http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2012/8210.html Excerpt: The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life by scientists at the University of Bristol. The song – possibly the most ancient known musical song documented to date – was reconstructed from microscopic wing features on a fossil discovered in North East [...]
Email question received: no problem getting my site to play mp3 files, but what do you do if you’ve got an AAC file that you want people to hear. ************************ Response: Hey there, great question! What I found is that Adobe Flash supports AAC, so you could use a flashplayer to stream your AAC music [...]
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As part of my Critical Listening class with Berklee Music Online I’ve been spending a lot of time tweaking my audio mixing room. The point is to level out the environment at the listening position for an audio response that minimizes comb filtering and nodes that cancel out frequencies. If the problem is not minimized, [...]
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Audio engineer Bruce Swedien talks about keeping the mix primitive. Years ago I had his video series on microphone usage. The big tip I picked up from that was to use microphones to capture part of the room. Using microphone pairs to combine the source and ambient reflections. Also started to record keyboard parts going [...]
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Pan Law, in practical application, states that an audio source, of equal amplitude and phase, that is played in both channels of a stereo system and panned from center to left or right will sound natural to increase 3db. Read the Wikipedia link below for more details. (Actual change is 6.02db for perfect response and [...]
I’m really amazed at the changes in music production software and gear over the past 20 years, especially the ten years from 2001 to 2011. Long story short: I can do almost as much with about $8,000 of gear in 2011 that it took me $50,000 of gear in 2001. Let’s go back to 1988 [...]
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Email question received: Hey Bro, great web page. I came across your stie looking for sound effects to the musical “Annie”. Do you know where I could find some? Thanks!
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Email question received: Hi, I’m curious for your opinon about Full Sail in winter park florida. If you look online you will find that there are people that love and hate Full Sail. I want to go there and get a degree in the recording arts, and eventually become a music producer. Keep in mind [...]
Here is information about decibel levels and perceived volume change. Here’s the quick read info, with supporting documentation below. 3dB = twice the power 6dB = twice the amplitude ~10dB = twice the perceived volume Adding up two 12dB noise sources will get you, on average, 15dB (which will not sound twice as loud)
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Email question received: wat program did you use to first create music or Are you not a Computer Music Producer And Wat Genre Did you Start On .. 9 YEars Old is AÂ Nice Age to Starts still Im 13 and i started 4 to 5 Months Ago !
Have an Akai 4000s Ewi midi electronic wind controller and sometimes low midi notes play on their own and stick – usually when turning the instrument off. Anyone encounter this or know a fix? Answer: This is normal with most electronic instruments. The fix is when shutting down start with the amp first and go [...]
Email Received: HEY MY NAME IS ANDY, I AM 22 YEARS OLD AND I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MUSIC PRODUCING. I AM LEARNING HOW TO MAKE BEATS WITH FL7 PRODUCER EDITION.
“Could not complete the Open Session… command because bad data encountered while translating MIDI Chunk List†Digidesign ProTools error when opening a new session or importing a track from a previous session. Fixes: Your work is lost. Try any backups that do not have errors. Reinstall ProTools and start new sessions. Your work is gone. [...]
Michael Fremer, senior contributing editor of Stereophile Magazine, has posted a comment response on the Pear Cable JREF Challenge. This evolving challenge should be of interest to audio engineers, audiophiles and readers of the James Randi website. Here is a link to the summary I posted and his response: http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/10/pear-cables-offered-jref-challenge/ I have also emailed a [...]
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Pear Cables has been offered the One Million Dollar JREF Challenge to prove their claims that an audible difference can be heard between their $7,250 cables and Monster Cable. *UPDATE 10/24/07 – Response from Michael Fremer in comment on this post. Recommended reading* Email exchanges between Michael Fremer and James Randi have gotten quite heated. [...]
Thank you to the authors of this published study for choosing my nature sound recordings to use on your experiments. Integrating audiovisual information for the control of overt attention Selim Onat – Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany Klaus Libertus – Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany, & Department of Psychology [...]
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 This is a music review I found of a project I produced for Paula Sexsmith. The album was a Christian praise and pop CD entitled “Worry ‘Bout Nothin’”. Here’s the review, or go here to read the original Paula Sexsmith CD review. ******************** Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, [...]
During a vocal recording session I was producing for an album this evening several things came up that I thought might be good to address. Producing a vocal track can be a bit of a mystery in approach and there are many mistakes a producer can make in the process. Here’s my two cents worth [...]
There are three basic elements to music: Melody Harmony Rhythm In a song form you also have the element of: Lyrics. When doing a remix, these are the four elements you are going to play with. If you change all four, then you have a completely different song, not a remix. Most commonly the melody [...]
Setting up multiple movements in a single file with notation software. The things you need to look for are: 1. Measure atributes: final double bar at the end of a movement 2. measure attributes, begin a new stqaff system 3. measure attributes: hide cautionery clefs, key and time signaures. This will give you a clean [...]
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