New article posted discussing MIDI Synchronization:
MIDI Synchronization
It's a useful primer on the basic concepts with a little detail thrown in for those wanting to know a bit more.
My review of Spectrasonics Omnisphere has just been posted. Omnisphere is the successor to Atmosphere, and is Spectrasonics new flagship synthesizer.
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Steve Mueske brings you an in-depth review of Power Suite 5, a suite of mixing and mastering plug-ins by Wave Arts.
Steve's attention to detail and unbiased approach has become a trademark of his refreshing and informative reviews. Don't miss it!
In a recent post, I introduced the topic of scansion and there seemed to be some interest in what this was and how to use it in writing and evaluating lyrics. I wrote a short post on scansion that hopefully addresses some of these questions:
http://forums.songstuff.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=12259
As a matter of application, I have scanned the first stanza of Lazz's most recent offering here:
http://forums.songstuff.com/index.php?show...20&start=20
Feel free to ask questions about this technique in either of the two threads.
If you are making a film or video and setting music for it you may need to calculate some common timings in terms of milliseconds, midi ticks or number of sample this is the tool for you.
Entering only a few basic details about your video you can generate a lot of useful information.
Enjoy...
Frame Rate Tool
Over the past three weeks, I've conducted a Q & A with Greg Reierson about mastering and the role of the mastering engineer in the studio. Greg,a voting member of NARAS, was surprisingly candid about the process and provided a lot of detail about what goes on behind the scenes in a mastering studio. To read the article, click on the link below:
http://recording.songstuff.com/articles.php?selected=154
If you need to calculate a delay time in terms of milliseconds, midi ticks or number of sample this is the tool for you.
Entering only a few basic details about your song you can generate all 3 delays (time, midi, samples) plus some additional information.
Enjoy...
Time, Midi and Sample Delay Calculator
Please join me in welcoming 3 new moderators to our boards!
Long term Songstuff forum members Lazz, Chokai and FinnArild have all taken on moderation of specific critique categories:
Lazz - Jazz
Chokai - Electronica
FinnArild - Rock and Metal
Each of these board members brings a lot of experience to the boards. Each is involved in running a record label and each of them are still very active musicians with albums available on and offline.
There's been a major re-organization of the boards in order to better meet the needs of the modern music business. This has resulted some boards being merged and new boards being created.
Categories
Most noticeable is that the boards have been organized into 4 categories:
- Musicians
- Creativity
- Gear
- Recording and Media
These categories are available as tabbed menu items on the main forum index.
Merged Boards
Recording and Production Techniques and Songwriting Critique
New Boards
Musicians
Practice and Performance
Advertisements
Creativity
The Stage
Song and Recording Critique
Sub Boards:
Gear
Hardware
Software
Other Instruments
Recording and Media
The Cutting Room
Graphics
Songstuff Soundbank
On 1st September we will be launching the Songstuff Soundbank, a collection of instrument samples and custom loops, sound FX and more... and it will be absolutely FREE to forum members.
We will be expanding the Soundbank with more and more samples as time progresses and we are very willing to take requests.
I hope you enjoy this new service and as ever welcome your feedback and comments!
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