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So the Iron Chefs at Digidesign have been cooking up a new virtual instrument plugin and this one’s gotta be designed either for phlebotomists or the Trance Loop/Electronica crowd. Judging from the samples, you beatmakers out there should be well pleased. I was severely disappointed in the example of an Acoustic Piano sound, but impressed at the ultra-modern beats with extra-wide spatial imaging on everything else they listed. Yea, I’m a plug-in junkie and I’ll be downloading this. It will probably be just like the Eleven Plugin; –I’ll fall in love with it and when it expires it will be about $300 more than I think it’s worth. Heck, I could probably find a real acoustic piano (used) for that…but why expect killer piano sounds from a plugin called “Transfuser.” But enough of my sardonic wit, go check it out for yourself.
One more thing, be sure to ignore any “Transfuser” criticism you might hear from Christian Science or Jehovah’s Witness-affiliated websites.
From Audiogeekzine comes a wonderful video tip; how to archive your protools sessions!
See his original post here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-70HnOrChQ
Happy Archiving!
Found this on Youtube- Dweezil demonstrating Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig software.
Any guitar sound that you like can be created, stored and emailed to your friends using your computer, not your amp. Guitar Rig is a plugin for popular sequencers/recording software.
It’s kinda cool to hear Dweezil play Van Halen then one of his dad’s old solos. His 2nd tour (Zappa plays Zappa) is coming to play a concert in Atlanta in a few months…I wonder if the wife would go. Hmmm…. Read the rest of this entry »
Promedia’s blog tells us how to get started with the Elastic Time feature in Pro Tools 7.4.
Protooler announces the new Digidesign update to Pro Tools 7.4 cs3 is now available and lists all the bug fixes.
The Good Musician blog calls it quits; B5 Media is looking for a new blogger to take his place. Goodbye, Arjun, it’s sad to see you go.
From BigBlue Lounge, Tarekith’s guide to the mixdown process.
And here’s a site to teach you the Circle of 4ths/5ths.
From the Womb Boards, Here is What Is - a DVD documentary about Daniel Lanois recording his music in recording studios from Toronto to Morocco. Here’s what his site says about the project: (I’ve already ordered my copy!)
For those of you who might not know, the film is a camera following me around over the course of a year, in and out of recording studios documenting once and for all the way it really happens. We start in Toronto and end in Morocco.
The film will be showing in select cities and the dvd will be available soon.
If you’re not familiar with the Womb Boards’ CAPE Project, here’s some tunes from the latest REVEAL to peak your interest.
Peace-
j
Congress passes a higher ed funding bill that requires colleges & universities to deal with the illegal downloading on campuses. (webware via future of music blog).
John Mellencamp demands John McCain stop using his songs for campaign events. (WTOP via future of music blog).
Gerd Leonhard (MediaFuturist Blog) recommends a book predicting what the future holds for the music industry.
Hometracked shares some Vocal EQ Tips.
Protooler shares a link where you can get PDF files to make your own ProTools shortcut stickers.
Guitarflame asks “where do you find your music?”.
Listenerd shares a link to a company that has used pitch to MIDI conversion to create a version of Guitar Hero that is usable with real guitars Plus, it also offers a teaching mode to help you learn new songs. Cool!
Music Row reports that Warner Music Group’s head is under investigation by French authorities for insider trading. Bad, Edgar, Bad!
Musicthing has posted the strangest accordian equipment review ever. (I’ve never seen an accordian do anything like that!).
Seth Godin’s post on deciding what to make could speak to musicians. Rewrite it yourself only with a focus on making music.
Good Musician shares tips on how to get young children interested in playing an instrument.
I’m not originally an Erykah Badu fan, but after seeing her on Before the Music Dies (a great video!!), I had to catch this review of her new music video on Killed by the Video Star’s site. As I watched it, my grins turned to guffaws…she’s probably one of the most intelligent artists out there today! I won’t give away the cool stuff, but it’s a real trip down memory lane in the spirit of RHCP’s Dani California vid.
This is a cool video tip I found at http://www.recordbetteraudio.com/ :
The clinician is Terry Howard (3 time grammy award winner).
Earfarm posted this vocal outtake here of David Lee Roth singing “Running with the Devil” . It’s pretty amusing without the music!
If you liked that, you might also enjoy this outtake here of Smashmouth’s” Days like These”.
Undiscovered footage of Phil Collins recording the drum track for “In the Air Tonight” (flash required)? No it’s a commercial, silly.
I’m not a sports fan, and I really rolled my eyes when I discovered that Chunklet had this country ditty labled as “Worst Song” here; Being an Auburn grad. myself, I’d quickly add that this doesn’t seem to be an officially produced song about Auburn University(at least I sure hope it’s not!!).
Creative loafing has an article about the songwriter who’s started the UGA music business program.
Simon Napier-Bell reflects on the great injustices of the major record labels. (Thanks Media Futurist)
The Listenerd share a cool interactive music video, “Black Mirror” that allows you to mute the multitrack audio (1 = vocals, 2 - drums, 3 - pad, etc…).
Protooler noticed this Strum-Acoustics release: a virtual acoustic guitar plugin with performance-enhancing voicing/strum algorithms to make any hack keyboard player sound just like a real acoustic guitar player.
How much of the mediocre stuff in your life have you let yourself believe is great?
Seth Godin talks about breaking bad habits: (video link).
Wire to the Ear reminds us that it’s better to start tracking softly to avoid the big “D“.(article is tagged Ableton Live, but applies to Pro Tools, too!)
Make it a good day!
-J
This month’s tech tip from Musician’s Friend is really appropriate, even if you’re not ready to head to rehab: –Craig Anderton gives us a great sequence that really boils everything down into the steps we should be doing. A great read.
These light+loudspeaker combos are really aesthetically appealing, but they’re probably not suited for the average nightclub environment. Imagine the fireworks when you add a few of these to a room full of drunks and a few pitchers of beer spilled on the floor…. (credits to emusician Xtra).
Hear 2.0 reminds us of the cyclical nature of the music industry. (ad-supported music).
Media futurist predicts a songwriter’s strike due to the failings of the Performing Rights Organizations (PROs). I believe there’s a good chance he’s right about this; –the industry and the courts still haven’t gotten a good handle on a digital world without borders.
A lot of bloggers are pointing to the end of the record labels. I read with interest the post about “Digital is more than just the Internet“ from New Music Strategies. The point is well taken; –the industry was not prepared for the wide open spaces and changing formats/distribution methods. Change takes time and the folks who made a living off the status quo were slow to see the handwriting on the wall. But don’t rule them out yet.
Seth Godin published some new music lessons for the industry to think about. (hypebot, our digital music).
The Digital Rights Management experiment apparently failed, so the labels will have to come up with something new(our digital music). My bet=look out for digital watermarks that track the tracks (Listenerd).
The RIAA is probably not dead. (Mashable via Listenerd). I know my job continues to change incrementally. The same can be said for the industry, even though change can be painfully slow (and those who do not change are condemned to fade away).
Finally, we’re all here for a purpose. Look at Louis’s post and contemplate the future. What changes do you need to make?
For you plugin-heads; a free Vintage meter! (RTAS, VST & Direct X). (thanks to the Womb board). Plus a list of more FREE RTAS plugs!
Happy Sunday!
Peace,
J
Garritan is offering a free online Jazz Arranging Course by Chuck Israels! (thanks HarmonyCentral). It looks cool, if you’ve had at least 1 year of music theory.
Enjoy the best Mashups of 2007 (free download) [thanks to Gerd Leonhard & MediaFuturist.]
Sample tracks include:
07 Lobsterdust // Marley Maiden
Bob Marley VS Iron Maiden
[from the Number of da Boots album, MOTW #27]
08 DJ Zebra // Break Through Love
Doors VS Led Zeppelin
[MOTW #44]
09 El Barto & Liam B // Don’t Dance
Genesis VS David Bowie
[MOTW #40]
Mark Hornsby is starting a new year-long series about recording a song entirely in the box using Pro Tools. Every month the tracks will be available as a free download at http://recordingmag.com/index.html (Thanks, Promedia Blog).
Good Musician has started his series of Basic Repertoire posts with the Queen of the Night’s flashy Aria from the Magic Flute. I didn’t realize there was a “whistle” register in the human voice…I’d always assumed these sopranos were a result of cold war genetic engineering experiments…
Marty Atkins has begun Tour Smart: The Tour. Watch for it in a city near you. (Feb. 8th in Bham, AL).
KilledbytheVideoStar has killer reviews of the latest (and not so latest) in music videos. Good stuff!
My buddy Stan and Rollin’ in the Hay will be in town at the Double Branch Saloon on Friday Jan. 11. at 10 pm.
As we move closer to the end of the year and take a breather from all the holiday bustle, I’d just like to take a moment and say thank you for coming here and reading my teaching blog. This has been an open diary and forum to reflect on what’s happening; –mainly in the music industry side of things. I’ve pondered opening a music theory “House of Pancakes” blog to deal with the first year theory curriculum (the most important of all things!)….but I barely have time during the day to reflect upon the music industry side. I would encourage my colleagues to try this education blogging; –it opens lines of communication and expands my classroom and my thinking. That can be a really good thing when you’re a stuffy old college professor who’s over twice the age of his students. Some old geezer who wears a tie most days and needs to clean up his office; –that’s me.
In other news, I recorded with the Digidesign tape saturation plugin. I stuck it on a master fader track and would have to say that my first impression is that I like it, but I need more time to really figure out what it can do. It’s an expensive plug-in but Santa was pretty good this year.
Posting has been and will continue to be light this week as I’ve been doing a lot of traveling and holiday chores w/ family.
And thanks again for reading. I really appreciate it!
If you’d like to read a post about gratitude with grace, I’d recommend Louis Schmier’s holiday post.
Peace.
J
Promedia blog teaches Toggling to Pro Tools Toddlers.
Max’s studio is looking good from Ground Zero. (dmstudio)
Ad-supported music says Limewire is on 36% of computers.
Gibson has a reverse flying V guitar on the line. (MusicGadgets).
New Music Strategies looks (or promises to look) at promising new tools.
Good Musician pics 10 Musicians to invite to your College Party.
My wife reviews “I Am Legend” even though Listenerd has already proven that Will Smith doesn’t use toilet paper…
Our Digital Music names 10 musicians To Invite to your Office Christmas Party.
Got 43 minutes? Artistshousemusic.org has posted a great video interview of Chris Scarabosio, Skywalker Sound’s lead sound designer. He talks about recording techniques, his work on films and tv series, and using Pro Tools. Actually, there are several videos by Chris on this site; a worthy visit for anyone considering sound design as a career.
Monitor size and strategy. He’s right about being “wow-ed” by a great sounding set of monitors. This is why my subwoofer sits unused in my office. Here’s where you can get the real scoop on this tip.
Apparently it’s a slow music blog day on the ol’ net, unless you’re apt to become excited over Toilet MP3 players…
I’m waiting for Charles Dye to get here (Stankonia) and just found out the class has been delayed one hour. Looks like there are seven of us and the coffee is brewing in the lounge area, so I’m off to round up a little caffeine…
‘later.
J
New videos are up at the Digidesign site! Today the 7.4 upgrade is released! Life is good! Yay!
Digidesign has unveiled a new video content streampage that lets you browse and view product info, tips and tricks.
There are 6 new videos about version 7.4!
Look carefully at the signal path in this picture: do you know what is getting ‘verb? What tracks end up with the T-Racks EQ? An important part of learning to work within the box is the ability to visualize signal flow. To my students; –10 Extra Credit points added to a bad test grade if you will take the time to illustrate the signal path via a flowchart and put it in my mailbox before Nov. 9th.
Click on the picture to zoom in.
An interesting article that goes with the picture can be found at the ProMedia blog. Thanks guys!
This is big news if you’ve ever wondered what that track would sound like a few BPM faster but you know that you’d never play that riff that well again. Digi’s “Elastic Audio” algorithm is ready to hit the market in the next ProTools version! We’re talking about the power to change the tempo of any audio track in real time with NO ARTIFACTS! REALTIME!
They’ve been talking about this for “down the road” (check out Dave Lebolt’s message in the latest DIGIZINE) but my inside source says it’s really close to the street date!
The Digidesign gang was in great form as they tailored a session for MIDI production and remixing…
First we remember the old beat producers…while working on deconstructing a hihat sound…
Download Lofi Hihatz
Kosha showed me this in Nashville a couple of years ago; –I can hear your neighbors calling the police now…
Regardless of your gender, I think you’ll appreciate this…
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