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jeffmaher said:
Thanks! I'm assuming those podcasts are available on this site? Never noticed them....actually, don't know exactly what a podcast is! Guess I'll find out.
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Actually, Inside Home Recording is a totally different website, based in Canada. They had a tv show for a while. They have a forum, but it is very small, and doesn't have nearly the activity, or availability of topics that HomeRecording.com does. :D I subscribed to the podcasts at the same time I began surfing the forums here, to learn as much as I could about buying my new recording gear, how to use it, etc...

A podcast is either in video (which theirs are) or audio form, and apparently is recorded in a way that creates small, downloadable, files. I believe there are other ways to download podcasts, besides itunes, but I prefer using itunes, because it is a great organizational tool as well as being very user friendly. If you visit http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/ there is a rundown on how it works. You don't have to own an ipod to use the itunes software, or download podcasts. You can play the music/podcasts on your computer.

I'm really glad you found my little tidbit of info useful. I was worried that you would be like, "Psh, I already know all that stuff!" There's another really cool one about compression. A lot of it was over my head, but it was amazing to hear what he did with a big band recording - bringing out the quiet bits, and squashing the overbearing parts!
 
I went to the site. They have archives on streaming vid. Don't need pods or E or I anythings!

Them Ka-nuks are seriously, annoyingly...... cheerful. Except when they play hockey.

Thanks again!
 
jeffmaher said:
Them Ka-nuks are seriously, annoyingly...... cheerful. Except when they play hockey.
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I would have to agree with you, but the segments where they are talking about the "how-to" stuff seems to be pretty helpful, and possibly useful, if it's what you're trying to work on or learn about. Recently, I heard one called "Copying Rod" where he goes through the process of making a music track from a live recording of Rod Stewart for a tribute singer, or band. He talked about how he lines up all the music perfectly, even though the live performance didn't keep perfect timing. I forget what it was called, but he created a click track that went along with the down beat of the live music, and then built his background track from there - mimicking all of the live players. Pretty cool.
 
I've not listened to the song yet, for I'm not anywhere near a critical listening system ... but to your point about midi.

Midi is a format of recording ... it's nothing in an of itself. Saying "it sounds midi" has taken on a meaning that ventures outside of what midi is.

When something sounds cheezy or robotic, people say, "Sounds like midi" ... but midi doesn't sound like anything. It's a digital instrument recording replication that allows certain manipulations w/in it's parameters ... like tightening timing or changing notes or ... whatever. It doesn't sound like anything.

If things are robotic or cheezy ... that's user error, not the format's fault.

So none of you all knew this already, right?

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K-dub said:
I've not listened to the song yet, for I'm not anywhere near a critical listening system ... but to your point about midi.

Midi is a format of recording ... it's nothing in an of itself. Saying "it sounds midi" has taken on a meaning that ventures outside of what midi is.

When something sounds cheezy or robotic, people say, "Sounds like midi" ... but midi doesn't sound like anything. It's a digital instrument recording replication that allows certain manipulations w/in it's parameters ... like tightening timing or changing notes or ... whatever. It doesn't sound like anything.

If things are robotic or cheezy ... that's user error, not the format's fault.

So none of you all knew this already, right?

:D
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Thank you captain obvious.
 
I appreciate the grooves you lay. I just listen thru lil laptop speakers and if it sounds good then I'll usually run it to the monitors to get a big dose. I dont care about all the tech babble, gear quotes, n personal space science. It's either gettin it, or it aint. Regardless of the gear. Good stuff ...
 
Hey man,

It presents itself as a soft rock ballad kind of thing. I know that you're planning on vocals for this down the line, but I wish that for now there was at least one instrument playing what will be the main melody line. The chords are all logical and there's plenty of variation and interchange between the parts (actual parts) to set the stage well for the melody, but it's hard for me to get a sense of this song without that piece. A good songwriter friend of mine always says that a good song should work a capella, and that's the way I always approach music... melody first.

As far as the sound goes, I thinks it's mixed nicely. The biggest thing for me is the repetitive cymbol hits. Musically, it makes sense what you did with that, but each one sounds so identical. Snare doesn't bother me that way, but cymbols have such a shape to them that it's very easy for my ears to match one with the other.

Can't wait to hear the melody!
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Hey I just read through the other comments and wanted to pop back in... I've become a big MIDI user myself and I think that my music has grown a lot since I started using it. I would go so far as to say that it has made me a better musician. It shouldn't be characterized as fake or anything.

Regarding virtual drums -- have you experimented with FXpansion BFD? I've started using its sequencing capability (on "Another Sunset" for example) and I think the results are pretty good. I will say that it's not the most intuitive program in the world but once you learn your way around it does give you a lot of flexibility. Anyway...

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