Archive for April, 2007
Sunday, April 29th, 2007
If you ever find yourself in a studio, there are certain things required (to understand all the jokes):
You should have watched This Is Spinal Tap at least once.
You should have heard The Troggs Tapes.
You should understand why we need more cowbell.
You should also have knowledge of The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Chappelle’s Show, as these will be quoted often.
Also recommended is Confessions Of A Record Producer and Assistant Engineers Handbook.
Let us know if there are more we should know about.
Have a _____ week. (I’ll let you decide)
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007
This is a very brief overview of some of the differences in Pro Tools systems, there are many.
There are currently three versions of the Pro Tools software, each running on different hardware systems.
Pro Tools HD – For Digidesign TDM systems (HD Accel, 192 i/o, ICON)
Pro Tools LE – For Digidesign USB/Firewire Audio Interfaces (digi 003, MBox 2)
Pro Tools M-Powered – For M-Audio Audio Interfaces (Projectmix i/o, delta 1010)
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007
Every Monday I highlight free plugins new and old that are worth checking out. See all posts in the Free Plugin Of The Week Series.
The Kjaerhus Classic series are a set of free plugins that are simple and very usable. They are some of my favorite plugins for a few reasons, they are easy to use, have low cpu usage, and while they aren’t the cleanest, they sound very cool.
I often use the Classic Compressor on kick samples and bass, the Delay goes well with synths and I often use the Master Limiter before posting a song online.
Kjaerhus Audio – Professional Audio Plugins: Classic Series
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007
In case you haven’t heard Trent Reznor has release the next series of multitracks for anyone to download. This time he is releasing them in both Logic/Garageband (aif) and WAV formats. What is interesting is that to distribute these large packs he is using bit torrents.
Apple files are on yearzero.nin.com
WAV files are on The Pirate Bay.org
Nine Inch Nails – My Violent Heart multitrack audio files
Nine Inch Nails – Me, I’m Not multitrack audio files
Nine Inch Nails – Capital G multitrack audio files
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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
As you may know, Protools has the capability to “rewire” additional software to work within the ProTools environment. It is a very useful feature, that can streamline workflow so you are not constantly switching hosts, use additional effects not normally available in ProTools, or to create an advanced guide track such as a beat created in Reason.
ProTools LE comes bundled with Reason Adapted for Digidesign. A stripped down version of Reason, limiting to only one of each effect or instrument rack. Using Reason with ProTools via Rewire is very easy to do. (more…)
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