Have a new camera. Panasonic HXDC1. Loving the macro focus capabilities!
First picture I took....Not edited. Straight from the camera.
Monday 26 December 2011
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Have a new camera. Panasonic HXDC1. Loving the macro focus capabilities!
First picture I took....Not edited. Straight from the camera.
Have a new camera. Panasonic HXDC1. Loving the macro focus capabilities!
First picture I took....Not edited. Straight from the camera.
Wednesday 14 December 2011
SAMSON C01 / C02 Mic Bundle
Okay, So I am planning on purchasing these mics. Not only are they extremely affordable I have heard good reviews.
At this price, two condenser mics is an absolute steal!
Although they retail for around the same price as the Behringer C2's (Link Here for C2's) I have previously blogged about, They are not a stereo pair. Which, can be a hinderance but can also be a blessing. I was personally looking for a small diaphragm and a large diaphragm condenser mic so this bundle was exactly what I was looking for. I was expecting to pay more than this for just one large diaphragm mic.
Both mics respond from 50-20,000 hz. Yet the C02 (Pencil Mic) is Super Cardioid whilst the Large Diaphragm mic is Hyper-Cardioid.
I think that you would have to try the mics to see if they suit your application, but anything from drum overheads, room mics, podcasting, acoustic guitar etc the possibilities are endless and at this price you can definitely not worry about losing out! A right bargin!
Thomann link to the Mics
At this price, two condenser mics is an absolute steal!
Although they retail for around the same price as the Behringer C2's (Link Here for C2's) I have previously blogged about, They are not a stereo pair. Which, can be a hinderance but can also be a blessing. I was personally looking for a small diaphragm and a large diaphragm condenser mic so this bundle was exactly what I was looking for. I was expecting to pay more than this for just one large diaphragm mic.
Both mics respond from 50-20,000 hz. Yet the C02 (Pencil Mic) is Super Cardioid whilst the Large Diaphragm mic is Hyper-Cardioid.
I think that you would have to try the mics to see if they suit your application, but anything from drum overheads, room mics, podcasting, acoustic guitar etc the possibilities are endless and at this price you can definitely not worry about losing out! A right bargin!
Thomann link to the Mics
Been away for a while!
Due to health and other reasons I have been absent from the airwaves but I am now back! With regular updates and random gatherings of.... things!
Saturday 24 September 2011
Things to come!
Kind of sticking with the music and also mixing the video / VFX side of things, soon, there will hopefully be a rather cool video for you guys check out!
Thursday 15 September 2011
Back at college!
I have started back at college! Things are set to look good for me this year! Alot of cool stuff going to happen providing I get some things in order!
We are starting a sound to video unit which i am really looking forward too!
We are starting a sound to video unit which i am really looking forward too!
Thursday 8 September 2011
Q & A
I have teamed up with ARTSIN Leicestershire and have answered some common questions that new bands and artists might be interested in.
More to come!
http://www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk/backstage.htm
More to come!
http://www.artsinleicestershire.co.uk/backstage.htm
Sunday 4 September 2011
Its been a while!
Its been a while since I last posted! but things are in the pipeline! Some interesting stuff to be coming this way very soon! (It sounds like a cliché i know, but its true!)
Thursday 21 July 2011
Redo on my Grenade art!
So, being rather pleased with the first outcome, I decided to do a speed art and a new "grenades" creation in cinema 4d.
I thought my first attempt was good until i put it next to these! here is the video and the picture!
I thought my first attempt was good until i put it next to these! here is the video and the picture!
Tuesday 5 July 2011
A little design work!
Okay, again this isnt anything to do with audio, but 3d work using cinema 4d and photoshop. This image alone took 20 minuites to render (maybe a little longer!) as I used global illumination. It was just a practice of techniques within C4D and i may do my first ever speed art sometime with something like this! The first is my final product, the second image was my first full render.
Monday 27 June 2011
Not audio but Animation!
Ok so it has taken me a while to get with it! but i finally completed a new title animation for my (soon, eventually, when i get around to it!) website!
Here it is!
Here it is!
Friday 17 June 2011
Screamo bands!
I have noticed recently that front men of screamo bands tend to run about alot and break mic cables! (Just a little insight!)
Wednesday 8 June 2011
How far has music software come?!
Take a look at this video. This is a rather nifty piece of software for its time! I think personally that some people use even worse software today! (audacity for one isnt capable of this!)
Samples?
Ok, so I have an idea floating around at the moment, Title kind of gives it away, but i shant say too much! In the next few months im hoping to begin work on my first major product :)
Saturday 28 May 2011
Live Sound Shift
Okay so I really got stuck in the live sound side of things last night!
Was a great night and the bands werent bad either.
It was a relativley small stage but a rather nice sized system to work with. It was just your typical live setup for a typical 3 - 5 peice band. (Guitars, bass, drums, vocals)
All monitors run through auxiliarys,as were the effect sends. Although 2 of the 3 front stage monitors had blown horns so lost all the top end frequencies, this caused problems at the start as i had to drive the remaining foldback quite hard and started to feedback. although a few tweaks with eq later, this wasnt a problem. I really like the drummers foldback system at this venue. Its like a mini PA (infact, bigger and better than some PAs ive worked with in the past!) Active sub, and passive high speakers. And it really does show that when the drummer especially can hear the power of his right leg thumping through that sub, it really does show in the perfomance!
The night was also recorded by me for a live demo and actually didnt come out too bad!
Just my two cents :)
Was a great night and the bands werent bad either.
It was a relativley small stage but a rather nice sized system to work with. It was just your typical live setup for a typical 3 - 5 peice band. (Guitars, bass, drums, vocals)
All monitors run through auxiliarys,as were the effect sends. Although 2 of the 3 front stage monitors had blown horns so lost all the top end frequencies, this caused problems at the start as i had to drive the remaining foldback quite hard and started to feedback. although a few tweaks with eq later, this wasnt a problem. I really like the drummers foldback system at this venue. Its like a mini PA (infact, bigger and better than some PAs ive worked with in the past!) Active sub, and passive high speakers. And it really does show that when the drummer especially can hear the power of his right leg thumping through that sub, it really does show in the perfomance!
The night was also recorded by me for a live demo and actually didnt come out too bad!
Just my two cents :)
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Mixing in logic pro 9
Spent quite some time today (5 hours!) Mixing a song in Logic for my college course.
I really do like the DAW itself an love the interface. I also like that the plugins are, for the majority, easy to use and very uniformed in appearance. I mention this as i have used plugins before where everything looks different and it takes precious time to find your way around and it slows down your workflow.
Will hopefully post some clips soon with what i have been doing today!
I really do like the DAW itself an love the interface. I also like that the plugins are, for the majority, easy to use and very uniformed in appearance. I mention this as i have used plugins before where everything looks different and it takes precious time to find your way around and it slows down your workflow.
Will hopefully post some clips soon with what i have been doing today!
Wednesday 18 May 2011
a real eye opener!
At college today we had the privalege of meeting Andrew Dubber (http://andrewdubber.com/)
And i must say.... What a guy! The experience was amazing and the presentation was perfect. I really hope i do get to see him again. It was a real eye opening experience on the things he had to say! Please visit his website above!
And i must say.... What a guy! The experience was amazing and the presentation was perfect. I really hope i do get to see him again. It was a real eye opening experience on the things he had to say! Please visit his website above!
Friday 25 March 2011
Recording Session
Ok, so this is going to be a lengthy one! (Pictures below!)
We had a recording session at my college the other day recording the band "Even More Than You", and thought I might share some of the equipment we used, signal paths etc. Links and pictures of equipment will be listed below!
Ok lets start with the drums....
Kick - Sennheiser Evo 602 (Check out my Bass Drum Recording blog from last month!)
Snare - Top and Bottom Both Shure SM57's (Bottom one Phase Inverted)
3 Toms - Each had a Shure SM57
Overheads - 2 C414's using a figure 8 pattern
Overall we got a really nice natural sounding kit, and although I havent had a chance to mix yet, I know just from the tracking that it will be a nice sound!
Using inserts on the ghost soundcraft desk we did the following:
Kick Drum - Compressed using the SSL XLogic G series compressor
Bass -DI into the desk - Into the Joemeek One Q
Vocals - Recorded seperatley using the technique in my previous two posts.
Synth - Run into the IVORY 5021 Dual Valve compressor using the stero link then to the MOTU
Everything was then taken from the desk, and using two MOTU 8Pre's into Logic Pro 9 using the aggregate device so everything had its own channel.
I was especially impressed with the Joemeek One Q. It gave such a warm, yet bright feel to the bass and it really does look good in your rack too!
Again with the IVORY and the SSL LOGIC, they are such nice peices of equipment and well worth a purchase if you can afford it.
Personally, this is the first time I really went all out and used outboard equipment rather than doing it in the software (apart from using cheaper stuff) and... people say it... and I just brush it off, but with the SSL and the Joemeek especially, I noticed a HUGE difference in sound quality and clarity. The sounds coming from these peices of equipment were simply amazing! And I definatley will be using them again!
Below are some pictures of the patch bay, taken because I didnt think i would ever fill it up so much! we even had to go get some extra patch cables!
Ok, so here are the links to the rack equipment and the prices in GBP, if you want to translate it to your currency, use THIS CONVERTER
IVORY 5021 Dual Compressor
Around £570
Joemeek ONE Q
Around £600
SSL XLOGIC COMPRESSOR
Around £2,300
MOTU 8Pre
Around £400
We had a recording session at my college the other day recording the band "Even More Than You", and thought I might share some of the equipment we used, signal paths etc. Links and pictures of equipment will be listed below!
Ok lets start with the drums....
Kick - Sennheiser Evo 602 (Check out my Bass Drum Recording blog from last month!)
Snare - Top and Bottom Both Shure SM57's (Bottom one Phase Inverted)
3 Toms - Each had a Shure SM57
Overheads - 2 C414's using a figure 8 pattern
Overall we got a really nice natural sounding kit, and although I havent had a chance to mix yet, I know just from the tracking that it will be a nice sound!
Using inserts on the ghost soundcraft desk we did the following:
Kick Drum - Compressed using the SSL XLogic G series compressor
Bass -DI into the desk - Into the Joemeek One Q
Vocals - Recorded seperatley using the technique in my previous two posts.
Synth - Run into the IVORY 5021 Dual Valve compressor using the stero link then to the MOTU
Everything was then taken from the desk, and using two MOTU 8Pre's into Logic Pro 9 using the aggregate device so everything had its own channel.
I was especially impressed with the Joemeek One Q. It gave such a warm, yet bright feel to the bass and it really does look good in your rack too!
Again with the IVORY and the SSL LOGIC, they are such nice peices of equipment and well worth a purchase if you can afford it.
Personally, this is the first time I really went all out and used outboard equipment rather than doing it in the software (apart from using cheaper stuff) and... people say it... and I just brush it off, but with the SSL and the Joemeek especially, I noticed a HUGE difference in sound quality and clarity. The sounds coming from these peices of equipment were simply amazing! And I definatley will be using them again!
Below are some pictures of the patch bay, taken because I didnt think i would ever fill it up so much! we even had to go get some extra patch cables!
Ok, so here are the links to the rack equipment and the prices in GBP, if you want to translate it to your currency, use THIS CONVERTER
IVORY 5021 Dual Compressor
Around £570
Around £600
SSL XLOGIC COMPRESSOR
Around £2,300
MOTU 8Pre
Around £400
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Vocal Sample from previous post!
Here.. Just a little snippet of what was recorded today.
The vocals have been processed with compression, slight delay and a distortion. (some neat old tricks)
The rest of the track hasnt been mastered and all the levels are not final. It is simply just a "quality reference" to the vocals.
Click here for Sample!
The song is a cover of Free's "All right now" which you can buy below!
The vocals have been processed with compression, slight delay and a distortion. (some neat old tricks)
The rest of the track hasnt been mastered and all the levels are not final. It is simply just a "quality reference" to the vocals.
Click here for Sample!
The song is a cover of Free's "All right now" which you can buy below!
Simple vocal mic setup
Here is a basic setup to record a vocalist.
(there is no pop shield in the picture but there was one during recording)
The microphone is a Neumann U87 using a figure 8 polar pattern. Which means it picks up sound from the front and the rear of the mic, but rejects sound from the sides.
Ideally the pop shield wants to be 2-4 inches from the front of the mic and the singer again 2-4 inches from the pop shield. This isn't an absolute final figure. It is just what was found to be the best in the situation, try different spacings to suit your sound.
The space used was not a totally dead environment and we also used the vocal shield you see in the picture. The mic was placed in line with the edges of the shield and in the centre of the shield (the camera angle makes it
Look off centre)
The picture isn't greatest quality as it is from my iPhone.
(there is no pop shield in the picture but there was one during recording)
The microphone is a Neumann U87 using a figure 8 polar pattern. Which means it picks up sound from the front and the rear of the mic, but rejects sound from the sides.
Ideally the pop shield wants to be 2-4 inches from the front of the mic and the singer again 2-4 inches from the pop shield. This isn't an absolute final figure. It is just what was found to be the best in the situation, try different spacings to suit your sound.
The space used was not a totally dead environment and we also used the vocal shield you see in the picture. The mic was placed in line with the edges of the shield and in the centre of the shield (the camera angle makes it
Look off centre)
The picture isn't greatest quality as it is from my iPhone.
Monday 7 March 2011
Great mics for the price!
Here is an Amazon link to a rather nifty pair of condenser mics! Although, yes, they are made by Behringer, for the price, they do a great job! Overheads, acoustic guitar etc....
Worth the money for sure! Click the link and grab yourself a bargin!
(The price is for a pair!)
Found this video on youtube, not the best but it gives you an idea of ONE mic... they work great as a stereo pair (and like I said, you get two in the box!)
Worth the money for sure! Click the link and grab yourself a bargin!
(The price is for a pair!)
Found this video on youtube, not the best but it gives you an idea of ONE mic... they work great as a stereo pair (and like I said, you get two in the box!)
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Drum sound?
Ok, so if your a drummer, and have been on youtube, chances are, you know who Cobus is!
Was randomly browsing youtube (again YAWN!!) and came accross his new stuff, and i am really impressed with the drum sound, I just HAD to turn it up!
Take a listen!
Was randomly browsing youtube (again YAWN!!) and came accross his new stuff, and i am really impressed with the drum sound, I just HAD to turn it up!
Take a listen!
Saturday 26 February 2011
Rock Band Real Drums!
Ok so I stumbled accross this product randomly watching youtube videos. and i must say, i think its a neat piece of kit!
http://www.omegamusictechnology.com/products/omega-gm-1-system
http://www.omegamusictechnology.com/products/omega-gm-1-system
Friday 25 February 2011
Transformers 3 Trailer
So the first two movies were amazing! Normally films fail at a sequel but i think they did a good job! Hope they dont mess up the third! One of my most looked forward too movies of this year!
I think the transformer in this trailer (the one they find on the moon) is an autobot not a decepticon.
I think the transformer in this trailer (the one they find on the moon) is an autobot not a decepticon.
Thursday 24 February 2011
Reverb Time
So this is what im currently doing at college and thought it could be useful!
There is a formula for calulating the RT60 of a room. RT (reverberation time) 60 is the time taken for a particular frequency to drop by 60db.
but you need to know the absorbtion coeffitients of your materials.
Click for link to coefficients
Other coefficients can be found via google
the number headed at the top of the image (125,250,500,1000,2000,4000) are Frequencies.
The formula is
RT60 = 0.05 X V
---------
ST X Aave
V=Volume of room in Feet3
ST = Total surface area of room in Feet3
Aave= Average absorption coefficients in a room for a particular frequency
There is a formula for calulating the RT60 of a room. RT (reverberation time) 60 is the time taken for a particular frequency to drop by 60db.
but you need to know the absorbtion coeffitients of your materials.
Click for link to coefficients
Other coefficients can be found via google
the number headed at the top of the image (125,250,500,1000,2000,4000) are Frequencies.
The formula is
RT60 = 0.05 X V
---------
ST X Aave
V=Volume of room in Feet3
ST = Total surface area of room in Feet3
Aave= Average absorption coefficients in a room for a particular frequency
New Macbook Pro!
So apple how now released the new MBP!
Quad Core, Facetime HD (HD iSight camera), MD Radeon HD graphics processors with up to 1GB of video memory etc etc, but the thing that has caught my eye is the new "Thunderbolt I/O"
I can see this improving ALOT of products but also making them more expensive? maybe? up to 10 GB per second and its made so you can plug any device into it (display or peripherals) as opposed to firewire 800 which is (as the name suggests) 800mbps.
Running snow leapord as ever, (until Lion later this year) I'm guessing its going to be one of the best products for aple this year (apart from the iPad 2)
Apple Store UK
Apple Store US
Mac OS X version 10.6.3 Snow Leopard
Quad Core, Facetime HD (HD iSight camera), MD Radeon HD graphics processors with up to 1GB of video memory etc etc, but the thing that has caught my eye is the new "Thunderbolt I/O"
I can see this improving ALOT of products but also making them more expensive? maybe? up to 10 GB per second and its made so you can plug any device into it (display or peripherals) as opposed to firewire 800 which is (as the name suggests) 800mbps.
Running snow leapord as ever, (until Lion later this year) I'm guessing its going to be one of the best products for aple this year (apart from the iPad 2)
Apple Store UK
Apple Store US
Mac OS X version 10.6.3 Snow Leopard
Wednesday 23 February 2011
This is taking it to a whole new level!
This just takes electronic music to a whole new level!
Pretty impressive stuff!
Pretty impressive stuff!
Cool Stuff!
Im just randomly finding cool stuff Interactive Frequency Chart
Just roll your mouse over an instrument and see information given about it :)
Could come in handy!
Just roll your mouse over an instrument and see information given about it :)
Could come in handy!
Just a little something
Ok, so you've all seen those Terminator Movies right? (If not buy below!)
I randomly thought I would create a "Terminator" starting bios, and... here it is.
Terminator Salvation (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
I randomly thought I would create a "Terminator" starting bios, and... here it is.
Terminator Salvation (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Kick Drum Technique (One of them anyway....)
Ok, so there are many MANY ways to record... well anything!
The past couple of weeks however I've been trying out a few mics and have come up with an interesting combination.
Sennheiser Evo 602 and the (all famous) AKG D112.
The 602 is a great mic for that low end thump of the kick. Make sure your drum is padded well, and put the 602 in the centre. Inside the padding or out (play around with it)
The D112 is a great well known kick drum mic. However i found that "backing it up" with the 602 was a great move (especially after compression, EQ etc)
Place the D112 more to the outside of the kick, right on the edge, just slightly inside. maybe even have it pointing slightly at the shell of the drum, this will be great for the attack.
Here are some "crude" images for you to see what waffling on about!
The past couple of weeks however I've been trying out a few mics and have come up with an interesting combination.
Sennheiser Evo 602 and the (all famous) AKG D112.
The 602 is a great mic for that low end thump of the kick. Make sure your drum is padded well, and put the 602 in the centre. Inside the padding or out (play around with it)
The D112 is a great well known kick drum mic. However i found that "backing it up" with the 602 was a great move (especially after compression, EQ etc)
Place the D112 more to the outside of the kick, right on the edge, just slightly inside. maybe even have it pointing slightly at the shell of the drum, this will be great for the attack.
Here are some "crude" images for you to see what waffling on about!
Shure Super 55 deluxe
So I came accross this mic in a review the other day, and it just looks amazing. The build quality is (apparantly) second to none.
First off, some pics? (Not sure which one I prefer!)
First off, some pics? (Not sure which one I prefer!)
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