regarding corroborating sources, his books are well sourced.

you know, it's been a while since it's been clear if he's misinterpreting or ignoring questions.

the question about sutton is interesting. i'd imagine he's at least mildly familiar with him. and, i tend to direct conspiracy theorists to sutton (and quigley) rather than some of the more outlandish stuff out there. it's too bad he didn't answer it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx6Eo1k_QfI

that's not really a swastika, though. the geometry is similar, but it's a reflected mirror image. i mean, i don't want to get too sensational or silly, but it's kind of like the difference between the pentagram and the star of david. they look similar, but they mean different things.

those "inverted swastikas", which are thought to be a symbol for the sun, are important in hindu and buddhist religion right up to the present day and have been found in indo-european settlements across the eurasian steppes that date back to thousands of years ago. i don't see a reason to doubt that he's using it as a rabbit foot, but his ancestors would have found a more serious, spiritual use for it.

the symbol was also appropriated by christians during the christianization of the steppes and is used as a cross in some regions.

uploading the time machine (vst mix) to youtube

i've created a video for the vst mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtpW0Ve6t8A

original video taken from here without requesting permission:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNc-OzFhDnw

uploading the time machine (vst mix) to thru (final mix)

written in early 2001. drastically rearranged in june, 2014. this render was initially created on june 28, 2014 and updated on july 5, 2014 to fix a minor error in transcription.

the time machine (vst mix) (final mix)

this is the vst mix, which hooks up the constructed score to a series of vst instruments through the magic of midi sequencing and outputs the notes through various effects processors to create something approaching the sound of a live band.

written in early 2001. drastically rearranged in june, 2014. this render was initially created on june 28, 2014 and updated on july 5, 2014 to fix a minor error in transcription.

well, silly me. it seemed to be a latency issue, but this is weird and maybe something to take note of if you do these things.

with a bit more experimenting, it didn't seem to be any specific plugin. if i unfroze 2 or 3 of about ten running simultaneously, it would run fine. so, i'm back to cpu or ram. except that doesn't make sense because one freezes to open up cpu and ram.

i noticed that some of the frozen tracks were frozen at different latencies. the drums were frozen at 256, but i had to increase the latency in the process of finishing the thing, so i froze the bass at 736.
what i did to fix it was to go back and make sure everything was frozen at 256. then, when i played back at 736 it was smooth.

i'm not sure how that makes sense. maybe what was happening was that i was getting some kind of wave interference on the playback, due to the sample rate.

whatever it was, it's working now and i hope to get some work done today.

what i mean is that the files may have been out of phase, and what seemed like a stutter was actually a cancellation.

just a guess...