A little cat-related news today …

Lola Falafel’s unquenchable urge to explore – and to perch on the highest possible place – has twice led her to jump on top of my upward-facing #Atmos speakers.

This, of course, is problematic. When she lands on the speaker cloth (a thin frame held on the speaker by magnets)

the cloth slides off, Lola slides off, and #Catastrophe ensues.

So I made protective covers for the two center Atmos speakers. (It really is excellent wire mesh!)

#cat #cats #caturday

3/3 After I finish this rough beginning, I’ll use it to learn the process of exporting to Apple Music’s Spatial Audio – their version of Dolby Atmos.

It will never come close to the experience of 14 speakers in the room, but it will let me share my work, with *some* of the impact …

and I’m hoping that in my remaining years (I turn 70 this summer) it will provide a source of income,

that lets me pay the bills without having to work for anyone else! You know what I mean … been there, done that.

2/3 On what I thought was the last track, I got a call from a friend who needed help, and left the studio.

Returning, I played what I had done … and couldn’t believe it; it was glorious – a breakthrough I’ve been working towards my entire life.

My humble little studio is now the best #immersive space I’ve ever experienced.

And those throwaway tracks are just backing for what I’ll add as the emotion carries me.

Lola is the best audience; she looks around the room as the sound moves. (more …)

1/3 I had a wonderful experience yesterday …

After a couple years of researching, planning, sacrificing, and assembling a 7.1.6 #DolbyAtmos system in my studio,

I used my main DAW (Digital Performer) to draft my #immersive music workflow on a quickly improvised piece.

Without prep, I played a 3-minute piano take in 5.1 surround, keeping the sloppy first pass. Then I added stereo pairs using the surround and #Atmos height channels.

(Continued …)

Well, this is genuinely amazing.

The ESA’s Solar Orbiter has delivered the widest hi-res image of our sun ever taken … 

trust me, it’s well worth your time to visit the following link, and download *even the smaller* version, and take a look at our sun in more detail than you’ve ever seen. Just incredible.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Solar_Orbiter_s_widest_high-res_view_of_the_Sun

#ESA #SolarOrbiter #Sun #Sol #Ra #SacreMerde