Summary: 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 giveawayâthe 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 //
