February 2012
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Chubs.
This my lazy roommate:
Archie.
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Reflections on Sound Design
I recently finished some sound design for a production at Columbia College Chicago:
Glory of Living, directed by Cody Spellman.
A Sound Designer is a relatively new aspect of theatre production. Usually the work is restricted to gathering incidental sound such as doorbells, telephones, and something which will let the audience know ‘hey, we’re outside now’
The director for...
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Fuzzy picture of the new setup
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Much better.
always clean a room before working
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Well this won't do
Anonymous asked: Hello my friend what would you suggest is the best way to break into the engineering game? I record all our own stuff but im broke as hell and have strongly considered opening up our "Studio" to the public. Thanks alot & congrats on your first full band client!!
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Consider this a pre-war negotiation.
Oh hey Max/MSP
Remember when I wanted to destroy you?
I do.
ugh
A show I was doing this friday just told me they don’t have any money in the budget to pay me.
Was really looking forward to it.
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diyrecordingequipment.com →
For those brave enough to venture into the world of electronics, this is a new resource. There are some great tips on modding your equipment, how to create analog summing boxes, and a master list of transformers. They offer both online instructions with which you can find your own parts or small kits for under a $100. Totally worth your time because with a little bit of effort and a few months...
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Thank You, Vintage King
The box arrived the day after I ordered it from vintageking.com
There was a debate over whether to get the API 3124+ or API lunchbox+4 512c.
But this cost less in the long run and has a better track record than the modules.
There is a difference in sound but really it’s a preference.
I just wanted 4 channels of API audio in a rack.
When you buy brand new, it feels good.
No...
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Say What?
Das box?
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Kick ass record
I was really into Poison the Well during high school. They had a lot of influence on the music I was making but after Derek Miller left the band I sort of lost interest. The next few records weren’t awful yet they weren’t really my thing. So a few years later I check out a video called ‘infinity guitars’ and loved it. Totally stripped down music with guitars, vocals, and...
These Digital Years
Logos rather than locks, isn’t it fun?
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Singing Animal Pragmatism, Part III
Ran some tracks through the 1176LN
and the Aural Exciter which is surprisingly awesome.
Thanks for the tip Tape-Op.
1176 is great for making things musically louder but is not the most subtle compressor.
Although acoustic guitar fucking shines through this thing when it is recorded right.
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First full band client
I am in the first stages of production with my first full band client as a freelance engineer. Ideally, since they are from Michigan, we should be video-chatting at some point this week to talk about aesthetic.
Apparently I am in the mood to make lists
Things you should have decided before you even begin recording:
1-Input list: what instrument, what microphone, and what input
This should be...
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64kps
MP3 was an okay format when our hard-drives could hold less than 300-Gigabytes.
Additionally, clients are usually fine with mp3s if that is the medium with which they release their music. The logic follows. However, if you are creating a CD Master for duplication with mp3 files where is the logic in that?
Fatvonfree made an excellent point about listening to compressed audio information....