Audio Production

[movingrushmore]

After Dave's tour of the studio, he kept hinting at live music. This might be a little too niche, but I would love a show on music production. Live and studio stuff would be awesome. You could do mic'ing techniques, mixing, troubleshooting audio problems, mastering, etc... You could tape a bunch at once, and then release them every couple weeks or once a month. More music stuff would always be great. XLR8R is a fine show, but its not really my taste.

[kronos6948]

After Dave's tour of the studio, he kept hinting at live music. This might be a little too niche, but I would love a show on music production. Live and studio stuff would be awesome. You could do mic'ing techniques, mixing, troubleshooting audio problems, mastering, etc... You could tape a bunch at once, and then release them every couple weeks or once a month. More music stuff would always be great. XLR8R is a fine show, but its not really my taste.

I'm with ya on that. The last show where they showed how to record your guitar direct to the computer was very specific to the type of gear that was used, and a lot of that gear is VERY expensive. If you're going to do a show on recording music to a computer, there should be some diversity on what ways you're doing it. Not only that, the way it was presented was, to me, in the vein of "Hey, this is what I do when I want to record", and not "Hey, this is how you can record at home", and came off as a bit boring.

[movingrushmore]

Depends on what you call "expensive" :) Ever since I started doing video production, my scale of "expensive" is way different.

[kronos6948]

Depends on what you call "expensive" :) Ever since I started doing video production, my scale of "expensive" is way different.

Well, for instance, the interface that connected to the computer was $800 alone. That effects pedal he was using wasn't very cheap. I didn't look at the software he was using, but I know if you use ProTools, that also costs an arm and a leg. So does it's more user friendly counterpart, Sonar Cakewalk 7 Producer edition (which I have...which costs around $700-well worth it though).

I realize that video equipment can run even more. Good cameras are several grand, and lighting equipment isn't cheap either, although sometimes ingenuity can help.

[movingrushmore]

I hear ya. My "light kit" consists of a bunch home depot lights, which works pretty well. Still haven't found an inexpensive DIY HD camera though :).

[maubrowncow]

I didn't look at the software he was using, but I know if you use ProTools, that also costs an arm and a leg. So does it's more user friendly counterpart, Sonar Cakewalk 7 Producer edition (which I have...which costs around $700-well worth it though). .

The Pro Tools Mbox LE runs around $500. Not bad at all considering it includes software and two powered Focusrite hardware pre-amps. That being said, there ARE cheaper alternatives. I just happen to be partial to the industry standard forced upon me so long ago.

[movingrushmore]

I agree that Pro Tools is relatively affordable these days, although not the most affordable. I finally decided that I'm gonna try something different after getting frustrated with the painful, painful process that installing pro tools entails. And the plugins. And the activation. And the confirmation. Blah. I hope in the next version they update the interface a bit too, because intuitive it isn't and ugly it is. That and if you use any of the LE stuff you have to have the hardware plugged in to use the software, which is really obnoxious for editing. I've actually been thinking about a MOTU like in XLR8R, but its not in the budget for now. Sorry for the Pro Tools rant. It is the standard, but I don't know if its the best for the Amateur, Prosumer type of crowd.

[jakeh111]

A show talking about sound recording would be great! I am at a sound arts school in North CA and would deeply love to watch a show dedicated to it. From hardware to software there is a huge selection of things to talk about.

[kronos6948]

I agree that Pro Tools is relatively affordable these days, although not the most affordable. I finally decided that I'm gonna try something different after getting frustrated with the painful, painful process that installing pro tools entails. And the plugins. And the activation. And the confirmation. Blah. I hope in the next version they update the interface a bit too, because intuitive it isn't and ugly it is. That and if you use any of the LE stuff you have to have the hardware plugged in to use the software, which is really obnoxious for editing. I've actually been thinking about a MOTU like in XLR8R, but its not in the budget for now. Sorry for the Pro Tools rant. It is the standard, but I don't know if its the best for the Amateur, Prosumer type of crowd.

Definitely check out the features in Sonar's Cakewalk 7.0 producer edition. Comes with video tutorials, tons of plugins, and is damn easy to operate.

Check Youtube for Sonar's instructional videos. A lot of good stuff on there.