we never got to the effects and all that fun stuff).

I'd like to finish this post off by saying that I really enjoyed all the positive feedback. You really made me feel like I was contributing to the community.

Peace!

What is an hour worth?

The title of this post is a question that has a different ring to it these days. If you didn't know, my wife and I were blessed with a child in January this year (2011). Since then, time is more and more becoming a highly valuable asset. Now, don't get me wrong, I do love spending time with my son, but my sort of new found hobby - YouTube - has taken quite a blow. It's been more than a month since my last video upload, and time is ticking.
I feel I have found an interesting subject for my videos, and the response I've gotten proves this. The really sad part is that my MilkyTracker tutorials are just starting to get somewhere, and I really hate leaving the viewers hanging in the middle of a series. Although it might look as though the multi8it project is no more, this couldn't be further from the truth. I have registered the domain multi8it.com, and I have some plans for it. At the moment I plan on sticking with blogger as blog engine, simply because I like it. I will probably mainly use the domain and the hosting as a portal for the project, and a place to host audio files as well as project files. Initially I will not put the MilkyTracker tutorials there, as they somewhat depend on the annotation system. However, I want you to have your say. If you want the tutorials, rendered with annotations in mind, but without them, I will put them up.
This was just a tiny update to let you know that things are moving, albeit slowly. Now I'll sit down and record the audio for the next MilkyTracker tutorial.

Peace!

Video update 2011-09-13

Something while you're waiting

If you're waiting for the MilkyTracker tutorials, I can only say - "soon". I'm still away for work, but soon, soon, soon I'm going back home. While you're waiting take a few minutes and watch this video. My fellow country men "047" make some really nice music.



See ya!