In terms of getting anything (other than laundry) done here today, it was a very Steinberg day.

I got up early to get K to her 9 AM rehearsal. When I got home, I watched an episode of "Flip or Flop". Then I realized that I could use my laptop to watch the promo video for the upcoming January 24th release of the Wavelab 12 update. I'll be grabbing it when it comes out, because I like keeping my software up-to-date, even if Wavelab isn't the tool I use most frequently nowadays.

I noticed also that Wavelab now has a special cut-down Wavelab Cast edition for podcasters that's available for $69.99. This dovetails neatly into my suggestion from the panel at Chambanacon on recording on a budget that you should buy into *someone's* ecosystem at the bottom end if it will get you started on what you want to do, because if you need more features, you can always pay for the upgraded version that has them. :)

Then Gretchen and I grabbed lunch at Texas Roadhouse, took lunch to K at rehearsal (as she'd burned more calories than she'd expected to and was ready to eat random set pieces), and headed home. When Gretchen went to take Julie out for some errands, I headed down to the basement, watched a refresher video on using the lanes feature in Cubase (because it had defeated me the last time I looked at it; it turned out that I was using the wrong selection tool), and then proceeded to assemble good (I think) takes of Sally's drums for four of the songs on "Crosstime Bus" where we'd recorded multiple takes ten years or so ago expecting to do exactly this sort of click-and-swear operation.

Actually, there was a fair amount of clicking, but very little swearing, as the lanes interface did just what it was supposed to do. The drums on the four tracks now sound good, including those on the title track, which I worried was going to be my problem child for the album.

This all being done now, I'm in a position to do other work on the album.

Which, given how long this project has been on the shelf, is very encouraging. :)