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ooooo, good topic! For Juhyo, we generally record jams as two stereo pairs (one from each of our mixers) to four tracks of a Zoom H6. We'll take the files and load them into a DAW (for years was Tracktion, then moved to Ardour for a few years before recently coming back to Tracktion on Ubuntu), list...

I don't know if it's still sold but I got it from https://www.etsy.com/shop/ElectroLobotomy. If you know how to solder it wouldn't be too hard to make yourself. Basically it's a wooden board with 3 large springs attached to it, coupled with a contact mic and amplifier. Cool cool. I made a quick and...

Anyway use what you want I don't care, but why not use a better tool for the job? because "better" is so subjective. I tried using Premiere for years for video editing, and got nothing done because I just couldn't wrap my head around the workflow and operation of it. When Sony Vegas added...

W.K. wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:11 pm

Curious to get more info on the spring device, and I like the two-plane setup of the modular rig!

and I'll follow up with this, about any tool - use what you're comfortable with, and what provides the least amount of friction between your brain and what you want to create. If you find GIMP to have a difficult learning curve, or just isn't comfortable for you, use Photoshop! If Audacity doesn't d...

People are still using Gimp? Jesus Christ. Using Gimp for artwork is like using Audacity for a audio project with multiple stems. Do yourself a favour and save up for something like Affinity Photoshop or something that's at least not as archaic as Gimp. Yeh you can learn Gimp but it will save a lot...

whole lot of Minneapolis noise shows, shot by me (as well as the occasional metal and hardcore set). Some of the artists appearing multiple times over the years: GNAWED STRAIGHT PANIC CUSTODIAN (plus Kathogah, plus Utica Crib) ANTHONY AMELANG DOLORES DEWBERRY BACULUM plus plenty of others, the 2018 ...

quick plug..there`s a Like Weeds / Andrew Nolan split C30 on its way from Industrial Coast, his side is fantastic. https://industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/andrew-nolan-like-weeds I saw! stoked to check it out (and the Bastard Noise / Like Weeds cs that Wood sent me a few days ago!) Nolan is t...

Two things to recommend -

"Parents" - under-appreciated weird horror from Bob Balaban in 1989. Trailer - https://youtu.be/VVDxDXq1VEY

"Vore King" - documentary from 2016 - hard to describe, check the trailer - https://youtu.be/VVDxDXq1VEY

When playing live, if you're not in some sort of costume for the performance, when you're picking out your shirt for the show... always rep your friend's bands.

GIMP is perfectly capable for layout work. Second what was said above - get a template file from NAC or wherever, import it into GIMP at 300dpi (or better if you have higher resolution printers available to you, but 300dpi is generally fine. Add a transparent layer above it (usually at the lower lef...

current listening on this front - JK Flesh "Suicide Estate" (a few years old but new to me), Andrew Nolan's "Black Creek" and "Lonely Water" releases, and digging through Mick Harris' FRET releases.

Just to be clear, I meant that I am the person congratulating the artist in the imaginary exhange above. I probably should just stop asking others if they’re happy with their set and let them know I myself liked it. I will also offer criticism if asked, especially if it’s a show I myself am organis...

chryptusrecords wrote: ↑Mon Jan 31, 2022 1:34 pm thanks bill! i'm excited to see juhyo again in march ;)

Thanks Leo! Hopefully we'll get some decent video collage together to go with the set.

In my experience this happens about 100% of the time: yeah, and I used to do it a ton myself. I'm actively trying (and encouraging others to try, ESPECIALLY people who are new to live performance) to accept praise, accept that even if I had issues someone else enjoyed what I did, and I don't need t...

Just try to focus when I can, give priority to projects that I have enjoyed in the past or who I have a personal connection with, and accept the fact that I can't hear it all.

chryptusrecords wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:41 pm

gorgeous.

the thing I like most about the 404 is the ability to play loops of differing bar lengths, so depending on how long the loops are, the piece as a whole will never repeat. so much of my use has been just that - not sequencing with it, not using the internal effects, not sampling directly with it, but...

I'll throw in a plug for my pal Andy's label Mortville - he goes deep, he puts out a lot of stuff, and pretty sure it's all free / pay what you like downloads on BC. https://mortvillenoise.bandcamp.com/ Full disclosure, I'm in Big Fist Johnny with him, and provide drums for some of the more recent C...

oooh, forgot to mention Planetary - really liked that series! Nice meta-take on lots of different genre fiction & comic tropes (Tarzan, Dracula, Superman, Fantastic Four etc) smartly executed through the lens of a team of "weirdness hunters" with superhuman abilities.

a thing that I’ve started doing is to let my recordings rest for a while before going back into them. Just to get a somewhat fresh view on the quality of the recordings, both source material and sessions before mixing. This is never bad advice. It's amazing how much a little distance will allow you...

WCN wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 2:40 pm *edit: I think a thread about mastering in general would be useful, and I'm not a technical expert on the matter.

We need Grant in here immediately... but he's probably too busy mastering something!

Helvitis - seconded, I really like those pieces.

screamandwrithe wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 9:04 am Oh man, what a treat that would have been at the theatre - as a surprise no less. Lino Ventura is always the best.

I was insufferable for weeks afterwards, telling everybody "oh my god, you HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!"

That makes me think of another advice : learn to solder. Wether it's just fixing your cables or making a contact mic, building/repairing pedals/modules or designing your circuits... It's cheap, quite easy, and it opens a lot of possibilities. That said, I am also guilty of the dumb faulty cable put...