Sunday, July 18th, 2010
This is what @theaudiogeek did this week
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Have a drink for me and
@KeyOfGrey it’s our birthday.
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Just got back from the Meetup. Very successful I’d say. 14 home recordists came out.
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Looking forward to dinner tonight with
@chckn8r and
@KeyOfGrey and the rest of the Vancouver Home Recording meetup group.
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I sneaked a peek at
@gmgranka‘s next article. I think he should get a promotion.
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@chuck_russom although the crash is the cause of the swear so I guess its the same thing.
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@chuck_russom you should be owed that money, it’s not your fault. [in response to: You know those swear jars, where you put in $1 everytime your swear? I'm going to make a software crash jar, gonna put in $1 for every crash]
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@KeyOfGrey Sputnik sounds cool with an LA-610 but might be too colored depending on your tastes. I like my P-Solo preamp, uber clean.
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staying up late to watch Anchorman ftw
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@theRyanHarvey Interesting idea, never thought of that. How did it work out? [in response to:
@theaudiogeek dude was messing with a weird idea using autotunes throat formant thingy on a snare to tune it]
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Reason 5 looks SICK! Do want!
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@CreateMusicTips well that would be out of character for AVID to do anything on time.
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@gmgranka I think that’s a great idea! U87, sm57, 1176, LA2A, EMT plate reverb, Fender amps, Moog synths would be a few I’d want to read. [in response to: To the people that read AGZ, would it be interesting if I did posts on the history of famous pieces of gear?]
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It probably wouldn’t even be that hard to write. I hope some devs are reading this, I’m too lazy to do it myself.
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I need to write a plugin that will order food for me so I don’t have to stop working. Choose preset: Pizza/burrito/sub etc. then delivery
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PC completely locked up when
@ihazadoodle came over and sat down. Hey I was working on that! I wonder when the last time I saved was…
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anyone else noticed super slow horizontal scrolling in the Pro Tools 8.0.4 MIDI editor?
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Here’s what @theaudiogeek said this week:
- Spent most of the day making useful FX presets with Amplitube x-gear. Time to rest my ears now.
- @gmgranka I’ve heard it’s decent for the price…depends on the price. [in response to: Anybody have any experience with the ADKVienna mic?]
- Exclusive http://audiogeekzine.com interview with upcoming superstar engineer/producer Joey Sturgis @joeyismusic coming next week.
- Oh no! What a terrible problem to have. RT @ihazadoodle: @theaudiogeek I have sooo many tits, where am i going to put them all?
- New AGZ post: Synthesizer Basics – Lesson 1 http://bit.ly/aZnXJh
- Ask @Mixerman RT @TomDavenport: ANyone know who mixerman is?
- New Podcast – Home Recording show 81 – Synth basics and doubling guitars. http://homerecordingshow.com
- Just about done editing the newest HRS podcast…
A discussion on Firewire breaks out!
Joe Gilder – I really don’t like firewire 800. If you LOOK at the cable wrong it disconnects. Now where did I put my crazy glue?
Randy Coppinger -@joegilder But FW 800 is so fast.
Joe Gilder – @RandyCoppinger Not when it’s daisy-chained to FW400 devices. As long as the 003 is FW400, my system will only be 400-fast.
Randy Coppinger – @joegilder I make a point NOT to daisy-chain out of kind. FW 800 isn’t stable enough for recording, but it is BITCHIN’ for transfers.
theaudiogeek – @RandyCoppinger but if you have a Macbook Pro (like me) or an iMac (like Joe) you don’t have a choice. Not that I have issues with it.
Randy Coppinger – @theaudiogeek Granted. I’m lucky. At work I record to an 8TB SAN via fiber. I run out of DSP long before the drive buss craps out.
theaudiogeek – @RandyCoppinger I’ve been editing drums off the MBP desktop (5400rpm!) in REAPER with no lag. Unheard of with PT and its stupid fade files.
Randy Coppinger – @theaudiogeek Fade files go all the way back to Sound Designer! Of all the legacy paths still in use, that one takes the cake.
- iZotope plugins have been updated. Go get them.
- Kenny Gioia is a REAPER user? Didn’t see that coming. http://www.groove3.com/str/reaper-explained.html
- @Dubwax I’ve recently noticed and I’m starting to enjoy working in REAPER most of the time. certain things are still clunkycompared to PT [in response to: REAPER is extremely underestimated.]
And suddenly a discussion on USB3 and latency
theaudiogeek – Alright recording world. Who’s gonna be the first with a USB 3 audio interface? Won’t be AVID. Maybe RME.
Joshua Conti -@theaudiogeek hate to say it but it’ll behringer (cringe!)
Ben Brasile -@theaudiogeek Even with the speed of USB3 I feel like I’d still prefer my audio on FireWire.
Monkeypusher69 -@theaudiogeek do we really need the extra speed of usb 3 for audio? i mean there is a reason no one really makes Firewire 800 interfaces
theaudiogeek – @monkeypusher69 yes absolutely I think the extra speed is needed. Absolutely, no doubt. FW 800 – Why wasn’t it developed? I’d love to know.
theaudiogeek -@monkeypusher69 You think FW400 is good enough? Its not at all.We have the technology to make latency a bad dream, it’s not being developed.
Monkeypusher69 -@theaudiogeek that the pipeline that fw 400/usb2 provides is more than sufficient. I just assumed thats y there is still no fw800 interfaces
Monkeypusher69 -@theaudiogeek i didn’t but there are egineers who build this stuff who says it could be fixed with drivers and modern computers
Monkeypusher69 -@theaudiogeek i think part of the fw800 problem is that its mostly only supported on macs & most cards like 2 b cross platform
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
OK this one is for my own reference. While traveling and the time I didn’t have internet at home I was tweeting and I know there was some good stuff in there. So there’s about 3 weeks worth of tweets here to catch up. Read if you enjoy my misery. Everything from more than a week ago is in full post view.
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Perhaps its excessive. I need an easier way to set the bands. RT
@ianshepherd:
@theaudiogeek Ouch – 6 bands as a default ? I use max 3
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I think that was my all time favorite Dr. Who episode. Can’t wait till next week.
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theres some kind of organized shouting outside, mostly white folk.
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Ontario sales tax transition benefit. SWEET!!! didn’t know that was coming, with 2 more in december and June. I <3 free money.
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WOOO YEAH!! New IT Crowd episodes coming sooooon!!
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@7eleven you’re the reason I get up in the afternoon.
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headphones acquired. L & M had Shure SRH440 on sale. Hmm not much else to keep me from working now.
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I haz internetz. What did I miss?
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Because I don’t watch Soccer I think the whole thing hilarious.
If you don’t hear his voice saying it, there might be something wrong with you.
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Did you miss me? I’m still around but I have to go out for internet access. As you may know, I recently packed everything and moved 4000KM from Toronto to Vancouver. I hate moving. This was a real trial and now that I’m in my new home on the other side off the country, I’m reflecting on what could have been done differently. Here are some tips you may find useful should you find yourself in a similar situation.
DIY or professional movers
After a week of driving and another week without furniture I wish I hadn’t gone with a moving company. it’s been a real hassle dealing with this company and there’s not much I can do about it at this point, they have all my stuff! They were 4 days late picking up our stuff, (I was already in Moose Jaw by then) I have no idea when they plan on dropping my stuff off in Vancouver, or how many thousands of dollars it will cost since they don’t return calls.
Lesson learned: if you need your things right away, you have to move it yourself.
Packing
You have way more stuff than you think. Don’t leave packing until the last few days, start at least a month early putting things up on craigslist. Donate what doesn’t sell. We took a pickup truck full of stuff to Salvation Army at 9pm on the night before our move.
As for your studio gear, I hope you kept the boxes and original packing material for your gear. Those will protect your gear better than any kind of cardboard contraption you can scrap together last minute.
I found heavy-duty kitchen wrap to work really well to bundle up my large acoustic treatment panels, mic stands and various furniture pieces.
If you’re using movers, bring the essentials with you.
I packed what my sleep deprived mind thought was the essential studio gear.
Computers, external drives, MIDI controller, audio interface, computer cables, clothing, bedding, pets. Our van was packed to the ceiling with essentials but I wish I had a few more things.
A microphone and cable
A guitar cable
A guitar pick
Headphones
A chair
Coffee Maker
A light jacket or second sweater
Its pretty hard to do any work sitting on the floor with nothing but the macbook speakers. :( I really miss my acoustic treatment too.
Internet
If you’re an internet addict like me you NEED to order the installation at the new address way before you move. I put off doing this for a week and now I have to wait 10 more days. I feel so out of touch with the world. Starbucks only gives us 2 hours a day and make you wear pants in the store. Of course you also have to buy something when you go there and it’s too loud and crowded to actually get work done.
Least. Productive. Week. Evar.
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