Monday, July 5th, 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
- @Steve_Hamann RE:Firewire You’ve gotta go with SIIG or ADS. La Cie or Belkin would be good other options if they have TI chips (they should) [in response to: Twitterfolk, can anyone recommend a reliable PCIe firewire card, to be used w/ an audio interface? I think my onboard firewire may be poo.]
- Great article Bran! RT @recordingreview: Blogged How To Waste $10,000 On Recording Gear You Don’t Like: -http://tinyurl.com/2a3wg58
- @sonicidiot interacting with me on Twitter has earned you a subscriber of your blog. Also you seem interesting so congrats on those.
- @sonicidiot she’s having my baby who likes to kick and spin around in there.[in response to: @theaudiogeek not sure what that is all about but its funny on this end.]
- And she’s paying her own way through college. RT @ihazadoodle:Our baby better be really damn cute because she’s a tiny littlejerk!
- Underemployed engineer/blogger? Not in my house! RT @ihazadoodle:@theaudiogeekaww, you’re mean! What if she wants to do what Daddy does?
- New AGZ post: Interview with Relic The Oddity http://bit.ly/akyv3T
- @gmgranka<3 <3 [ in response to: writing/editing an interview for@theaudiogeek.I hope this finally wins his love for me.]
- New AGZ post: Weekly Tweetdump 34http://bit.ly/9zjE26
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Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Another week of updates from @theaudiogeek
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@KeyOfGrey 25% usually sounds like crap. I found PT’s Xform offline works best for long stretches. VERY slow though.
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@KeyOfGrey I think Ableton’s Algorithms are written for efficiency, REAPER has a ton of options & eleastique Pro 2 sounds very good.
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You’ve got to try Super Mario Crossover. http://supermariobroscrossover.com/
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You East-coasters go to bed WAY too early! It’s only 10!!
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Going to meet
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@HunterOnTheRun Burger was great, slow service and the Vuvuzela concert was annoying. Went to Vera’s Burger Shack on Commercial Ave.
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LOL just noticed the Soccer mode on YouTube.
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There are 2 new Futurama episodes to be found online.
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“REAPER Notes” becomes a monthly column in Sound On Sound in August. Great news!
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Going out for coffee then recording a podcast.
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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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The girls in Vancouver must try really hard to look ugly. I don’t understand it.
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@wooliegeek Nope, talking about all the hipsters on Commercial Dr. or on my side of Hastings.
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Ps FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU
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Moving co sez ‘sometime in July’ to deliver. WTF! What happened to the 14 day estimate!? #FML
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I had a good time sitting in on a mastering session with Alex at Suite Sound Labs this morning.
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The park is cold today. Wish I had internet at home.
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New studio desk and chairs. Now I need my gear.
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@Mikehillier the desk is a custom combination of IKEA parts. I’ll blog about it later. [in response to:
@theaudiogeek what studio desk have you gone for? I'm in the Market myself.]
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Back to ikea to get the right chairs this time.
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Meeting rescheduled
found $5 on the way home
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2 steps out the door on the way to a meeting and a bird pisses on me. LOL
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Until I get internet at home Pandora Park and Starbucks are my favorite places to be.
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Hmm…should we induce labor 2 weeks early or not go see Katatonia?
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thank god for 7-eleven
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Looks like it’ll be another week without internet.
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@allenwagner I’ll just have to get cosy with the girls at Starbucks.
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Never go to Strathcona unless you’re looking for drugs or prostitutes, then you’re in the right place. Fucking scary place.
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This is why I hate going to IKEA. Good thing we didn’t really NEED anything.
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So close! Arrived at our new apt, cant get in
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In Kamloops! Just a few more hours of driving tomorrow to get to my new home!
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I’m in Calgary. Kamloops is next, then Vancouver!
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In Moose Jaw SK. at the Super 8. 3000KM into our trip, 1650KM to go.
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It’s really nice having Pro Tools on the laptop without extra junk on this trip.
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@mr_union couldn’t resist temptation on that one. Not like it works well enough to use in real life
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Made it to just outside of Sudbury today after making the final round of family visits and packing/repacking the van again and again.
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Finally getting the fuck OUT of Mississauga! Movers say theyll come Monday. I’ll be in Vancouver by Friday
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stood up by our movers
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Oh no! Movers are late!
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Dear past self: why did you leave all this stuff to do for me today?
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DJENT DJENT WAAOOOOO DJJEEEEENT JENT JENT DEJEEENT DJEJEJEJENT WEELDY WEELDY DJENTJENMTJENT
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For the record, if there’s no podcast this week it’s not my fault.
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studio acoustics have been taken down and packed. Damn this room sounds terrible.
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Found a soft black laptop sleeve/bag at Dollarama of all places. $2!
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RT
@airusersblog: “AIR Blog” Pro Tools Crack – The Analysis Of AVIDGATE
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@mr_union the thing is… you don’t need to buy it now. AVID said it couldn’t be done, and yet it works
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Saturday, June 19th, 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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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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Monday, May 24th, 2010
I’m late getting the tweetdump out for the past week but better late than never. I don’t know if I’ll have internet in whatever crummy motel I’ll happen to be in next Sunday (on my move from Toronto to Vancouver) and I may not be tweeting much anyway.
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“On this record you’ll hear heavy metal, a genre of music from the future!”
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Planning the drive from Toronto to Vancouver. Depressing. I took a walk down Death Valley w/ Google streetview to cheer up.
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I like smoothies but hate seeds
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So much clutter, so disorganized! Moving in 7 days!!!
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Alright, enough procrastination, time to get this podcast edited.
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Watching Daybreakers.
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Got an apartment in Vancouver!
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Pro Tip- if your inbox is not nearly full enough, post an ad for a free fish tank. 15 replies in 3 minutes!
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Why is the mac so hot? *checks activity monitor* oh, Finder is using 100% CPU. Weird that it didn’t seem slow or crashy just hot.
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I really hope I get this apartment.
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Get REAPER behaving like Pro Tools and beyond thanks to Adam’s customization guide.
http://trunc.it/7yhpo
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Is anyone else able to recognize EZdrummer, Slate Drums or Addictive drums etc in music and is less enjoyable as a result?
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@theaudiogeek um, no … If it fits and sounds good, then who cares?
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@theaudiogeek I can’t. But then again, I’m usually not worrying over what drum samples or loops were used if the tune is good.
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@theaudiogeek sometimes yes. Sometimes I know it and they are done so well I don’t care.
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@theaudiogeek I think only AEs can, but we already pick everything we hear apart and make music less enjoyable due to that anyways
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Not a whole lot exciting going on this week in the audio world. I was at the MIAC/PAL tradeshow today and saw some things I can’t talk about but mostly nothing new.
MIAC/PAL 2010 Highlights:
Nuendo 5 was on display but I didn’t even glance at it (not interested) so can’t really say anything about that.
I saw the new Audio-Technica ribbon mic up close which was about half as big as I thought it was. Looks great.
I met Laura Clapp at the TC Electronic booth. Because she wasn’t doing a demo at the time I didn’t make the mental connection until someone said “I saw you on YouTube.”
I’m dead tired and my head hurts from the constant barrage of drumming, keytar wankery, PA system demos etc. I’m sure there are more things to mention but I just can’t think of what else was there.
Also I should mention I may not post much in the next 3 weeks because I’m moving to Vancouver and whodathunkit’d be a complicated thing to do.
Here’s this past week of @theaudiogeek activity:
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I saw a younger, gay(?) doppelganger of Big Al
@allenwagner today. Strange to say the least.
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@aniazmusic I’ll be there in an hour [in response to: Just ran into
@musicline at MIAC. Wondering who else is here]
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I <3 ebow. Gonna have to find room in my non existent audio toy budget for one.
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Now taking suggestions on names for my forthcoming spawn (girl)
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what’s the point of having 1418 followers if none of them will speak up and tell me to get pizza for dinner. FFFFFUUUU
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Dear Twitter: what should I have for dinner.
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Looks like a cool thing if you’ve got a compatible phone, which I don’t RT
@RandyCoppinger: Any of my pro #audio tweeps using audioboo.com?
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Oh yeaa Veal sammich
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Anyone else going to the MIAC/PAL show in Toronto on Sunday?
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@RandyCoppinger that project is on hold until I find a store I can try out a bunch of tubes before buying. [in response to:
@theaudiogeek Did you ever get the mystery tube mic working?]
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Hey Tweeps what are you doing today?
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“I’m sorry it’s a basement suite not an apartment” same shit
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Nearly done my Nocturn 49 review, just needed some clarifications from tech support. Should be online later today.
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New episode of Master Tracks. Great show on recording bands from demo to download in 1 day.
http://trunc.it/7q7n8
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