This afternoon I began work proper on Breathe. Although not a note was recorded, the work was important. I reconfigured the studio, removing all extraneous cables and devices, optimized the signal paths, and routed audio cables away from power sources. I auditioned the demo tracks in consideration for the project and rejected three. I consolidated copies of all remaining demo tracks into the Breathe work folder. I tested mBox 2 IO and buffer settings to finalize my approach for this project; due to the significantly increased horsepower of my MacBook Pro versus my old Powerbook G4, I'll be working quite differently than I did on One Feather Shy. I auditioned several soft synths alone and in combination with various plug-ins. I set up the backup drive and backed up the work folder. And I determined the pieces I'll be working on in the next few sessions.

And so it begins.