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The $1K Home Recording Studio Mac Add-on
Update 1: Check out “Making Friends With Some Guy Named Mike” on this band page of mine for an awesome example of this studio in action. 20 years ago digital home recording wasn’t plausible. 10 years...
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Lala.com Review: Legal Web 2.0 Music Trading
Lala.com is an online service for trading physical discs. After entering information on your current CD collection, what CDs you want, and receiving a free shipping kit of envelops and plastic disc...
View ArticleSolaris 10 x64: Get Your Sound Card Working
When I built the $1000, 2TB file server, the on-board nVidia HD audio support of the Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard didn’t work out of the box. It’s a trivial fix using the recently open sourced OSS drivers...
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Three Beers, Three Originals Live Originals
Here’s three original songs from a small set I played a few weeks ago with some friends. If you’ve ever wondered if there is a connection between alcohol consumption and complete loss of control over...
View ArticleWhiskey Three – Deconstructing Fate Preview
My alt. rock band–currently going by Vic Lee And The Whiskey Three–is rehearsing to put together an EP-length studio demo. We practiced in my living room today and decided to let GarageBand run during...
View ArticleWhy Amateur Musicians Use Macs
While discussing tonights U2 concert in Phoenix, I got into a HUGE argument with a Linux user over why amateur musician/producers would have to be mentally challenged for *not* making a Mac their first...
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Getting iTunes To Convert/Export/Bounce To Other File Formats
You’d think iTunes 9 would have a menu option to convert selected, non-DRM’d files to .MP3, .AAC and such. It doesn’t, but there’s a quick–if not silly–workaround to get iTunes to covert your tracks to...
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The $1K CD/DVD/LightScribe Replicator: The DIY Guide To Manufacturing Your...
This do-it-yourself replicator features eight Lite-On CD/DVD burners. By flipping the disc over you can burn images onto the top using the drive lasers. I’ve slowly updated components of The $1K Home...
View ArticleVideo: How To Produce A Live Music Event Recording: Post-Production
To help answer the question of why it takes so long to get an event recording on disc, even for small events, I’ve put together this high-level, high definition (720p) behind-the-scenes walkthrough of...
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