2 is a better balance between violin and piano, but sounds like the mic was in a box! 1 is the higher quality recording.

But it doesn't really matter. Because the violinist is going to listen to either of them and say 'God! Was I playing THAT much out of tune?' and refuse to let you submit either.

I am suprised. The way you talk I get the impression that you can hear a short note and can tell the pitch? Like this is an A3 -4 cents? Thats incredible to me. Can you tell what frequency any given sound is when you hear it? :shocked: If a note has a discernable pitch, it doesn't matter how long ...

I am not trained to hear if a note is in pitch or not. Well, with all respect, that's your main problem then! Knowing when something sounds right is perhaps the most vital prerequisite for doing anything in music production! But I'm sure you're being too hard on yourself. Listen to some of the ...

Any ideas on how to get a good read on the pitch of single staccato notes? Oh, for goodness's sake! Has the MUSIC element been completely lost from 'Music Technology'? LISTEN to the note. If it sounds 'off', tweak it until it isn't! Even if you do get a clear read-out from some analysis program, it ...

There is a lo-cut setting on your Zoom h4n, in the Input menu. I don't think it's turned on by default, but it's worth checking. The classic mic position for pipe organ is up high, in front of the pipes. This may not be practical, but at least try to get it up and out of any location that could be ...

Yes. Apart from the uninspiring lyric, they seem heavily biased against anything but the most amateur dilettante and the most superficial musical content. And if you do manage to slip a catchy melody past the rules, they'll 'arrange' it out of all recognition.

If you do decide to degrade your product through a domestic cassette machine, be sure to advertise clearly that you've done it, so that a certain generation can add nostalgia points. Otherwise everyone will just assume it's a crap recording.

ef37a wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:29 am On an A/B test no one could tell them apart!

No-one can EVER tell 'tell them apart'. (When 'them' are competently-designed reasonably modern electronic devices intended to be linear.)

mfeele01 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 12:20 pm
musical inspiration is fleeting for me. I often find that by the time I set everything up to record my idea is gone.

OK. So your first requirement is a musical jot-pad. Maybe the voice recorder on your phone. Or there's always those 5 lines on a sheet of paper plus a pencil!

Audio needs to be digitised, which involves buffering and hence delay. But this isn't the figure we're generally interested in when speaking of 'audio latency'. Rather the overall time taken to digitise the input audio, crunch it through the DAW's audio engine, maybe adding some effects, then send ...

Arpangel wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:13 am when we pay thousands for an interface you’re building "up" to a standard

Argue about mics and speakers if you like. They're all horribly imperfect, just in different ways - make your choice. But we've sussed amplifiers. Vastly expensive overkill really isn't necessary.

I'm not even going to listen to your tracks. A musician wants you to sing his songs. Assuming there's no payment involved (you to him) what are you arguing about? Give it a try. Have fun!

Unfortunately, we're hearing just as much whiny bollocks from the other viewpoint. Without re-hashing all the arguments, let me just say that statements that kick off with 'Computers will never...' are invariably proved wrong. I expect there will continue to be a market for 'artisan music', just as ...

Thanks for the responses, I think only on the Sound on Sound forum would a simple question about XLR leads expand into an interesting and educational technical breakdown of the leads, connectors and metals involved!!!! Yes, in this warm weather the draught from all these giant technical willies ...

"...a noticeable loss of high end and detail" in an otherwise functioning cable of moderate length seems unlikely. Are you a believer in 'interconnects' generally? Could this possibly be audiophile price-induced delusion? Possibly 'even your wife noticed the difference'. Sorry, but it DOES happen ...

It's actually much more straightforward than you imagine. You write down how much money you received. You write down how much you had to spend to enable you to earn that money. Just one figure goes on your tax form, the difference between the two. If you are investigated, you need to be able to show ...

I refer you to my signature below :-) The trick is to kid yourself that the world DOES need your music, someone's been foolish enough to commission a song (for MONEY!) and there's a deadline. Come up with the best product you can manage by midnight tonight. Then leave it. Tomorrow, a new song. 100 ...

wasn't the NS10 designed as a home Hifi listening monitor - which is why all the studios went for them in such a big way? The story goes that they were designed as hi-fi bookshelf speakers but failed in that market, presumably because of their (over-) analytical sound and fatiguing upper-mid range ...

I'm afraid any attempt to correct either pitch or position in Melodyne mechanically is going to run into problems, particularly when working on vocals. The detected 'start point' and central frequency MAY be the ones we hear, but very often they aren't! There's still a place for operator skill ...

OneWorld wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:26 pm
Carl Orff did it with Carmina Burana, as did Ravel with his Bolero.

Maurice and Carl must be p***ing themselves in the musical Hereafter over how often they are invoked to justify mindless use of a sequencers' looping function!

Did you intend the 'piano' and pad at the beginning to be (sometimes) out of synch? I'm afraid it just sounds sloppy to me. I like the slightly asymmetric rhythm from 0'33". But then you lose me. I'm not hearing much of interest, either musically or sonically. Sorry. Maybe it's just not my style.

Early Bono and full-throttle Adele might just make it work in an unamplified concert hall but Billie Eilish and Gentle Folkie Types would start a shooshing war. I refer you back to the original question. I'm not suggesting NO amplification. Just small amplification, for instruments/voices that use ...

Sam Spoons wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:44 pm Mike's right, it's good to see you back even if it's only an occasional visit.

I'm deeply touched.

Nazard wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:52 am I would have chosen the Queen Elizabeth Hall, but the RFH is probably judged to be more prestigious.

Perhaps they thought they could fill the RFH. Did they?