Welcome to my home page. Please allow me to introduce
myself. My name is Erich Kohl, and I live in the United
States. I work as an audio/visual aide at
a local community
college. I am relatively new at creating web pages, so please
forgive me, for I am not an expert at it (yet). However, ever
since I got an iMac and discovered that it allows you to host your own
websites within OS X, I decided to give it a try.
On this page you'll find all kinds of neat things about who I am and
what I am interested in.
If you wish to send me some e-mail, my address is ekohl@sbcglobal.net. I
look forward to hearing from you!
My Family
Here are a few group photos of my family.
FAMILY PHOTO #1
FAMILY PHOTO #2
FAMILY PHOTO #3
My Animal
Friends
All of us in my family love animals. We've had our share of pets,
and we also like to feed the different kinds of critters that
visit us in our backyard.
This is ARNOLD. He used to be my
brother's pet chihuahua. Isn't he cute?
Here are some BUNNY
WABBITS that my brother and his family took care of until they were
old enough to be on their own.
Here is a picture of a SQUIRREL that
used to visit us for peanuts.
This is MOLLY.
She used to be our pet rabbit. She was very gentle and
intelligent.
Be sure to check out THE MOLLY PAGE
for more photos of Molly, including
some of Molly and Arnold (my brother's former dog) together!
My Setup
I absolutely love computers (and music). Here is a picture of MY SETUP (circa 2005).
I have several computers. My current rig is a PC with an Intel
Core 2 Quad processor (Yorkfield Q9300), and my secondary one is
a PC with
a 1.0 GHz
AMD Thunderbird. Both PCs are mated with ViewSonic
monitors. I also have an Apple iMac with a 600 MHz PowerPC
G3. I am an
amateur musician, and on the right side of the picture above you will
see my keyboards, an Alesis QS7 and
a Yamaha PSR-640, which are hooked up to my computers via a MOTU
Fastlane USB MIDI adapter and to my entertainment center via a mixer
that I bought at, heh, Radio Shack. (Not pictured here is a
laptop that I also own, an old Pentium-based portable that runs -- get
this -- Windows 95!)
I finally overclocked my CPU. It wasn't even as difficult as I
thought it would be. So, it's now running at 3.0 GHz (as opposed
to the stock speed of 2.50 GHz). I
also picked up a BFG Tech GeForce GTX 280 video card. Woo
hoo! I'm future-proof!
If you're new to overclocking, I recommend this article, which helped
me a great deal: Beginner's
Guide to Overclocking. It describes everything in plain
English and does an excellent job of walking you through the steps.
Another recent addition to my setup is my FOSTEX
MR-8 Digital Multitrack Recorder. Trust me -- this is a very,
very good digital recorder for the price. It is very easy to use,
has eight tracks and built-in effects, and stores your music on
CompactFlash memory cards. Transferring to a PC is a snap!
If you are an amateur musician, I recommend one highly if you want to
get started doing recordings!
In addition to my recent hardware, I also have some vintage equipment
-- an Apple //e and a Macintosh Classic. Click HERE to see a
picture of my Apple //e.
Want to watch me play the guitar solo from U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky"
on my Yamaha PSR-640 keyboard? Here's a link to the Google video!
