open music

acoustic guitar 2xmic placement

open — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:27:23 +0000

I’ve never got a good sound from recording acoustic guitar so far, or any instrument in fact, so this is as good a place to start as any. My friends have suggested three different microphone placements, all involving two microphones, so to find the best way I thought I’d try them out and record the results for reference. My tests are far from scientific, my microphones are fairly cheap, my sound card is currently onboard, and I should really change my acoustic’s strings to get a warmer sound, but the results are somewhat conclusive.

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sound card

open — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:15:27 +0000

My pro sound card just arrived and it doesn’t work with ALSA so I’ve got to send it back. Don’t believe the lies perpetuated about snd_ice1724 cards, any report of the cards working properly (outputs and inputs) are officially lies. That’s the second pro card I’ve tried with Linux/ALSA and I’m losing faith/pissed off. There’s no going back now though, I’m too far down the free software yellow brick road and considering this blogging software, whose theme I just repaired, is GPL’d I think I’ll just shut my ranting trap now and go record something onboard.

cultivate my skills

open — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:07:52 +0000

Not much achieved today, though I’m glad that in a few days my exams will be over and I’ll be able to focus on my music. I’ve chosen a simple song to record and produce just for learning purposes (so that when I start on album material I’ll at least have the basics covered).

volume and panning isn’t mixing

open — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:35:04 +0000

From reading a Sound on Sound home recording book (that you can pick up from isoHunt) I’ve found out a lot about equalisation that has helped me understand what I’m supposed to be doing (page 66 onwards).

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a new beginning

open — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:54:04 +0000

I finally moved the crap out of my room just so I could call it a studio.

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