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Comment on Small Update – San Francisco Mixing Facility by William Luce

William Luce — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:25:45 +0000

I do the same thing! Web Design at the Academy in SF and garage band at home. Good to know there is someone else out there taking the same road.

Comment on How to Use Visual Audio Analyzers and Scopes by Dan Connor

Dan Connor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:02:25 +0000

I actually hosted TSB on Hostmonster for a good while. Hostmonster is BlueHost, essentially. It was pretty good, overall, especially for the price. But one of my accounts got compromised and I felt increasingly uncomfortable with shared hosting. So now I run TSB and several other sites off of a virtual Linux server over at fivebean.com. Running your own VPS isn’t for the faint of heart, though. FiveBean does, however, offer some shared hosting which I’ve heard good things about.

Comment on How to Use Visual Audio Analyzers and Scopes by papeCarie

papeCarie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:50:29 +0000

Hi guys,

I know this might be a bit off topic but seeing that a bunch of you own websites, where would the best place be to host. Someone recommended I use Blue Host for $6.95 a month which seems like a great deal. Anyone here on thestereobus.com using them?

Comment on How to Record Piano by Digitalmusicrocks

Digitalmusicrocks — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:28:16 +0000

Great blog. I didn’t know that you could remove the kick plate to get a better sound from an upright piano. When I record a piano, I also usually place a second mic to pick up the ambiance in the room. I find a second mic to really bring the quality of the piano sound to the recording.

Comment on Visual Analogy to High Definition Sample Rate Conversion by Dan Connor

Dan Connor — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:40:17 +0000

That’s actually exactly my point! Even 1/2 ratio comes out cleanest :)

Comment on Visual Analogy to High Definition Sample Rate Conversion by Joga Luce

Joga Luce — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:55:00 +0000

Very nice. The math nerd in me wants to point out that the 88.2 -> 44.1 conversion comes out cleaner because of the direct halving. 96 -> 44.1 is a 2:1 ratio whereas the 96 -> 44.1 is approximately 2.177 to 1 ratio. It makes sense you’d lose clarity in an uneven division like that. Even the cheapest of components should be able to accurately divide by 2.

Digitally dividing by a decimal extending out to 30 places probably isn’t as easy to engineer as it sounds. No pun intended.

Comment on My New EP, Love & Affection, is a free download! by Dan Connor

Dan Connor — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:29:58 +0000

Thanks for listening! I’m still at it and hope to post more during the upcoming recording session of my new band’s album!

Comment on How Do I Get My Songs to Play at the Same Volume? by 10 Resources for Audio Production and Engineering Students | IPR Blog

10 Resources for Audio Production and Engineering Students | IPR Blog — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:41:13 +0000

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Comment on How to Create Depth in a Mix by Johnny Rawk

Johnny Rawk — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:43:11 +0000

so in short, a combination of microphone placement, Equalization, Panning, Reverbs, and other full bodied effects, Plus the addition of one’s own artistic skill after gaining the knowledge of how to apply these effects, is how you create depth in song.

and you really need to read the comments to figure that out.

Great article though, it really did help explain thoes three aspects of depth creation.

Comment on Review: Ohm Force Ohmicide Distortion Plugin by Dan Connor

Dan Connor — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:41:22 +0000

You’re totally right. I didn’t get into the midi patterns. I’m sure that brings a whole other level to the possibilities! Thanks for letting me try it out!