rhythmboy

This has piqued my interest:

http://line6.com/midimobilizer/



Being able to sync mobile apps to MIDI clock has been on my wish-list recently. I don't mind some of the step-sequencer apps I have on my phone, it would be nice from time to time to sync the tempo to my Mac and record patterns as audio into a session.

Also playing some of the synth apps from a full-size keyboard would be cool.

Anyone doing this? Is it worth it?

I'll give this one a go...

I can't just choose one album though, I have to go with 3 coz I'm greedy

Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm. Produced by Trevor Horn c.1985, considered a masterpiece album and a lot of engineers look at this for inspiration/reference, and it hasn't really dated.

One the earliest examples of 'remix/concept' album, although back then each track was recorded from scratch not just edited in a DAW. Analog tape and Fairlight sampler FTW! The geek in me loves the use of extreme pan on this album - entire arrangements are placed 100% left and right, so if you mute one side you get mix A, mute the other you get mix B, put them together and the track sounds full and coherent. Really clever shit.

Johnny Cash - American Recordings. Produced by Rick Rubin, this is an exercise in minimal production and the art of mic placement. Each track has a subtle change in ambience that reflects the rooms they used to record in, which were mostly rooms around Rick's house I believe. The nuances of the guitar and voice are stunning, the album has a sense of honesty and intimacy that is rare these days.

Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. Not necessarily a fan of dubstep per se, but this album is a good example of it. Surprisingly coherent overall for what is basically an EP with remixes. The Bare Noise remix of 'Kill Everybody' is sheer aural overload, the micro-arranging and editing is awesome. I use this track in my music cognition class to exemplify the capacity of the human mind to process multiple aural dimensions simultaneously and the amazing capacity of the human ear to analyse sound across short time spans.

^ Dude the gf double-booking the holiday sucks, yeah that's an awkward one... and who is expected to pay for it?

Cheyne, on 01 February 2012 - 12:12 AM, said:

I was going to suggest this too - a trip with the lads 'Hangover Part 2' style to some dodgy locale

In the end as long as you really trust each other then a trip away with the girls isn't all bad I guess, but yeah booking it with the full knowledge of your own plans does smack of sabotage, even if it wasn't intended that way. Hope you're able to talk it through.

Soundpunk - audio production, music, and relationship counselling - we do it all

Mark Shaw, on 01 February 2012 - 11:09 PM, said:

Not for a long while I suspect, unless something at work sends me there

Going to Spain this year is probably my only o/s trip (oh poor me), putting our house on the market soon and about to enter the biggest debt of my life with the mortgage on our new place (when we find one)

Hi aether, welcome to SP!

In that price range, I suggest:

- Behringer C-2 condenser, the cheapest at $90-100 for a pair: http://www.behringer...oducts/C-2.aspx



- Earthworks SR25, more expensive at around $600-800US each: http://www.earthwork...-series-2/sr25/



- Rode NT-5, in the middle at about $500 for a matched pair: http://www.rodemic.com/mics/nt5-s


It sounds like for what you are after, the C-2's may well do the job. Hope this helps