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My Name Is Redneck

dom — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:40:22 +0000

Due to a perfectly healthy addiction to My Name Is Earl (I discovered it late) I now have a perfectly unhealthy desire to listen to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Frighteningly, they have a cruise! Maybe it’s been going on for a while and I just missed it too…

I want one!

dom — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:15:51 +0000

Crazy mad studio

Dope on wax! (er, clay…)

dja — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:19:31 +0000

This is quite a mad one – and yet obvious when you think about it. Pottery from thousands of years ago carries an ambient recording superimposed into the work of the artesan. A Belgian team have managed to extract the recording from a 6,500 year-old South American vase and some 1,000 year-old Latin from another from ancient Pompeii (if my French understanding is to be believed…) Follow the link, check the video.

ultra303 [TB-303 CPU replacement project]

dja — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 23:03:51 +0000

The title says it all… well, no, it doesn’t really, does it?

The ultra303 is an impressive mod for the Bass Line that not only completely replaces the CPU with a new one to add totally new features, but also has a very cool LCD display which looks at once out of place and comfortable on the front panel. The original sound-making part is still used and the new system completely emulates the old one. But it adds MIDI, realtime PC-based editing, a SID emulator to add new sounds, velocity and a whole load of other stuff.

Check it out.

Listen to Bootsy

dja — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:16:29 +0000

I’m not given to going into Hard Rock Café, but I can’t disagree with this.

Livin’ La Vida Loca!

dja — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:25:08 +0000

The Death of Dynamic Range is an interesting piece about how dynamic range has been progressively more and more mashed in modern music production in the recent years. While this in itself isn’t exactly news, it’s interesting to see the examples and discussion. It’s also interesting to see how the same sound gets maximised quite differently for different formats and/or markets.

The article’s main point is that crushing the dynamic range into (or past) the clipping limit of the medium is destruction of the sound. Of course, it is, but so is using a distortion pedal. That said, it’s not such a “musical” usage of the effect and applying something to the whole mix isn’t the same as applying it to an element to create differentiation in tone colour. Anyway, it’s an interesting page.

Headph0ne Phet1sh

dja — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:04:40 +0000

There’s nothing like a nice pair of cans, is there? Well, if you’re into it, check out Headph0ne Phet1sh, where “you’ll find all manner of ladies wearing all kinds of headphones”. Headph0ne Phet1sh is pretty impressive for the sheer quantity of content and as they say, “don’t knock it until you’ve tried it”.

Knobs ‘n’ stuff

dja — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:53 +0000

I’m looking around for music control surfaces, leaning towards Behringer’s B-Controls, especially the flying-faders-equipped BCF2000. But I have to wonder: are they going to come out with a daddy unit for this series? Like a box that contains the faders version and the rotary one? Or 2 of each? And if not, why not? In any case, could I just buy the bits and stick ‘em together in a bigger case? Watch this space…

“We Are Not Evil”

dja — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:31:10 +0000

The Inquirer discovers a “record” label that isn’t evil.

Audio shaker

dja — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:47:29 +0000

Put some sounds in, shake and presto!