The YouTube video below is of an amazing drummer & street performer based in New York, NY: There are other videos on YouTube showcasing this performer. But there’s a disturbing trend in many of these videos (not the least to say the comments) — I didn’t find a single video that mentioned what the drummer’s [...]
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New Microphone Replaces the Traditional Mechanical Mic Diaphragm with Smoke and Lasers
Audio engineer David Schwartz and his son Daniel have created a new type of microphone (still in the prototype stage) that replaces the traditional mechanical diaphragm used in mics with a stream of smoke and lasers. A photo-detector picks up changes in the density of the light due to the sound pressure waves acting on [...]
Logic Pro 9 Amp Designer Demo
One of the new features in Logic Pro 9 is the Amp Designer. Assuming that you’re not miking your own guitar amps, this opens up the possibility of not having to purchase either a separate software amp simulator or hardware amp simulator for doing direct recordings of your guitar playing into Logic. But how good [...]
EarPractice.com Lesson 2: Intervals – Perfect 5th and Minor 7th (musical ear training)
EarPractice.com was created by Geoff Peters and myself with the goal of helping “you become a better music listener and musician by presenting a series of informative and fun ear training videos.”1 In our second offering, Geoff talks about intervals, in particular, perfect 5ths and minor 7th intervals on the piano. After a short quiz, [...]
Sound Design for Star Wars: Ben Burtt on Creating the Lightsaber Sounds
According to Wikipedia, Benjamin “Ben” Burtt, Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is a “…four-time Academy Award-winning American sound designer for many famous and noteworthy films, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and WALL-E, as well as a film director, screenwriter, editor and voice actor. He is most notable for creating many of the iconic sound effects [...]
