Fri, 30 November 2007
On this week's podcast we've got News, Crosstalk, a Feature Story and a MEGA Stupid Knob.! News:
MusicRow's Shaker Maker Audio Warrior's The Mighty Wurlitzer Tascam DP-02 Digital PortaStudio Kevin Reeves Album It's About Time For FREE! Mike's off to Cabo! PSN mentioned in The Katie Mac Show from Chicago. Follow up on the best mic for $400.00 or under:
Tim Calloway likes the Rode NT2A Barry Watson loves the CAD M179 and the AudioTechnica 4033 Josh Mahler of Vocal Voodoo Productions also loves the CAD M179 Big Al's finished upgrading to Pro Tools 7.4 - so far so good! Feature Story: So, let us get this straight. The record industry didn't miss the opportunity of the Napster age, they just didn't know what to do or who to ask? Huh?! The Stupid Knob:
Marilyn Manson is squandering the band's money Britney Spears replaces her children The Romantics are suing Guitar Hero Q: What was the license plate number of the Volkswagen on the Abbey Road album cover? A: LMW 281F! This week's big winner is Kevin Anderson! He takes home a copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Nick Cicero of Cicero Pro Audio, Josh Mahler--who has sworn he didn't have to Google it--and Jim Farley who added that LMW-281F stood for Linda McCartney - Widowed and Paul would've been 28 IF he had lived! See you next week! Related Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin frappr creative commons digidesign pro tools mix it like a record project studio network bob brooks unsung heroes of the music business realtraps ethan winer stereophile magazine musicrow shaker maker audiowarrior tascam portastudio dp02 kevin reeves cabo the katie mac show audiotechnica rode nt2a 4033 cad m179 josh mahler vocal voodoo productions kid rock marilyn manson britney spears kevin federline the romantics guitar hero abbey road paul mccartney |
Fri, 23 November 2007
News, Crosstalk, Viewer Mail, a Spotlight segment and we tweak The Stupid Knob! News:
5 Gigs Of Free Samples: Sample Swap Vember Audio's FREE ShortCircuit Sampler RecordingFreak.com Source Connect Pro 3.0 Natural Grooves Drum Loops ToonTrack DrumTracker Big Al's on his new Shure SM7B mic this week. What do you think? Bryan Daste of The Magic Closet Studio in Portland, Oregon has a SM7B as well and loves it. Mike found pictures of his old hippie band house! PSN is mentioned on Matt Serle's Asymmetric Biz Cult Podcast and blog here and here. Mike's in-store customer is looking for an all around studio mic for $400.00. Al ponies up with the recommendations. Viewer Mail: John Mulligan recommends a great movie, Tom Dowd And The Language Of Music. You can download it through Netflix or buy the DVD here. John Walker learns the secret to getting good guitar tone into his DAW. Dave Smith takes PSN to the dentist! Bill Feduska has a question about burning CDs with CDTEXT. Tim Marema finds the abused SM58 from last week's video feature on ebay. Spotlight: Big Al on over analyzing your mix elements and Bryan Daste of The Magic Closet Studio in Portland, Oregon has a great tip for recording acoustic guitar when there's a loud headphone click track nearby. The Stupid Knob: Saul Hudson of Guns N' Roses? Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: Who was the opening act of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969? A: Richie Havens! Turns out Al's played with Richie before. Well, how about that? This week's big winner is Charles Wyatt! He takes home a copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Howard Northrup, Shannon Waldner, Stewart MacClellan, Kevin Anderson, Bryan Daste of The Magic Closet Studio in Portland, Oregon, Jim Farley, Don Dawber, Jon Julson, Ernest Daniels and Nick Cicero of Cicero Pro Audio. See you next week! Related Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin frappr creative commons digidesign pro tools mix it like a record project studio network bob brooks unsung heroes of the music business soft tube vintage amp room sample swap vember audio shortcirsuit recordingfreak source elements source connect isdn natural grooves toontrack drumtracker shure sm7b bryan daste the magic closet matt serle asymmetric biz cult podcast studio projects audio technica tom dowd the language of music ahmut ertegun oscar petersen charles mingus aretha franklin ray charles cream eric clapton the allman brothers otis redding booker t layla duane allman tubepre cdtext saul hudson slash richie havens woodsstock abbey road |
Sun, 11 November 2007
News, a Spotlight segment, a Gear Review, Viewer Mail and we tweak the Stupid Knob! News:
IntelliScore Ensemble 7.1 Spectrasonics Intel Mac Wrapper http://NaSoAlMo.org Edirol Leopard Compatability
USB 2.0 Audio Devices: M-16DX, UA-101 USB 2.0 mode, UA-1000 USB 1.1 Audio Devices: M-100FX, PCR-1, PCR-A30, SC-D70, SD-90, UA-1EX, UA-3FX, UA-4FX, UA-5, UA-20, UA-25, UA-101 USB 1.1 mode, UA-700, UR-80 USB MIDI Devices: UM-1 Series, UM-2 Series, UM-3EX, UM-550, UM-880, PC-50, PC-300, PCR-300, PCR-500, PCR-800, PCR-M1, PCR-M30, PCR-M50, PCR-M80, PCR-30, PCR-50, PCR-80, SC-8820, SC-8850, SD-20, SD-80, SK-500 IK Multimedia StealthPlug Special Guitar At BerkleeMusic Zero G's Classic Disco Sample Library
Slau does a dynamic mic mini shoot out. Waves SSL Bundle is in the house! Spectrasonics Atmosphere Dream Synth Module - The World's Most Massive Synth! This is really a different type of virtual instrument that brings together a three gigabyte core library of more than one thousand unique sounds and layer elements. Atmosphere works as a native plug-in instrument in all major hosts like Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and Pro-Tools. Atmosphere was designed from the ground up by Eric Persing, well known for his sound design of classic Roland synthesizers and award-winning sample libraries.
$399 - Six CD-ROM set MAS, RTAS Mac and VST Mac/PC included (Audio Units for OSX and RTAS for Windows available from www.spectrasonics.net/updates/) Operates as a virtual instrument software plug-in in all major hosts like Logic, Digital Performer, Pro Tools, Cubase SX, Ableton LIVE, Nuendo, Fruity Loops, Acid Pro and many other VST hosts. Also works in Sonar 2.0 with a VST wrapper (not included). System recommendations: 512 MB RAM, 3.9 GB free hard disc space MAC: OS 9 or higher, 500 mHz G3 or better CPU, MAS, RTAS or VST 2.0 host PC: Windows 98 or higher, 600 mHz Pentium III or better CPU, sound card, VST 2.0 host or Pro Tools 6.1 or higher CPU load: MODERATE All Specifications to change without notice. All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Viewer Mail:
Mike Schettler of Shortler Studios wrote in to share another major label "kiss off" from a major artist, Aretha Franklin. Gordon Brinton has launched http://ProAux.com, a gear auction site with ZERO selling fees. Want to try your hand at mixing some serious metal? Click Here! A video about abusing a Shure SM58 from Patrick Bonier: The Stupid Knob: How bad is you lifestyle when it freaks out Snoop Dog? Ask Amy Winehouse! Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: In 1941 Alan Lomax first recorded the artist McKinley Morganfield. What name do we better know him by today? A: Muddy Waters! This week's big winner is Jason Paul. He takes home a copy of Guitar And Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Jon Julson, Jesse Osborne, Charles Wyatt, Bryan Daste of the Magic Closet Studio in Portland, Oregon, Dadooz, Nick Cicero, Kevin Manning, Jim Miles and Kevin Anderson. Great work everyone! See you next week! Related Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin frappr creative commons digidesign pro tools mix it like a record project studio network bob brooks unsung heroes of the music business elastic audio intelliscore ensemble spectrasonics atmosphere eric persing edirol ik multimedia stealthplug berkleemusic classic disco andrew brierly home recording odyssey mike schettler shortler studios gordon brinton proaux sm58 patrick bonier snoop dogg amy winehouse muddy waters mckinley morganfield bryan daste magic closet studio |
Fri, 2 November 2007
News, a Gear Review, Viewer Mail, Crosstalk and we tweak the Stupid Knob! News:
Flux Bitter Sweet Beta Monkey Music: Drum Werks IX Free SSL Plugin: X-ISM The Complete Led Zeppelin On iTunes Porter Wagoner, Dead At 80 Robert Goulet, Dead At 73 The SSL Shed Of Your Dreams! Crosstalk:
Mike's Guitar Sites: Al's Trying Out The Heil PR-40 Electro Voice RE20 A suite of four high-end studio-quality reverbs modeled after popular outboard classics. Now anyone can afford the quality sound of a signature reverb in their studio.
Crossgrade price: $249.00 US System Requirements: Power PC Macintosh Minimal: 866 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Suggested: dual 1.25 GHz G4 or G5 processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS. Classik Studio Reverb RTAS requires Pro Tools 7.0 or later. Intel based Macintosh Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later. Suggested: 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later. Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS. Windows Minimal: Pentium 1 GHz / Athlon XP 1.33 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later. Suggested: Pentium 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later. Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS. Classik Studio Reverb RTAS requires Pro Tools 7.0 or later. Viewer Mail: Basil Records Mentions PSN On Their Blog Christian King:
Try Abelton LIVE. Pascal Zander: Help Him Identify These Songs Greg Kocis:
Go For The Mini
"I would like to make a recording that will be the best I can do with the equipment I have. Right now, I've stopped my choice of interface to three models: Edirol FA-101, Focusrite Saffire (not LE) or TC Electronic Konnekt 8 or Konnekt 24. In terms of quality, how would you rate them from less to better." Those are three very nice units, all from reputable companies. Any of them would make a great choice. For a more detailed analysis and recommendation, give our friend Andy Diekroger a call over at Sweetwater.
(800) 222-4700 ex. 1273 andy_diekroger@sweetwater.com Paul Bordenkirsher from MesaSand.com: 36 Rules For Bands The Stupid Knob: Keith Richards Plays A Squire Strat Worth $5,000,000.00? Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: On Ringo Starr's 1974 version of You're Sixteen, who played the kazoo? A: Sir Paul McCartney! No winners this week? Whaaaaaaaaat?! Shame, shame, shame. See you next week! Related Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin frappr creative commons digidesign pro tools mix it like a record project studio network bob brooks unsung heroes of the music business mbox micro flux bitter sweet ms matrix beta monkey music drum werks ssl shed of your dreams summerwood aws 900 xlogic x-ism led zeppelin mothership o2 arena grand ole opry porter wagoner country music hall of fame country music association dolly parton last thing on my mind please don't stop loving me wagonmaster marty stuart robert goulet camelot heil pr-40 ik multimedia csr classik studio reverb basil records faderwear ableton live amen break mbox mini edirol focusrite tc electronic konnekt saffire home recording odyssey kings island paul bordenkirsher mesa sand keith richards strat lindsay lohan ringo starr paul mccartney |