Recent content by rob aylestone

I got mostly positive comments on the video, but the real experts to me to task. Oddly, a few told me inventing my own copedent was just stupid. It would have been but i googled a lot and found that this model i have, a fender 400, has less strings than the modern ones, and the ‘great players’...

The thing here is that you seem reluctant to experiment. I can tell you that my interface with a short lead to the computer (and my interface used to be a presonus) was the quietest I have had. My now long USB is slightly crackly. It may mean nothing or just be bad luck, but most interference...

This kind of thing...

I'm intrigued if this video I made makes sense and perhaps is the same, in the US. I got really cross seeing how our local town councillors behave now their meetings are streamed. I made this video and got loads of private messages from other councillors, and members of the public who felt they...

He swapped with Brian Adam backing Tina Turner on tour - just as happy doing that. Another old act that is still going is Judie Tzuke - she still tours, and her two kids do her backing vocals. She got dropped from the big record companies years ago, so self-publishes to her old fans. She sends...

What sort of PA? If the bass and drums go through the PA, then just mic up your cab. If the PA is only doing vocals, then it might be a bit lacking.

I found the flashmob thing.

Until i owned ‘nice’ mics i got very used to putting EQ on everything. When I started using better mics, i found i did not need as much EQ. So im now a bit confused with what ‘takes EQ well’. Does it mean the mic is a bit poor but with EQ, its fine, or does it mean the mic is so horrible, it is...

I read this back and some of the things Joseph says need him to explain how he drew some conclusions because ive searched the usual audio technical databases and i cannot find there the things he alludes to? I think he is saying that using maths to increase the value of every sample in the...

He's not been back, so I've put the title back. One would think that if you're really interested in a topic, so much you posted it in a few online places, you'd keep checking back? Clearly he just wanted a quick response, submit the results and get back to partying on his student loan we all...

Ive come across a problem with my reversed system. Every few seconds i get a feint crack through the audio, like a capacitor sparking. Very annoying and i cant find out which bit of kit is doing it.

For what its worth, its actually a three conductor audio cable, that gets used for composite because they're short. If you cut off the connectors you find its simple lapped screening. Doesn't usually matter of course. Probably these must have the record of being the type of cable and connector...

He worked every year on night of the proms - where that clip comes from. The finale of every show was 'Music' - and over the years many huge stars have played the huge festival type event - with a huge orchestra and usually choirs. Every musician in the orchestra and every singer miked up -...

Cubase needs the internet - no dongles any longer, plus of course 32 bit VSTis have been gone for ages. If you find an old version with an old parallel port dongle it might work? That limits it to what? SX3? Plus no latest VSTs, effects, plug-ins or the really cool stuff. I'm not sure you'd even...

I found a link today, and it pointed to John Miles - who's no longer with us. When I was first starting out his touring show was one of the first I worked on, and I wished I'd worked on more in my later years when I knew much more. Nobody ever had a bad thing to say about him and despite playing...