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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Last week, myself and PetersonGoodwyn (SoundHow.com and DIYRecordingEquipment.com) shared almost 100 of our top REAPER tips.
Day 1
#REAPER tip: My custom theme is based on RADO 4 with transport moved to tophttp://trunc.it/iqn6y Get RADO: http://ow.ly/6YyYu
#REAPER tip: User themes can be further customized using the track and mixer layout options (bottom of options menu) in Reaper 4.
#REAPER tip: User themes can be further customized using the track and mixer layout options (bottom of options menu) in Reaper 4.
#REAPER tip: 1 of my most used mouse modifiers is for Media Item Dbl click. I assign cmd+opt+ctrl to “open media item in external editor”
#REAPER tip: The external editor I find most useful is iZotope RX2. Assign any program from “External Editor” tab of preferences
#REAPER tip: You can drag a plugin from the FX browser onto a media item to process just that file.
#REAPER tip: Enable the “FX” and “No FX” view option for media items for easy access to item fx inserts. (prefs>appearance>media)
#REAPER tip: got a p-pop in dialog? Split the audio before and after the pop, insert ReaEQ on the item with HPF at 150Hz. No pop!
#REAPER tip: “Overlap items and crossfade items when splitting” in the Media Item Defaults preferences is essential for fast editing.
#REAPER tip: tweak “Media item peaks edge highlight” colors in the theme editor to improve visibility for editing.
#REAPER tip: (continued) I use neon green/pink or black/white (saved as different themes) depending on what I’m editing.
#REAPER tip: The esc key will close whichever floating window is active. Way faster than the mouse.
#REAPER tip: Track Folders handles subgroup routing and organization in one click.
#REAPER tip: Use the ReaInsert VST to integrate external hardware effects just like plugins, with delay compensation.
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
On Sunday @AllenWagner and @SlauBeSharp got the ball rolling on a meme, it quickly caught on with over a hundred tweets from dozens of people. All the tweets have been copied here with the newest at the top.
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(added Oct 5)
PetersonGoodwyn: @jtopherhughes Hah, gives me an idea: “Duplicate a track, flip polarity of one and pan them hard for stereo width.” #badaudioadvice
rossnewbs: If a plug-in doesnt look fancy and nice, it wont sound fancy and nice #BadAudioAdvice
JWFoley: a pair of speaker, a keyboard, a computer & a mic apparently makes a killer studio….#BadAudioAdvice
springclock: A Neumann u87 will totally make you sound like a great singer, no matter your skill level. #BadAudioAdvice
dustyALiVE: @theaudiogeek check out the overhead placement in this kijiji add in kamloops. #BadAudioAdvice http://t.co/5bMNRMdd
dmcsound: Just turn on the SSL bus comp to fix all your mixes! #BadAudioAdvice
ianshepherd: Oh, I almost forgot – need a great drum sound ? Yeah, there’s an App for that #BadAudioAdvice
yatengotweet: Use your “popper stopper” as a flypaper #BadAudioAdvice
GroundedAudio: if it has VU meters it must sound good. #BadAudioAdvice
(original post below)
alexwintermute: #BadAudioAdvice “This ribbon mic needs phantom power, right?”
audiogav: Feed the drummer’s headphones mix in stereo audience perspective #badaudioadvice
reevesman: @recordinghacks You should shelve your entire mix at 80 hz. Everyone listens on cheap speakers at low bitrates anyway. #BadAudioAdvice
brycezabric: Just add Phantom power to every Mic it makes no difference having it on. You’ll need it eventually anyways. #BadAudioAdvice
AHM_studios: Call your mix engineer a wanker while walking onto stage #BadAudioAdvice
SunnySideSound: We can fix it in post #BadAudioAdvice
brycezabric: If you blow a speaker don’t replace it. It might give you that cool sound you were looking for. #BadAudioAdvice
DoctorMowinckel: #BadAudioAdvice When you’re checking the talkback levels, clap your hands over the talkback mic a few times to make sure they can hear you.
HomeRecLibrary: When looking for comprehensive info on microphones, never listen to @recordinghacks #BadAudioAdvice
MusicRowScott: To ensure your mix translates well to mp3, it is best to convert each individual track of the session to mp3 BEFORE bouncing #BadAudioAdvice
doug_trianglex: It is well-documented that dogs have better hearting than humans. So make sure you run your mix by your dog. #BadAudioAdvice
doug_trianglex: Jagged waveforms are rough and irritate the skin. Use the limiter to make a nice smooth block. #BadAudioAdvice
recordinghacks: Cheap bookshelf speakers are best for mixing, because then you can be sure the mix sounds great on cheap speakers. #BadAudioAdvice
PetersonGoodwyn: Give yourself as many options as possible for mixing. #badaudioadvice
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
While I was preparing the recent Bass Guitar Recording article I inquired on Twitter about tips for recording bass. Look what happened
@ikmultimedia: Ampeg SVX! bit.ly/l5eNIy
@MarcusSt0ne: Making sure the player is consistent and doesn’t peak random notes.
@jacobgemmell: record a cab and DI two seperate tracks, and when it gets to editing make sure that beast is on beat.
also doubling up with a synth bass can be cool wide
@djdanlib: Yeah, use compression on finger bass, and don’t kill the high frequencies – there is important audio up there
@bobbyjonesmusic: 700HZ is magic for bass recording.
@RecordingBlogs: My very limitted experience with bass on the cheap – bit.ly/qbYfqt – although you sound a lot more professional 
@pakit0_Q: Low threshold plus a 4:1 ratio plus high output equals a pretty tight bass
@MrTonyDraper: P-bass into Ampeg! Split into two amps, one clean, one distorted. U47 and U67 both really nice, not too close.
@timgosden: make sure they only play one note at a time with tight note starts AND endings.
@seankalaras: if using DI and amp, calculate and adjust for the delay between the signals. About 1ms per foot off the speaker is usually ok.
@817audio: I once used this configuration on a 10′ speaker. Provided a super punchy sound. #D2 #SM57 yfrog.com/nuwg5fj
@lucesdaniel: you could emphasize the difference of amp versus plain DI, many people go the easy way then struggle to fit a DI in the mix.
@recordinghacks: bass guitar: steve albini uses one of these: is.gd/BFYX0M (not sure that’s useful information though!)
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Sunday morning I asked my Twitter Followers to complete and RT the phrase “You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve ____”
It was a lot of fun to see the replies. I didn’t really expect serious answers.
theaudiogeek: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve made your own cables.
timgosden: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve become a coffee snob
SmallRoomStudio: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve: Removed the phrase “we’ll fix it in post” from your vocabulary.
yosua_stax: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve mix in a room full of people talking bout God… LOL
chris_winter_: You’re not a real audio engineer until you man up and tell the guitarist its not the headphones, its him.
yosua_stax: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve mix in the box using only digi comp and digi eq.
cain_german: you’re not a real audio engineer until you stop using the beatles as an effin reference
JoeyGunzOBM: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve taken over a day installing presets and libraries on a new rig
brantleee: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve been paid in gear!
GYR8 : You’re not a real audio engineer until You’ve woken up sweating from a dream whr blue flames wr dancing arnd the console!
partyburn: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve learned to identify the frequency of that ringing sound in your ear.
mokobigbro: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve Deessed 20k by 20dB
math0902: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve spent at least 15 hours straight in the same Session.
Adhit_Android: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve record everything with an SM57
Adhit_Android: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve met a drummer who blames the metronome for “not following him”
Milerky2: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve fallen asleep at your console mixing late night.
Mikehillier: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve gone home with a patch lead round your neck
mokobigbro: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve asked someone to notch 0.4 dB of 200Hz
SoundOfYogi: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve sacrified the sound for the sake of the song
Adhit_Android: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’re checking phase of all the tracks? checking your mix in mono?
jacobyaudio: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve hammered a nail with a 58.
IndraSeverus: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve put RVERB on your masterbuss to make it wet
IndraQ: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve Finished read the whole Sound engineer handbooks
recordinghacks: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve been cursed at by a mic vendor?
ProfKarp: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve recorded drums in M/S
seanwalkermusic: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve made a record that you’re proud of.
kevinblaine: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve actually been satisfied with a mix you worked on.
McNeilBen: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve had an hours discussion on properly wrapping cable
CreateMusicTips: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve Taken a picture in front of a large console. 
SethMunson: you’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve stfu about Joey and do shit your own way
briankozicki: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve learned to hear
JFecteauMusic: Your’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve made cheap gear sound expensive.
inategreen: you’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve accidentally ruined a session.
cain_german: you’re not a real audio engineer until you stop using the beatles as an effin reference
lifelessone: You’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve pretended to move the faders after a client asks to “bring that up a notch” and then they say “yes, right there, perfect.”
hamedhokamzadeh: You’re not a real engineer until you stop the session because you realized you’re recording stereo flute.
Jeordie_g: you’re not a real audio engineer until you’ve recorded vocals under a blanket
OctopusDrummer: You’re not an audio engineer until you get a lava lamp
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Monday, July 19th, 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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New AGZ post: Synthesizer Basics – Lesson 2 http://bit.ly/bRycqs
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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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New AGZ post: What’s New in FL Studio 9.5 Beta http://bit.ly/bqgZuO
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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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Monday, July 12th, 2010
Here’s what theaudiogeek said this week
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dammit I should really label my drives. Which one of you is Nick Nolte, Gary Busey and who is the third??? I have 7 hard drives now.
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help name my baby girl. We can’t think of anything.
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I have the fun task of installing and authorizing ALL my plugins again unless I can figure out how to migrate them.
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yes I’ve googled it
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I cannot figure out how to get basic networking going with Win7 and 10.5.8 together.
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As with everything I do, my Win7 install didn’t work the first time. At least I have time.
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Listening to the new A Plea For Purging. My ear’s asses are being thoroughly kicked.
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@recordinghacks re:chinese mic co. they must know it’s shit. LOL [in response to: So, the Chinese mic company won't send me a mic to review after all, because they're afraid I might publicize the mic. Umm, what?]
Talking about mics
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[ME] Got an Nt1a today.
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- [quiztones] RT @theaudiogeek: Got an Nt1a today. /// I like that mic, what are you going to rec with it first?
- [ME] @quiztones I got it because I needed some kind of decent mic right now. A lot of my studio gear including all my mics is still in Toronto.
- [RandyCoppinger]@theaudiogeek New mics are always fun. What else you got in yer mic collection?
- [ME] @RandyCoppinger Nothing special, 2×3035, sm58, EV Raven, RE410, some cheap AT pencils. The store was out of SM7b, what I wanted.
- [Randy] @theaudiogeek sm7b is a cool mic, but not sure I’d consider it a workhorse for vox. I love the AT 4k series and Studio Projects C series. [note- This lead to many replies in praise of the SM7b. Randy went on to try and like the mic for vocals on his next session. This is why Twitter is great.]
- [Randy] @theaudiogeek M Audio Sputnik is pretty amazing too. Hoping to get a Brauner VMX approved at work this year. WAY outta my personal reach.
- [ME] @RandyCoppinger I’ve quite a bit of experience with the Sputnik. I like it but is not transparent at all.
- [Randy]@theaudiogeek Agreed about Sputnik. But neither is a u47. Both are likely gonna sound good on voice though.
- [molebomb]@theaudiogeek NT1a: great value, nicely made, decent sound
- [ME] Unfortunately I may not be able to actually use the mic until it cools down in here b/c the AC has been running non stop. LOUD! HOT!
Other stuff
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It’s HOT, we’re lazy. Megabite pizza online ordering is epic win.
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topping the list of baby names this week is Murgatroyd. LMAO
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Pro Tools 8.0.4 for LE and MP out today. The last version to work with XP, Vista or OSX 10.5
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Woot! New Air Conditioner!
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this upcoming podcast has an inspiring interview with Paul Ward. It’s long but a lot of fun.
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[in response to: This baby is full of techno. 
