Hulu just posted a handful of documentaries, including “Before The Music Dies.”
There are several points in the film that are pretty whiny, overdramatic, and lamentful of that old thing…what is called? Radio?
I really like this excerpt, though. Find a way to do what you love. You won’t be rich, but you’ll be happy.
How much of a difference is there between a mic that’s $99 and one that’s $1199?
This (sorta’ old) link lets your ears be the judge.
Brandon Drury at Recording Review, created this on-line experiment. He mashed up several combination of preamps, AD converters, and microphones, then recorded a short excerpt of hard rock with each combination.
(Will you like the SM-57 or Royer 121 better?)
You get to choose which recording you enjoy more. His emphasis was on cost. There are several unavoidable flaws in the methodology, but in short he tried to make every take sound as platinum as possible.
Yep, Zoom’s new H4n allows you to record 4 tracks simultaneously. That pretty much makes it not only a great solution for traipsing around town and interviewing people, but also makes it a nice music production solution.
You can put a mic on your kick drum, a mic on the snare, and use the built in mics as stereo over-heads.
And although, it only plays back 4 tracks simultaneously, Zoom has included Cubase LE for stacking up tracks.
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