Sound Arts

Wow! What an awesome week. Over 15 tracks recorded, 10 artists and bands, and 80 solid hours of hands on experience for our interns and engineers. I think we all learned a ton about recording, producing and coordinating. Everyone did an exceptional job! Mixes are now in progress and should be ready to review by the end of this month. We are currently playing with the idea of showcasing the work from the week through an event sometime around October or November. Depending on funding, location availability, and potential partners this could be a big promo opportunity to connect with other artists, engineers, and ... Read Full Story

Today, during their mix session, I overheard Lily Taylor mention to Ryan Kleeman that they were looking to add some texture to a track…make it more vintage and vinyl-like. So after a quick hunt, I found a cool free plugin from iZotope , from Boston, MA. Check it out! The ultimate lo-fi weapon, iZotope Vinyl uses 64-bit processing and advanced filtering, modeling and resampling to create authentic “vinyl” simulation, as if the audio was a record being played on a record player. Formats: Pro Tools 6.1+ (RTAS/AudioSuite/HTDM), VST, MAS, Audio Unit, DirectX   Sample Rates: up to 192 kHz   Internal Precision: 64-bit   ... Read Full Story

In the fall issue of Make Magazine Brian Schmierer wrote an article about converting a usb game controller into an open source interface for Max/MSP . Make is a focused magazine with tons of awesome DIY projects and resources. Brian has designed a variety of interfaces and controllers that communicate with vocoders, synths, sequencers, and self built VST plug-ins via Usb, MIDI, or OSC. For Brian and for Sound Arts, this is the tip of the iceberg! Check out the aricle. http://makezine.com Read Full Story

KeyToSound , a designer, developer and manufacturer of digital audio technology, musical instruments, and audio signal processors has just released an upgrade to a free instrument plug-in called “Remedy”. Great presets, a bunch of knobs to sculpt, and a classy old school design. Download Remedy 1.1r3 for Mac. Supports VST (including 2.4), AU, RTAS 6 and RTAS 7 Download Remedy 1.1r3 for Windows XP. Supports VST and RTAS on Windows XP Download the botkiller Remedy preset pack by brian botkiller Arps, drums, lots of sounds in this little package! Download the Remedy Preset pack by Aaron Jasinski Great sounds to get you going! Find ... Read Full Story

Top 10 Rules for roadies to live by; Real Time advice for the aspiring roadie. First allow me to explain to you what a roadie is and what a roadie is not. A roadie is a person who accompanies a band to the place where they will be performing music. The place and anything associated with where the band will be playing their music is very often called ‘The Gig”. The equipment is often called ‘The Gear’, or ‘The Rig’, or ‘The Equipment’. Roadies are involved in the setup of ‘The Equipment’ in preparations for the band to play. 1. Never plug in a ... Read Full Story