Inside Home Recording - Enhanced AAC Podcast

On IHR #87 - an entire interview with Ian Shepherd about Mastering and Dynamic Range Day, hosted by Dave Chick Shownotes Sponsors and affiliates: thanks to Source Elements and MacVideoTraining.com (get 20% off using the coupon code ihr at checkout), networks at Blubrry and the Home Recording Network, and affiliates zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX, as well as American Musical Supply. When you buy anything through our affiliates, IHR gets a small cut to help pay for hosting and bandwidth. Interview with Ian Shepherd at http://www.productionadvice.co.uk/ about mastering and Dynamic Range Day (http://www.dynamicrangeday.com) Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the forums at zoomforum.us. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Dave and Derek are also on Twitter as chckn8r and penmachine. This podcast is (c) 2011 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

with Derek K. Miller and Dave Chick Welcome to November (yes, we missed October entirely). In this episode, lots of industry news, Dave reworks melodies for different time signatures, Derek talks about having too many guitars, we hear from Mark Blevis on the phone, and even Metallica's fans think their new album is too loud. [Play IHR #63 now] - total time 47:02 Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros - we're on Skype this time 00:57 Thanks to GoToMeeting, Source Elements, Blubrry, Home Recording Network, zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX. 03:49 IHR didn't make it into the 2008 Podcast Awards finals (podcastawards.com), but go vote for other shows anyway. 04:25 NEWS: New MacBooks without FireWire; IHR forums; Reason, REAPER and video; Audiocubes; T-RackS 3 and other mastering software; SONAR V-Studio 700 15:14 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 16:14 IHR 101: Dave on adapting melodies for different time signatures when scoring to video. 25:54 Why does Derek have so many guitars, especially when he's a drummer? 33:43 EDITORIAL: Even Metallica's fans think their new album is too loud, and that the vinyl and videogame (!) versions sound better. 43:34 AUDIO COMMENT: Mark Blevis from the Canadian Podcast Buffet and Electric Sky says hi. 44:46 Thanks and outros. 47:02 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Other photos from Flickr come from . C.C. Chapman, Roland Tanglao, the Poppyseed Bandits, and Josh Mobley. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #62 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. with Derek K. Miller and Dave Chick Just squeezed in before the end of September! In this episode, Dave talks about constructing drum tracks in your DAW (even if you're not a drummer), and also does his second segment on scoring for film and TV, and Derek interviews Michael Logue of Koblo.com. We answer some listener mail, talk about being a gearhead, and hear from Paul on why he disappeared so suddenly. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros from Derek's basement 01:53 Please vote for IHR (in the Education and Best Produced categories) at the 2008 Podcast Awards (podcastawards.com) when voting opens later in October. Thanks to those of you who nominated us -- we hope we get on the final voting list! 02:52 Thanks to GoToMeeting, Source Elements, Blubrry, Home Recording Network, zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX. 03:31 Listener mail 06:00 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 10:25 IHR 101: Dave on drums for non-drummers (see his screenshots on the IHR blog) 20:35 GUEST INTERIEW: Derek talks to Michael Logue from Koblo.com 33:52 IHR 101: Dave on scoring for film and TV, part 2. (See filmmusic.net and gcfc.ca for rate info.) 43:51 EDITORIAL: Avoid being a gearhead if you can 50:14 Thanks and outros. Remember the Podcast Awards and our websites at InsideHomeRecording.com and InsideHomeRecording.tv. Check us out at YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter too (see below). 51:47 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #61 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. with Derek K. Miller and Dave Chick Finally, after two months, we're back. Derek reviews the Zune media player and iPod competitor, Dave talks about scoring for movies and TV, we discuss the merits of ABBA, and Paul goes on an indefinite hiatus from the show. Really! If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, thanks to GoToMeeting, Source Elements, macProVideo, Blubrry, Home Recording Network, zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX. 02:03 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Paul, who founded this podcast, is so busy with his new company Mac Video Training that he has to take an indefinite hiatus from Inside Home Recording. So it's just Derek and Dave (with help from Boris and others) now. Whoa! 05:35 NEWS: Dave was on the Home Made Hit Show; we're still waiting for the Project Studio Network; touring Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios with Sonic State (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), plus early stereo recording; Eddie Kramer's Logic/Waves tour; Koblo's new open-source DAW, plugin marketplace, and more; look out for algae in your earphones (yuck). 09:16 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 10:38 GEAR REVIEW: Derek reviews the Zune 8 media player (now available in Canada), sent to him free by Microsoft and Matchstick. 20:41 IHR 101: Dave talks about scoring for movies and TV shows, part 1 of 2. Also look for his subsequent glossary post on our blog at InsideHomeRecording.com defining some of the terms he uses. 29:56 EDITORIAL: Listen to music you liked when you were a kid. In Derek's case, it's the genius of ABBA. Also, when recording and mixing, avoid that "shopping mall sound." 36:15 How to get in touch with us, and congratulations to Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for his 400th podcast episode, and beyond. 38:20 END. Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Additional photo for this episode by knighthawk at Flickr. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #60 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. with Paul Garay, Derek K. Miller, and Dave Chick and featuring Boris Aeven Paul works with Rod Stewart (sort of), Boris rants about stage pianos and monitor speakers, we discuss NAMM news and laptops vs. desktops, and Dave Chick comes to Derek's home studio to record IHR. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros with Paul Garay, Derek K. Miller, and Dave Chick - Disneyland, Derek's birthday, Boris has Internet! 05:44 George Michael the home recordist. 08:07 Summer NAMM Show news - Korg's nanoSERIES controllers, IK's Total Workstation Rack runs as a standalone sampler unit or as an external hardware plugin module. 12:00 Pro Tools 7.4 finally supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, and there's also a Mac OS X update which improves support for Logic Pro. 15:30 Don't forget the Home Made Hit Show summer song challenge, deadline August 10. 16:10 SPONSORS: Thanks to Source Elements, GoToMeeting, macProVideo.com, Blubrry, Home Recording Network. 16:30 AFFILIATES: zZounds, Amazon, NCIX (Paul found super-cheap deals on hard disks and Etymotic headphones). 18:35 IHR TV #4 features Derek on "The Lab With Leo" (now cancelled, alas) talking about MIDI drums, and he also did some live gigs with his cover band The Neurotics (he posted on the IHR blog about their live setup). 21:54 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting 23:02 IHR 101: Paul in the studio with Rod Stewart (well, not quite). He uses Audio Hijack Pro for getting sound (especially from video sources), and Logic Pro for sequencing, beat mapping, and editing. He plays most of the parts himself, except for guitar, which he subs out to someone he's worked with lots, but has never met in person. Backing vocals also come from another studio. He uses a similar process for the TinaJourney.com Tina Turner tribute. 34:47 BORIS'S RANT: Buying a new stage piano (Derek also wrote an article on that topic five years ago, which remains useful) and reference monitors. For pianos, the line between pro stage and home use has blurred considerably. He discusses Casio, Yahama, and Roland stage pianos, and some of the strange design decisions that get made along that blurred line. Newer pianos are definitely better in sound. He ended up with a Yamaha P140, despite some compromises, because the higher-end pianos are too heavy. He also purchased Dynaudio BM5A reference monitors, with much better low end and more accuracy than what he used previously. 42:27 EDITORIAL: Paul bought a new MacBook Pro, necessary for the better dedicated video card, because of all his recent video work for Mac Video Training and macProVideo.com. General discussions of laptops vs. desktops, and the continued appeal of the tiny 12" PowerBook. 56:00 Welcome Dave to Vancouver and its restaurants. Also don't forget the website and blog, IHR TV, our new page at Facebook, our Twitter notifications, the listener forums. See you for IHR #61! 58:48 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #59 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Paul tells you how to move files between different DAW applications, Dave reviews the REAPER audio workstation for Windows, and Derek is amazed at how hard video is. Plus copyright in Canada, music applications for the iPhone, Podcasters Across Borders, and the Home Made Hit Show summer song challenge. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros with Derek K. Miller and Dave Chick. 00:42 Episode contents, Dave's move from Toronto to Vancouver. 02:52 Sponsors and networks - Source Elements, GoToMeeting, the Home Recording Network and Blubrry Network, and macProVideo.com, and our affiliate programs at zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX, plus Derek's hospital stay. 03:52 NEWS: copyright law in Canada, Moo Cow Music's Band for the iPhone, WellMixed.com, Podcasters Across Borders conference June 20-22, Home Made Hit Show summer song challenge. 11:25 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 12:11 IHR 101: One DAW to Another (Paul Garay), featuring Logic Studio, Pro Tools, GarageBand, Transfer Big Files, You Send It, and MobileMe. 25:30 GEAR REVIEW: REAPER for Windows (Dave Chick) 35:41 EDITORIAL: Video is hard (Derek and Dave), featuring Final Cut Express, iMovie '08, and iMovie HD 6. 39:47 Outro 40:58 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #58 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Has it really been a month since our last episode? Yes it has! We have a longer episode to make up for it, featuring Dave Chick on film composing, Derek on electronic drums, and Paul on Propellerhead Reason 4. Plus we pine for a new episode of the Project Studio Network, talk about cruises and videos, and rant about cable standards. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros. We enjoy Vancouver's crazy spring rain followed by a sunny Victoria Day weekend heat wave, and reveal that Paul's turning into Mr. Ocean Cruise. 03:45 Thanks again to our sponsors at Source Elements, GoToMeeting, the Home Recording Network and Blubrry Network, and macProVideo.com, and our affiliate programs at zZounds, Amazon, and NCIX. And thank you for supporting us too! Derek bought a cool Thermaltake USB/SATA docking station via NCIX. 08:45 Paul is releasing a new Reason 4 video course (to follow up his previous Reason 3 courses) via macProVideo.com, likely in June. We reviewed Reason 3 way back on IHR #11 in March 2006. And yes, we'll have more IHR TV video podcast episodes soon -- we just needed to get some more gear (including the Audio-Technica PRO 70 lavalier mic) and improve our workflow with our Panasonic HD videocams, Zoom H4 recorders, and Final Cut Express. Stay subscribed to IHR TV for new episodes coming soon. 14:10 Speaking of delays, where is the Project Studio Network? Derek's wife's podcast Lip Gloss and Laptops reached 100 episodes recently -- but are the PSN guys scared of getting to the century mark? 17:00 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com. 17:45 IHR 101: Introduction to Film Scoring with Dave Chick. (He actually does this for a living!) There are thousands of working and aspiring composers out there, so it's really a business built on relationships. He outlines composing, orchestration and arrangement, sound engineering and production, computer skills, syncing DAWs with video, Internet communications and file transfer, negotiation and sales and business skills, and maintaining good relationships. This could turn into a big series... 25:14 GEAR REVIEW: Derek drinks a Caffe Artigiano coffee near the Vancouver waterfront and reviews Yamaha's DTXPress digital drums and similar electronic kits from Roland, Alesis, and others. While electronic and MIDI drums have improved in the past 20 years since the days of Howard Jones, they're not quite ready to replace acoustic drums yet -- and they'd look silly in Derek's '60s cover band anyway. 34:00 GEAR REVIEW: Paul takes on the massive new Reason 4 sequencer, DAW, and instrument package from Propellerhead Software. Check out IHR's Reason 3 review from two years ago too, and Paul's Reason tutorials at macProVideo.com (you can save 15% with our code ihrtv15). Reason has synths, samplers, loops, drum machines, mastering tools, mixers, a vocoder, effects, sequencing, and automation, but it does not record external audio natively (you can do that with ReWire, as explained on the first two episodes of IHR TV). 42:40 EDITORIAL: Another Derek rant, this time about cables, patents, and monopolies. Derek's frustration is prompted by his persistently problematic MacBook laptop and its MagSafe power connector. Unfortunately, because of Apple's patent on the design, no one else makes MagSafe-compatible power cords. Imagine if you could only buy XLR or RCA or phono cables from one maufacturer. That would suck. And while Apple lets pretty much anyone make stuff work with the iPod dock connector, they can also arbitrarily change how iPod connections work, making old accessories obsolete. 49:50 Check out the Home Made Hit Show video episodes with Tony Butterworth and Dave Criddle,

[Play IHR #57 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Dave Chick on choosing an audio interface, Paul on ear training for intervals, Derek on enjoying music, and wacky music controllers. Plus a new affiliate program, and a new episode of IHR TV is available. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, new affiliate program with NCIX.com -- finally, something for Canadians! 04:30 Episode #2 of IHR TV is out (on ReWire and Pro Tools), with more new ones coming. Please subscribe, because it's a separate video-only podcast feed. 05:14 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 06:15 IHR 101 (Dave): Choosing an audio interface for your PC. Dave has a new Apex tube mic, which he says is "velvety smooth." He discusses the various technologies and options, and what to consider and look out for. 28:12 COMMENTARY (Derek): Enjoying music. (Background music is "Three Preludes, Opus 104a: Prelude in B Minor" by Felix Mendelssohn, "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, and Derek's in-progress demo, called "Six Eight" for now.) Check out Arthur Rubinstein, Oscar Peterson, Glenn Gould, Dread Zeppelin, Celso Machado, and The Neurotics. 34:17 EDITORIAL: What are unusual music controllers and instruments -- such as Yamaha's Tenori-On (discussed at Sonic State and Music Thing), C-Thru's AXIS-64 (see YouTube), Roland's Octapad, MIDI drums for triggering piano sounds -- useful for? How can you change your musical approach by trying instruments you aren't used to? But please, no more Super Mario theme or Stairway, okay? 41:28 We recorded this podcast before the Vancouver Sun Run on April 20, but posted it afterwards. Derek has uploaded some photos of his gig for more than 56,000 people. 43:00 Don't forget to subscribe to Inside Home Recording TV (preferably via the iTunes directory), also available on YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo, Blip.tv, Revver, Facebook, and MySpace. Check out our site for the regular audio podcast, the blog, the comments and forums, and our Flickr photo group, as well as our Facebook page, and our Twitter feed to be updated whenever we post a new show. 45:52 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Other photos in this episode are courtesy of whatknot, freedryk, knowprose, malavoda, crowt59, litandmore, diluvienne, Hadassah28, dockerysean, svenwerk, everdred, good-karma, watchlooksee (twice), diebmx, and kagey_b. Thanks! Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. We're also on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. And don't forget to subscribe to IHR TV! This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

Dave Chick on Cakewalk's Dimension Pro, Boris Aeven on recording philosophy, Paul on hard drive failure, Derek on overcompression and pitch correction, our final remix winner, and more on IHR TV. Oh, and Derek shaves his head. Time 49:43.

[Play IHR #55 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Paul's back from vacation. We extend our listener's choice remix winner deadline one more time, talk about time signatures and ReWire, and announce InsideHomeRecording.tv. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 INTROS 00:45 THANKS TO: GoToMeeting, Source Elements, zZounds, Amazon, and Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com podcast networks 02:00 Happy 40th birthday to Paul, now back from his cruise 05:40 Derek finally played his first gig as drummer for the Neurotics since before his cancer surgery seven months ago 06:20 Derek's album is now available at the Amazon MP3 Store, but for some reason it's tagged as "explicit," even though it's instrumental 07:28 DEADLINE EXTENDED for the Boris Aeven remix contest listener's choice category. Send the name of your favourite remix from the list to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com by SATURDAY, MARCH 15. The winner will receive a G2.1u guitar effects pedal courtesy of Zoom. 08:40 We're talking about electronic drums and headphones on The Lab With Leo TV show again soon 10:30 Paul's GarageBand '08 instructional videos are online at macProVideo.com (our new sponsor for IHR TV!), now split into Core and Effects components 11:55 Paul is also writing articles for Future Music magazine in the U.K. 13:45 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days) 14:47 IHR 101 (Derek): Time signatures. Discuss the topic in the IHR forums. Featured artists include: The Andrews Sisters, Chuck Berry, Oscar Peterson, and Good Charlotte (4/4 time) John Philip Sousa (2/4 march time) Alicia Keys and Jimi Hendrix (3/4 time) The Beatles' "I'll Be Back" in 3/4 and 4/4 arrangements Dave Brubeck (5/4 time) - another example is the Mission: Impossible theme Midnight Oil and Soundgarden (6/8 and 6/4 time) The Police and Pink Floyd (7/8 and 7/4 time) - the verse of the Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is also in 7/4 The Beatles' "Happiness is a Warm Gun" (9/8 time) Genesis (13/8, or 6/8 + 7/8) Led Zeppelin (15/8, or three 4/4 + one 3/4) OutKast (11/4, or 22/8, or four 4/4 + one 2/4 + two 4/4) 25:38 REWIRE (Paul): Connecting software together using Propellerheads' ReWire "invisible virtual cable" technology 29:30 Paul will be showing lots more about ReWire at InsideHomeRecording.tv, our upcoming new video podcast 29:42 PC TIPS (guest Dave Chick from Toronto): Repurposing an old computer as a slave soft synth and plugin machine in the studio, using tools like Bidule from Plogue, Console, and Forte from BrainSpawn, as well as FX Teleport from FX-max 36:07 EDITORIAL: Our new InsideHomeRecording.tv (IHR TV) short-episode video podcast, sponsored by macProVideo.com, which we're launching soon 39:50 We're going to emphasize instructional stuff more than reviews 42:44 END Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Other photos in this episode are courtesy of jzakariya, takacsi75, confetta, and mmewuji. Listeners: Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #54 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. With Paul on vacation, Derek runs this episode solo for the first time, and plays our Boris Aeven remix contest Editor's Choice winner (Bryan Daste's countrified mix), the random draw winner (Maestrophil's blues mix) and the two Editor's Choice runners up, Greg Posel and Eric Hausmann. Bryan and Phil are not eligible for the Listener's Choice prize, but Greg, Eric, and all other entries are. YOU get to choose the next winner. Please go download the remaining entries and email the name of your favourite to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com by the end of Sunday, February 10, 2008. We'll announce the final winner next show. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, Apple TV, Xbox 360, TiVo, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Prizes are: The G-Track USB condenser mic and interface, courtesy of Samson and a pair of Shure e2c sound isolating in-ear monitors for our Editor's Choice winner Bryan D. Hip Hop Hotness, D&B 4 The Headz, Properly Chilled, Hacienda House, and ElectroTech (that's five DVDs of samples), courtesy of Digital Redux for our random draw winner Phil L. Editor's Choice runners up Eric H. and Greg P. get Sennhesier HD201 sealed headphones VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE: Send in your pick for Listeners's Choice in the remix contest. We'll announce our Listener's Choice winner (who gets the G2.1u guitar effects pedal/interface, courtesy of Zoom) on our next show -- send in your votes (with the name of your favourite mix) to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com. Please vote only once (no vote stuffing allowed)! Deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Sponsors and Affiliates GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days) Source Elements (thanks for the use of Source-Connect) We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts Our affiliate programs at zZounds and Amazon -- purchases you make through those links help us pay for hosting, bandwidth, and prizes (plus pizza) Please comment on the blog at insidehomerecording.com and head over to the the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Background music for this episode includes Derek's Fakeout and Hotcake Syrup. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. This podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #53 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 40 min 48 sec. Welcome to IHR in 2008. This episode we announce the winners of our Boris Aeven remix giveaway (and tell you...

[Play IHR #52 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 33 min 46 sec. Depending on when you hear this and what time zone you're in, IHR #52 is either the last episode of 2007 or the first episode of 2008. Paul and Derek talk about their year, the IHR giveaway contest (deadline end of day December 31, 2007!), and their top 10 (or top 12, really) recording items of the year. Plus we thank everyone who's helped out the show in 2007. Happy new year! If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes Oscar Peterson, legendary Canadian jazz pianist, died last week at age 82. One of Derek's early BBS friends and geek inspirations died last week too, and Derek will be speaking at the memorial service in West Vancouver in January. Paul made his crazy attempt to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but ends the year back running his recording business again. The IHR 2007 remix contest is over as of the end of December 31, 2007. Prizes are: Hip Hop Hotness, D&B 4 The Headz, Properly Chilled, Hacienda House, and ElectroTech (that's five DVDs of samples), courtesy of Digital Redux. The G2.1u guitar effects pedal/interface, courtesy of Zoom. The G-Track USB condenser mic and interface, courtesy of Samson. A pair of Shure e2C sound isolating in-ear monitors. We'll pick one editor's choice winner and one random draw winner. After that, we'll open the remaining entries in January to be the listener's choice winner. Derek and Paul's Top 10 for 2007 (in no particular order): GarageBand '08 Logic Studio (Paul has free GarageBand to Logic switcher videos at MacProVideo.com) Zoom H2 recorder Shure e2c and other in-ear monitors from Eytmotic, Ultimate Ears/M-Audio, and others. Check out headphone.com for excellent unbiased headphone reviews. Fission/Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba Software Levelator Behringer Xenyx mixers G&L Tribute S-500 guitar (see photos from Derek and The Lab With Leo) Planet Waves cables Western Digital Passport and MyBook USB hard drives Honourable mentions: Ableton Live (just released: version 7) and MX Skype Recorder Thanks for 2007 to: Our sponsors and affiliates: GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days); M-Audio (thanks for the use of Pro Tools M-Powered); and Source Elements (thanks for the use of Source-Connect). We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts. All the manufacturers and suppliers who've helped us out and sent us products and services to review and give away. Hens Zimmerman of the Sounds Good Podcast, who helped us out with a bunch of segments this year. Everyone who sends us email, and leaves comments on the blog at insidehomerecording.com. The great group of people who participate regularly at the forums at insidehomerecording.com/forums. And of course, everyone who listens to the show. Happy New Year! Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. This podcast is (c) 2007 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #51 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 39 min 6 sec. Our last show before Christmas features Paul's review of Ultrasone PROline 650 headphones, Derek's review of Guitar Rig 3 with Rig Kontrol 3 from Native Instruments, a reminder about our remix contest deadline on December 31, and a surprise discussion of black and silver. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes 00:00 Intros (picture is from Elf Yourself). 00:35 The December 31 deadline for our Boris Aeven remix contest is coming up. Check out the forum thread. 06:50 CORRECTION: The Levelator was written by Bruce Sharpe, not Paul Figgiani. 08:40 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com. 09:43 GEAR REVIEW (Paul): Ultrasone PROline 650 headphones, which Paul first heard about last year when recording the Apple Podcast Recipe seminar and from an IHR listener. See his photos, as well as Derek's previous headphone shootout and Audio-Technica headphone reviews. 17:07 GEAR REVIEW (Derek): Guitar Rig 3 with Rig Kontrol 3 from Native Instruments. See Derek's photos, his article about guitar tone, Paul's Guitar Rig 2 review, Derek's reviews of AmpliTube 2 and AmpliTube 2 Live with StealthPlug (plus sound samples), as well as Home Recording Odyssey co-host Dave Criddle's guitar plugin shootout of Guitar Rig, AmpliTube, and Rock Amp Legends at the Project Studio Network podcast (both part of the Home Recording Network). The background music is Derek's brand new 12-minute ambient guitar instrumental "Striking Silver" (podsafe MP3 file), and was recorded live in one take with his G&L guitar and a single setting in Guitar Rig 3. He recorded the Guitar Rig sound samples with the G&L, his modified Yamaha Pacifica, and his Godin LG guitar. 33:08 EDITORIAL: Black! Silver! Grey! Woodgrain! Gummy colours! Blue! Agh! 39:06 END. Merry Christmas! Thanks again to GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days); M-Audio (thanks for the use of Pro Tools M-Powered); and Source Elements (thanks for the use of Source-Connect). We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts. Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. This podcast is (C) 2007 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

[Play IHR #49 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 51 min 7 sec. Recorded live at a bar and grill in Coquitlam, B.C. on a Zoom H2, Paul and Derek celebrate their 50th episode by talking about the nuts and bolts of how they produce and post IHR every couple of weeks. And don't forget the remix contest, deadline December 31, 2007. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod, PlayStation Portable, or Zune, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes Tools we use (or have used) to produce IHR include Pro Tools M-Powered, Source-Connect, GarageBand, Logic Pro, Rode NT2 and MXL990/770 microphones, M-Audio and MOTU audio interfaces, Universal Audio UAD-1 DSP card, Behringer UB802 mixer, dbx 266XL compressor/limiter, Audio Hijack Pro and Fission, Audacity, iTunes, Skype, the Levelator, Transmit, .Mac, WordPress with the PodPress enhanced podcasting plugin, FeedBurner, Libsyn, JaguarPC, and GoDaddy. (Disclosure: any purchases you make through zZounds earn IHR a small commission.) Thanks again to GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days); M-Audio (thanks for the use of Pro Tools M-Powered); and Source Elements (thanks for the use of Source-Connect). We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts. Credits Sounds: Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group -- joining Flickr to share photos is free. This podcast is 2007 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca