Time to return to one of this blogs topics other than World of Warcraft, and that is recording. More specifically, recording studios. I have worked at several recording studios and a post production studio. All of which are no longer around. That is why I am going to post a link to a great article I came across in Mix. They have been running a series of articles called Studio Unknown. With the economy in the shape it is in, this article discusses why you don’t have to be a mega studio with a giant staff. As a matter of fact, it can be an advantage if you know how to leverage it. Anyone who works at a studio or is looking to open should spend a few minutes and check this out. I think you will find it was well worth your time.
Upon copying the URL link for this story, it looks like it will move or disappear when next month’s article in this series goes on line. So check it out before it’s gone
Mammoth Mountain is hosting the Roxy Chicken Jam this weekend. All the top female snowboarders will be there to compete. Even gold medal Olympian Torah Bright will be there.
For a bit, I have been pretty active in Azeroth. The guild I was in imploded while I was away. But this isn’t a gossip rag and I’m not enough in the know to comment on it except that it was a real shame. It was the first guild I ever joined and was invited while I was still on a trial account. It was one of the things that influenced my decision to subscribe to WoW. Originally I had no intention at all in subscribing to WoW. But that’s another story for another evening. Chances are your reading this to hear about this RSS Feed thang I mentioned in the title.
Recently, well back in December, Blizzard added character and calendar RSS Feeds. I’ve always wanted something like this. A simple text feed of my activity. I couldn’t tell you how many times I have seen some sort of achievement flash by without catching what they were. Some nights I’ve done more than 5 so I can’t see it in recent achievement summary. And having a record of what BoP or epic drops I have won and when and where they came from. All this info is in the RSS Feed. You can see mine on the side of this blog if you scroll down a little. Their does seem to be a bug a bug and it’s a bad one. All the links are broken. At least they are on this blog and I assume it’s not the Word Press RSS feed gadget. You don’t need a website to view these. In case you are unfamiliar with RSS feeds, you can get an RSS reader or get a plugin for your browser. If you use Firefox, there is one built right into it, they are called Live Bookmarks. It would probably be a good idea to remember the WoW Armory is in Beta. So sometimes, like while I was writing this, it doesn’t work correctly. Anyway, head on over to www.wowarmory.com and log in. You will also want to check out The WoW Character Feed FAQ over at Spoon Craft. They did a real good job on the FAQ so I see no reason to write on also. Before you know it, you’ll be tracking your progress too.
Over the years I’ve been on many forums, crafted many a signature. Counting BBS’s, I’ve been posting messages, and signatures in discussion groups for 26 years. BBS’s, Bulletin Board Systems, are where forums originated. Back then we also had signatures, albeit just plain text or ansi. It’s safe to say I’ve made my share of signatures. I’m far from great at it, but now and then I surprise myself. And it’s time for me to make a new World of Warcraft signature for some forums I’m on. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a video I found over at http://mimikri.net/ which is a Czech artist sight. I found it while exploring and wanted to share it. I don’t imagine many people would have stumbled across it and I’m not even sure how I ended up there. It was under the PUK-PUK section and to be honest I don’t know what that even means. Either way it’s an interesting use of stop animation and it made me happy. So check it out, won’t ya
A very interesting video on training your ears with white noise. In the example, he is using a synth in Logic, you could apply the same principle with other synthesizer. If you do any audio mixing or sound design, you should see this.
There’s a room in the back of the house which has been through I couple of changes. At first I had my computer in there and it was setup for recording. Back then my computer was a PIII 600 running Windows 98 and then Windows ME. My recording interface was a SeaSound Soloist.
Seasound Soloist
The recording software I used at first was Acid by Sony, although it was by Sonic Foundry back then. My wife and I painted the room purple and the sealing silver. I hung up a few neon lights, a black light and set up a couple of lava lamps. It was my night club looking home studio.
It all started out innocent enough. It’s brewfest time in Azeroth (World of Warcraft) and I wanted to run the daily which involves the slaying of an elite boss. I ran it once earlier in the week so I knew it was going to take a party of level 80s. Maybe some other members of the guild I’m in would would like to do it too. Before I knew it I was asking in guild chat if anyone else wanted to do the brewfest daily. Instantly I got my first victim and he asked to be invited. Then it hit me, I’ve never been the leader of a party before, I’ve always accepted invites. I hadn’t intend on starting a party. Too late, I just invited him. But I’m not too sure about being the leader. No problem, I’ll just pass the party leader, and all responsibility, to the invitee. But he declines. So I just invited everyone who said ok. It didn’t take long to fill the party. Even our guild leader joined. For a short time I was proud of the party I had assembled. With all good players, this should be a piece of Dalarian cake.
Even though I’m a new Level 80, I’ve already run a lot of the heroic mode dungeons. Here’s some pics from them. And I’ve included a little remix to enhance your audio / visual experience
Here is the Music Player. You need to installl flash player to show this cool thing!
Looks like it’s time for another blog title change. And with that there is going to be another change. A change of topics is in order here. My computer help blog has really taken off. I’m getting a several thousand page views a month now over there these days. While here I haven’t even had 2 thousand ever. And that doesn’t surprise me. There are a lot more people interested in how to remove spyware and making the most of their internet experience than people who want to see videos I’ve made or listen to music I’ve made. And that’s ok. To be honest I never expected either of them to take off. The only reason PC Cybertek dot com took of like it did was because I figured out how to remove something called fast browser search. Apparently it has affected thousands of people and I’m one of the few people who has figured out how to get rid of it. That post started a huge influx of visits to PC Cybertek.
So this is my blog for the other things in my life, besides computers. And right now, most of my non work time has been taken playing World of Warcraft. And if it wasn’t bad enough before……
So I finally hit level 80 a bit over a week ago. It took almost a year to the day to reach level 80. And now that I’m level 80 I’ve been really putting in lots more World of Warcraft time. So I’m gonna be posting mainly about WoW for a while since it has consumed a lot of my time.
Time to return to one of this blogs topics other than World of Warcraft, and that is recording. More specifically, recording studios. I have worked at several recording studios and a post production studio. All of which are no longer around. That is why I am going to post a link to a great article I came across in Mix. They have been running a series of articles called Studio Unknown. With the economy in the shape it is in, this article discusses why you don’t have to be a mega studio with a giant staff. As a matter of fact, it can be an advantage if you know how to leverage it. Anyone who works at a studio or is looking to open should spend a few minutes and check this out. I think you will find it was well worth your time.
