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[Play IHR #49 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 44 min 4 sec. More details on our remix contest, Paul reviews the Kontakt 3 sampler from Native Instruments, Derek and guest Mark Blevis discuss the Zoom H2 and other portable flash recorders, and we recount Paul's latest FireWire woes. 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 01:43 More details about our Boris Aeven remix contest, including samples of entries from several IHR listeners, as linked up in the IHR forums. 07:52 SPONSORS: Thanks to our sponsors, GoToMeeting, M-Audio, Source Elements, and zZounds. 09:19 AD: Try GoToMeeting online meeting software free for 45 days. Just visit GoToMeeting.com/podcast. 10:28 GEAR REVIEW (Paul): Kontakt 3 from Native Instruments, including its simplified installation, massive sample libraries (33 GB!), Performance View, sample changes since Kontakt 2 (lots of new samples, but some older samples are no longer included), performance, new interface, file browser, wave editor, custom envelopes, destructive sample editor, effects, and sample imports. Here is NI's list of compatible sample formats and changes since Kontakt 2. Purchase Kontakt from zZounds in the U.S. and IHR gets a small cut. Thanks! 24:01 GUEST INTERVIEW/REVIEW: Derek talks to Mark Blevis of Ottawa about various flash recorders, focusing on the Zoom H2. (Mark recorded his side of the conversation using an Electro-Voice RE-20 mic and Cubase, Derek with his MXL770 mic into the H2 itself.) Mark also uses the Edirol R1 (now sadly discontinued), while Derek has a Zoom H4 for comparison. They also discuss the M-Audio MicroTrack, Edirol R09, and new recorders from Sony and Marantz. Zoom originally planned to use a mid-side three-capsule mic design on the H2 (described well by Hens Zimmerman on his podcast), but ended up with a four-capsule dual-cardoid design. See Derek's H2 photos. Purchase an H2 or other recorder from zZounds in the U.S. and IHR gets a small cut. Thanks! 35:29 EDITORIAL: The long-running saga of Paul's M-Audio Ozonic keyboard/FireWire interface continues, but this time the problem was with his Power Mac G5's front FireWire port instead of the Ozonic. 43:00 Plans for IHR #50 next show, and don't forget the remix contest. 44:04 END 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. Backgroud tracks for our guest interview, courtesy IODA Promonet: DJ Reset "Speaker Bunny" (mp3) and "Crush" (mp3) from "Speaker Bunny" by DJ Reset (Hit Me Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album 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 photos from this episode are by Bruno Girin and Rasmus Larsen. 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

[Play IHR #48 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 52 min 56 sec. Late by a couple of weeks, but extra size to compensate! Hens Zimmerman from the Sounds Good podcast joins us again for more MIDI 101, Paul reviews Logic Studio 8 from Apple, Derek has Quick 'n' Dirty Drum Miking 102, and we announce our big 2007 year-end giveaway. Visit our contests page for details. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes 00:00 Intros 03:05 CORRECTIONS AND FEEDBACK: Tony Butterworth from the Home Made Hit Show reminds us about Sony ACID, which is a great GarageBand-type program for Windows. Peet Sneekes tells us about Profcast, which can turn Mac Keynote presentations into enhanced podcasts. Also notes about new recorders from Sony and Marantz. 06:35 CONTEST: Check out details for our Great 2007 IHR Year-End Giveaway at insidehomerecording.com/contests -- remix Boris Aeven's song "And We Move On" (tracks and a rough mix are on that page), and enter to win tons of prizes. Talk about it in the forums too. Deadline is December 31, 2007. 15:38 SPONSOR: Try GoToMeeting online meeting software free for 45 days. Just visit GoToMeeting.com/podcast. 16:45 REVIEW: Paul's 10 favourite new features of Apple's Logic Studio 8, which is of course available through our affiliate zZounds for U.S. customers. Paul has been using (and teaching, and giving seminars for Apple on) Logic for more than 13 years, and he's excited. 29:11 IHR 101: Derek's Quick 'n' Dirty Drum Miking 102 follows up his 101 session from way back on IHR #16, his first appearance as co-host. See his photos and screenshots at Flickr, and download his resulting drum tracks from 102, right here at the IHR website. He used the MXL770 and MXL990 condenser mics, and Samson's dynamic Q8 mic, as well as the Earthworks KickPad™ (reviewed back on IHR #31) and M-Audio FireWire 410 interface, plus GarageBand '08. Read about aggregate devices on Macs too. 38:01 MIDI 101: Hens Zimmermann from the Sounds Good podcast, part of the Home Recording Network, talks about MIDI files this time around. 44:41 EDITORIAL: When is the right time to upgrade to a new OS version, like Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (just released) or Windows Vista (with a Service Pack 1 for Vista coming soon)? Derek wrote some general tips for OS updates on the blog. 52:56 END 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

[Play IHR #47 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 39 min 54 sec. Just under the wire for the end of September! Find out about our new upcoming contest, learn about multitimbral MIDI from Paul, and listen to reviews of GarageBand '08 by Derek and SampleTank 2.5 by Hens Zimmerman from the Sounds Good podcast. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes 00:00 Intros 02:00 CORRECTIONS: Andrew Brierley notes that the Zoom G2.1u effects pedal is actually die-cast metal with a plastic covering, not just plastic. And Mark from Samson let us know that the G-Track USB microphone can record either 44.1 or 48 kHz -- just change the sample rate in your DAW or computer audio settings. 04:00 TIP: If you're in Canada but live near the U.S. border, you can order from U.S.-only online stores if you set up a P.O. box or mailing center just across the border in the U.S.A. -- you'll still need to pay duty and taxes when you return, but deals are pretty good for Canadians with the current exchange rate. 05:19 TIP: Mike at Switching to Mac demonstrates a way to pay for .Mac subscriptions in different currencies by changing your mailing address in your .Mac account settings. 06:12 Paul and Derek will appear on "The Lab With Leo" again soon -- we're taping two new appearances in the first week of October, showing hybrid audio devices and Logic Studio 8. 07:30 SPONSOR: Try GoToMeeting online meeting software free for 45 days. Just visit GoToMeeting.com/podcast. 08:35 IHR 101: Paul discusses multitimbral synthesizers (such as Spectrasonics' Stylus RMX and IK Multimedia's SampleTank plugins) and MIDI. He also talks about the old Ensoniq ESQ-1 and Roland JV-1080 hardware synths, MIDI channels, and implementation charts. 17:07 GEAR REVIEW: Derek checks out GarageBand '08, part of the new iLife '08. This update is more focused on music than on podcasting, which was the highlight of version 3. He discusses Magic GarageBand, automation improvements, Visual EQ, arrangement sections, the Delete and Move command, 24-bit recording, automation locking, direct MP3 exporting, export normalization, and other new features, as well as a few bugs and design problems. 26:38 PROMO: Sounds Good podcast, part of the Home Recording Network. 26:53 GEAR REVIEW: SampleTank 2.5 review by guest reviewer Hens Zimmerman. 32:54 EDITORIAL: Apple's aggressive pricing and bundling of Logic Studio 8, plus the new and improved interface, has created a lot of buzz in our IHR forums and among DAW users across the Internet. And next episode we'll announce our big Christmas giveaway remix contest. 39:47 END 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

[Play IHR #46 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 30 min 56 sec. We are back on schedule, Paul reviews the Samson G-Track USB mic/interface, Derek reviews Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones, and we talk about whether the dropping price of audio equipment is making it disposable. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes 00:00 Intros 02:21 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com/podcast - try it free for 45 days 03:29 REVIEW: Samson G-Track USB microphone/interface - available at our affiliate zZounds 15:32 REVIEW: Audio-Technica ATH-M50 headphones - likely soon available at our affiliate zZounds. Also see my headphone roundup from last year. 21:57 EDITORIAL: Has gear become disposable as it gets cheaper? 30:56 END 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. Background music for the headphone review is "Electric Gypsy" by Govinda from IODA PromoNet: Govinda "Electric Gypsy" (mp3) from "Worlds Within" (Intentcity) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at eMusic Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann, and we also used photos by Kogakure and Stoked Fish from Flickr.com. 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

[Play IHR #45 now] Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 31 min 48 sec. Derek is back with a scratchy voice, Paul may be getting himself a new jacket and hat, Waves cracks down, and we review the Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill for Reason and the Zoom G2.1u guitar multi-effects pedal. Let's hope we're back on track again! If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. Shownotes 00:00 Intros 01:35 Paul's potential new adventures in forensic audio and big-brimmed hats 05:00 iLife '08 and the new 24-bit GarageBand '08 (apple.com/ilife): review coming soon 05:25 Ableton Live LE and Audioengine 2 speakers now available (ableton.com, audioengineusa.com) 06:40 Waves plugins are cracking down on pirates, so watch out - buy them legit at zZounds to send us a small commission 09:05 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com/podcast - try it free for 45 days 10:15 REVIEW: Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill for Propellerhead Reason (propellerheads.se) - available at our affiliate zZounds 18:30 REVIEW: Zoom G2.1u guitar multieffects pedal (samsontech.com) - also available at our affiliate zZounds 26:35 EDITORIAL: The Phoenix-like resurrection of Paul's M-Audio Ozonic FireWire keyboard-interface (m-audio.com) and Mbox vs. M-Audio MIDI driver conflicts 31:48 END 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, and we also used a photo by Daniel Paquet from Flickr.com. 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

Total time 21 min 01 sec. [Play IHR #44 now] 00:00 Intros, hello from Paul and updates from Derek on his cancer treatment. Thanks as usual to our sponsors M-Audio, Source Elements, GoToMeeting, and zZounds. 04:12 "Show Us and Tell" contest winners for the Audioengine 5 speakers and Ableton Live 6. Thanks to Audioengine and Ableton for those prizes! 11:45 Special guest Hens Zimmerman of the excellent Sounds Good podcast fills in for Derek and describes the digital basics of the MIDI interface standard we all know and love/hate. 19:12 Editorial: We'll be back again later in August. What do you think of the $40 Apex 270 headset mic (which lacks a pop filter) that Paul used for this show? 21:01 END.

[Play IHR #43 now] Shownotes Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 37 min 45 sec. Paul continues his MIDI 101 series, Derek reviews RAW Universal Groove Kit loops from Sonic Reality, an interview with Jon Rowthorn from Spinnaker Sound, our Lab With Leo TV appearances, book recommendations, and more entries in our latest IHR "Show Us and Tell" contest (deadline is July 1, 2007). If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros. 02:13 Check out Paul's appearances on The Lab With Leo, episodes 18 and 30, with more to come featuring both of us. Photos are online already. 02:46 Thanks again to GoToMeeting.com for sponsoring the show. 03:56 IHR 101: Paul continues with MIDI 101, Part 2. Wikipedia has a good history of MIDI. Sequential Circuits released the first MIDI synth. Paul uses a MIDI interface to cut down on latency. 08:08 GEAR REVIEW: Derek reviews Sonic Reality's five-DVD RAW Universal Groove Kit loop library, which provides REX, Apple Loops, and ACIDized WAV files for nearly any DAW or sequencer. It's distributed by IK Multimedia. 14:50 GUEST INTERVIEW: Paul interviews Jon Rowthorn from Spinnaker Sound, a custom-built recording studio in White Rock, British Columbia. 25:47 CONTEST: Our "Show Us and Tell" contest asks you to send us your favourite original recording as an MP3 attachment, with "Contest" somewhere in the subject line, to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com with an audio or written explanation of how you put it together. (Note that cover tunes of non-public-domain music won't work, because we can't play them on the show.) We'll randomly draw from all submissions (one per person) for some great prizes in July. The deadline is July 1, 2007. Prizes include Ableton Live 6 and Audioengine 5 speakers. So get recording! 25:47 EDITORIAL: We have a couple of books to recommend: Cliff Truesdell's Mastering Digital Audio Production With Mac OS X (here's our Amazon affiliate link) and Daniel Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music (Amazon link). Also check out our new Facebook group for the Home Recording Network too. 32:12 Two entries for our contest, Cristian Dersidan's "Bass Up" (MP3) and Stephen Roberts's "My Old Friend" (MP3). 37:45 END. This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by 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

[Play IHR #42 now] Shownotes Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 30 min 12 sec. More news from Paul and Derek from around the audio world, a review of Digidesign's Mbox 2 Mini, and some of the first entries into our latest IHR "Show Us and Tell" contest (deadline is July 1, 2007). If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, more cancer treatment fun with Derek. 03:45 NEWS: VocalTuning.com, Ableton's Live Lite to Live 6 upgrade, Paul's Apple podcasting tour continues in June, and he appears on The Lab With Leo on TV in Canada and Australia. The Zoom H2 recorder has also been delayed until August, with a new microphone design. 10:18 Thanks again to GoToMeeting.com for sponsoring the show. 11:27 GEAR REVIEW: Paul reviews his Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini. 19:47 CONTEST: Our "Show Us and Tell" contest asks you to send us your favourite original recording as an MP3 attachment, with "Contest" somewhere in the subject line, to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com with an audio or written explanation of how you put it together. (Note that cover tunes of non-public-domain music won't work, because we can't play them on the show.) We'll randomly draw from all submissions (one per person) for some great prizes in July. The deadline is July 1, 2007. So get recording! Today we talk about two entries, Robert Willey's mellow "Into the Blue" (MP3) and Dead Hot Blonde's very non-mellow "Walk Away" (MP3). 25:31 EDITORIAL: The pros and cons of automated software updates. They can be essential for security if you're connected to the Internet, but there are also hazards for complex audio production environments. 30:12 END. This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by 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. Other photos are from blackcustard and citroenverde at Flickr. 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

[Play IHR #41 now] Shownotes Try GotoMeeting free for 45 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast. Total time 52 min 22 sec. We skipped a show because of Derek's cancer treatment, but now we're back with an extra-long episode to make up for it. We have tons of news, plus our new "Show Us and Tell" contest, letters in the mailbag, an audio comment, MIDI 101, Audioengine 5 speakers, and feedback on our video podcast in IHR #40. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, Derek's side effects (including cool gadgets such as his radiation machine and the huge door for that room), new shows on the Home Recording Network, Paul's appearance on The Lab With Leo, coming to TV in May. 05:38 NEWS: Apple SoundTrack Pro, Adobe Soundbooth, and Sony Sound Forge; Rogue Amoeba's Fission 1.5 and Audio Hijack Pro; Musikmesse announcements including Roland's new HD-1 V-Drums kit and Digidesign speakers and Venue live console; funny Nickelback story. 18:00 NEW CONTEST: "Show Us and Tell" - Send your favourite original recording as an MP3 attachment, with "Contest" somewhere in the subject line, to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com (or post a note and a link to an MP3 on a server somewhere in the IHR forums), with an audio or written explanation of how you put it together. (Note that cover tunes of non-public-domain music won't work, because we can't play them on the show.) We'll randomly draw from all submissions (one per person) for some great prizes in July. The deadline is July 1, 2007. So get recording! 22:10 New "NED" player from macProVideo makes downloading work much better. 22:59 MAILBAG: Recording live music in Ireland with Reetsyburger and a Zoom H4 or H2, Edirol R09, M-Audio MicroTrack, or Belkin TuneTalk (listen to Andy Ihnatko on the MacNotables podcast for more on recording with the TuneTalk); resampling bitrates using iTunes as a sample converter with Matt, or BarbaBatch from Audio Ease; Josh and the new WeMakeMusicNotMoney free MP3 hosting. 28:12 AUDIO COMMENT: Bruce Williams from Audio2U.com. 30:00 Thanks again to GoToMeeting.com for sponsoring the show. 31:07 IHR 101: Paul "The Midiot" Garay begins his ongoing series on MIDI 101, and he really starts at the beginning, explaining pre-MIDI controlled voltage (CV), trigger, patch, ADSR envelopes, and gating controls, and why MIDI came about in the '80s. 37:57 GEAR REVIEW: Paul reviews the Audioengine 5 speaker system. 49:11 EDITORIAL: Feedback on our show #40 video podcast. If you want lots of video, check out Sonic State and Gearwire. 52:22 END. This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by 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. Other photos are from crazyneighborlady, rp72, kenstein, historicus, and jamesthephotographer at Flickr. 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

[Play IHR #39 now] Shownotes Total time 24 min 52 sec. A short show this week because of Derek's cancer treatment and Paul's mad-wild-crazy Apple seminar tour schedule. Sad news from the band Boston and the Sine Language podcast, good news from Digidesign, Sound Studio, the Canadian Podcast Buffet, AKG, and the Police. Derek talks about splitting and merging stereo files, and we reveal two additional prizes in the Zoom H4 contest, plus make it easier to enter! (But you must do that by March 31, 2007.) If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, Paul's Apple tour updates (Minnesota and Tekserve in NYC, San Diego, Anaheim, Portland), tour Samson giveaways, MacBook repair updates. 03:30 Zoom H4 contest ends March 31, 2007, but now you only need to get one of the three sounds right to be entered into the giveaway! Send your guesses to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com -- listen to the show to hear them. Second prize is now the M-Audio Fast Track USB interface and Session software, and third prize is a free tutorial video download from macProVideo.com (it doesn't have to be one of Paul's, but we'd like it if that's what you picked). 05:55 NEWS: Digidesign Structure Public Beta, Sound Studio 3.5, mixer basics from the Canadian Podcast Buffet, AKG's 60th birthday, Brad Delp's death and Paul's Rockman story, and condolences to Bruce Williams of the Sine Language podcast after his mother's death, plus Police tickets at last. 13:10 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com. 14:13 IHR 101: As a listener request, how to split and merge stereo files using Audacity or iTunes. See Derek's screenshots showing details at Flickr.com, or in the artwork for the enhanced podcast: 19:57 EDITORIAL: Derek's cancer updates, big thanks to his employer Navarik and his cohorts in The Neurotics. 23:30 Show #40 will be a video podcast in early April, so be ready for it. And we'll announce the contest winners! 24:52 END. This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast); 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. Thanks to Hens Zimmerman (a.k.a. 37Hz) of the Sounds Good podcast (part of the Home Recording Network) for his tune "Embrace," which he's made available on the Podsafe Music Network. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are also 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 //

[Play IHR #38 now] Shownotes Total time 33 min 09 sec. Derek had his first surgery and received nice video during recovery, Paul continues his Apple seminar road trip, and we update you on the status of the Zoom H4 contest and Derek's MacBook. Plus new products from Digidesign, Numark, Kompoz.com, a discovery about the Blue Snowball and cowbells. Features are Paul's book review and Derek's tour of CBC Vancouver. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros and thanks to M-Audio and Source Elements. 01:15 Attendees at the Northern Voice blogging conference made a nice video for Derek during his recovery from his first surgery in late February. Thanks also to Mark Blevis of the Canadian Podcast Buffet for the meetup he organized that same weekend. 02:28 Paul's Apple seminar road trip is well underway, and his new Podcasting With GarageBand video will soon be available from macProVideo. 03:40 Update on our contest for you to win a Zoom H4, with the sounds again. Send entries to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com before March 31, 2007. 05:23 News about Digidesign's new Digi 003 systems, with word clock sync, Numark's USB turntable, the IHR tip jar, and Kompoz.com. 10:55 Apple has announced a special event for the upcoming NAB show. Could it be Logic Pro 8, iLife '07, or some other rumoured "Pro Tools Killer?" And Derek's first-generation MacBook is a bit of a lemon. 14:35 What's coming up on the show. 16:20 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 17:04 GEAR REVIEW (Paul): Ashley Shepherd's book Pro Tools for Video, Film, and Multimedia. 22:00 Derek's tour of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Vancouver headquarters. See photos from Derek and others who were there, and further information from Tod Maffin, who led the tour and has his own podcast at todbits.com and an official CBC blog at insidethecbc.com. (He was one of the first podcasters in Canada, and has three special backstage video tours online too.) Also check out Derek's CBC interview from January, SM58 and Electro-Voice mics, Tannoy speakers, Studer consoles, CBC Radio 3 (and how to submit your music). 29:50 Updates on the Blue Snowball, Rad Monkey Cowbells, and the Home Recording Network. 33:09 END This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast); 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. Extra music this episode is from Shibboleth ("Whatever Happened to the Cheap Life?") from the Podsafe Music Network. Pictures: The Home Recording Network "lava lamp" logo is based on an image by und_dann. Other photos are courtesy of Talking to Air, Kris Krug, and Miss604. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are also 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 //

[Play IHR #37 now] Shownotes Total time 42 min 20 sec. Links to good stuff on other Home Recording network podcasts, our new tip jar, Paul's Apple tours in B.C. and the U.S., win a Zoom H4 in our new contest, Paul reviews M-Audio Session software, Derek reconstructs how he built his latest instrumental track "Fakeout," Paul plays live for the first time in five years, and Derek has the first of two surgeries. If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, Home Recording Network, thanks to M-Audio and Source-Elements, GoToMeeting and zZounds. 00:50 Free plugins and limiter shootout at Home Recording Odyssey, Top 20 Synths and free AU plugins at Sonic State. And we'll be setting up a PayPal tip jar on the IHR home page. 03:40 Paul is touring across B.C. with Apple Canada (demonstrating Final Cut Studio and Logic) and across America with Apple U.S.A. (talking about podcasting) in February and March. Watch the IHR home page blog for details. Feb 26 Cranbrook BC, Mar 1 Ft. St. John BC, Mar 5 Abbotsford BC, Mar 8 Minneapolis MN, Mar 10 New York City, Mar 24 San Diego CA, Mar 27 Los Angeles CA, Mar 29 Portland OR. For all U.S. dates you could win free gear from Samson. Paul and Derek also talk about Boot Camp and Parallels for running Windows on an Intel Mac. 08:40 What's coming up on the show—thanks to Les Thorn for his usual great mastering job on Derek's tune "Fakeout." 10:20 You (yes you!) can win a Zoom H4 Handy Recorder, worth $300 USD from zZounds, sent directly to you from Zoom. Just identify the three sounds we play in this episode of the podcast (recorded with Derek's H4) and send your guesses to contests {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com by March 31, 2007. We'll draw randomly from those who identify the sounds correctly during the first IHR show in April. 13:55 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 14:56 GEAR REVIEW: Paul reviews M-Audio's Session software and Fast Track USB interface. 25:18 IHR 101: Derek reconstructs how he built his latest instrumental track, "Fakeout," from his Penmachine Podcast, using his MacBook, Stratocaster guitar, GarageBand, Apple Jam Pack loops, and IK Multimedia StealthPlug interface with AmpliTube 2 Live software. Check out Derek's interview with his mastering engineer, Les Thorn, on IHR #22. Also see the details Derek posted on this blog about how he created the guitar tones. 35:35 EDITORIAL: Paul has had to return yet another M-Audio Ozonic keyboard and FireWire interface just before playing his first live gig in five years with Tina Journey, a Tina Turner tribute band. Derek had to miss his first gig with The Neurotics in awhile because of his first of two colon cancer surgeries, which happened just before we posted this show. Derek's second surgery and Paul's Apple tours may mean our next show is a little later than usual in March -- we're not sure yet. 42:20 END This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast); 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. Another photo is from WorldIslandInfo.com. Photos 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 //

[Play IHR #36 now] Shownotes Total time 41 min 04 sec. A birthday, a future Zoom H4 recorder giveaway (thanks, Samson and Zoom!), Tunecore, recording solo guitarist-singers, homemade digital patch bays, NAMM trends, Audio Technology magazine, killing star rating, and surgery soon for Derek. Zoom H4 and M-Audio MicroTrack reviews. And do you think an IHR PayPal tip jar is a good idea? If you can play Enhanced podcasts (AAC enhanced) on your iPod or PlayStation Portable, or in iTunes or QuickTime, you'll find lots of photos and links accompanying this episode. 00:00 Intros, Home Recording Network, thanks to M-Audio and Source-Elements, GoToMeeting and zZounds. 01:45 Paul turned 39 this week, and got a cool laptop case; Derek talks about the Samson Q8 dynamic mic donated to us by Samson at the NAMM Show. 03:00 Coming up - IHR will be giving away a Zoom H4 Handy Recorder (worth $300 USD) in a future episode! Listen to IHR #37 in a couple of weeks for details. 03:45 Please leave a review of IHR at the iTunes Store podcast directory for your country. (If you're at the Canadian directory, you'll see that Derek left a review, but that was way back when he was just a listener, not co-host.) 04:30 Tunecore.com is another way to get your independent music in iTunes and other online music stores, and may work out better for you if you sell a lot of music. For smaller sales, CD Baby may be a better bet. 05:30 Paul found a great way to record solo acoustic guitarist-singers with two microphones and some phase-reversal tricks, from a tip at the IHR forums. He used Apex 460 and 470 microphones. 08:15 Paul also turned an analog patch pay into a SPDIF digital patch bay with some simple RCA adapters. 11:10 Trends at NAMM: retro gear like modular synths and Rhodes pianos, high-end manufacturers moving into the home studio market, DJ equipment and techniques cross-pollinating with other stuff. 15:35 Audio Technology magazine from Australia made some pointed comments about the hassles of product authorization, dongles, serial numbers, and so on -- something Moby noted four years ago too. 17:20 Check out all our NAMM coverage and photos, plus stuff from Sonic State and Gearwire. 18:25 What do you think of us having a PayPal tip jar, like the Project Studio Network or Derek's wife's podcast Lip Gloss and Laptops? Leave a comment at our "What Do You Think?" post. 19:10 We're killing the star rating system! Finally! Yay! 21:15 AD: GoToMeeting.com 22:22 GEAR REVIEW: Derek reviews the Zoom H4 Handy Recorder. (Buy it for $300 USD from zZounds in the U.S. and IHR will get a small commission.) Check out the flip-up USB SD cards that Derek uses too. The guitar effects are apparently derived from the Zoom G2 pedal. Also take a look at the prototype Zoom H2 (coming in May for $200 USD) we saw at the NAMM Show. See Derek's Zoom H4 photos too. 30:40 GEAR REVIEW: Paul reviews the M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96 flash recorder. (Buy it for $400 USD from zZounds in the U.S. and IHR will get a small commission.) If you lose the T-mic, that costs $15 USD to replace. You can use USB to charge, but if you want the official power supply or the hardware inline -10 dB pad, those are $20 USD each. Compare the MicroTrack to the Zoom H4 and the Edirol R09. Finally, see Microphone Data for information on mics that will work with the MicroTrack (and waaaaay more info too). See Paul's photos. 37:00 EDITORIAL: Derek was diagnosed with colorectal cancer just before NAMM, and will be having surgery soon to remove it, spending a week in the hospital and about two months off work. IHR will keep going as usual, but we're not sure how long Derek will be out of commission, whether we'll bring in some guest hosts, or whether he'll provide some prerecorded segments. He's blogging about it at his blog at penmachine.com, and even appeared on Canada's CBC Radio at the end of January, discussing how he's blogging about his cancer. 41:04 END

Shownotes Total time 32 min 05 sec. Our first show of 2007 features a tribute to James Brown, reviews of Ableton's Live 6 DAW and performance software, the IK Multimedia StealthPlug™ USB interface cable, and the Earthworks KickPad™ hardware bass drum equalizer and pad. We also talk about our plans for podcasting our coverage of the NAMM Show 2007 in Anaheim later this month, from January 18-21. If anyone is interested in meeting us there, let us know. Thanks again to M-Audio, Source Elements, and GoToMeeting for sponsoring IHR. See "Links Mentioned" below for more details. 00:00 Intros and thanks to our sponsors M-Audio and Source Elements. 01:40 NEWS: Remembering James Brown, Synergy software, new version of the Levelator, Crysonic mastering plugins (thanks for the pointer to Les Thorn). 08:03 Sponsor: GoToMeeting.com. 09:10 REVIEW (Derek): IK Multimedia StealthPlug™ USB guitar/bass interface cable, which comes with IK AmpliTube 2 Live, Mackie Tracktion, SampleTank, mastering EQ, and loops software bundle. 14:57 REVIEW (Paul): Ableton Live 6 digital audio workstation and live performance software. 23:00 REVIEW (Derek): Earthworks KickPad™ hardware XLR bass drum equalizer and pad. 28:14 Promo: IHR's affiliate programs with zZounds, Amazon, and the Apple Store. 29:19 EDITORIAL: Derek likes Ableton Live's minimalist interface. IHR invites manufacturers, distributors, podcasters and bloggers, and anyone else going to the NAMM Show this month to meet us in Anaheim. Get in touch at comments {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com. 32:05 END This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast); 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. Links Mentioned This Show Sponsors and Affiliates M-Audio's Pro Tools M-Powered Source-Connect from Source Elements Sound Ideas zZounds Amazon Apple Store News The great Star Time four-CD James Brown box set. Check out the absolutely amazing groove in James Brown's 1969 performance of "Cold Sweat" on the Mike Douglas Show, one of several YouTube videos featuring great JB clips that Derek posted to his blog. Just as astounding is the moment at 3:42 in this live video from Paris, where James kicks the band from "Brother Rapp" into "Ain't It Funky Now" in the tightest transition I've ever heard or seen. Plus you get super-funky solos from Phelps "Catfish" Collins on guitar, Fred Wesley on trombone, Bootsy Collins on bass, and JB himself on the organ. A list of some of the songs that have sampled Clyde Stubblefield's drum break from "Funky Drummer." This page features recordings, analysis, and transcriptions of that and some other famous drum breaks. Free, open-source Synergy software for sharing monitors and input devices between Macs, PCs, and Linux/Unix machines, plus the Belkin Flip hardware KVM switch that Paul had been using. A free online Synergy tutorial shows you how to set it up. The Levelator from GigaVox. Listen to this Podcast 411 interview where Doug Kaye and Michael Geohagen explain how it works. Crysonic mastering plugins via Les Thorn. Reviews IK Multimedia StealthPlug™ (buy via zZounds, or see Derek's photos). "Funkly Dougietude" tune from Derek and Doug Elliott, made with the StealthPlug, and also available at the Podsafe Music Network, and once again mastered by Les Thorn. Ableton Live 6 (buy via zZounds) Earthworks KickPad™ (buy via zZounds and other dealers, or see Derek's photos) Shure SM58 and AKG D112 dynamic mics. Photos of the hollow riser stage my band played on, where we had to deal with low-frequency feedback from the bass drum. Editorial Say hi to us at the NAMM Show if you're there in Anaheim from January 18-21, 2007.

Shownotes Total time 47 min 55 sec. Our Christmas 2006 episode features our new recording setup, our latest giveaway winner, news about IHR going to the NAMM Show again this year, interviews with Source Elements's lead developer Rebekah Wilson and Jon O'Neill of Naiant Microphones, Paul's and Derek's 2006 favourite gear lists, and a big thanks to those who made IHR a success this year. See "Links Mentioned" below for more details. 00:00 Intros and welcome to our new sponsors M-Audio and Source Elements 03:40 GIVEAWAY: The winner of our Christmas giveaway, including Steinberg's The Grand virtual piano, Amadeus audio editing software from Martin Hairer, a video from macProVideo, a T-shirt from M-Audio, and a copy of the Podcasting Production Toolkit CD from Sound Ideas. (You can buy it for $99 from our special IHR promo link.) 06:55 SPONSOR: GoToMeeting.com 07:59 GUEST INTERVIEW (Derek): Jon O'Neill of Naiant Microphones 17:23 GUEST INTERVIEW (Paul): Rebekah Wilson of Source Elements 23:33 PROMO: the Home Made Hit Show podcast 36:41 We'll be covering the NAMM Show in Anaheim in January again 38:52 EDITORIAL: Derek's and Paul's favourite gear of 2006 46:19 Thanks to our sponsors, supporters, and of course our listeners 47:55 END This episode of Inside Home Recording is sponsored by GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast); 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. Links Mentioned This Show Sponsors and Affiliates M-Audio's Pro Tools M-Powered Source-Connect from Source Elements Sound Ideas zZounds Amazon Apple Store Giveaway Prizes Steinberg's The Grand virtual piano plugin Amadeus Pro from Martin Hairer Paul's macProVideo training videos Sound Ideas Podcasting Production Toolkit CD ($99 IHR deal) Our "weird spillage" forum discussion and the winning fishy entry Interviews Naiant microphones Indian Trail Studios, Texas Source-Connect and Source-Live Oktava microphones Apple Mac mini AAC codec ISDN Promo Tony Butterworth's Home Made Hit Show Editorial The NAMM Show 2007 Mike from the Project Studio Network will also be attending Forums thread about gear you liked, gear you didn't Stylus RMX rhythm and beats plugin Mackie Big Knob M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI controller LaCie d2 triple interface external hard drive Apple iLife '06 Marshall MXL770 and MXL990 microphones Apple MacBook Tannoy studio monitors, including the Reveal 5A Tech 21 SansSamp GT2 guitar pedal (see the fan settings page) Yamaha guitars, including the Pacifica series and Derek's hotrod version) 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: Some photos for this episode are by nadav, agentlebossanova, and earthman from the awesome Flickr photo sharing site. Photos 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 2006 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5 //