Inside Home Recording - Enhanced AAC Podcast

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). We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts. Shownotes Total time 35 min 02 sec. This episode features news, mic audio samples from listener Ben Englert, reviews of the Podcasting Production Toolkit effects CD and another APC uninterruptible power supply, part 2 of our IHR 101 on promoting your indie music, an interview with the winner of Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey" remix contest, and more details about our Christmas giveaway. 00:00 Intros 01:30 NEWS: Derek's article in the December Macworld, Ben Englert's inexpensive Behringer and Naiant condenser mic comparison, zZounds big Project Studio Giveaway, wacky studio-in-a-piano, good online recording tutorials 06:45 AD: GoToMeeting.com 07:30 GEAR REVIEW (Paul): Sound Ideas Podcasting Production Toolkit 10:30 GEAR REVIEW (Paul): APC BX1500LCD uninterruptible power supply (followup to IHR #26 review) 14:40 IHR 101 (Derek): Promoting your indie music, part 2 (followup to IHR #24) 23:33 PROMO: Fundamentals of Digital Audio podcast 24:22 GUEST INTERVIEW: David Downes, winner of the Peter Gabriel remix contest 31:15 EDITORIAL: Don't forget to post your "weird gear spillage" story in our forums to enter our next giveaway - deadline in December 10, 2006; we'll draw on IHR #30 35:02 END Links Mentioned This Show News and Updates: Derek's Macworld article and and Paul's Apple podcast seminar Naiant MSH-1O mics Behringer C2 mics Ben Englert's website (where you can hear the full length sound samples) and setup photos zZounds giveaway Wacky piano with Mac mini studio built in, via Alistair Computer Music tutorials via Sonic Eccles Reviews: Podcasting Production Toolkit CD ($99 IHR special) from Sound Ideas APC BX1500LCD UPS from Best Buy or Staples IHR 101 Music Promotion Part 2: Chris Pirillo Gnomedex conference Dave Winer and Adam Curry Podsafe Music Network, Derek's section there, and podcasts that have played his stuff MacJams.com Internet Archive CD Baby Derek's songs podcast - Penmachine Podcast Les Thorn mastering (see IHR #22 interview) Derek's album - Penmachine Sessions Business Jive Windows Weekly Derek Sivers at Music Tech Summit Derek's songs played or mentioned in this segment: "Pocketbook," "Pirilloponzi," "P and P," "Can You Dig It? (Business Jive Theme)," "Pissed Off Adam Curry (Short Version)," "More Red Than Red (Windows Weekly Theme)" David Downes Interview: Real World Remixed Winners David Downes SSL Duende Christmas Giveaway: Weird Spillage Giveaway forum thread Geoff Hankerson's Fundamentals of Digital Audio podcast, also from the Home Recording Network Prizes we plan to include are The Grand piano plugin courtesy of Steinberg, another Paul Garay video tutorial from our friends at macProVideo, the Podcasting Toolkit sample CD from Sound Ideas, a T-shirt courtesy of M-Audio, and a copy of the well-respected Amadeus sound editor from Martin Hairer 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 from mrmatt and themm from the awesome Flickr photo sharing site. Photos of Paul and Derek 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 //

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). We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts. Shownotes Total time 39 min 36 sec. This episode features some news, more Vocal Recording 101, an extended Mailbag segment, a review of FlexiMusic's Wave Editor, Thomas Dolby's talk about the music industry, and an editorial about when having few inputs doesn't have to be a problem. Plus, our latest giveaway, in which you tell us about weird things you've spilled! Links Mentioned This Show Apple iChat AV Paul's new GarageBand 101 instructional video The 2006 Music Tech Summit in Seattle organized by the Recording Academy, which featured both Thomas Dolby and Microsoft's J Allard, head of the Zune team (see our bonus episode) Thomas Dolby's website, his company Beatnik, his live gear setup blog post, and his Amazon catalog Full audio of Dolby's talk from Derek's podcast Transcedent 2000 synthesizer (circa 1978) and his "Henry" Wave Computer FlexiMusic Wave Editor Previous episodes of IHR talked about vocal recording (21 and 23) and equalization (14) Mackie's old CR1604 mixer and current lineup Rode NT2-A mic (zZounds link) "Using Equalisation" from 2001 in Sound on Sound Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy," Seal's "Kiss From a Rose," and Shania Twain's "Still The One" Digidesign Mbox Mini and original Mbox Enter our new giveaway about stuff you've spilled on your gear: tell us in the IHR forums Tannoy Reveal 5A studio speakers (zZounds link) PreSonus COMP16 mono compressor Roland VS2480CD recorder Hens Zimmerman's Sounds Good podcast, also from the Home Recording Network 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 from cbjones, rudiriet, Bryan Villarin, elenatari, saschapohflepp, scaryspice, redune, Brett Lider, palutke, sanduhr472, and joc67. Photos of Paul and Derek by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free. This podcast is 2006 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5 //

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). Shownotes Total time 47 min 27 sec. Another long show, announcing the new Home Recording Network, IHR's collaboration with Apple on a free online podcasting seminar at apple.com, frequency ear training, Derek's IHR 101 on the GarageBand Graduate's Toolkit, an interview with Corey Denis of IODA, and an editorial about tools for collaboration. 00:00 Intros and news: IHR has helped form the Home Recording Network of podcasts at the suggestion of Andrew Brierley of the Home Recording Odyssey, Apple invited Paul to co-host its free "Podcast Recipe" online seminar at apple.com, and he also has new GarageBand videos at macProVideo.com. Derek has a UPS story about his wife's Lip Gloss and Laptops podcast, Paul has reconfigured his studio (which is why his voice was weird last episode) and likes his new Belkin Flip KVM. 10:00 We announce the winner of our post-Halloween recording war stories giveaway, who gets a Shuttle Pro 2 USB controller courtesy of Contour Designs, Reason training videos hosted by Paul from macProVideo, a $50 USD gift certificate courtesy of zZounds, and some bonus stuff including candy. 15:09 Ear Training (Paul): Identifying frequency boosts in a song from the Podsafe Music Network. 19:58 IHR 101 (Derek): The GarageBand Graduate's Toolkit, featuring Apple's Logic Express, the open source Audacity, Rogue Amoeba's Fission, Adobe's Soundbooth, and GigaVox Media's The Levelator. 28:38 Guest Interview (Derek): Corey Denis of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance explains what IODA and Promonet are all about, and her opinions and predictions about the music industry. 42:55 Editorial (Derek): The home recording revolution helps us work by ourselves, but where are the tools to help us collaborate better with other musicians? Source-Connect is one option we're investigating, and even something like GoToMeeting might help too, but we deserve more ways to get that elusive "live" sound when playing music together with others. Links Mentioned This Show Apple's Podcast Recipe free online seminar of which Paul is co-host Other co-hosts are voiceover legend Joe Cipriano and Pete Alcorn, business manager for Apple's iTunes Podcast Directory Paul's new GarageBand tutorial videos from macProVideo The new Home Recording Network of podcasts, including the Home Recording Odyssey APC uninterruptible power supplies Derek's wife's Lip Gloss and Laptops podcast Paul's new studio setup Belkin Flip KVM switch IHR Forums Recording War Stories giveaway Contour Design Shuttle Pro 2 (reviewed way back in IHR #10) Paul's macProVideo tutorials zZounds Our Ear Training podsafe song is "L.A. Nightmare" by the band .22 courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network GarageBand Derek's album Penmachine Sessions Logic Express and Logic Pro Audacity Fission Adobe Soundbooth The Levelator Corey Denis works for IODA She mentions CD Baby IndieFeed podcasts Source-Connect 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. Podsafe music is by Adam Schwartz ("Black Part II"), 3rd Day Syndrome ("Gimme Some More"), and .22 ("L.A. Nightmare") Pictures: Some photos for this episode are from nedragget, bluelotus, melisaur, mychicobird1, and menza. Photos of Paul and Derek and of Corey Denis are by Kris Krug. Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free. This podcast is 2006 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5 //

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). Shownotes Total time 48 min 40 sec. A long show today, featuring our latest listener mailbag, a review of an APC uninterruptible power supply, our guest interview with Boris Aeven, an editorial about using restraint and limits (including the Mute button) to your advantage, and at least two entirely separate food analogies from Paul (about hamburgers and spaghetti sauce). 00:00 Intros 02:45 News: red iPod, new prizes from Contour Design and zZounds in our Recording War Stories forums giveaway 04:35 Mailbag: recording a choir in a church, Mac vs. PC vs. Linux etc., standalone hardware device to run software plugins 11:25 Gear Review (Paul): APC RS 500 VA uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 19:45 Guest Interview (Derek and Paul): Boris Aeven, home recordist, Roland and Yamaha standalone recorder user, and cruise ship pianist 39:10 Song: "Renaissance Boy" by Boris Aeven 42:57 Editorial (Derek): It's easy to make your songs too long or too complicated when recording yourself, so try setting some limits, or pulling stuff out, like Prince did by removing the bass completely from "When Doves Cry" 47:00 We're helping to set up the Home Recording Podcast Network with some other recording podcasts around the world, and don't forget our War Stories giveaway—the deadline is October 31. Links Mentioned This Week IHR Forums Recording War Stories giveaway - deadline October 31, 2006 iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Contour Design Shuttle Pro 2 zZounds Project Studio Network Show 40 includes choir recording tips MXL770 condenser mic Shure SM57 dynamic mic "I'm a PC, I'm a Mac" Native Instruments Akoustik Piano Muse Research hardware plugin player APC uninterruptible power supplies Boris Aeven photos Logic Express and Logic Pro Blue Snowball USB condenser mic Belkin TuneTalk Stereo iPod microphone adapter Yamaha AW16G recorder (and its new offspring AW1600) Roland VS-880 recorder (and its new offspring VS2000) MasterWriter songwriting software The classic 1953 AKG C12 condenser mic Apex 460 condenser mic "When Doves Cry" by Prince The new Home Recording Podcast Network we're helping get set up with Andrew Brierley of the Home Recording Odyssey podcast Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A. Some photos for this episode are from Flickr, courtesy of ahaoreporter, forgboy, loser, elasticsoul, and fboosman. Photos of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. This podcast is 2006 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5 //

IHR's 25th (yes, 25th!) episode is sponsored by Wicked Lasers (use the promo code RAWVOICE2006 at WickedLasers.com and get a 5% discount) and GoToMeeting.com (online meetings made easy with GoToMeeting: try it free for 45 days using promo code Podcast). Giveaway winner, plus a new giveaway We have a winner in our giveaway of the Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 with Rig Kontrol foot controller: Aaron in Hong Kong! Congratulations. Our next giveaway includes macProVideo's Reason tutorials featuring Paul Garay, plus much more. Just tell us your recording "war stories" in the IHR forums thread we've set up. (Free signup required so we can avoid spam.) Entries close Halloween, October 31, 2006. News and notes: Hens Zimmerman's new "Sounds Good" podcast. Rick Pepper's IHR forums voice EQ settings for heavy MP3 compression with minimal artifacts. Those new "no noise" nanos are looking even better after Derek discovered his big iPod could skip while recording, but he did find a solution to his problem. We're still running the listener survey at insidehomerecording.com/survey. Recording war stories: Paul: artist Mark Crozer Power Mac 9600, Pro Tools, Alesis DM5, Roland JV-1080 Derek: his old band The Flu, Greenhouse Studios and Crosstown Studios in Vancouver, Fostex 4-Track cassette recorder, Long and McQuade Paul: artist Shakamoraine and turd polishing Derek: "Gronk Patrol," "Marina Bay," and "Take Time for the Tub" from Derek's Penmachine Sessions album and Penmachine Podcast, and here's the iBook G3 Post your war stories in the forums, and maybe collaborate with other IHR listeners on a song to create your own new stories Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A. Some photos for this episode are from Flickr, courtesy of Roland Tanglao, Rock Doggy Dog, Loudest Noise, Daaram, Loser, Yogi, and Mawari. Photos of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug. This podcast is 2006 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ //

Last Chance for the Guitar Rig 2 Giveaway Survey, News and Notes, Understanding Copyright for Indie Music Promotion, Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2, EMC Retrospect Desktop 6.1, Podcast Expo and AES Convention, Alex MacFarlane Interview Sponsored by Wicked Lasers: why settle for a dot from a laser pointer when you can draw a line in the sky with 100 times more power? NEW: Use the promo code RAWVOICE2006 at WickedLasers.com and get a 5% discount off all products. Only a few days left to enter our Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 giveaway by filling out our survey at www.insidehomerecording.com/survey - entries close September 30, 2006! (We'll draw the giveaway next show, IHR #25.) News and Notes: Steinberg ASIO 2.2 64-bit Our video podcast on GarageBand's undocumented feature (released last week) macProVideo Lots of Apple online seminars at www.apple.com/pro/resources Broadjam promotion service for indie musicians Native Instruments Komplete 4 plugin set, plus other new single plugins from NI now available, some now native for Intel Macs New iPods include iPod nanos that record, and quietly (we call them "no noise nanos"), plus now there will be competition from Microsoft's upcoming Zune player Mailbag: Lots of good stuff at www.insidehomerecording.com/forums Hankel's studio setup How to construct your own studio rack The Ikea Jerker desk, and a site from a rabid Jerker desk fan Students of Mike Tremblett in New Brunswick record a political tune in music class using GarageBand Copyright and Promoting Your Music (Derek): The Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide explains copyrights for music quite well So does C.C. Chapman's April audio podcast from the Podcast Academy The Kingsmen sued their record label to get back the recording copyrights to their version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie" Wikipedia on public domain Copyright and "Happy Birthday to You" are covered well by this tongue-in-cheek satire site - good links to other sites too Creative Commons licenses Internet Archive and Ourmedia Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA) Podsafe Music Network CDBaby Association of Music Podcasters Library Magnatune GarageBand.com MacJams.com MySpace Upcoming Events: Podcast Expo and Podcast Academy Sep 28-30 in Ontario, California AES Convention Oct 5-8 in San Francisco Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2 Review (Paul): NOTE: During recording, Paul said that the Steinberg USB dongle was included with the software, but that was incorrect - you need to either buy it separately or use the one that may have shipped with your other Steinberg software (Cubase SX), or a similar Steinberg-compatible key such as those included with IK Multimedia products Purchase through zZounds, our affiliate Other reviews from AudioMIDI and New Zealand Musician Videos from Steinberg EMC Retrospect Desktop 6.1 for Windows and Mac Review (Paul and Derek): Purchase from our Amazon Affiliates link Note on how Retrospect's CD won't boot Intel Macs Derek's 2003 audio presentation about backups (general advice, not specific to Retrospect) Alternatives: SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, Synchronize Pro, SilverKeeper, Apple Backup, Time Machine (coming early next year) Interview With Alex MacFarlane (by Paul): Alex works for Next Level Games in Vancouver Check out Gamasutra and GameSpot Tommy Tallarico is among the best known in the field Join the IHR listener forums. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A.  Additional music for this episode was "Another Trip Home - Running in Circles" by Jeff Rosiana from the Podsafe Music Network. Some photos for this episode are from Flickr, courtesy of Creative Commons licenses from cheekybuttnice, Pedro Aznar, and Siman Yay.

Guitar Rig 2 Giveaway Survey Continues, New Gear from Apple & Dell & Digidesign, Vocal Recording Part 2, Belkin TuneTalk Stereo, Jimmy Zee Interview, Corrections and Links UPDATE: See my new important note on how to avoid recordings that skip using the TuneTalk Stereo (and presumably other recording interfaces) with your hard drive-based "5G" or "5.5G" iPod with Video. 00:00 - Intros. Sorry the show is so late, but Paul and I were both out of town and it's been crazy back-to-school week too. We've made this episode extra-long to compensate. Our first episode sponsored by Wicked Lasers. Our condolences to Todd Cochrane at Blubrry.com on the loss of his father too. 05:12 - Don't forget our Great Gear Giveaway: fill out our 67-question (we know, it's a lot, but it won't take toooo long) listener survey at www.insidehomerecording.com/survey so we can help make the show better, make sure you know the secret word from IHR #22, and you could win the excellent Guitar Rig 2 guitar amp emulator plugin, with hardware foot controller, direct from the factory at Native Instruments. 06:25 - The Mbox 2 Pro finally offers a capable FireWire audio interface from Digidesign that includes Pro Tools LE. It's perhaps a much better alternative than Digi's M-Audio FireWire 410 (which Derek uses) and the less-capable Pro Tools M-Powered, for not much more money ($800 USD) 07:10 - Apple's new Wireless Mighty Mouse, plus the Mac Pros ($2000 and up, quad-core Intel Xeon processors, very expandable) and iMacs (starting at $1000 USD for the 17", Core 2 Duo processors, including a new 24" model), as well as Dell's XPS 700 ($2000? and up), which are some of the most powerful and slick-looking digital recording desktops computers ever made 12:00 - IHR 101 on vocal recording. Today, room acoustics. Check out the SE Electronics Reflexion Filter and Acoustics 101 from Auralex. 22:27 - Derek reviews the Belkin TuneTalk Stereo for the iPod With Video ("5G"): Belkin website Amazon IHR affiliate purchase link Also available at the Apple Store My photos of the TuneTalk Stereo with my iPod Belkin TuneTalk support area, including FAQ Photos of Ala Moana Center Apple Store, food court, and Outrigger Shore Bird Lounge where I tested the TuneTalk in Hawaii Roland Tanglao's blog and Dogma Radio podcast My classical guitar Sony "plug-in power" 3 V stereo mic (IHR affiliate link), originally for MiniDisc recorders Competing iPod recorders from XtremeMac (MicroMemo) and Griffin (iTalk Pro, which may not be released) Dedicated portable recorders from M-Audio, Edirol, Marantz, and Sony Another review from iLounge 34:26 - Jimmy Zee interview. 48:03 - As Derek posted to the blog, it turns out that the Tannoy Reveal 5A studio monitor speakers he reviewed last show, and which he had criticized for being too expensive, are only half the price he thought, deserving a full 5 out of 5 as an excellent value at $800 for the pair. For near-field mixing, you may never outgrow them, as long as you add a subwoofer. 50:35 - Finally, check out our new photos by Kris Krug, the Project Studio Network cheap-vs.-expensive mic preamp shootout, plus Dave Criddle's new co-hosting position on Andrew Brierley's Home Recording Odyssey podcast. And Paul was interviewed on show #32 of the Canadian Podcast Buffet. 53:40 - END Thanks to all the participants in the very busy IHR listener forums. We've been learning a lot there, and hope you have too. Also remember that you can post your photos to the IHR Flickr Group - joining the Flickr photo sharing site is free Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A.

IHR's First Anniversary, NI Guitar Rig 2 Giveaway from Our New Listener Survey, Compression Ear Training, Tannoy Reveal 5A Speakers, Alsoft DiskWarrior, Les Thorn Interview, First Year Highlights Total time: 36 min 06 sec. Hosted by Paul Garay and Derek K. Miller. See "Links mentioned" below to visit the sites we discuss. Listen to the whole episode to hear the secret word, then go to our new listener survey at insidehomerecording.com/survey to enter to win Guitar Rig 2 with controller (a $600 value) courtesy of Native Instruments, which received a great review from Paul on IHR #20. NOTE: See the Tannoy review update for some good information about Reveal 5A pricing. 00:00 It's our one year anniversary. IHR #1 came out August 22, 2005: go back and give it a listen! Also check out SSL's new contest, where you can download the original digital multitracks from Peter Gabriel's pioneering hit song "Shock the Monkey" and remix them and maybe win an SSL Duende hardware rack EQ and dynamics plugin. Check out some of the great remixes already available too. 07:20 IHR's Rob Gillis has some announcements about IHR, with thanks to our many listeners in Europe, with more info on our gear giveaway featuring NI's Guitar Rig 2, plus our listener forums. 08:43 EAR TRAINING: Paul on audio dynamics compression. This segment features several songs from the Podsafe Music Network - see "Links mentioned" below for information about the artists and links to hear and buy their music. 13:04 GEAR REVIEW - TANNOY REVEAL 5A STUDIO MONITORS: Derek reviews these quality self-powered (active) studio monitor speakers. He has particular praise for the thorough user manual (page links to the free PDF file from Tannoy). 18:25 GEAR REVIEW - ALSOFT DISKWARRIOR FOR MAC: Paul reviews this well regarded and simple to use disk directory scanning and repair utility for Mac computers. 23:13 GUEST INTERVIEW - LES THORN: Derek interviews Les Thorn, who works as a mastering artist from his home in New York City, and has mastered all of Derek's music tracks. Les mentions Waves and Blue Tubes plugins and Samson Resolv 65A monitors as some of his favourites. 32:00 EDITORIAL: Highlights from the last year of IHR. Sort of. Check the next episode for some hot stuff from our association with Blubrry.com. 36:06 END Links mentioned: Remember: any purchase from our links to zZounds (not just these products) helps support IHR. Thanks for those who've already bought some gear there. IHR's great gear giveaway listener survey (listen for the secret word during the show!) to win the Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 (available at zZounds) Peter Gabriel's remix contest to win an SSL Duende Tannoy Reveal 5A monitor speakers Tannoy's great user manual (free PDF) Waves and Blue Tubes plugins Samson Resolv 65A studio monitors Les Thorn's website, mastering page, and before-and-after samples Songs from the Podsafe Music Network used in our dynamics compression ear training segment are "Ain't No Cure" by Doug MacLeod from Black and Tan Records, "Funk2Paddy" by Aidan Doyle, "Blue Eyes" by Justin Winokur, "Fool" by Tommy Brown, "Empty" by Derek Clegg, and "Soul on My Foot" by Aux and Big Mike Join the IHR Flickr photo group IHR at Blubrry.com Join the discussion at the IHR forums. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A. The New York skyline photo is from Chris Linton at Flickr.com.

Deals at zZounds, Mailbag, Vocal Recording, Data Compression, FXpansion BFD Drums, Editorial on Tech Support, Upcoming First Anniversary Total time: 34 min 54 sec. Hosted by Paul Garay and Derek K. Miller. See "Links mentioned" below to visit the sites we discuss. 00:00 Intros, Derek's back from vacation, GarageBand vs. Logic Pro for assembling podcasts, trying to put together some good-deal bundles for our zZounds affiliate program, right now NI Komplete 3 is a deal at $599 USD, IHR forums are getting busy, some interesting stuff coming up for us via the Blubrry.com podcasting community. 04:20 MAILBAG: Lance on pre- and post-fader effects (see the website discussion); Noel on his switch to Mac after 15 years on PCs and keeping computer recording setups working well; Andrew from the Home Recording Odyssey podcast on the benefits of Pro Tools and the frustrations of getting it set up. 09:00 IHR 101 - VOCAL RECORDING PART 1: Paul on effective techniques for recording vocals, especially under time pressure. Includes advice on microphones, mic preamps, polar patterns (cardioid vs. omnidirectional etc.), room acoustics and recording in closets. 15:40 IHR 101 - AUDIO FILE DATA COMPRESSION: Derek on making digital files (MP3, AAC, WMA, Ogg, etc.) take up less space on your hard drive, web server, or iPod without totally killing sound quality, with sound samples. Watch the IHR blog for some follow-up and direct links to the sample files. 24:30 GEAR REVIEW: Paul reviews FXpansion's extremely cool BFD drum plugin. See his review notes. 31:25 EDITORIAL: Don't forget to check with manufacturers' websites, or to contact their support, if you have problems with or questions about a product. Paul did, and with Native Instruments' help got Guitar Rig 2 working great on his PowerBook after all. He also found out that he can transfer his GR2 license from machine to machine, and authorize up to two machines at a time. 34:54 END - Show #22 will be IHR's first anniversary! Links mentioned: Remember: any purchase from our links to zZounds (not just these products) helps support IHR. Thanks for those who've already bought some gear there. Apple GarageBand (part of iLife) Apple Logic Pro at zZounds Native Instruments Komplete 3 deal at zZounds Blubrry.com Home Recording Odyssey podcast at homestudio.com.au Digi 002 and Pro Tools MIDIoverLAN Rode NT2 condenser mic at zZounds FXpansion BFD at zZounds Apple's new Mac Pro at the Apple Store Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 at zZounds Native Instruments support and downloads Join the IHR Flickr photo group IHR at Blubrry.com Join the discussion at the IHR forums. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A.

Giveaway Draw, New Forums, Ear Training on Processing Mistakes, NI Guitar Rig 2 Review, Headphone Roundup, Software vs. Hardware Editorial Total time: 42 min 26 sec 00:00 Intros, Derek's daughters are co-hosting for our giveaway, Blubrry.com, first video podcast, Paul's macProVideo courses. 02:45 GIVEAWAY: From submissions in our free public IHR photo pool. Listen to find out who the winner is! 05:10 Derek admits a mistake, and reminds everyone to back up your audio files. 06:08 MAILBAG: Musedit, new IHR forums, USB mics, separating MIDI instruments in Logic, voice-over advice. 08:05 IHR's Rob Gillis thanks you for supporting us through 20 shows, talks about sponsorship and advertising. 09:27 EAR TRAINING: Paul on how to spot mix processing mistakes (gain, distortion, overcompression, stereo-mono), stereo war story. 14:30 GEAR REVIEW: Paul on Native Instruments' new Guitar Rig 2. 23:45 GEAR REVIEW: Derek on quality recording headphones. 37:25 EDITORIAL: Software vs. hardware. 42:26 END Links mentioned: Our experimental video podcast Paul's macProVideo online Reason course Giveaway contents: Andy Walker's security book, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, and Viruses Derek's Penmachine Sessions album GoDaddy drink holders MacMice USB "The Mouse" Art Vista virtual piano plugin Mailbag and forums discussion: Musedit.com USB mics MIDI in Logic Voice-over advice Guitar Rig 2 from Native Instruments: NI registration site Paul's photos of Guitar Rig 2 in use GR2 videos and tutorials Other reviews of GR2, also from Music Tech magazine and audioMIDI.com Derek's IK Multimedia AmpliTube 2 review from IHR #18 Headphone test tracks: AC/DC's "Back in Black" OutKast's "Intro" from Speakerboxxx Peter Gabriel's "No Way Out" from Up Headphones: Derek's photos of headphones from this roundup Auto Technica ATH-M20 AKG K240S and other K2xx series Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Sony Street Style (newer derivatives of the MDR-G72) Sennheiser PX100 Shure E3C Etymotics ER-4P Other headphones mentioned but not reviewed: Koss PortaPro Grado SR60 Shure E4C Etymotic ER-6 Ultimate Ears and Future Sonics Sony MDR-7506 Beyerdynamics DT250-80 Software vs. hardware: Focusrite hybrid effects Universal Audio UAD1 card (reviewed on IHR #15) TC Electronics PowerCore Tape recording at TapeOp.com Boss CE-300 analog chorus Forums discussion IHR's zZounds affiliate program helps us pay the bills Flickr group for giveaway IHR at blubrry.com Join the discussion at the IHR forums. Our theme music, "Acidic Bond," is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A.

Paul's Back From Vacation, Special Guests Mike Kaye and Renee Cook, Notion Review, Switching to Mac, Lots of Mail PLEASE NOTE: For obscure technical reasons, the MP3 version of this show will be a couple of days late. Sorry for the delay! 00:00 Intros 01:00 Welcome Mike Kaye from switchingtomac.com, and find out how we recorded three people in three separate locations 04:20 Summary of what's coming up this episode 05:55 MAILBAG: Greetings from M-Audio, recommendations for voiceover work, audio snakes and mixer sends/returns, will we review Logic Pro or SONAR?, Canadian online sales 17:45 Read the blog for upcoming answers about plugins, podsafe music, mixing and mastering tips, and the upcoming IHR forum 18:30 Giveaway extended: please email us your photos, or links to your photos 19:30 GEAR REVIEW: Renee Cook reviews Notion digital notation software 26:00 INTERVIEW: Mike Kaye on switching to Mac 32:00 EDITORIAL: Don't forget to check out all the new blog posts at the website, email us your photos for our current giveaway, IHR now listed at blubrry.com Links mentioned: M-Audio Blue Snowball USB mic Focusrite TrakMaster voice strip compressor/EQ MXL condenser mics Heil Sound PR30 and PR40 dynamic speech mics Electro-Voice (EV) RE-20 dynamic speech mic (also check out the Shure SM7B) Audio snakes Cakewalk SONAR Apple Logic Pro and Logic Express macProVideo Renee Cook Virtuoso Works Notion notation software Switching to Mac website and blogcast Our new zZounds affiliate program helps us pay the bills Flickr group for giveaway IHR at blubrry.com Remember: we've extended our giveaway. Email us your photos or links to photos of your recording rig, however small or large, at comments {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com, or join our IHR Flickr photo group. You could win a prize package that includes Andy Walker's excellent book The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, and Viruses. Our theme music is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A.

Derek's Now Permanent, New IHR Site, Giveaway, $500 Studio, AmpliTube 2, PC Security 00:00 Intros: Live from the John B Pub in Coquitlam, British Columbia. Derek's now permanent co-host! 01:40 Changes to the website, but no change to your podcast subscriptions. Visit the blog (or subscribe to it too) between shows for lots of fresh updates. 02:40 This week's giveaway is for the book Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware & Viruses by Canadian Andy Walker. To enter, we ask you to post pictures of your recording rig at the

On extra-long episode 17, Paul welcomes "iHost" Derek K. Miller back for another show, offers an ear training session on phase cancellation, and reviews Serato Pitch 'n Time LE. Derek reviews the Blue Snowball USB condenser microphone and interviews musician Craig Northey. The Mailbag highlights vocal harmonizers and low-priced gadgets and gizmos. Visit www.insidehomerecording.com and read the full shownotes for more. Total time about 49 minutes, with host Paul Garay and interim co-host ("iHost") Derek K. Miller, from Vancouver, Canada. Visit our website at insidehomerecording.com. Mailbag: We do read all your email, but there are so many we can't reply to all of them, either via email or on the show. Darrell's amazing use of the TC-Helicon VoiceWorks vocal harmonizer in a live solo piano act in Japan Please send us ideas for gadgets and gizmos (items under $100) to comments {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com. Here are some of our first ideas: MacMice MicFlex gooseneck USB microphone Earthworks KickPad dedicated bass drum hardware EQ MacMice GuitarPlug and MicPlug Ear Training: Links from Paul on phase and phase cancellation: Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada Recording Weekly Moulton Labs Reviews: Serato Pitch 'n Time LE for Logic (Paul) Blue Snowball USB condenser microphone (Derek) Leo Laporte of TWiT.tv also has a good MacBreak video podcast (episode #4) overview of some USB microphones Guest Interview - Craig Northey: Derek interviews Craig Northey, Canadian musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, and home recordist Craig used his classic Roland DM-800 and drumKAT in his studio, as well as a Power Mac G4 and MOTU Digital Performer Craig's solo album, Giddy Up, is available at iTunes, Maple Music, and CD Baby Other albums, including his old band Odds and more recent collaborations with Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms, Rob Baker of the Tragically Hip, Colin James, Rosanne Cash, and others, are available at iTunes, where CDs are sold, and via Craig's discography

In episode 16, Derek K. Miller discusses miking a drum kit with a single microphone, and reviews IK's Classik Studio Reverb. Quick 'n' Dirty Drum Miking 101 Derek's photos of his drum miking setup - flickr.com/photos/penmachine/sets/72157594148211987/ MXL990 condenser microphone - mxlmics.com/condenser_mic/900_Series/MXL990/mxl990.htm AKG D112 dynamic bass drum microphone - http://akg.com/products/powerslave,mynodeid,186,id,261,pid,261,_language,ENUS.html Primer on Recording Drums at Home from Kimchee Records - kimcheerecords.com/articles/drums/ TapeOp magazine drum miking forums - messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=31237 "Underground Drum Sounds" from Electronic Musician - emusician.com/mag/emusic_underground_drum_sounds Derek's February blog post, "It Sucks to Record Drums" - penmachine.com/2006/02/it-sucks-to-record-drums.html Classik Studio Reverb Review IK Multimedia website - classikstudioreverb.com/prod-CSR.html FAQ about USB dongles for IK software and limitations on resale - ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?IKFaq Announcement about Universal support for Intel Macs - macnn.com/news/34272 MacBook Apple MacBook main page - apple.com/macbook PowerPC plugins won't work with Universal applications running natively on Intel Macs - docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303120 Rosetta is the built-in technology that lets Intel Macs run PowerPC software - apple.com/rosetta MacBooks are pretty hot - intelmactemp.com

From episode 15, Paul Garay's first solo episode of Inside Home Recording: Paul's first solo show. Gear reviews: Propellerheads Drum Kits 2.0. Special guest and fellow home recordist, Gary Bourgeois. Also, "Ear Training". Reason Drum Kits Review Looking to add some killer acoustic drum sounds to your Reason songs? You should check out Drum Kits 2.0 Refill for Reason 3.0. You also might be very interested to see a super cool video presentation. Overall: I thought it sounded very good and gives you very flexible control over the sounds, mixing of the kits, and effect settings. My only gripe was that it took way to long to load on in Mac OS X. When I used it in Win XP, it loaded much faster, leaving me wondering why that was? See insidehomerecording.com for more information about this episode.