Open Source Musicians Podcast Episode #15 - Bass

OSMP Episode #15

Intro: 0:0 - 1:16

South East Linux Fest Promo

Banter: 1:16 - 8:25

New bass drum mike mount:

Software Releases:  8:25 - 12:37

Rivendell v1.3.0:

Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License.

Featured Additions:

Podcast System Enhancements.(not sure what kind of podcasting system they have but should investigate.)

Website:

http://www.rivendellaudio.org/

Guitarix 0.03.8-1:

guitarix is a simple Linux Rock Guitar amplifier for jack(Jack Audio Connektion Kit) with one input and two outputs. Designed to get nice thrash/metal/rock/blues guitar sounds. There are controls for bass, treble, gain, compressor, preamp, balance, overdrive, distortion, freeverb, impulse response (), crybaby(wah) and echo . A fixed resonator will be used when distortion is disabled. For 'pressure' in the sound you can use the feedback and feedforward sliders.
Website:
       http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/

Rubber Band library 1.3:

Rubber Band is an audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting library and utility designed for musical applications. It allows you to change the tempo and pitch of an audio recording independently of one another.

Website:

http://breakfastquay.com/rubberband/

Sonic Visualiser 1.5:

Sonic Visualiser is an application for inspecting and analysing the
contents of music audio files. It combines powerful waveform and
spectral visualisation tools with automated feature extraction plugins
and annotation capabilities.
Website:

http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/

Audio Releases: 12:37 - 13:17

None

Tips: 13:17 - 13:34

None

Rants: 13:17 - 18:52
    Don't jump to conclusions with out reading thoroughly - My Email mistake and segment on LMMS
 
Tech Segment: 18:52 - 29:57
    Adding Bass to the mix

Listener Feedback: 29:57 - 38:30

Larry Holish:

I would say that, yes, the podcast has definitely improved! You guys seem more organized and prepared with each episode. The levels of your voices seem to have stabilized and are more consistent. The recorded description of the show over the opening theme is a nice touch. It's helpful when you guys announce you're moving on to the next section of the podcast. It would be great if you could include the total running time of each podcast, and maybe a rough minute of when each section begins in the show notes.

In general, I would say that for me personally, I most appreciate when you go into detail about the technical aspects of a particular subject. Example from the latest podcast that was enlightening to me was the discussion of the right hand dominance of drummers. I'm not a drummer and hate the robotic nature of most drum machines, so I was always all over the "humanize" features of Hydrogen. I would also use "randomize velocity" from a drum's context menu in the pattern editor, anything for something a little more human. But your discussion made sense to me and I think I was probably over doing things a bit with the "humanize" pots. Hand editing of the velocity bars, keeping in mind a stronger right hand, and using the humanize features sparingly might lead to better overall results. That will be my new approach to Hydrogen.

Another example: the episode on reverb. I'll say that a lot of this discussion went over my head a bit, but that's OK. I had no idea that using two reverbs on each instrument, a short and a long, was the way to add depth to a stereo image. I really appreciated the level of detail here. I haven't had a chance to really test this out yet and I'm planning on going back and revisiting this episode (thus my request about publishing times so that I can quickly find a particular tech segment).

I'm enjoying your soup-to-nuts new show theme project. I would encourage you to post your "working" files/tracks during the process, like you've mentioned doing. As the track progresses, I would also like to know more about how you set your recording levels in Ardour for both Hydrogen and the other scratch tracks. Maybe some more discussion about headroom, your approach to mixing and mastering, and when to use plugins pre-fader vs. post-fader. Details are good.

Finally, one other suggestion for a future show topic. Dave Phillips just did an interesting article in the Linux Journal about his studio and gear. I know you've mentioned some of your gear here and there, and also your plans for sound treatment. I think an entire segment (maybe some pics, too?) about Pipeman studios, your instruments and gear, would be cool.

You'll be happy to know that you convinced me to make a donation to the Ardour project. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work!

Contact Info: 38:30 -

E-Mails:

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Twitter and Identi.ca:

http://twitter.com/pipemanmusic
http://identi.ca/pipemanmusic
http://twitter.com/nickishappy
http://identi.ca/nickishappy

Blogs:

http://pipemanmusic.blogspot.com

Skype and SIP:

[e-mail]

PipeManMusic
ruderobot

Forums:

http://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=41

Podcast Out!

Song: 42:35 - 44:20
    Greetings From Lincolnwood - Larry Holish