IHR Episode #43 (Enhanced) – More MIDI 101, RAW Loops, Spinnaker Sound (IHR_2007_06_23)
Summary: [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
