A friend of mine recently made a traditional short animation by photographing every frame individually. I thought that would be a good exercise for me to practice a bit of sound design/ audio post-production. This is the second version of it (first one will never be seen...) All the sounds are from fresound.org and edited/ … Continue reading A Perfectly Sad Day – a short animation Audio Post Production
Audio Technology
Posts related to my Audio technology studies and hobby
Make a record like it would be the 1800s – 1st prototype
The first electronic microphone was invented and patented during the second half of the 19th century. There were a few different, not the most practical solutions invented, before the loose contact carbon microphone was built by Emelie Berliner and David Edward Hughes. My idea is to re-create a working microphone in a kit form, using … Continue reading Make a record like it would be the 1800s – 1st prototype
Shure SM57 & its clones turn 55 and the OP makes a discovery
The legendary SM57 microphone from Shure is turning 55 years old, which is a grand age for a piece of tech item still in production. It is allegedly the most used microphone of all time and if you ever held a microphone in your hands you have a good chance that it was (or some … Continue reading Shure SM57 & its clones turn 55 and the OP makes a discovery
Pro-Tools & Windows audio troubleshooting, aka how (not) to have a nightmare
I am a DAW beginner, probably even a noob. However, I feel, I can pick software products up fairly quickly, a DAW is just another one, albeit a very complex one. I have spent a couple of longer sessions over the weekend with Pro-Tools recently in order to get through some college assignments and learning … Continue reading Pro-Tools & Windows audio troubleshooting, aka how (not) to have a nightmare
Analogue to Digital Conversion Process – jargon buster
I had to make some notes for an upcoming assessment at college and I thought this is a good idea to make a useful post out of it. This information can be collided separately from other places (see references), but this short compendium might be useful for the unanointed or for anyone else whom might … Continue reading Analogue to Digital Conversion Process – jargon buster
Music From Outer Space – I have instantly improved the quality of my life by building the Alien Screamer and the Weird Sound Generator
I would love to be knowledgeable and skilled enough to be able to design sound synthesizers and audio gear from scratch. Well, I am not yet clever that much, but this does not diminish my enthusiasm for DIY electronics and sound creations! Luckily there is an abundance of very creative and skilled people out there, … Continue reading Music From Outer Space – I have instantly improved the quality of my life by building the Alien Screamer and the Weird Sound Generator
A selection of microphones Vol I.
This is a list of commonly used microphones in a studio environment and their brief description. I am studying audio and this might be useful for some with similar interest. If you know your beans and spot an error, please leave comment SE 2200 II SE-2A AKG C1000 AKG C451 BAKG C414 XLS Cascade Fat … Continue reading A selection of microphones Vol I.
Basic 8 step sequencer – upgrade your Atari Punk Console
The sequencer is an (mostly) electronic device which triggers sounds in steps in a continuously repeating sequence. The origin of such a machine is dating back several hundreds of years, since music machines were constructed. The one which resembles most to the modern computer based sequencing softwares are the barrel organs which were using long … Continue reading Basic 8 step sequencer – upgrade your Atari Punk Console
Atari Punk console – the entry to Sound Synthesizers
And so than, I was hooked. My interest in electronics sparked (bad pun) again a couple years ago, when I bought an Arduino microcontroller out of interest, than I was introduced to 3d printers by a friend, than I have started to mess around with ICs and bought a 1000 books on the subject. All … Continue reading Atari Punk console – the entry to Sound Synthesizers
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