From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Music Recording Software – Making the right choices

January 31, 2007

Music recording software comes in distinct “flavors”. You’ve probably heard of, or used some of these:

Free or low cost:

Audacity
Kristal Audio Engine
Apple GarageBand 2

Professional

Digidesign Pro-Tools ($450 for MBox 2 LE up to $lots+)
Apple Logic Pro ($75 for Express version – $1000)
Cakewalk Sonar ($100 – $620)
Steinberg Cubase ($100 – $550)

Opinion:
Steinberg’s CuBase system – popular and widely used [...]

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Microphone News

January 30, 2007

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AWR 2007-01-27: The Week in Context, Plus Portable Audio Recorders
27 Jan 2007 at 9:00am
This week the Apple Report podcast is back in classic form. A look at the Apple stock options probe, European regulation of DRM, and a Product Roundup of portable audio recorders

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Music Equipment News

January 30, 2007

Where gigs meet gigabytes – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
28 Jan 2007 at 5:59am
Where gigs meet gigabytes
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN – [...]

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Dilbert

January 30, 2007

Comic for 28 Jan 2007

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Recording Studio Equipment – Immortalize Your Music

January 30, 2007

Getting great results from recording studio equipment needs highly skilled craftsmanship that combines the art of music with the science of audio production technology.
This requires knowledge, understanding how to apply it, and a well-honed ability to listen critically to the sounds as they are recorded.
Developing your technical skills along with your creativity will enable you [...]

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How to Record Music – Acoustic Guitar – Part 2

January 29, 2007

For recording acoustic guitar, there’s a couple of questions to consider before looking at your microphone options:
What other instruments are to be in the recording? What recording technique do you prefer?

guitar on it’s own, or guitar & vocals, or mellow guitar sound as in jazz?

you’re probably looking for a warm, full, natural sound

guitar in band [...]

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