62 of 81 dumped and i think maybe one of them is close to what i really want....

i'll just get these dumped today and start comparing them when i wake up.

so, there are three parameters to modify in the four simultaneously playing guitar tracks.

3^4 = 81 different possibilities.

i've played the thing back far more than 81 times. if i don't do this systematically, i'll never finish it. i need to ensure that i've heard all possibilities and am picking the best one before i mod it further.

so, i'm dumping all 81 possibilities to wave file...

i'll then have to put together a sort of round robin tournament, where i hold parameters constant and check for the differences in one parameter. the "winner" will move on to the next round. eventually, there will be one file left and that's what i'll go with,

hey, i studied math for quite a while. i can't abolish my nature. it just means it'll take another day...

ugh.

i've been through this before, but i keep doing it. i know the reality: trying to recreate a patch you thought was "perfect" from scratch is basically chasing a utopian fantasy. it's not real. it can never be real...

...because, what is "perfect"? it's no doubt better than what actually existed. and, so, for all i know i could have dialed right past what i had in the first place and not realized it, all the while afraid to make too many changes because i might lose the imaginary ideal that i'm projecting, the sound that never existed in the first place.

so, i just need to dial it to something close and then be a little less paranoid about modifying it. it's starting to seem like i'm going to want to add a fifth part on the high end...