Podcasts about digidesign

DAW Evolution VI : Pro Tools – Past, Present, Future ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Mark Jeffery, who is the the original co-designer and software developer of Pro Edit and Pro Tools, and is currently a Senior Engineer at AVID. We discuss Marks personal history with music , computers and technology, how that lead a path to joining Digidesign in the very early stages of the company, and the eventual journey to fathering Pro Tools. We cover Marks earliest work at Digidesign with products pre Pro Tools, such as Soft Synth and Turbo Synth , and the evolving technical landscape that lead to the earliest incarnations of Pro Tools. We detail how Digidesign rode that technology wave developing and expanding Pro Tools and its accompanying hardware in step with the revolutionary changes taking place in the computer and music technology landscape of the time. We discuss the pivotal role and acknowledge a roll call of extremely talented and visionary engineers that worked behind the scenes to deliver the advancements of the platform over the years, that has helped it maintain its industry standard status. We take a deep dive into the various versions and milestones over the 3 decade history of Pro Tools, navigate some new emerging technologies like Atmos Music , discuss the ongoing balancing act of Native v DSP powered solutions, and much, much more. Host & Guest Links : AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au DAWbench : www.dawbench.com Microsoft : www.microsoft.com Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown Pro Tools : https://www.avid.com/pro-tools VO : Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com Music Themes : Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2022  

Music Tech Pioneers II : Digidesign : The Early Years ! Hosted by Vin Curigliano of AAVIM Technology, I am joined by guest co-host Pete Brown of Microsoft and special guest Evan Brooks, who is the Co-Founder of Digidesign. We discuss Evans early history with computers, technology and coding , and how that lead to co-founding Digidesign , the early adventures which started with developing Drum Sound EPROMs to the development of Sound Designer, Sound Tools and Pro Tools. We take a deep dive into the various challenges and milestones achieved navigating the limited technical capabilities of the computer hardware of the day , and the evolutionary development of the hardware and software as the capabilities of the available technology was expanding and improving. We also cover Evans current work on Jambe, an exciting new innovative performance instrument product , discuss the current technology landscape for both hardware and software developers, the incredible power and opportunity available today compared to the pioneering early days, and much, much more. Host & Guest Links : AAVIM Technology : www.aavimt.com.au DAWbench : www.dawbench.com Microsoft : www.microsoft.com Pete Brown : https://twitter.com/Pete_Brown Jambe : https://getjambe.com/ VO : Andrew Peters : www.andrewpetersvo.com Music Themes : Original DAWbench VI Theme Music composed by Rob John : Independent Music Productions : http://www.indmusicprods.com DAWbench Radio Show ReMix by Erin McKimm : www.erinmckimm.com All Rights Reserved : © AAVIMT 2022  

Plus on the intro, a look at how CDs increased for the first time in 17 years, and how voiceovers are being disrupted by AI. My guest this week is Avid Solutions Specialist Jeff Komar. Jeff grew up around music and recording so he naturally gravitated towards the tech world. He joined Digidesign in 2000 before it was bought by Avid, and he's specialized in helping creators solve problems ever since.  Since there have been so many questions lately about immersive audio, I thought I'd get the info from someone directly connected to the technology. During the interview we spoke about what's required to get started in immersive audio, where to find sessions to practice with, the difference between bed and object tracks, the different mixing approaches, how it's affected production, and much more. I spoke with Jeff via Zoom from his home studio. On the intro I'll take a look at how CDs actually increased in sales last year, and how voiceovers are being disrupted by AI. var podscribeEmbedVars = { epId: 82612661, backgroundColor: 'white', font: undefined, fontColor: undefined, speakerFontColor: undefined, height: '600px', showEditButton: false, showSpeakers: true, showTimestamps: true };

On Episode 126 the hosts are joined by Kent Margraves.  He earned a B.S. in Music Theory and has been mixing audio for about 30 years. Margraves made a career of managing the delicate blend of art and science that is front-of-house sound. He's worked with a long list of notable artists and venues across the globe, and has led hundreds of audio seminars and workshops as well as authored various trade articles and white papers. Also, Margraves served as a worship audio director for nearly a decade and has worked as Applications Specialist with Sennheiser, Digidesign, and Waves. Along the way, he's continued to mix FOH and coach at his home church, Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC, for more than 12 years.This episode is sponsored by Audix and Allen & Heath.Post-show music: Don't Panic by Niki FM. Niki FM is an electronic artist and producer currently based in Oakland, CA. Listen to her music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/244i8KNeHUlURogMCNjXzE?si=q0d-BgyHSM6mF1f5YBLtNAMichelle Pettinato has two courses "Mixing Music Live" and "Listen!" available on mixingmusiclive.com . We are giving away free tuition to one of her classes.  Send us an email or post on our social groups as to why you want the course and we will pick a winner.Be sure to check out the Signal To Noise Facebook Group, & Discord Server It's a space for listeners to create to generate conversations around the people and topics covered in the podcast — we want your questions and comments! Let's build a great sound community with a place to learn, discuss, and reminisce about the “good old days.”Please check out and support The Roadie Clinic, Their mission is simple. "We exist to empower & heal roadies and their families by providing resources & services tailored to the struggles of the touring lifestyle."The Signal To Noise podcast series on ProSoundWeb is hosted by Live Sound/PSW technical editor Michael Lawrence and pro audio veterans Kyle Chirnside and Chris Leonard

Episode 114 The Lunar Saloon Every Friday from 10P - 12A PST 99.1 FM Long Beach Streaming at KLBP.org Air date : June 4, 2021 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Daniel Grau, Tren Del Espacio, El Sonido Magico De Daniel Grau Dooley Silverspoon, Mr Deluxe (Part I + Part II) (Bill Brewster Edit), Tribal Rites Uneda Dennard, Fantasy Ride, Fantasy Ride Choker Campbell, Carioca (Mark Grusane Edit), The Real Sound Of Mark Grusane Uta Bella, Nassa Nassa, Nassa Nassa Rebbie Jackson, Come Alive It's Saturday Night, Centipede Parbleu, Pas De Saints Au Paradis, Danse Cette Zik Arundhati Bhaumik, Turbotito, Ragz, Kaga Bole Mera (Turbotito & Ragz Rework), Kaga Bole Mera (Rework) Midnight Runners, Ithailo Disco, Siam Mutant Dance 01 Danger Zone, Lunar Tropics, Jovian Planet, Other Worlds EP ARREDO, Breakpoint, Night Attraction Myriadd, House Of Babel, True Will Jens Grajcer, Hydro Comodo, Hydro Comodo My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, A Continental Touch, Sexplosion! Romain FX, Summer Smurf, Heart Sphere, Heart Sphere - E.R. (Emergency Relief) (Piano Mix), E.R. (Emergency Relief) Dirty Merlin vs. Vanity Pressure System, Tell Me How ft. .rael_one, VANITY PRESSURE SYSTEM (GG069) Lunar Tropics, Other Worlds, Other Worlds EP Tendts, Dust [Exclusive], LaGaSta Late Summer Compilation Vol.10 (Part II) Moon Wiring Club, Dark Stone Paving, Ghastly Garden Centres Proto Droids, Drooged Doper, Cybernetic World El Michels Affair, Life of Pablo, Adult Themes Pizzicato Five, Rain Song, Bossa Nova 2001 Psychemagik, Chimera, I Feel How This Night Should Look Joker, Digidesign, 5: Five Years Of Hyperdub Neneh Cherry, Woman (La Funk Mob Remix), Remixes Eli Gras, Flu, La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exotism : 1983-1990)

Technology innovator Peter Gorges has long been one of pro audio's well-kept secrets. As co-founder of Wizoo, he helped build the company into a powerhouse that became an essential division of Digidesign (now Avid). A serial entrepreneur, he then co-founded cloud-based music company UJAM. He joined us from his home base in Bremen to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship, and the charge he gets from creating new technologies.

About: Chris Meyer first learned how to play modular synthesizers as a teenager in the 1970s. He went on to be an engineer at Sequential Circuits (where he created Vector Synthesis), Digidesign, Marion Systems (Tom Oberheim), and Roland R&D US, teach synthesis at UCLA Extension, and write for magazines including Music Technology and Keyboard. More recently, he started Learning Modular as a way to teach others how to use modular synthesizers, and co-wrote the recent modular synthesis book Patch & Tweak with Kim Bjørn. Chris freely mixes samples and synthesis, creating a hybrid blend of electronic music with influences from world music and spoken word. He previously released the ensemble album “Alias Zone: Lucid Dreams”, which won the AFIM award for best independent electronic instrumental/ambient album of 2002. After a long detour in the video and film industry, he is now making music again, both as a solo artist and with the ensemble Meridian Alpha.  His Data Cult Audio set consists of a series of solo works Chris performed on his modular-based live performance system. There are four distinct sections: 00:00 Sleepless in Niger 11:45 Buddha of Compassion 24:43 The Train to Berlin 34:30 I Have Tried The solo on “I Have Tried” was played by Jim Coker of Meridian Alpha. Links: https://learningmodular.com/ https://www.youtube.com/learningmodular

What does it take to make it as an entrepreneur? What do you need to know to create rapid, sustainable growth while also being a boss who everyone loves and respects? How do you create a vision and culture that is connected to your values while always trying to get ahead? Can you win through collaboration?Join me in an interview with leading entrepreneurs and venture capitalists - Bill Reichert, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, and Tim Draper, founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and Draper University.   About Bill Reichert Bill Reichert has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and operating executive. He joined in 1998 and focused on early-stage IT and materials science companies. He has been a board director or board observer at CaseStack, WhiteHat Security, ClearFuels Technology, Simply Hired, ThermoCeramix, and several others.   Prior to Garage, Bill was a co-founder or senior executive in several venture-backed tech startups, including Trademark Software, The Learning Company, and Academic Systems. Earlier in his career, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., and the World Bank.   Bill earned a B.A. at Harvard and an M.B.A. from Stanford. He was a founding board member and a Chairman of the Churchill Club, and a Board Member of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs.   Currently, he is the Chairman of the Small Fund Roundtable of the VC Taskforce and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.   About Tim Draper:   Tim Draper, legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist founded  in 2012 with a vision and belief that in order to change the world we have to change education.Draper University aims to teach entrepreneurship globally in an entirely new way. Through hands-on training, an innovative curriculum and thought leadership Tim Draper brings together young entrepreneurs, startup founders, executives and investors all under one roof.Tim Draper has deep roots in entrepreneurship and venture capital with a rich background that started by founding Draper Associates in 1985. Venture successes include Skype, Overture, Baidu, Tesla, Theranos, Parametric Technology, Hotmail, Digidesign, Twitch.tv, and hundreds of others.Tim is thrilled to be leading the charge to disrupt entrepreneurship education and is excited to have Draper University as the star of the show in the new ABC Family series: StartupU.     Links:         Follow Monica on | | |

Working Class Audio #234 with Eric Kuehnl!!! Eric Kuehnl is a composer, sound designer, and educator. He is the Co-Director of the Music Technology Program at Foothill College, the Director of Partner Programs for Next Point Training, and also teaches at Pyramind in San Francisco.  Previously, Eric was an Audio Training Strategist in the Avid Education Department, and a Senior House Engineer for Sony Computer Entertainment America. He holds a Master's degree from the California Institute of the Arts, a Bachelor's degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and studied composition at the Centre Iannis Xenakis in Paris. About this interview: Eric joins me to talk about college, the death of his father, the Burbank airport, when Masters Degrees come in handy, and 90's Digidesign. Enjoy! -Matt Links and Show Notes: Foothill College Music Technology Program: https://bit.ly/2WXqo36 Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP Matt Donner: https://bit.ly/2IxfTKz Brendan Duffy: https://bit.ly/2VQEIuG Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Credits:Host: Matt Boudreau Guest: Eric KuehnlWCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck SmithEditing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt BoudreauAdditional Music: The License Lab

Oh myyyy! What an episode. THIS is what it's like in the hallway of our studio. So go stand next to your coffeepot like we do when we're doing these huge eye-rolling geek-outs, and join us for another episode of The Voice Recording Bootcamp Podcast. First up, poltergeist plumbing at Scott's house. Solution! Good information from experts in the field. And the right tools. Hint hint... https://www.vrbootcamp.com/ Deb updates her ProTools. Comedy ensues when her Mac Operating system and audio box all have to be replaced too. The journey from her long loved Digidesign 003 to a bright shiny Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 https://focusrite.com/usb-audio-interface/scarlett/scarlett-18i8 We have a new editor! Which is so awesome because we figure we can give you info all day long, but what slows us down is editing our own voices. Erin McGee to the rescue. Erin is a recent grad of the Art Institute in San Diego, where Deb once taught. And on that note... DRAMAAAA!!!! Art Institute students this month went to class only to find the doors locked. Forever. Mid-semester. Deb tells all... And we're working across the pond! Six one hour specials for National Geographic with Nat Geo Explorer Albert Lin. https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/00000144-0a29-d3cb-a96c-7b2d5e670000 Albert was in the studio with us, while the post houses in London directed the sessions and recorded the audio remotely using Source Connect Pro. https://source-elements.com/products/source-connect And a question from former Voice Recording Bootcamp student prompts a discussion on rates, usage and pricing of your voice over work. Here are some of the sources you might want to keep up with: https://www.world-voices.org https://globalvoiceacademy.com Dave Courvoisier voice over blog https://courvo.com/blog And a new combination online / live in the studio class coming up. Starting in May 2019. Good times. Love, Deb and Scott

Tim Draper offers keynote address at Crypto Invest Summit. Tim Draper is a founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. He is an advocate for entrepreneurs and free markets, a Harvard Alumni, and is ranked seven on the Forbes Midas List. Tim's venture successes include Skype, Overture, Baidu, Tesla, Theranos, Parametric Technology, Hotmail, Digidesign, Twitch.tv, and many others.

The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast is brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA: www.darausf.com Jeff Komar is an 18 year veteran of the Avid product specialist team focusing on professional audio products. He is a musician, engineer, and technician who enjoys helping creative people navigate the flux of technology. He has played a key role in many high-level demonstrations for Avid at industry events in the US and around the world. Jeff has been instrumental in helping major facilities to optimize their workflow by integrating solutions from Avid.   Podcast Notes: 01:09  What Jeff Komar does for a living 02:57 NAMM Show 04:25  Dolby Atmos 05:30  Early Life 08:27  Glyph and hard drives 10:18  Early Technology interests 12:00  College days 14:39  Jobs before Avid 16:34  Hired by Pro Tools 17:16  Producer/Engineer 18:23  Early adopter of digital recording 19:50  PC and MAC 21:44  Working for Digidesign 22:07  Explosion of the home studio 22:47  Plugins 25:45  Make an independent film 27:56  Photography 29:33  Drumming 30:39  Advancing with Avid – Control Surfaces 35:39  Future of technology 37:29  Defining what a product specialist does 42:14  Problem solving 44:24  Being Creative 47:45  Advice                                     Sponsored by the Digital Audio Recording Arts program at the University of St. Francis, IL www.darausf.com Earn your Bachelor’s degree in audio recording with an emphasis in Recording Artist, Audio Engineer, Music Entrepreneur or User Generated Content.  Study in a state-of-the-art audio lab and recording studio with small class sizes and instructors who care about your success.

Underground hip hop artist and public school educator Darkside 90042 hangs out with us on this episode and shares stories of his life, his many collaborations within the Los Angeles hip hop community and his various projects. Join in the conversation and find out what makes him one of the great thinkers in rap. www.darkside90042.com Spotify @darkside90042 Soundcloud.com/darkside90042Soundcloud.com/musicisfreerecordsDarkside90042.bandcamp.com Dark Innocents on Spotify and Apple Music I am a solo artist who frequently collaborates with others. Any booking enquires can be sent to darkside90042@gmail.com   I am the king of Highland Park in North East LA. I have been making hip hop music for a number of decades, rapping since I was 12 and recording since I was 16ish. I make progressive, intelligent hip-hop music. I'm a high school English teacher by trade. I'm a single father of 3 wonderful children. I also write and perform my own original poetry. I release my music under the label Music Is Free Records. The motto is “Music is free…it's the rent that costs.” I'm also a member of a global hip hop collaborative collective called the Hardw3rk Microphone Collective. We are a conglomeration of MCs, DJs, producers and engineers from Los Angeles, Riverside, Florida, Philadelphia and Japan. Our motto is: “It ain't woth the work, unless it's Hardw3rk!!!” Anything else just ask. I use a Neuman U87 microphone to record my vocals. I use Digidesign's Pro Tools digital recording and editing program with an Apogee Duo interface. I have no sponsors at this time, but I do support a few companies. I wear a hat by Key to the City Clothing. I wear shirts by Goodlife Roots Clothing. I also wear Controversial Brand shirts. I have a Northeast LA one. I also have a dope sweater from NE Los Brand. Other than that hit me up if you are looking to sponsor someone. I call my music style Progressive, Intelligent Hip-Hop. I have a couple projects that are available for purchase and download. On my bandcamp you can find 5 projects on my bandcamp: Unfinished- Solo project from late 90's early 2000s of unpolished music. Nothing is Harder to Stop Than a Man Whose Time Has Come to Pass- Same era, more polished. Masters Of The Art- M.O.T.A.v8ion-Along with VinSun, who produced the tracks on the album as well as rapped on it, this is a project from the 2010 era. SideLess-Analog Compositions Interpreted Digitally (A.C.I.D.)- Along with DJ Seedless, who produced the album and rapped on a couple tracks, this is a project from the 2012 era. Dark Innocents- Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8- Along with producer Mind of the Innocent, who produced and engineered the whole project, it features collaborations with MC Emo, The Ar(T)chitect, DJ Seedless and DJ Mino. Dark Innocents is also available for purchase at Store.cdbaby.com/cd/darkinnocents1 Shout out to Hip Hop Congress, Artists United to End Homelessness, Hardw3rk Microphone Collective, Black and Brown Movement, East of the River, Lotta Noise, Fight Academy, Shneaky Entertainment, HipHops Night @ Golden Road Brewery, and many, many more. #Hardw3rk, #MusicIsFree, #Darkside90042, #ListenLikeShare #ABetterWorldIsPossible #HMC #AUEH  

Bill Hare has had an incredible influence on my acappella engineering career. I literally wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t annoyed the crap out of him with tons of questions over the years. Bill has over 30 years of experience as an engineer and producer and much of what we call the contemporary acappella recording sound was pioneered by him in the 1990s and 2000s. Yep… and he has a Grammy!  Bill is so busy when he’s home working that I had to catch him in NYC 3 hours before he was about to get on a plane back home. We cover his early history with acappella, how his sound began, how being neighbors with Digidesign affected acappella recording, and the most important thing to do when self-tracking.   Bill Hare - http://billhare.tv 10 Ways to Improve your Acappella Recording - http://recordingacappella.com/podcast

Brian Lawley trains business owners and executives to be "product CEOs."  Like the CEO of a company, a product CEO - formally known as a Product Manager - oversees every aspect of bringing a successful product to market, including knowing customers, technology, trends and the competition.   Brian, founder of 280 Group in Campbell, California, has worked his magic for companies including Apple, Digidesign and Symantec. This week he shares some of his most important rules of product management on Monday Morning Radio. Brian interviewed by Wizard Academy faculty member Dean Rotbart, and wealth management expert David Biondo. Rotbart and Biondo are co-hosts of Business Unconventional, the one-hour radio newsmagazine that aired weekly on News/Talk 710 KNUS AM in Denver. Be sure to follow B. Unconventional on Twitter: @BUnRadio and subscribe to Roy H. Williams's Monday Morning Memo.  The best things in life really are free! Photo: Brian Lawley, Founder & CEO, 280 GroupPosted: December 8, 2014Monday Morning Run Time: 22 minutes  26 seconds Want to learn how to generate free publicity and social media "buzz" for your business?  Schedule a one-hour phone consultation with Monday Morning Radio co-host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200.  Limited slots still available before the end of the year. 

Track Stacks, Drummer & Drum-Designer, Bass Amp-Designer, Retro Synth, Arpeggiator, Flex Pitch, Smart Control, Logic Remote mit iPad. Stephan Kuczera, CEO der Schulen für Tontechnik, zeigt und erklärt in diesem Video alle neuen Funktionen in Logic Pro X.

In this special episode of the Maccessibility podcast, we speak to blind recording engineer Slau Halatyn, who has long been working with Digidesign and now Avid, to improve VoiceOver support in ProTools, the premier audio production software system. Avid has recently decided to make voiceOver accessibility an integrity part of its UI development and in-house testing, and Slau is here to give us all the details. This development is yet another example of how patience and cordial engagement with developers can yield remarkable results.

Stephan Kuczera, CEO der Schulen für Tontechnik, stellt in diesem Video die Audio-Software Auria für das Ipad vor. Es lassen sich damit bis zu 48 Audio-Spuren aufnehmen, editieren und abmischen. Jeder Kanal, die acht Subgruppen und der Master haben eine Klangbearbeitung. Mit Hilfe dieser Plug-In´s lässt sich der Sound der Einzelspuren optimieren: EQ, Expander (Noise Gate), Kompressor, Hall und Delay. Zusätzliche Plug-In`s (z.B. Drumagog) lassen sich nachkaufen.

Mikrofonvergleich an der Akustik Gitarre durch Stephan Kuczera.

Übersicht, Funktionsweise und praktische Tipps zum Digital-Mixer Soundcraft SI Compact von Stephan Kuczera, Schule für Tontechnik

You'll Never Have a Digidesign or a Midas Console and Why You Don't Need One In this episode of Sound Design Live Podcast I talk with sound engineer, software programmer, and entrepreneur Bob Lentini. We talk about mixing with a mouse and how it can give you just as much power as a top dollar mixing console. http://sounddesignlive.com/build-a-100000-dollar-mixing-board/ Support Sound Design Live on Patreon for as little as $1: https://www.patreon.com/sounddesignlive

Live Recording mit dem SfT Digital HD Recording Mobile.

In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Podcast, we interview Slau Halatyn who spearheaded the ProTools Petition, which requested that Digidesign implement Apple’s accessibility standards into its ProTools product, an application for professional-level audio production. Slau had a chance to visit Digidesign in San Francisco, and got to experience first hand the tremendous progress being made toward ProTools accessibility with VoiceOver. We discuss his experiences with Digidesign, the developer behind ProTools access, the progress being made, and what we can expect from ProTools in the future.

Vorstellung der neuen Funktion in Logic Pro 9 von Apple inkl. Flexible Audio mit Flex Time, AmpDesigner und Pedalboard durch Stephan Kuczera.

In dem ersten Video-Podcast der SfT Schule für Tontechnik zeigt Stephan Kuczera die Soundunterschiede verschiedenster Mikrofone an der Kick-, Snare-Drum und den Overheads. Er gibt zusätzliche praxisnahe Tipps für die Mikrofonauswahl.

Firedog Studios mic preamp discussion featuring a "competition" between the Neve 33114, Chandler Limited EMI Edition, and Universal Audio 610B. Each pre amp was used on male vocals and acoustic guitar. Signal chain was a Neumann TLM103,(preamp), Universal Audio 1176 compressor, Digidesign 192 I/O into Pro Tools HD. Commentary provided by engineers Kevin Booth and Tom DeStefano on the nuances of each unit.

A moment of silence for Mark's broken phone, the wonderfully pointless Furby Gurdy, a home made and as it turns out controversial, Laser Harp from Stephen Hobley, Waves and SSL, Jean Michel Jarre and his amazing series of Oxygene concerts with many of the original analogues, SSL and Waves plug-ins, Percussa Audio Cubes, and finally Dave Robinson tells us all about the Jean Michel Jarre gig in Dublin, Dave Spiers tells us how JMJ spoilt his wedding, Steve Strange in the queue, Santeri Ojala's excellent guitar parodies, and finally Digidesign's DShow gets some love.

This is the first week of a new module where we learn how to use Avid Xpress Pro, in preparation for editing the footage we shoot a few weeks ago. Avid doesn't have the mind share among would be filmmakers as Final Cut Pro does, so I spend a little time talking about it's place in the filmmaking world.It is the premier NLE and there's always talk about how it measures up against FCP, so I've included 1, 2, 3 different articles comparing the two. A very significant difference is that the companies that produce these programs have very different missions. Apple is all about bringing the professional media experience to the consumer, Avid is focused on the production needs of professional media makers thru it's own post production systems and the many companies it has acquired, like M-box, Digidesign and Softimage.I've got some details about a project I'm involved in along with Laura, who I've worked with in the past on the genetic fingerprint documentary. We're going to shoot audience reaction to the play, The 39 Steps, that will be running at the Huntington Theater during September and October. It's a lot of work in a short time, so it should make for some interesting experiences.

DigiDesign Reel Tape Suite, British Voice Association Tips, Are Scholarly Journals Obsolete?, Vocal Warm Ups, Adam Fox's Recording Commercials Part 1, and the Sacramento Radio Contest tragedy.

On today's show, a new product recommendation, music industry news, a great piece of viewer mail, a PSN blues jam and a fascinating interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! Crosstalk:    Shooter Jennings and Rick DerringerLinks to the albums Mike & Al talk about: Shooter Jennings- Electric Rodeo Rick Derringer- Free Ride The PSN Blues Jam Mike and Al record a little blues jam based on the free jam tracks they recommended on the last show. Spotlight: Channel Strip For Garage Band ProTools Soon To Be Updated For Intel Macs! Leo LaporteCelebrity Interview: Part #1 of an exciting interview with the King Of All Geek Media, Mr. Leo Laporte! Here's a link to the podcast channel that will get you all of Leo's dynasty of podcasts: Link To Radio Leo Viewer Mail: Matthias Frank from Germany writes, "I'm working here on Pro Tools 24 Mix on OS 9 and I was visiting some trade shows with different companies who offer new (supposedly better) audio interfaces for a much cheaper price. I'm debating whether or not to sell all of my formerly "high-class" equipment from Digidesign and switch to something else. "Is the quality that much better as these new companies tell you and try to convince you? Would do you guys think about the quality issues regarding audio interfaces. Is it all hype?" Answer To Last Week's: How'd They Do That? Q: There's a popular vocal effect used in songs like Mr.Roboto by Styx, and even in some science fiction programs. How'd They Do That? Vocoder Example David Spooner A: The Vocoder! Al gives a little history of this cool little machine. David "SpoonZ" Spooner from Australia answered the question correctly and even sent in an audio example of how he created this effect with plugins in his own studio. See you next week! Tags: music recording studio home studio mixing protools plugin digidesign frappr moog styx mr roboto vocoder roland prosoniq shooter jennings electric rodeo rick derringer free ride leo laporte this week in tech twit tech tv kfi tech guy macbreak radio leo the laporte report leoville security now the daily giz whiz floss call for help inside the net amber macarthur screen savers dev null pandora libsyn garage band intel mac

Yay! We made it! It's show #10 and we're feeling stronger than ever. We review some of what has gone into our first ten shows and how we're just not going to stop! We're already planning what we're going to do to make our 100th show special. Today's show is a tasty grab bag of tidbits that were planned for earlier shows but never made it for one reason or another. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN DAVIDSON! John and his lovely wife just welcomed a new addition to the family with a healthy baby boy! He was born at 12:11 AM on Saturday March 11, 2006. He's 6 pounds, 9 ounces, and 20 1/2" long. Al points out that he believes John brought in a surround sound crew to record the birth and that he managed to get a small sample from the scratch track already in 5.1. Al plays the clip and everyone is amazed by the "you are there" realism! A Minor Correction: Just a minor correction from last week's trivia question. We spoke with Charles Dye, and while the Ricky Martin song, Livin' La Vida Loca was recorded and mixed entirely inside the box with Pro Tools, it wasn't mastered that way. It was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in New York, New York. Here's the link to the awesome Sterling Sound web site: http://www.Sterling-Sound.com Ted and Sterling Sound has done some great work with artists like: John Mayer, Destiny's Child, Nickelback, Ozzy Osbourne, Green Day, Santana, Bare Naked Ladies, Billy Joel, Chris Botti and a host of others. DIGI 001Al brings up a couple of suggestions for upgrading if you're still using a Digidesign DIGI 001. You might consider the Mbox2, but it turns out that Digidesign is still offering their upgrade trade-in special towards any of the DIGI 002 systems. Al recommends contacting Andy Diekroger at Sweetwater Sound for details. Sweetwater Sound Andy Diekroger (800) 222-4700 Extension: 1273 Steely DanAja Mike highly recommends a DVD titled, Steely Dan - Aja. This is a vivid portrait of the making of the canonical 1970s record AJA by Steely Dan. Band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen recall the history of an album that was a year in the making, but rewarded with a Grammy Award and three hit singles. British songwriter Ian Dury, the Doobie Brothers' Michael McDonald, and music producer Gary Katz all add their fascinating anecdotes to this highly involving rockumentary. Many of the mixes are dissected and studio sessions are detailed. Find the DVD for less than ten bucks! Eric JohnsonTotal Guitar Al recommends a DVD by Eric Johnson titled Total Guitar. This is an opportunity to study with one of the electric guitar's true virtuosos. This lesson encompasses all styles and includes advanced picking for speed and accuracy, left and right hand muting, various blues bends, country "pedal steel" bends, using different positions for sound and more! Find the DVD for less than twenty bucks! Mike shares web site that details the acoustic guitar setups of many famous players like: James Taylor, Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Alex de Grassi, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, Adrian Legg, Paul Simon and more. Click here to visit the acoustic guitar setups site Next, Al says that if you're a Comcast Cable subscriber with On Demand service, dig into the menus. There's all kinds of free video music tutorials and gear reviews that are a lot of fun to watch. Mike encourages trying to play as many parts live in your project as possible. Break out of the sequencer and samples and discover something new! Al details solving a sampled bass challenge by running it through Amplitube (a digital guitar amp simulator). How do you pronounce the word spelled P - I - E - Z - O? The Online American Heritage Dictionary sets us all straight. Here's the audio pronunciation from their site. Click here to hear it! "The Womanizer"Al mentions a recent gear find that looks very promising. It's dual-tube guitar pre-amps from a relatively new company founded by some ex-Line6 (Pod XT) folks. Here's a link to their site: http://DamageControlUSA.com Viewer Mail: "Big Al, I picked up the BBE acoustic pre-amp you recommended on ebay for $72. Just got it yesterday, tried it out, and you were right. It works great. Nice sweetening effect, even on my Neve-equipped Taylor. Begs a question, however. What's your opinion on piggy-backing pre's?" I'm not a big fan of stacking up pre's. That said, it can work with careful monitoring. The problems that often crop up are distortion and phase-like anomalies. If you're using a unit with an effects loop that you can use it to insert the BBE. If you're using a mixing console, you could also insert the BBE in the channel there. If the only choice is to stack the pre's, I think I'd go through the BBE last. It's usually not a good effect to equalize the BBE process. It lives best at the end of the chain. The TroubadourHollywood, California Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: Starting on August 25, 1970, who became an overnight sensation after playing only seven consecutive nights at the Troubadour in Hollywood, California? The club only held 600 people, but by the end of that week everyone in Los Angeles was talking about this person, who went on to become a multi-platinum, multi-Grammy winning recording artist. A: Sir Elton John! Double Bonus Points Question: Elton JohnQ: Who introduced this artist on their opening night? A: Neil Diamond! The Los Angeles Times raved: "Rejoice. Rock music ... has a new star. he's Elton John ... whose debut ... was, in almost every way, magnificent. His music is so staggeringly original ... [his] songs so varied in texture that his work defies classification ... He's going to be one of rock's biggest and most important stars." In that same year, John Lennon and his friend, Harry Nilsson, were ejected from the club for heckling the Smothers Brothers. Randy Newman started out at the club and comics Cheech & Chong were discovered there. In 1975, Elton John returned to do a series of special anniversary concerts. Mike was there for one night of this legendary performance and shares his memories of the experience. This Week's Trivia Question: In honor of our tenth show, we're taking a trivia break this week! Al mentions our new Listener Feedback Line: (928) 395-1343 Give us a call and be sure to leave your name and e-mail address! Joe SatrianiWe forgot to mention it again, but don't miss the Joe Satriani podcast leading up to the release of his new album Super Colossal. Joe Satriani's Podcast Subscription Page See you next week! 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First up, some sad news. Wilson Pickett, best-known for hits "In the Midnight Hour" & "Mustang Sally", died of a heart attack yesterday at just 64 years young. Mike and Al share some personal memories of his work. Spotlight: Al discusses the new Macintosh computers with the Intel chip inside and it's compatibility with timing-based applications (MIDI, audio, video, etc.). The new computers are using a translation program called Rosetta to run any application that's not been updated to run on the Intel processor. Rosetta does not handle timing-based applications very well and is not ready to function as a media production platform until updates of the applications are available. Even Apple's own pro media apps (Final Cut, Soundtrack, Logic, etc.) won't run on this new machine yet. Updates of these pro apps should be available after March. In the meantime, if you're an Ableton Live user, you're good to go with the new Intel Macs! Version 5.2 was just released and ready to run on this new platform. Live 5.2 will be available as a download in February. Hot News From NAMM! Digidesign is heating up the NAMM show with lots of great news and releases... Digidesign Acquires Assets of Trillium Lane Labs Digidesign is proud to announce that it has acquired the assets of Trillium Lane Labs LLC, one of Digidesign's most valuable and innovative Development Partners. Trillium Lane Labs has produced an impressive array of effects and processors for Pro Tools�® systems, including the TL Space convolution reverb, the TL EveryPhase phaser, the TL Aggro compressor, the TL Utilities metronome, tuner, and over-sampling meter bundle, the TL Drum Rehab drum replacement tool (available soon), and the TL AutoPan panner (available soon). Currently available Trillium Lane Labs plug-ins are now compatible with Pro Tools 7 software (TL Utilities compatibility coming soon). Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research Group Digidesign is pleased to introduce the Digidesign�® Advanced Instrument Research group -- a new division that is dedicated to creating powerful virtual instruments purpose built for the Pro Tools environment. The Advanced Instrument Research group is showcasing two new exciting virtual instruments at this year's NAMM convention: the free Xpand! sound factory workstation and the soon-to-be-released Hybrid analog/digital high-definition synthesizer. Xpand! Your Creativity with a FREE Pro Tools Virtual Instrument The first release from the new Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research Group, Xpand! is a free RTAS�® sound factory workstation synthesis/sample-playback and effects plug-in that provides fast, efficient ways to access and manipulate thousands of high-quality sounds directly from within Pro Tools. Built for songwriters, film composers, DJs, electronic musicians, music producers, and sound designers, Xpand! is a sonic powerhouse that will become an indispensable component of any Pro Tools environment. Digidesign Previews New Music and DV Toolkits At this year's NAMM convention, Digidesign is previewing two new toolkit offerings that can help you dramatically expand your music and post production options. Take advantage of powerful plug-in collections, an increased track count, the Pro Tools MP3 Option, an included upgrade to Pro Tools 7.1 software, and much more! Every Digi 002 Now Includes the Factory Software Bundle Every Digidesign Digi 002�® system now includes the Digi 002 Factory software bundle with all the additional Digidesign and Bomb Factory�® plug-ins previously offered only with the Digi 002 Factory version -- at the same great Digi 002 price ($2,495). The Digi 002 system includes Pro Tools LE software, the Pro Tools Ignition Pack (with its coveted third-party software applications), 50 Digidesign and Bomb Factory plug-ins, and now ten additional plug-ins, for an even greater value. Now Shipping: Synchro Arts VocALign PRO Synchro Arts introduces VocALign PRO, a new and more powerful version of the unique VocALign automatic audio alignment tool. VocALign PRO provides audio, post production, and multimedia professionals the greatest flexibility and power to quickly complete audio alignment tasks -- automatically, within the industry-standard Pro Tools environment as an AudioSuite plug-in. VocALign PRO automatically stretches or compresses one audio signal to match the timing patterns of another, saving you time and money. FXpansion's entire product line is now Pro Tools 7-ready. They've been optimized for Pro Tools 7, which will deliver substantial performance enhancements across the board. Includes GURU, BFD, VST to RTAS Adapter. The new VST to RTAS Adapter v2.0 also adds support for multiple outputs from VST plug-ins, and offers compatibility with close to 2,000 VST plug-ins and instruments. All of these are fully compatible with Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered software on Mac OS X and Windows XP. Crosstalk: Getting a great guitar sound live and in the studio. Mike discusses the challenge of getting a great guitar sound in the first place, even before you're ready to record it. Amp and cabinet types are considered, as well as microphone choice and room placement. Modern processors like the Line 6 POD and Amplitube are compared to old school methods. Tweaking The Stupid Knob: "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962. This Week's Trivia Question: What was the first #1 hit to have a playing time of more than four minutes? Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: What was the most played song on American radio during the twentieth century? A: You've Lost That Loving Feeling - written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector and Cynthia Weil. (Congratulations to Chris B. who correctly answered this one!) Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (still married: http://www.mann-weil.com) have written and/or recorded 53 top 40 hits so far. Here are just a few of them: I Love How You Love Me (The Paris Sisters) On Broadway (The Drifters & George Benson) We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (The Animals) Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton) Sometimes When We Touch (Dan Hill) He's So Shy (The Pointer Sisters) Just Once (James Ingram and Quincy Jones) Running With The Night (Lionel Richie) Through The Fire (Chaka Khan) Don't Know Much (Linda Rondstadt and Aaron Neville) See you next week! Tags: music recording studio digidesign namm guitar wilson pickett ableton live intel mac fxpansion