Tarik Music in Dubai

http://www.tarikmusic.com/

UVI Plugsound Pro

http://www.ultimatesoundbank.com/plugsoundpro.html

Digital Sound Factory

http://www.digitalsoundfactory.com/e-mu-proteus-pack-kontakt/product_info.php/products_id/346

The Art of Music Compositions.

Super Producer Ron Rusell gives this tasty piece of advice:

"Don't get hung up on creating a masterpiece from the start, or you'll have difficulty coming up with fresh ideas. Most masterpieces are just highly polished creations based on very basic ideas, with a twist or two to make them interesting".

exs24 hardware synth samples

exs24 hardware synth samples


also do this google search for more samples
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=exs24+hardware+synth+samples&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

The Definition of Luck

"Luck is when Oppotunity Meets Skill." Shaun Leong, Manager.

Coupe Studios Audio Production

The Cove Takes home an Oscar. 2010 http://www.thecovemovie.com/


Audio Production by Coupe Studios.

More info on Coup Studios here. and click on "NEWS"

http://www.coupestudios.com/studios.php


Audio Production by Copue Engineer/Sound Designer Kelly Garry.

Konvict Muzik interview by Moe Arora

http://moearora.com/blog/2008/04/talking-with-konvict-muzik-bu-thiam/

Talking with Konvict Muzik's Bu THiam.

RED BOOK with Wave Burner

For Red Book CD's you can your Logic's Wave Burner which is bundled with Logic Studio.


For more info here:


http://www.zoom-in.com/blog/music/todd-howard/using-waveburner-master-cds#comment-272356

How to check on Apple, Red Book Master CD

To check your subchannel data, where codes are stored, insert your CD and type:

drutil subchannel

into Terminal, and ISRC/upc/ean (MCN) codes will be displayed (along with all other subchannel data, so it's a big list)

For entered CD Text, type

drutil cdtext

into Terminal


http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10452230�

How to insert a link with html code.

Type the following

[url="http://www.acoosticzoo.com/Gear.html"]Microphone Model numbers here[/url]

and it becomes the following in forums

Microphone Model numbers here

Mic Collection of Dreams

http://emusician.com/mag/emusic_build_microphone_cabinet_2/?dsq=38804391#comment-38804391

"I would want for my dream studio are a matched pair of Earthworks QTC1 omnidirectional mics ($2,000) and SR77 cardioid mics ($1,300); a Lawson L47MP ($1,995); a MicroTech Gefell UM 900 tube mic ($3,500); a Neumann M 149 tube mic ($4,850); a vintage Neumann U 47 (about $8,000); a Neumann RSM 191 A-S mid-side stereo mic ($4,550); an AKG C 12 (about $5,000 used); an AKG C 426B stereo mic ($3,395); a pair of Schoeps BLM 3 boundary-mic capsules ($960 each) with CMC 5 amp bodies ($645 each); a Schoeps KFM 6 Stereo Sphere ($6,735); a pair of Royer R-121 ribbon mics ($995 each); a Coles 4038 ribbon mic ($1,195); a vintage Shure 707A crystal mic ($175 to $200); a whole bag of Shure SM 57s . . . but I'd better stop now before I get carried away!"

This is cool. An extensive list of awesome mics in one perfect collection.

The Ultimate Electric Guitar Sound, Using Akg 414 to mic guitar cabinet

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug07/articles/guitaramprecording.htm

This is a great article with Actual Recordings to sample the different micing techniques.

DIY RE Amp Guitar Box

http://www.recordingmag.com/resources/resourceDetail/314.html

Beats on EBAY

http://www.ilbeats.com/music/


I found this crew selling beats on EBay, which seemed like a novel idea. Hmmm... Something worth looking into.

I wonder why not more people are trying to sell beats online.

We also have beats at Acoostic Zoo Productions, you can here them here under "Sounds"
http://www.acoosticzoo.com/Sounds.html

Peace.
Josef Horhay
Mixing Engineer
www.acoosticzoo.com

Google Search, "using Earthworks QTC micing guitar cabinet"

Yielded this interesting webpage with Microphone audio examples to download.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2009/Mar/18_Cab_Mics_You_Should_Meet.aspx

Great Article on Monitor Vs Hi-FI Speakers

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jun02/articles/monitors.asp

Magic Chord Progression

Am Dm G C F Bb E.

Impedance. Electric guitars

A simple rule to remember.

It's okay to go from Low Impedance Source into a Hi Impedance Load.
Also Matching Impedance of Source and Load are good.

for more info check out

Impedance FAQ

Thought of the day. 2 Feb 2010

From The website of Crowley and Tripp, this philosophy kicks rocks awesomely true

"We believe that there will always be a demand for what is new and better, and that the right combination of technical expertise, artistic vision, dedication to excellence, and business ethics are ingredients for success."

logic wave burner saves folder problem.

The latest update for logic 8 to 9, corrupts wave burner's saving function rendering it useless to save your work.

Here's the problem.

when you save a project, it saves it as a folder.

to rectify this issue you need to open the waveburner application by right clicking it and select "show package contents"

Then go to folder ...WaveBurner.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj

Open the file infoPlist.strings and change the line
"WaveBurner 3 Document" = "WaveBurner 3 Document";
to
"WaveBurner 3 Document" = "wb3";

Save it and now you can read the .wb3 again.

Also, add the extension .wb3 to previously saved waveburner folders to reload them.

There's more info here.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2181732&tstart=47

Microphone Sample CD

Here's an interesting resource for comparing between Hi-END MICS

http://www.3daudioinc.com/3db/showthread.php?t=12968

U can download CD quality samples for around $20 USD which is a paid dowload.

Highly Recomended.

Josef Horhay
Mixing Engineer.

Look at the Manley Reference GOLD shining through at Orange Lounge.

I thought this mic is gorgeous. Gorgeous enough to star in the Main page of Organge Lounge. The mic is a $5k tube condensor from Manley Labs, USA, named Manely Reference Gold.

so much mic if you know how to use it.
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/32956-manley-gold-reference-mic.html

Josef Horhay
Mixing Engineer
Acoostic Zoo Recording Studio

black foot sound recording studios in sydney newtown

Black Foot Sound Recording Studio in Sydney, Newtown.

How to Build a recording Studio.

Here's an awesome video of building a recording studio.

How much should u charge for mixing 6 songs?

300-600 per song.

more mixing thread here.

Logic Vs Pro tools HD Mix Engine

Here's one test in 2006 posted on DUC forum which compared mix engines of Pro Tools and Logic.

Here's the Logic Vs Pro Tools Mix Engine test.

Vintage Synth Explorer

With over 650 synths on review, www.vintagesynth.com is the place to go to educate yourself about synths from all over the world. do check it out.

running Z3ta on Mac OSX

Here's how to run Z3ta on Mac OSX

New Helix Synth

New Helix SYNTH
http://www.audjoo.com/Helix/HelixAbout.html
$149
Low cpu hit. Wave Table Shaping, phase mod, physical Modelling, virtual analog synth

Crazy Dessert Dust Storm

Horrible Dust storm in Sydney Australia, Brisbane as well.

Blown in from South Australia Outback.

In some places, it was black and orange. All top soil was blown over sydney, over 700,000 tonnes lost in the air and will eventually blow out to sea.

I loved reading this thread about REVERBS CSR

Reverbs IK CSR thread in sonikmatter



You should check it out if you like...

There's a lengthy guide on mixing with reverbs by Lagerfeldt, Producer/Mastering Engineer.

Google Crop Circles

Check out these crop circles
cool crop circles everywhere!

New Groove Technology, I Feel Good.

Human's inject subtle timing and velocity variations to make music sound good/groovy. Now Check out a write up on SOS on Groove technology.

Ernest Cholakis of Wc Music Research, developed midi groove templates with human feel.

Peace

I'm in heaven today cos. VSS3 has new m3000 presets

The best thing about VSS3 right now is that they now come with a new release of m3000 preset directly from the unit. Awesomus Maximus!


You can download a copy of m3000.zip presets from Tc Electronics website. M3000 Presets for VSS3

digitan.com.au

I found LOgic 9 upgrade for $250 AUD. at www.dgitan.com.au

Impressive Logic 9 remix and examples of flex time

Check out the difference between Flex Time in Logic 9 and Logic 8 without

Very cool eg of a user in Gear Slutz that used the brand new tools in logic 9 to breathe "Pro"Ness into a pre recorded production.
user: olofd

Logic 9 vs Logic 8

Dion Roy, Singer Songwriter and Producer on Logic 9

Yes! I found awesome talent today. Do check out Dion Roy, He does a great job with songs and a plus that he uses Logic 9

LOL . cool

http://dionroy.com

Ever wanted a kicking Guestbook on your Web Page?

Get the latest best free Guestbook with Html Tagging for your website.

Check out Smart Guestbook

Amazing Piano Pieces, by Keith Martinson

A very talent musician. Amongst my favourite composers I've discovered recently. Do check out Keith's amazing soulful, hearfelt music.

Brand New First Shots from 2009 Hubble

Check out these 1st hubble shots from 2009

That's the wonder of modern engineering indeed. I love these shots of the Universe. How vast and colourful. So hi resolution too.. .. Spell bounding

The New Apple IPod Nano has VIDEO!

Check out this new apple IPOD nano, It's got video in 2009 sept. Yipeee..

Imagine the fun and conveniece to watch movies on your nano! iPOD's are just growing from strength to strength...

Check out the washington Post about Ipod Nano HERE.

Check on virgo music recording studios.

It's been reported on www.virgostudios.com that
Angela Anne from American Idol has been signed to NWM Records this 2009. Congratulations to Angela and NWM Records.

To hear Angela's work, music by Angela Anne

Some of the Best Recording Studios in the world






Vm Studios, Best Recording studios has an SSL desk and a Pro Tools HD6! system.

Pure Mac, Diagnostics Repair and Maintenance

looking for someone programs to help enhance your mac?

check out some programs at pure mac.

Diagnostics Repair and Maintenance

Remix Hotel, Making a dance track on Logic with SFLogicNinga

Dave Earl, or Sflogicninja, has a 4 part series of videos outlining how to make dance tracks on loggic, You can see him use Ultrabeat and percussion intruments within logic.

How to make dance tracks with logic here!

Who engineered Michael Jackson?

Bruce Swedien, Grammy Awary Winning Engineer, Has just release "In the Studio with Michael Jackon. It's published by Hal Leonard Books. The book is Bruce's own notes and stories about his sessions with Michael Jackson and Famous Producer/Composer Quincy Jones. Sound on Sound featured an intereview with Bruce Swedien about why he wrote this book and the timely manner of it's realease. See the article hear "In the studio with Michael Jackson"

Mac Book Pro Shut Down fixes

If you're having problems with your mac book pro, you can check out cool book.


This program allows you to regulate the CPU and fan speeds to ensure that your MacBook or Mac Air doesn't overheat.

For a more detailed explaination of what to do... check out
http://paulstamatiou.com/putting-an-end-to-macbook-air-core-shutdown

Per Lichtman's list of great native synths

Per Lichtman's list of great Native Synths

I've been researching for awesome synths an f0und this thread in nother sounds. A senior member of the forum, Per Lictman did a test of over 30 different synths.

It's cool and worth checking out.

embracing imperfection

Here's an encouraging email I got about:

Embracing Imperfection

How True and Wise, A story by a girl.

"When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!

Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school.

I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!

When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologized to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'

Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned.

He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and

she's real tired. And besides-a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!' You know,

Life is full of imperfect things......

and imperfect people.

I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to

celebrate each other's differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker! We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!! "

"Don't put the key to your happiness

in someone else's pocket

but into your own."

See through God's eyes and feel through God's heart

And you will appreciate the value of

every soul including yourself.

accept people. it makes you happier.

peace.

Secretsounds of Mixing Engineer Jason Goldstein. Total Mixing ITB

Here's an article on Sound on Sound that features hit mixing engineer, Jason Goldstein who mixed Beyonce's Bday album.


Jason Goldstein, mixes 100% In the box.


a very insightful article. and also shows the trend in the industry to embrace 100% in the box mixing in recording studios. A worthwhile read, do check it out. here.

Great Mixing Techniques in the Recording Studio

Zolis Audio Production

Found this great facility at toronto. Recording Studio looks great

here's some of their samples
http://www.zolisaudio.com/listen.html

their blog is here
http://toronto-recording-studio.blogspot.com/

When you search for Audio Sound design for Media, Go to Groove Quantize

www.groove-quantize.com designs sounds and music arrangement for hi-end media campaigns. Their folio of past works show creative and excitement. Real Stunning. do check them out. They're based in Sydney, Australia. A duo composing team Dave Smith, and Alison Cole.

Redmatic Auto Sampler

I was looking for exs24 samples for Logic and Found this Auto Sampler by Red Matic.

It's a program the automatically samples an instruments and creates a new Exs24 Patch.
Check it out here.
http://www.redmatica.com

http://www.amsterdammastering.com/

Amsterdam Mastering has to be the most inspiring thing I've seen this year.

Please check out the photos on construction.

Mastering rates are good too.


this is cool do check it out.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture

A popular professional at carnegie uni, Randy Pausch gives his final lecture.

See it here. on sept 2007. over 1 hr long

Also a reprise version here. only 28mins

Secrets of Mastering and found the laws of attraction

I typed in "secrets of mastering" in google and found this great site about the laws of attraction. It was a great reminder about what positive thinking and focus can attract like minded people.

Mastering 10 laws of attraction
Regards.
josef horhay
mix engineer

Music Xray Site devoted to doing things differently in music

Music Xray is a site about networking musicians, it offers many ways for people in the music industry to gain a better leverage and make it big. do check it out here. music xray

In trance we trust, in Dance we are free!!!!!!!

"In trance we trust, and in Dance we are free..." - Josef Horhay, www.acoosticzoo.com 21 July 2009

I wanna escape beyond the troubles and gloom. I want to feel lifted into the clouds where melody feels me with Happiness.- believe it. it will set you free.


Thanks.
Mix Engineer
Josef Horhay.

I fear that i'm imperfect. I got 'Atelophobia'!!!

muahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha
that's a by product of being a perfectionist in the studio.

I try to mix everything perfect.

Works my life, and I've grown to fear imperfection as a means to push myself harder to get better results.

Atelophobia

Peace
Josef Horhay
Mix Engineer
Acoosticzoo.com

Music the life blood of Itunes, Ipods, Music Videos, Radio.

Music is a big factor that makes money for

Radio Stations
MP3 players
Radio
TV shows
Advertising Agencies
Microphone Companies
Software Companies eg. protools, waves , apple etc
Churches
Dance Clubs
Rave Parties
Concerts
Instrument Makers

Without music and fans of music, there wouldn't be a need for a mp3 player. We wouldn't have music to enhance our favourite blockbuster movies. We would have music radio stations.

If music can make money for so many companies, why is it that Artist, Musicians, Record Producers etc get so little?

Music is the equivalent of a raw product. It's worth very little, but is the foundation that supports commerce and big multinational companies. Just look how much IPOD makes for apple!!!

Musicians/Artist are like our Farmers. They invest much resources into their crops and get very little back from it. The Giant grocery supermarket chains on the otherhand are exploiting Farmers by dictating lower prices for higher quality.

In the 21 century with the accessibility of recording gear and Digital Audio work stations to the masses, music can be produced for very little cost. You see social music networking sites like myspace, soundclick with MILLIONS of artist all with their own beats and songs produced at home. The competition is greater now then 10 years ago.

The law of economy states that with greater competition comes a reduction in price. So you only have to look at the younger generation download from the internet to realise that Music Recordings can be acquired for ZERO dollars. Their is virtually no way incentive for people to pay for downloads.

Free vs $0.99

Music isn't a career anymore, however, exploiting music to sell other products is a very lucritive way to amass WEALTH. eg. MP3 player, Radio Station, Lawyers, Hi-FI systems, Microphones, Recording Equipment.

Peace
Josef Horhay
mix engineer

Check out seadragon by microsoft.

This is a 2 gigpixel picture of yosemite!

Cheers

Best offers on EBAY vs Buy It Now. TIPS to get a great deal.

Big Tips to save you money on ebay with "Make an offer"

here's the guaranteed proven formula!

Buy it now price$ x 0.815 = your offer.

If you lucky, you may get better saving 20%.

also if you make an offer on the last 2 days you could get away with saving a couple more dollars.

Happy Bidding. on www.ebay.com

Casey Jones Australia

Electric Guitarist Casey JOnes, plays Kramer Guitars.

Tony Melendez, Can play an acoustic guitar with his feet.

The amazing Tony Melendez. Inspirational video here. Fst Fwd to 2mins and witness him playing tears in heaven with only his feet... ?!?!? True. True.

Cheers.

Josef Horhay
acoustic guitarist.
Peace.

Folding a Tshirt!

What's the big deal you ask? heh! but you should see this, it's in japanese but i think you can figure it out... cos I didn't. :C

Kickin Technique for Folding.

Thoughts on Reverb

Lexicon Vs quantec vs plugins

THoughs on Reverb is a very interesting article. Please read it if you like.

Room Wars Reverb Results

Here's my scores out of 10 for the blind test on reverbs. I listened to it once through. I did only the first half. since I can't read german. I don't know what they correspond to. Hope someone can shed some light on this one. Would really like to know which is which.

Room Wars - Reverb Shoot Out
1. 6
2. 5
3. 8
4. 7.5
5. 7.2
6. 8.4
7. 7.9
8. 7.8
9. 6.5
10.8.2
11.8.6
12.5.3
13.6.6
14.5.5
15.10
16.8.4
17.8.5
18.7.2
19.9.5
20.5.5
21.4.2
22.7.7
23.8.1
24.8.3
25.8.6
26.8.7
27.8.8
28.8.6

I think this site looks cool. Mixing Engineer

I love the way distressors and chandlers shine in these photos. I like a lot! :)
http://www.micahmixer.com/

Xvid CODECS for windows XP

http://www.xvidmovies.com/faq/#4.3

Archiving Pro Tools Sessions

You Tube Video Audio Geek, Achiving Pro Tools Sesions

Frank Filipetti

Amongst One of the first Engineers to embrace digital, Frank Filipetti credits include no.1 hits by Foreigner's "I want to know what love is". Read more here. Mix Ariticle on Frank Filipetti.

Frank Also won a grammy for Best Engineered Album in 1998, Hourglass by James Taylor using a 1st generation O2R Yamaha Mixer.

Paul Frindle Discussion Sonnox Inflation and Limiter

Here's an interesting thread with Paul Frindle, Designer of Sonnox Inflator and Limiter.

Sonnox Inflator Vs Limiter

Phantom Givers in Australia.

Who are these Phantom Givers?

Imagine being given an envelop filled with money... what would you do with it?

Read more about these mysterious Phantom Givers here.

Thanks to Erik Hawkins for this interesting write up on Loops in Producing Music.

Special top tips from Michael Bradford and Dave Frank's are truly Golden.

A great read on using professional Loops.

Peace

A Jittery Conversation with Bob KatZ and Dan Lavry

Ever wondered what Jitter was all about, the truth revealed here. Jitter, real life examples.

Peace.
Josef Horhay
Producer / Mixer

Mark Lowndes Butterfly Music Video

Local Brisbane Singer, Mark Lowndes Release New Music Video For "Butterfly" single.

Launching of Video at "The Zoo" in The Valley.


On bebo

See Video for Butterfly

Also performing live on 9th of May 2009 will be SPACIFIX, VESSELS & Heroes Envy.

Sonnox EQ. Secrets of Mastering Engineers.

Is Sonnox EQ One of the "best-Kept" secrets of mastering engineers?

Read More here...


Cheers
Josef Horhay.

Triton Controller Ver. 5.13b

Triton Controller Ver. 5.13b

allows for editing moss board too. runs on windows only.

cost 33 pounds sterling.

motu unisyn triton moss

There's a motu program that can control my triton rack, it's called unisyn. Here's how to set up your triton to work with unisyn.

Jai Ho - Created by A R Rahman.

winner of two Oscars, A R Rahman.
for Slumdog Millionaire

Mastering Dance Remix - Utah saints with Drew Carey

Drew Carey Mastering Utah Saints Remix
Mastering with Digital Plugins, UAD, Sonnox

Layering Drum Samples - Future Music

Equal Loudness Curve Test

Test your equal loudness curve here

very interesting to test your own equal loudness curve, you might be very surprised.


equal loudness keyword searches on google.com

Waves H-Comp

Christmas has come early this year. Thanks to the research waves did with emulating SSL, Pultecs, Fairchild etc, they are now able to create a Hybrid "color" compressor that re-creates the harmonic distortions of tubes, transformers etc, The newest addition to the waves plugin range. Do check it out!
H-Comp

Track it down - the best electronic music site

Track it down is an awesome electronic music site.


Do check it out.

I love synth sounds too. just as much as acoustic guitar music.


Peace

Josef Horhay
Producer / Mixer
Acoustic Guitar Music, R&B Hip Hop, Dance.

Gball? heheh April Fools joke by Google.com.au

Here's an april fools joke on google today.

it's called Gball - april fools 2009!


Wasn't fooled nope.

Peace

Josef Horhay

Vocals: Removing Sibilance

Here's an article by EQMag.com on removing Sibilance and Plosives.

It also contains an advertisement on Studio Solutions - With some interesting shots of Logic Studio.

800 to 400 firewire adapters

Universal FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter.
Click here.




As the newest 2009 March, MAC Pros no longer have firewire 400.

The Cheapest Online Apple Reseller Claims to be

Here's the Store, MacToFront.com.au

They claim to be the cheapest best priced in Australia.

What do you think?

On that note, have you seen the latest Mac Pro realease this March 2009?
Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors, a total of eight processor cores for the ultimate in power and performance - but the catch here is the price. Oh boy. The minimum you'll have to pay for an 8 core with Nehalem processors will be

• A$ 5,899.00 GST (8 x 2.26GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)
  

I remembered my Mac Pro 8 x 2.8 GHz (previous model) costing only around $3999, that's like a jump of around $1.9k!!!

The next model up is:
A$ 8,649.00 GST (8 x 2.66GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)

Value for money? Do check it out at apple.com

What's the Difference's original sample

Here's a Video where rewriteris - recreates the hit "What's the Difference's" by Dr Dre after finding the original song where the sample came from.

see it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_aJtH8spw&feature=related

Peace.

The Acoustic Guitar Re-INVENTED & Africa

It's acoustic heaven. Check out this acoustic Guitar

Andy Plays the Harp Guitar. Hear The friend I never met. Live

Sounds amazing & ethereal. Go Andy!

Andy Mckee also does a great version of Africa by Toto. It's amazing and fun to watch. Highly recommended. See it here, Africa cover by Andy McKee

The Harp Guitar Retails for around 3000 USD. For more info do check out this store that has Harp Guitars for sale.

Peace
Josef Horhay
mix engineer.

Passion Covers Steve Curtis Chapman "I will be here"

I will be here by Passion


This by far the best cover I've heard.

The expression is right. Sincere and so good.

Peace

Josef

Missing U, Covered by Michelle Martinez

Missing You cover on YouTube

by Michelle Martinez.

promising vocal talent.





Keep working on your craft.

Peace.

babyporridge on YouTUBE

This is a fun video. A first for YOUtube Duets.

Do check her out.


Entertaining atleast.

Here's the same song covered live by KinnaGrannis







Peace.

Acoustic Album Production for Singer/Songwriters

Acoostic Zoo News.

We cater for Acoustic Album Recording and Production for Acoustic Singer Songwriters. Excelllent sound and service. You can find us in google under Acoostic Zoo. See you soon.



Hi End Recording, with Manley Labs, Amek, Empirical Labs, and ofcourse Cranesong Mastering Convertors. WHAM! get BIG, Get Acoostic Today!

:)


Peace
Josef Horhay
Mix Engineer

Improving Your Song Craft, the Art and Science.

The Intro is key to recognizing your song. Make it Count.

The First Line of the Verse should be Good enough to get them to listen to the rest of the Verse and get into your story.

The Chorus must contain a memorable hook with a central message that is easy to remember but still interesting enough not to get annoying with repeated listens. Repetition is good as it instills familiarity which our ears love. Finding a balance between familiarity and annoying repetitiveness is the key to ensuring repeated listens and a long radio shelf life. Use contrast in your melody, lyrics, rhythmic phrasing to create dynamics and interest. The beat is the foundation and vital to the feel and success of your song. Make it groove with lots of "tap, nod & bounce" factor.

Then 2nd verse continues the rest of the story, it should contain similar structure to the 1st verse to maintain familiarity.

Now the Chorus kicks in for the 2nd time, if you get them to listen this far then the likability of the chorus determine whether this song is a hit or a miss. Now the bridge.

The bridge must a create a lift to the song with a new dimension and feel . It provides contrast and and release from the set frame work of what came before. It's a welcome momentary rest stop before getting back into the Chorus. The end of the bridge should build and grow with intensity creating anticipation for the last Chorus.


Key points to notes is the our brain only remembers only what's important. That usually means the hook, the 1st line of Verse, and the intro of a song.


For more info on songwriting, please check out
www.taxi.com/faq/songwriting

ES2 YOUtube tut

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


This video tut show hands on how to use the ES2 and which includes router and vector parts of this incredible synth. Video by SFlogicNinja.


Peace
Josef

ES2 Patches for sale/download

ES2 patches
$20

Dancemidisamples ES2 sound set
$8.44 USD

Waves Works Ebay Store Has ES2 Patches for Sale
$20 Aust


Synthation.net has ES2 Patches
$55 Eu
also available here for around $95 AUD

Simpleton Presets for ES2 Patches
Free Download.

Yahoo groups on ES2 contains Patches
Free to Download for members

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Logic Studios ES2 tutorial by SOS

Ever wondered how to get better use of this synth on Logic Studio? Well, this article by Sound on Sound attempts to breakdown the inner workings of ES2 to unlock the sound designer's bug in you. See the tutorial here.

Along with the Side-Chain tips by Tom, I think ES2 can prove very useful when you need to design new Patches.

Peace
Josef Horhay.

Great Tip on Using LOGIC Studios Synths with Side Chaining

Here a tut on Side chain with Logic Synth. by Tom. It comes complete with an audio example.

A great technique to create interest riffs and textures using on free synths on board Logic Studio.

THanks Tom.


Peace
Josef

The Ultimate Acoustic Drum Library

Check out this article from emusician. "The Ultimate Acoustic Drum Library"

Here a breakdown of the Kits reviewed

DISTRIBUTOR	TITLE	FORMATS	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
Big Fish Audio	MIXtended Drums	EXS24/Battery, HALion/LM4	2 CDs	$99.95
Big Fish Audio	Platinum 24 Acoustic Drums	Akai	2 CDs	$99.95
Big Fish Audio	Ross Garfield Drums 1	Akai, Audio, E-mu, Kurzweli Roland, SampleCell	1 CD	$199.95 Akai, E-mu, Kurzweil, Roland, SampleCell; $79.95 Audio
Big Fish Audio	Ross Garfield Drums 2	Akai, Audio, Giga, Kurzweil, SampleCell	1 CD: Akai, Audio, Kurzweil, SampleCell; 2 CDs: Giga	$199.95 Akai, Giga, Kurzweil, SampleCell; $79.95 Audio
EastWest	Pure Drums	Akai, EXS24, Giga	1 CD	$149.95
EastWest	Real Giga Drums	Akai S5000/6000, E-mu, Giga	3 CDs	$199.95
Roland	SRX-01 Dynamic Drum Kits	XV-series synths, RD-700, Fantom, Fantom-S, MC-909	expansion card	$395
Sonic Network	Sonic Implants Drum Series 1	Akai, EXS24, Giga, Kontakt, Kurzweil, SoundFonts	1 CD	$199.95
Studio Cat Software	Purrrfect Drums	Giga, HALion	8 CDs	$249
Sweetwater Sound	Total Stereo Session Drums	Kurzweil	1 CD	$199

This article dates back 2003.

Was sampling our own drum kit at acoostic zoo yesterday and the results were great. We used our own hi-end gear and sampled at 24bit after going through a cranesong HEDD with TAPE Saturation on. After being inspired by how our High Quality it sounded after we made our own Sampler Instrument in Logic Studios EXS24, I went in search for others who had done the same unprocessed high quality of drum samples and found this article. I wanted to find more 24 bit hi definition recordings of great sounding drums.