Sine Language

This week, an apology to Jay for incorrectly identifying him as the author of the e-mail I read out in ep 110, Jim Weishorn wants to discuss dynamics some more (that’ll have to wait), a query from Steve Riekeberg at Geek Cred on the voice track processing I use in post-production (see notes at the … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 111"

In episode 110, Tim Cumings is happy with his USB mic pre-amp from Centrance, Geoff Hankerson was concerned about the proximity of the drinks fridge to my studio, as well as being slightly miffed about the dynamic range in DVD audio when watching movies, Justin wrote to ask about the different types of reverb and … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 110"

In ep 109, a quick plug for iStockPhoto who are now selling user-generated audio clips. For those of you with a love of recording outdoor sounds, this could be a nice way to turn your hobby into some extra cash. Worth checking out at the very least. Then, a lengthy e-mail from Jim Addie answering … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 109"

This week, I discuss a couple of e-mails traded back and forth between myself and Karl Cooper, who asked about all the usual suspects…. tracking levels, compression, signal chains etc. Which of course led me to talking (again) about this thread at prosoundweb.com

In episode 107, Rob Scalise gets on my soapbox about the potential dangers of prolonged use of headphones. My man in Hollywood got back to us with answers to Jay’s questions from ep 106 re: movie audio. Ernie wrote and mentioned that he prefers my AKG C3000 to my R84. He also commented on previous … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 107"

This week, Jay asked about the audio processing used in movie soundtracks, and why the music in movies sounds so much better than the official soundtrack CD. Scott Hess asked about using small amounts of delay to simulate spatial shifts, rather than using straight out panning. And Greg Anderson wanted some feedback (from YOU as … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 106"

We’re back! The new studio, whilst not complete, is certainly functional. So, this ep begins with a bit of a chat regarding what the last 6-8 weeks has entailed. Then into the meat of it: An interview with Nick Dika (Product Manager and PR guru for Izotope) about the just released version 4 of their … Continue reading "Sine Language – episode 105"

In episode 104, some more from Bomar on the microphones that can hear the footsteps of an ant… or in this case, the rhythmic drumming of the legs of a spider during a mating ritual. The university which carried out this experiment is here. Then, I received a lengthy e-mail from Jim Addie (he of […]

In ep 103, a continuation of the discussion on home theatre, Bomar asked about why I use Lame (which I use in conjunction with Speex Multi frontend) for mp3 encoding, plus he gave us some links for websites concerned with hearling loss: deafness.about.com digital recordings University of NSW jimmyr (link 1) jimmyr (link 2) and […]

This week, Greg Anderson sent in a voice comment of his own “radio war story”, Jim Weishorn wrote to ask for more info on subtractive eq, Alexander Williams* (no relation) wrote to ask about processing audio for live streaming (as opposed to pre-producing content), …which led me to again remark about having VU meters rather […]