Show 30 – The T-Pain effect and Condenser Mic Fallacies

This week Ryan shows us how to get the T-Pain effect with AutoTune and Jon takes a look at the Recording Engineers Handbook with some Condenser Mic Fallacies. Brace yourselves, we get a bit silly on this one.

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Links:

Auto Tune Evo – Pitch correction software
Auto Tune efx – Instant T-Pain effect
GSnap – A free Alternative to AutoTune
T-Pain and his Vocoder
I’m On A Boat ft. T-Pain
B.o.B – Auto Tune
Mock T-Pain
Cher on South Park
Auto Tuning on Vimeo

Show 029 – Voice Over Recording and Mixing Strategies

This week Ryan talks about Voice Over Recording and Jon talks about Mixing Strategies. We also have Jesse Zoller helping with the discussion, Jesse was interviewed on Show # 23.

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Links:
Emusician article on Mixing Strategies
The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook

Show 028 – Clearing Up A Dense Mix and Digital I/O

This week Jon talks about how to clear up a dense mix by useing EQ however you see fit to get the job done and Ryan looks into the jungle that is digital inputs, outputs, and formats.

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Show 024 – Bass Distortion Shootout and MIDI

This week Jon has some fun with some bass distortion pedals, and Ryan talks a bit on how he uses MIDI in his studio.

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Links:
Obscure Canadian indie band Jon was talking about

A video version of the shootout

An unhealthy amount of info on MIDI

Show 023 – Great In the Box Guitar Sounds and An Interview About Working Professionally In Sound

This week Ryan interviews Jesse Zoller, a listener of this show, about working as a professional sound engineer and Jon demonstrates several techniques to get the most natural and best sounding guitar tracks all inside the box.

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Links:

Guitar Cabinet Impulses

Digidesign Eleven

Jesse Zoller

Show 022 – Kick Drum Micing and Getting Out of the Box

This week Ryan experiments with different ways to mic a kick drum and Jon talks about many of the ways to get sound in and out of your digital workstation to incorporate all of that great analog gear that you hopefully still have.

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