I’ve been home from the office a couple of days with an incredible head-ache. So, tomorrow my brain will be examined using the MRI method and I’ll also meet an eye specialist since one cause might be a damage to my retina, or that my optical nerve has become inflamed.

Anyhow, being home a while can get a bit boring. So, when curiosity took the upper hand, I installed Windows 7 after a quick download from Microsoft. The first impression is simply nice! They’ve got rid of the stuff you find annoying in Windows Vista and they’ve optimized the code too so a clean install is much more efficient on my quadcore than Vista is. Even though in beta, it managed to install the drivers for my webcam all by itself (I just can’t get it to run under Vista x64) and I even my Motu Express 128 working after installing the drivers. I do have trouble getting the Motu 828 mkII to work, but I guess that Motu needs to tweak their firewire drivers a bit first. I could be a case for Microsoft too - we’ll see. I really liked the new program bar with the Start button. What I still miss is a good multiple desktop solution.

Waldorf’s been creative and managed to squeeze, more or less, a Blofeld into a VST called Largo. Rumours say it’s got the VA oscillators from the Q+, the wavetables from the PPG Wave, The Wave and the µQ. Sweet!

Sugar Bytes has also come up with a nice piece of software. It’s called Consequence.It’s a chord sequencer and by looking on the videos, on Sugar Bytes webpage, it seems rather cool actually.There’s also a MIDI output feature which will allow for chord, or arp, triggering on MIDI compatible gear. The demo is downloaded. I’ll get back with a short review when I’m feeling better.