Tuesday, 8 August 2006
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| USA Songwriting Competition Winner On TV Tonight Usasong 23:55:12 |
| | ***USA Songwriting Competition Winner On TV Tonight, Performing Her
Original Song
We, at USA Songwriting Competition are all extremely excited and proud
of Patrice Pike. Not only did Patrice win the 2004 USA Songwriting
Competition Overall Grand Prize, she has been on US national (and
international) TV for the past month as a current Top 10 finalist in
the CBS TV series "RockStar Supernova". Patrice is on the season
premiere of ''Rock Star Supernova'' a motley crew of 15 would-be lead
singers get their chance to impress a new supergroup of M?¶tley Cr??e's
drummer Tommy Lee, Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, and Guns n' Roses
guitarist Gilby Clarke. One of the finalists will be selected to join
this all-star rock group.
Patrice Pike won the Overall Grand Prize and 1st prize in the
Rock/Alternative Category in the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition. She
is an award winning singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. Having been a
professional musician since Patrice Pike was sixteeen, she has
co-created numerous records and musical groups and has performed across
the United States and Europe.
Billboard Magazine is quoted as saying, "Patrice Pike is one of the
finest up and coming contemporary rock singers in America."
Patrice Pike wrote and performed the top 10 Billboard hit, "Know What
You Mean." Her group "Sister Seven" was signed to Arista Records.
Watch Patrice Pike tonight (on CBS TV, 9pm Eastern/Pacific Time) as she
writes music and lyrics to a backing track of the band, making it her
original song. Results will be on CBS TV on Wednesday, from 8-9PM
ET/PT. Patrice needs your help in getting votes into the next round.
There are three ways you can vote for Patrice Pike:
Online at: http://rockstar.msn.com {~You can vote anywhere in the
world!}
Windows Live Messenger from the Rock Star: Supernova tab
Text message with your Verizon Wireless phone (in US only)
Also, See Patrice Pike's link on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Pike
Iris Andersen
USA Songwriting Competition
http://www.songwriting.net
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| Re: Dynaudio BM6P, SoundRoom Octava 012 omni matched pair Hkc 22:47:05 |
| | SoundRoom Octava 012 omni matched pair. Used on 2 projects w/jecklin
disc
(also 012 cardioid w/o -10db pad):
I don't know if you know this but Oktava has opened an online shop
http://www.oktava-shop.com/view_category.php?category=1 and here a matched
pair costs 289 Euro which is approx the same as your "buy it now". It's just
that I noticed that you have a reserve and obviously that won't be met if
it's close to the 349$.
I bought the ML52 when it came out (299?, british pounds) and recently
bought another one but now it only cost 309 euro which is like 150 dollars
cheaper. That's direct shopping for you, good for the new costumers not so
good for the resellers.
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| VST Plug-Ins with Audacity Mike Rivers 19:37:03 |
| | I've never used a VST plug-in before (at least not to my knowledge) but
I thought I'd try playinng around with Roger Nichols' Inspector. I
figured that Audacity was the most simple-minded program I use that I
could try it with.
Audacity has a "VST Enabler" dll which I downloaded and installed per
the instructions. But the fine print from the Audacity web page says:
"Because of licensing issues, VST support must be kept separate from
Audacity. This "VST Enabler" is mostly open-source, but the source code
to Steinberg's VST SDK is required, and this must be downloaded from
Steinberg separately."
Duh??? OK, I understand the words, but I don't understand what to
download from Steinberg and what to do with it when I download it.
There's no evidence that Audacity knows anything about a VST plug-in at
this point, so I guess I really need the Steinberg code.
Can someone tell me what to do next?
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| Pro Tools LE 7.1cs7 Adam 18:16:10 |
| | Is Pro Tools LE 7.1cs7 a beta version or an official release? Also, i
just bought a MacBook Pro and when i launch Pro Tool the tracking pad
or whatever they call it (the thing you move yer hand over that acts
like a mouse) gets hung up.. anyone have this problem?
thanks,
-adam
adam79@toast.net
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| audio sonic amplifier set Hyena 17:55:54 |
| | I just bought a secondhand audio sonic set, very old one, I think. It came
with a tuner (STU 2000), a pre-amplifier(st 2000) and a power amplifier(st
2050) but without any manual. I checked on the internet and found nothing.
The power amplifier has a notes said that "power assumption 90 w".
I would like to know what is the output power, and what kind of speaker are
suitable for it.
Any tips are appreciated.
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| Online Talent John Phillips 16:07:12 |
| | I posted this yesterday using Outlook but it did not show up so I will
try again.
I live in a small town and have a studio in my home, I do not have many
talent contacts yet. I am looking for suggestions for online talent
for all instruments, I expect to pay reasonable (or lower than
reasonable) prices. I see a couple scenarios. The first situation is
that I send an mp3 of a tune and I just want the tracks for a singer to
do a cover tune. I am fine with midi if they have great equipment, it
would seen to be lower cost thana full band but I could be wrong. As a
deliverable, I would want just the raw wav files so that I could do the
final mix. The second situation is where I send my tracks that I have
already recorded and need a fiddle or drums added as an example. I
have seen a couple sites and would like to know the group's experience.
Thanks for all of your help,
John Phillips
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| funkberater microphones and md421 HL/HN Guest 13:35:19 |
| | who knows anything about this brand?
i saw a mic on the ebay (ok, i look after a lot of mic on ebay.. and
i'm quite curious...
in an old post i read an interestig thread about md421HL type,are these
mic worth their price?i saw that they are quite cheap but the
unbalanced output stopped me from buying...
thank you very much
Lorenzo
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| digital audio sync question David Grant 09:48:10 |
| | I want my DAW to be the clock master (RME multiface)... I have a 2nd desktop
and I'm running the SPDIF from the onboard soundcard into the DAW. I assume
since the onboard card doesn't have an SPDIF input there's no way to get the
desktop #2 to sync to the DAW's clock... ?
But is there any way for me to change desktop #2's clock rate so it matches
whatever i'm using on the DAW at the time (I realize i'll still get
artifacts but I assume not as badly)? Using "SoundMax Digital Integrated
Driver" and there's no obvious option to change the output clock - it seems
to always be 48kHz.
Thanks,
Dave
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| Digital Hub / Patchbay? Ljm 09:46:11 |
| | I'm not sure what it would be called but this is what I'm trying to do.
I have a stand alone DAW and I'd like to take the digital in & out of
the recorder and connect it to a source that would allow the signal to
go to 3 or 4 other units like a DAT, Masterlink, etc. Is there
something made that will allow me to do this?
I've done google searches for digital hubs and digital patchbays but I'm
not finding what I'm looking for. Any help would be much appreciated.
TIA! 
Jim
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| Linn Keihlid Tweeter Adie 09:14:38 |
| | Hi,
I seem to have some issue with a tweeter on one of my keihlids, in-so-much
that its not working.
I had a mishap and dropped the speaker 2 inches onto a marble floor, no
visible damage, but no tweeter.
Could it be a number of things or is it just the tweeter is busted, is
there an easy way of finding out, short of moving the good tweeter into the
bad speaker?
Info... Ideas... Ruminations, please
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| RH1 Cj 08:46:19 |
| | Hi All,
Is there a way of transferring files to a disc in mono with the RH1? I've
even tried to transfer a mono .wav file but it seems to auto transfer in
stereo. Also,when I take mono md files off one disc and transfer them to
another, it still transfers these mono recorded tracks in stereo mode
thereby doubling the file size.
I use the md for backing tracks so recording in mono mode allows me to
double the number of tracks on a disc.
TIA
Colin
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| Vintage Mic Repairs John Phillips 06:28:36 |
| | I am curious about repairs to a vintage mic such as a Neumann KM84. If I
were to purchase one and send it to Neumann for repairs ( maybe they replace
the capsule), would it come back with a similar frequency response as
original or would it have the presence peak of the KM184?
The second part to this question is about vintage U87s. I have access to
two with sequential serial numbers but one is bad, is distorts very easily.
If I send one back, will it come back sounding similar to the old one or
like the new shipping versions? I understand that they cannot match the mic
as they did when they were new, the U87s are about 25 years old. If I
wanted them matched as closely as possible, I could send both back but then
I may not like the repaired sound (one great mic is worth more to me than
two good mics). I would appreciate reading about any experiences that any
of you have had.
Thanks,
John Phillips
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| Hammond C3 Pedal Board Removal Guest 05:23:34 |
| | Hi Guys,
I'm new to music, (and organs), but I may buy a Hammond C3 with Leslie
speaker within the next couple weeks.
I know how to bolt down the Tone Generator, but how do I remove the
pedal board?
Thanks,
JP
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| Fletcher and Mercenary Georgeh 04:05:58 |
| | I was poking around Merecenary's website for the first time in quite a while
(no budget for "toys" in this "humming" economy). It occurred to me after
looking at several pages that I saw no mention of Fletcher. Has he divorced
himself from Mercenary? Or is he just flying below the radar?
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| Re: EV's take on rms ratings and square wave power handling Greg Cameron 01:48:25 |
| | This thread got me curious to find out what the manufacture's take is
on their own products, so I emailed a few. Here's EV response:
Hi Greg,
For individual driver power ratings, we use the AES2-1984 power test.
This is a two hour test using pink noise with a 6dB crest factor. The
pink noise is shaped with a high pass and low pass filter one decade
apart with Butterworth 12dB/Octave slope filters. The decade used is
specific to the driver under test. 18" woofers get tested at 40Hz -
400Hz, 15" woofers get tested 50Hz - 500Hz, 12" woofers get tested 60Hz
- 600Hz, compression drivers get tested 1kHz - 10kHz. Full range
loudspeaker systems get tested using the EAI RS-426a test, which is a
full bandwidth test designed to simulate full range program material.
The RS-426a test uses filtered white noise with a time duration of 8
hours. Once we have determined the power handling of the device under
test, we then run program material through the device for 24 hours.
The program material we use typically has a 10dB crest factor and is
used to verify the power rating of the other test methods.
All of these tests are designed to find the thermal limitations of the
loudspeaker. As you may have noticed, the test material that we use is
either pink noise, white noise, or prerecorded program material, all of
which is more sine wave in nature, rather than DC or square wave, which
would not be representative of what these drivers are used for in real
world applications.
The basic construction of loudspeaker components (woofers and
compression drivers) has a thin gauge wire(voice coil) wrapped around a
former which then connects to the cone or diaphragm. The voice coil is
positioned between the two poles of a magnet. When signal is applied
to the voice coil, electromagnetic force is created, moving the cone in
and out. In order to keep moving mass down, thin gauge wire is used -
for woofers it is typically 28 gauge wire - which means that the wire
has limited ability to handle current flow; you could liken a voice
coil to a fuse. Due to the very nature of a DC signal (and to a lesser
extent, a square wave signal), a loudspeaker will not be able to handle
the equivalent DC power as it would AC power.
In your original email you say:
"Another party contends that the driver will handle less power based on
they type of waveform feeding it, i.e. clipped signals of lesser power
will create as much heat as sine wave of greater power. In other words,
they claim that you can *blow a driver with a clipped signal well under
the rms rating of the driver.*"
The partial sentence highlighted in bold text is true, and sums it up
quite accurately. A clipped signal, square wave, or DC signal creates
much more heat and causes much more mechanical motion of the driver
than a sine wave type signal. Because woofers' voice coils use larger
gauge wire and have larger magnet assemblies than compression drivers,
they can typically handle more clipping and dissipate more heat than a
compression driver can. Most loudspeaker components can handle "clean"
or unclipped voltage peaks much higher than the continuous or RMS
rating. These ratings are typically listed as peak ratings, and are
typically 6dB (4 times) higher than the continuous or RMS rating and
assume a short time duration, usually somewhere in the area of 20
milliseconds which is close to real world dynamics in music; the
"crack" of a snare drum, the fundamental "hit" of the kick drum, etc.
Hopefully this had answered your questions. If not, please feel free
to contact us.
Regards,
Stu Schatz
Telex Electro-Voice Pro Audio Group
Senior Technical Support Applications Specialist
The response I recieved from Radian Audio was that thier rms ratings
are derived from 4 hours of pink noise testing, but nothing more
elaborate. Anyhow, I thought I'd pass the info along. If others answer,
I'll post their responses as well.
Thanks,
Greg
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| iZ RADAR 24 system Matthias 01:14:03 |
| | Hi Pros,
I was offered a RADAR 24 system.
Since this is a newer unit, I'd like to know if the coverters are the
same (warm, analog-like sound) like the RADAR II systems had.
Thanks in advance
Matthias
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| Cool Edit pro 2.0 Problem Hippietrippy 00:58:56 |
| | I was laying down a new track on Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (ie. piano track from a
synthesizor.) When hearing the play back - the track itself seems to have
a delay effect. BUT I didn't select any delay effect whatsoever. In the
past I would typically record a new track with its "natural" sound & tone
and if desired I would then add delay effects after. But for some reason - i
no longer get the 'natural sound'... I dont know whether I may have changed
a pre set setting or what ever .but I cant seem to correct it. I tried
uninstalling Cool Edit Pro and reinstalling it..but the same thing keeps
happening when I record a new track. (ie. delay effect appears on the
track as opposed to its natural sound). Is there some re-set function to
set all settings to a default setting when recording new tracks - so that it
only captures the 'natural' sound???
Thanks in advance!
Steve
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| What is a MELHART ME 2400 worth? Danny T 00:19:43 |
| | I have one I am thinking of selling on ebay. I don't have a clue what
they go for since there are so few out there that anyone wants to sell.
Any ideas?
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Monday, 7 August 2006
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| Stupid newbie question - how to record solo piano? Larisa 23:50:05 |
| | I'm thinking of making a CD of myself playing ragtime - just a solo
performance in my living room. I'm reasonably clueless about
recording, and all the books I've read on the subject seem to assume
that one is recording a rock band and thus in need of a lot of
complicated equipment. What would be the bare minimum of
equipment/software that I would need to record a piano?
I'll be grateful for any advice, and I apologize if the question is too
basic for this group.
Larisa
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| Re: Sony DHC MD 373 MiniDisc Hi-Fi, Boxed Philippe Lemaire 22:33:04 |
| | ben.ackland@btinternet.com wrote:> Hi all,>
I am selling my Sony MD 373 hi-fi. It's boxed and in excellent> condition. One of the best Sony MD hi-fis to date (I'm sure a lot of> people will agree with me there!)> Anyway, if interested, please take a look. I'm asking ?160.00:> Thanks,> Ben
Nice that you had mentioned UK only ...
Philippe in Belgium
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| Glitches recording with Audacity Captain Nemo 19:31:31 |
| | About 10 years ago I recorded a friend playing a church organ onto a
Panasonic SV-3800 DAT machine. In order to edit the recordings I
transferred them digitally to my PC - a Pentium 166 running Windows 95 -
using a Zephiro soundcard and CoolEdit96. The transfer went quite smoothly
and I subsequently transferred the edited recordings back onto the DAT
machine. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the .WAV files so I recently tried
transferring the edited recordings to my laptop, so I could burn a CD.
This is a model I bought from Red Submarine, purely for music work. It
boasts a Pentium 4 (2.0 GHz) processor and 512 MB RAM. I'm running Windows
98 SE and have tweaked the system in various ways, including:
Set Virtual Memory to a fixed 1.5 GB
Set vcache to a fixed 32768K
System.ini:
[386Enh]
ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1
MinTimeSlice=15
DMABufferSize=64
PageBuffers=32
Set File Management System to "Network Server"
I have ruthlessly cut out any unnecessary processes. I don't use Anti-Virus
protection on this particular computer because I never use it to connect to
the Internet. When I type Ctl-Alt-Delete, the task list contains only two
items: Explorer and Systray.
So I was totally gobsmacked when I found that after transferring the files
using Audacity there were quite a few 'glitches' sprinkled throughout the
recordings. (NB. When I say 'glitch' I mean strange clicks that suggest a
few samples were missed.) I subsequently repeated the experiment, first
using CoolEdit96 and then using Cubase, both of which worked fine.
I still think Audacity is a fine editing tool, but from now on I'm going to
use Cubase for any direct-to-disk recording to be on the safe side (pity
CoolEdit96 doesn't record 24-bit!).
Can anyone suggest what might be the problem?
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| Naaasty sound Geoff 18:34:20 |
| | Just a spectator at a little jazz gig, SM58 into a small mixer and powered
JBL speaker.
System seemed to have a sensor which gated in little bursts of white noise
for every glotal sound from the (male) vocalist. Hasn't increased my love
for low-end JBL speakers or SM58s.
geoff
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