Make Beats - Start With The MixWritten by Peter "Jazdout" Weis
Mixing is always one of biggest problems for new engineers, home recordist and protools newbies. Unfortunetly eveybody thinks there is some big dark secret to mixing. Any engineer will tell you their are tricks and techniques, but no secrets. The best way to improve your mix is to improve your recordings. That sounds almost to easy, but it is true. When you first start to record vocals or an instrument with a mic dont just press record. Listen to signal coming in. Look at way microphone is placed. Try changing distance between pop filter and microphone or pattern of microphone. Use your ears! Once you begin to record worst thing you could do is "Set It and forget it" Things are always changing when your record. Some times a vocalist will get tired and levels will drop. Other times a vocalist might get louder and louder with each take as they get more comfortable. You have to be mindful of all these things and more to get good quality recordings. Other things that can also cause problems are Jewlery and chains. That G-Unit spinner is gonna cause havoc on on your vocal tracks. There is no need to be iced out in booth! Make sure hats,arms, hand, legs or anyting else dont hit microphone or stand while recording.
| | HDTV and the iPod photo: A Perfect Marriage?Written by Robert Armstrong
They may seem like an odd combination, but iPod photo could be perfect choice for anyone who wants to view photo slideshows on an HDTV. The iPod photo can store thousands of digital photos, and syncs with a Mac or PC via iTunes. It will read any slideshows you’ve created in iPhoto on a Mac or Photoshop Album on a PC and copy them to iPod. Alternatively you can tell it to copy a folder full of images from your hard drive as a slideshow. Also, with addition of an optional camera connector($29), you can copy photos directly from a digital camera and automatically create a slideshow from them on iPod photo. All slideshows can be set to music. To connect iPod photo to an HDTV you’ll need to first make sure that your HDTV has composite video and audio inputs and then purchase iPod photo AV cable ($19) from Apple. Connect iPod to your TV, select appropriate input and hey presto, your slideshow can be seen in beautiful, bright widescreen glory on your HDTV. It’s
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