IHR Episode #47 (Enhanced) – Multitimbral MIDI, SampleTank 2.5, GarageBand ’08 (2007_09_30)

Summary: [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