Comments for project 52 http://developermusic.com/blog an attempt to record and release a new song every week for one year Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:36:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on developer biography by Roberto Cláudio Cordeiro http://developermusic.com/blog/developer-biography/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Roberto Cláudio Cordeiro Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:36:43 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?page_id=15#comment-2613 Awesome! Congratulations! I'm from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. I wanna know what is the multitrack for iPhone and drums that you used to record your musics? Thank you! RCC Awesome! Congratulations!

I’m from Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
I wanna know what is the multitrack for iPhone and drums that you used to record your musics?

Thank you!

RCC

]]> Comment on developer biography by Maus http://developermusic.com/blog/developer-biography/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Maus Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:00:19 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?page_id=15#comment-561 Hello, I have recently been recording my music on my iPhone using the Wireworks app and I have become a big fan of your blog which has inspired me a lot. I really like your recordings and I'm amazed at the quality you have been able to achieve. I have told a few friends about your Project 52 and they really like it. I'm just starting out with the recording and still have a lot to learn. I like old prewar blues and roots/country stuff and I've been recording myself with the iPhone mic and the Wireworks app. I have Adobe Audition and I import the wavs to that and add a little reverb and compression from the Adobe Audition presets. I'm sure I could do more to improve the sound though and so I have a few questions if you have time to answer please: 1. Do you think the Blue Mikey is a vast improvement on the iPhone's built-in mic? I'd like one but can't afford the cash right now. 2. What kind of mic placement do you think is best for acoustic guitar? At the moment, I aim the iPhone mic directly at the soundhole, a couple of feet away to avoid clipping. I'd like to record myself singing and playing at the same time as I feel my vocals are best this way but I'm not sure where to put the mic to get a balanced level between the guitar and vocals? I read of one guy putting the mic above his head? What do you think? 3. I'm thinking of setting up an old-timey pots and pans drumkit for the old blues stuff but again, I'm not sure how to set up the mic as I'll only have the iPhone mic. Would you put it overhead somewhere for best results? I saw The 88 in their video place the iPhone on the floor with a cushion as a barrier against the harsher frequencies? 4. Finally, I'm a bit ignorant about post effects in my DAW and I know more could be done here to lift the recordings. Do you have any tips about EQing, compression, reverb etc. for guitar, vocals or in general? I don't know much about this and tend to just go with Adobe Audition's presets and never do anything with EQing. Is it worth switching to Reaper maybe? For example, I like how cleanly the iPhone and 4-track capture my recordings but I always think the overall results sound a bit thin and trebly when turned up on a hi-fi. Is there any way to solve this problem in post effects? Any tips or stats you have for this would be much appreciated. Sorry for all the questions and thanks for helping a noob out :) All the best, Maus Hello,

I have recently been recording my music on my iPhone using the Wireworks app and I have become a big fan of your blog which has inspired me a lot. I really like your recordings and I’m amazed at the quality you have been able to achieve. I have told a few friends about your Project 52 and they really like it.

I’m just starting out with the recording and still have a lot to learn. I like old prewar blues and roots/country stuff and I’ve been recording myself with the iPhone mic and the Wireworks app. I have Adobe Audition and I import the wavs to that and add a little reverb and compression from the Adobe Audition presets. I’m sure I could do more to improve the sound though and so I have a few questions if you have time to answer please:

1. Do you think the Blue Mikey is a vast improvement on the iPhone’s built-in mic? I’d like one but can’t afford the cash right now.

2. What kind of mic placement do you think is best for acoustic guitar? At the moment, I aim the iPhone mic directly at the soundhole, a couple of feet away to avoid clipping. I’d like to record myself singing and playing at the same time as I feel my vocals are best this way but I’m not sure where to put the mic to get a balanced level between the guitar and vocals? I read of one guy putting the mic above his head? What do you think?

3. I’m thinking of setting up an old-timey pots and pans drumkit for the old blues stuff but again, I’m not sure how to set up the mic as I’ll only have the iPhone mic. Would you put it overhead somewhere for best results? I saw The 88 in their video place the iPhone on the floor with a cushion as a barrier against the harsher frequencies?

4. Finally, I’m a bit ignorant about post effects in my DAW and I know more could be done here to lift the recordings. Do you have any tips about EQing, compression, reverb etc. for guitar, vocals or in general? I don’t know much about this and tend to just go with Adobe Audition’s presets and never do anything with EQing. Is it worth switching to Reaper maybe?

For example, I like how cleanly the iPhone and 4-track capture my recordings but I always think the overall results sound a bit thin and trebly when turned up on a hi-fi. Is there any way to solve this problem in post effects? Any tips or stats you have for this would be much appreciated.

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for helping a noob out :)

All the best,
Maus

]]> Comment on developer biography by Paul http://developermusic.com/blog/developer-biography/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Paul Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:26:15 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?page_id=15#comment-448 Really cool stuff! I wish I would have followed you from the beginning, but I am really enjoying going back in time and listening to your wonderful songs. I like to write, play and sing as well, so this is a real treat. In a similar fashion, I am trying to see how much I can do with the Zoom H4n and an AKG C414. The preamps are ok, probably not quite enough to do the AKG justice, but I find it challenging to see what can be done without a computer and real DAW. Good luck on your final week of the project! Can't wait to hear it! Really cool stuff! I wish I would have followed you from the beginning, but I am really enjoying going back in time and listening to your wonderful songs. I like to write, play and sing as well, so this is a real treat. In a similar fashion, I am trying to see how much I can do with the Zoom H4n and an AKG C414. The preamps are ok, probably not quite enough to do the AKG justice, but I find it challenging to see what can be done without a computer and real DAW. Good luck on your final week of the project! Can’t wait to hear it!

]]> Comment on About the Project by Kord Taylor http://developermusic.com/blog/project-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Kord Taylor Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:45:02 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?page_id=18#comment-445 Have you done any stuff with Looptastic yet? Cool site. Have you done any stuff with Looptastic yet?

Cool site.

]]> Comment on Week 47, Devil’s Snare by project52 http://developermusic.com/blog/2010/08/01/week-47/comment-page-1/#comment-431 project52 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:43:29 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?p=875#comment-431 Thanks Dale. Yeah, the drums were a little tough on this one. I ran out of time, otherwise I would've liked to have gone back and worked on the ending a lot more and retaken the guitars and bass over the drums. The best process in theory is to record a scratch guitar track, then drums, and then add the instruments after the drums...but I only get 7 days to put it together and yada yada. :) Thanks Dale. Yeah, the drums were a little tough on this one. I ran out of time, otherwise I would’ve liked to have gone back and worked on the ending a lot more and retaken the guitars and bass over the drums. The best process in theory is to record a scratch guitar track, then drums, and then add the instruments after the drums…but I only get 7 days to put it together and yada yada.
:)

]]> Comment on Week 47, Devil’s Snare by Dale Markham http://developermusic.com/blog/2010/08/01/week-47/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Dale Markham Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:15:23 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?p=875#comment-430 Really good one here, Cory. Gotta be kinda tough get the odd time signature parts to sync for the overdub. I'm assuming you recorded the drums last on this one? In any case it's one of my favorites. Really good one here, Cory. Gotta be kinda tough get the odd time signature parts to sync for the overdub. I’m assuming you recorded the drums last on this one? In any case it’s one of my favorites.

]]> Comment on Week 45, Your Mind by project52 http://developermusic.com/blog/2010/07/18/week-45/comment-page-1/#comment-419 project52 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:42:36 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?p=857#comment-419 I was trying to protect your pr-eye-vacy! My wife, everyone. She's right. though. It's only fair to mention that a further cause of last week's craziness was her having received a tiny but blunt finger to her eyeball first thing Saturday morning. I was trying to protect your pr-eye-vacy! My wife, everyone. She’s right. though. It’s only fair to mention that a further cause of last week’s craziness was her having received a tiny but blunt finger to her eyeball first thing Saturday morning.

]]> Comment on Week 45, Your Mind by Jenn http://developermusic.com/blog/2010/07/18/week-45/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Jenn Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:24:19 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?p=857#comment-418 You forgot to mention my eye. MY EYE!!! You forgot to mention my eye. MY EYE!!!

]]> Comment on developer biography by project52 http://developermusic.com/blog/developer-biography/comment-page-1/#comment-414 project52 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:40:29 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?page_id=15#comment-414 Thank you Ben. Good luck with it. MultiTrack is amazing. Thank you Ben. Good luck with it. MultiTrack is amazing.

]]> Comment on Week 44, Simple Alarm by project52 http://developermusic.com/blog/2010/07/11/week-44/comment-page-1/#comment-413 project52 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:39:18 +0000 http://developermusic.com/blog/?p=847#comment-413 Haha, thanks Seth. Will do. Haha, thanks Seth. Will do.

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