Electronics geek, phone phreak, whiteboard enthusiast, broadcasting nerd, amateur photographer, general troublemaker
Death Monkey
I found some of the recordings I made of a band known as Death Monkey back when I was in school. It doesn’t sound very good – IIRC the drums were recorded using a mic placed very far away from them. I remember doing some hilarious editing on it in Cool Edit Pro. I may have featured [...]
Ground Loops of Fury
If you’ve ever done home recording, you’ll probably have met the beastie known as a ground loop. Here’s a scenario: you turn up somewhere to record or broadcast a gig. You’re set up in some quiet corner of the venue. You get your balanced audio feed from the FOH mixer, run it to your studio [...]
Feedbackless
The Guardian posted this article about an anti feedback device for use in concert sound. As if it was some kind of new technology. Hate to rain on your parade, guys, but this is hardly new. In fact, anti-feedback technology has been around for years in various forms – just no pro with any sense [...]