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Can you make requests?
While I can flail away slightly at the banjo, I am not past the 2-chord stage and can't manage to play and sing at the same time, which seems like wizardry. There's a teeny >20-second song I'd like to make for a thing I'm doing in July. Can I ask, or is that out of place for MeFi Music? [more inside]
Discipline in recording; switching gears
Several questions about being a returning dabbler and going about making polished and not bad-weird music. If anyone could answer any of them, I'd be really grateful! [more inside]
Rudimentary My Dear
What kind of simple, cheap-ass software is out there right now for a simple, cheap-ass noisemakin' dude like me? [more inside]
Stu-stu-studio
Hey Mefi musicians, here's an interview with the guy who engineered the new David Bowie Record. Now all of you run out and buy a Neve board, OK?
A dark room covered in foam, a microphone, and a couple hours
In search of a Seattle MeFite to help me record a secret quonsar thank you song. [more inside]
Latency
Up to now I've always used stand-alone DAWs (Yamaha AW2400, for instance). Recognising the need to step up the quality of percussion in my recordings, I've gone with NI Studio Drummer (thanks to unSane for his ever-helpful advice). It's an exciting Aladdin's cave of goodies and I'm looking forward to it making a big sonic difference - sounds terrific. However......latency is immediately apparent and not something I've ever had to deal with before. Wondering whether running this software on a bog-standard Acer laptop in Windows is part of the problem? Any tips and fixes for latency anyone?
Trouble setting up Ableton/Lexicon home studio
I'm trying to set up my new Lexicon Lambda interface with my laptop and my Ableton 8.1 software, and I'm not doing so well. Is anyone familiar with any of this and could help me? [more inside]
Pucker Your Lips And Blow
Any tips for recording a whistle?
Mix Feedback
My band has been working on our first self-produced release, and right now I've got a mix that I think sounds pretty good. I haven't done any mastering yet, though that would be the next step. [more inside]
Help me make adequate music!
I have a tenor ukulele. I have a Mac Air. I want to record myself playing ukulele on my mac. [more inside]
Computer recording - bass
Bass and recording on Macintosh [more inside]
Oblique Strategies....
Came across a reference to this the other day and followed up. Wikipedia succinctly elucidates thus:
"Oblique Strategies (subtitled over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas) is a set of published cards created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt first published in 1975, and is now in its fifth, open ended, edition. Each card contains a phrase or cryptic remark which can be used to break a deadlock or dilemma situation. Some are specific to music composition; others are more general. Examples include:
- Use an old idea.
- State the problem in words as clearly as possible.
- Only one element of each kind.
- What would your closest friend do?
- What to increase? What to reduce?
- Are there sections? Consider transitions.
- Try faking it!
- Honour thy error as a hidden intention.
- Ask your body.
- Work at a different speed.
Here's a clip of Eno explaining matters to the thoroughly splendid Mr Jarvis Cocker.
There's also this website that allows you access to randomly selected cards. [more inside]
Keyboard Workstations and DAWS
How well do keyboard workstations like Tritons / Motifs / etc. play with DAWs like Sonar / Reaper / ProTools in terms of MIDI / sequencing? If I have a sweet sound in my keyboard how do I bring that into my DAW and then susequently edit time / duration / velocity in the DAW? How does the DAW ultimately record the sounds from the synth? I am confused between audio vs. midi and how these two play together.
Drum Mixing Woes
I trying my hand at recording and mixing drums in a full kit, and I'm having trouble getting it to have that sort of punch that most drum recordings have. [more inside]
Virtual instruments for Reaper
How do I get a decent bass guitar on my laptop (in Reaper)? [more inside]
songs don't make passes at musicians who wear glasses
Glasses and Headphones [more inside]
Want to record a bunch of different instruments onto my Macbook Pro.
I have trombones, a hollow-body electric guitar, a p-bass, v-drums, and one Macbook Pro. Help me connect them so I can record and make muzak. [more inside]
No Rattle Just Hum
When recording, how do I keep the condenser mic from picking up the computer fan sounds? [more inside]
improvising outside space and time
How can my collaborator and I improvise when we are 1000 miles apart? [more inside]
Help us be as efficient as possible in the studio
Heading into the studio this weekend and would like some tips, comments and experience on being as productive as possible. [more inside]
Getting the first track down
Recording by myself... I want a drum track to play along to but creating an entire drum track from scratch is hard. How do you do it? [more inside]
Recording acoustic guitar redux.
I've just been trying to record some acoustic guitar using a crossed coincident pair of condensers. Overall the sound is really good, and better than the (already good) results I got with the B1. But I have a couple of questions. [more inside]
Where the magic happens
Care to post a pic and description of your recording environment? [more inside]
A couple of recording questions re drums/vox
Looking for advice on simple drum miking set-ups, and an upgrade to my audio interface. [more inside]
Help a newb record from a keyboard and try other fun things!
What programs can be used to record from a MIDI keyboard connected to a computer? Also, (bonus points) what else can I do with a keyboard / computer combination? [more inside]
music.metafilter meetup?
music.metafilter meetup/jam/performance? [more inside]
How to solve singing flat in 'phones
How I solved my vocal pitching problems (mostly, anyway). [more inside]
Help me record some music please.
I'm slowly getting confident enough to put together some simple recordings, perhaps with the current challenge as a starting point. My #1 song is a simple relatively-pleasant one (the 70s were like that, it seems). My problem is I have no idea how to do it; please help. [more inside]
Halp me record audio from the mixing board.
Recording from a Mackie mixer? [more inside]
Equipment selection is not really my (near) field
In search of: relatively inexpensive and compact but still decent near-field active monitors. [more inside]
Phasing problem - advice sought
Need a steer from the more technically adept amongst the crew. If I use peripherals with my machine (Yamaha AW2400) I often get a horrible tinny sound - difficult to describe in words, but I think it's some kind of phasing problem. The signal route is: a feed out of the DAW, into the box (Lexicon reverb unit, for instance), then back into the input channels of the DAW, control via "Aux" faders. So....the "treated" signal is being mixed back in with the original, and I think this is where the problem lies. I can't lose the original signal without also losing the "treated" one. The DAW has a phase reverse facility that I've used, but I still get at least a touch of that horrible metallic thinned-out sound. What the fuck is going on? And any ideas about a cure?
Recording project
In probably early June I am finally going to realize a long time dream of mine and go to a remote cabin in the woods and record for 2 weeks. Has anybody here done something similar before? What do you wish you did that you didn't? What should I not forget to take with me? Any advice about productions steps to take? [more inside]
modi operandi
Thought it might be interesting to share operating methods. How do you approach writing? Recording? Production? Do you always work to a set methodology? Or do you play it by ear (heh)? What works for you? What doesn't? Why??
Out of the Green and Into the Black
How best to stay on beat, then find out how I sound to an audience. [more inside]
Recording acoustic guitars
Thought I'd share a technique I've stumbled upon.... [more inside]
Presonus Firebox or ...?
I am looking for recommendations for a recording interface and self-powered monitors. [more inside]
How do you record your brilliant musical ideas?
What do YOU do when you think up a hot melody? [more inside]
Using Live as a multitrack recorder
Does anyone here use Ableton Live as a multitrack recorder/mixer? [more inside]
Gotta Sync it Up.
Can you help me purchase an audio interface for my computer? [more inside]
iPhones: The New 4 Tracks?
iPhones: The New 4 Tracks? [more inside]
TT's
Top Tips [more inside]
Suggestion for music software for a n00b
Looking for good starter software to get me composing some killer tracks for MeMu. :) I'm looking for something I can use to create multi-track songs in mostly traditional notation, where it's entirely midi-inputted from a Kurzweil keyboard, yet has internal libraries and controls that let me finetune the fake instruments to sound passably good. [more inside] [more inside]
Howto Maximize
Looking for a good way to create louder wavs and mp3s. [more inside]
MeFi Examinations 2009. Applied Bollocks - Stage 1.
"To what extent is recording a science or an art? - discuss".*
*Assume, for the purposes of discussion, that "recording" includes writing, arranging, performing and producing a piece of work [more inside]
How to make an album listenable at one volume.
How do I get all my songs to have a uniform volume? [more inside]
Handclap breakdown
Tips for recording handclaps [more inside]
Bored of the Usual Drum Samples
Recording your own drum samples. Tips / Advice / Recommendations?
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Recording, Mixing, Mastering Reference Books
Reccommend some good advanced/Intermediate level Reference Books on Audio Mixing, Audio Mastering or Audio Recording. What are the best 'guides' for the intermediate.
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Music Recording
Where do I start when it comes to buying recording gear? [more inside]
What's the best sound compactor?
What is the best way to speed up the tempo of an audio file without raising the pitch or losing sound quality? [more inside]
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