ihatemusic

i've seen shotgun mics recommended for recording very small sounds, wanted to give it a try. either th Rode NTG2 or Audio-Technica AT897 fit my budget... anybody have have experience with these (or similar)? pros/cons of either one?

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all other things being equal, i'd drop the VCA in favor of a filter. most filters can effectively be used as a VCA, and noise w/out a VCF is pretty limited. I'd also consider a second oscillator instead of the S/H... either or second VCO that goes to LFO range, or LFO that goes up towards audible. L...

drats... i've been looking for one, but bad timing financially...

the dark blue text on black is pretty difficult to read...

if you're just starting, th Behringer 1202FX is entirely adequate imo... street price under $100. build quality is not as good as mackie, but still ok to begin experimenting. heavy feedback loops will eventually blow channels, but you'll have a couple to spare...

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there's a DIY project called the Appendage: http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoan ... /id35.html

well, i'd played banjo for years, so it just seemed like th natural next step.

robert rutman's steel cello ensemble

go to the library & get a copy of Nicolas Collins' book "Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking" (books, libraries, so old fashioned...) months worth of lowbudget noize projects.

kp* wrote:Looks like a DOD resistance mixer with a master vol pot, and a toggle to mute. I am curious why there is even a PCB in there. Odd.

odd for diy, but for production assembly board-mounted components eliminate hand wiring, which more than offsets the cost fo the pcb.

http://windworld.com/products-page/electronic-hardware/

good source for film-tab and cable piezo's, plus various wire/jacks etc. when i ordered, they included a couple of nice multipage instruction and tip sheets for each product. nice folks.

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First, as it really stems from my first post, I address why I don't just tell people outright why the collaboration isn't working; mainly due to their enthusiasm at the results thus far... I'd rather let thm down easy with a little white lie than suggest that while they talk a mean game, their chop...

two duets:

w/ JGuy Laughlin, drums:
http://www.fluxmonkey.com/sounds/JGuy_bbob-Track04.mp3

w/ Dan Wenninger, sax:
http://www.fluxmonkey.com/sounds/bbobAndDan03.mp3

i'm on electronics. live improv. would be interested for your feedbacks.


bbob drake

"community" in the way it's being used in this thread (or at least the way it was initially being used) refers to a group of people in one geographic location, a la Prevost's 'communitarianism'. IHM is an online forum/community, which is something quite different. i'm seeing this as a 2-prong disti...

i've not seen him play live, but am enjoying his recent work w/ lehn, and rowe. can anybody tell what kind of gear and/or software he is typically using these days?

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wow, where to start?

Han Bennink
Tatsuya Nakatani
Susie Ibarra
Chris Corsano
Samm Bennett
Paal Nilssen-Love
Gregg Bendian
Jeph Jerman
Jon Mueller
Michael Zerang
JGuy Laughlin
Ryan Jewell

just scratchin th surface...

they did a live set a few days ago on WFMU, which is available in their online archives. first time i'd heard them, was pleasant enuf to listen to while working...

b

a raft of canadians, starting w/ b.p nichol both solo & with the four horsemen. there's a piece by them in ron mann's film "poetry in motion"... at the end, there's this long shot of them all smiling and savoring the afterglow of a good performance, which has always stuck w/ me as just a perfect mom...