Probably the most fun thing about SL is coming up with ideas of stuff to do. Putting all the parts together is great too, but it’s the designing & prototyping that rocks it for me. Trying different interfaces, discovering quirks & limitations and working around them with script tricks, all that. As such, there’s 12-15 “open projects” running around here right now. Need to organize ideas, make lists, and generally talk to myself out loud to keep them from leaking out of my head.

So that’s what this is. More post-it note to self than telephone to communicate with others. It fits, it works, and by opening it up for others to see it pushes me to get stuff done. Getting stuff done also rocks it.

On to the note-taking then. The project of the moment is a 16-track loop sampler. Really kinda amazed that I haven’t seen a loopbox in game yet, all the llPlaySound loop functions are begging for it - though I did finally find the virtual music studio (by… Octal Khan, i think), and it’s pretty spiff. Great layout, great sounds, and placed in a nicely done house. The Cubase SX screenshot on the monitor is bonus points.

(If anyone reading happens to know of a similar loopbox in-game, lemme know! Not like, “scoping out the competition” or whatever silliness, just want to play it.)
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