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Learn how to auto create a bass track usingApple Logic Pro in this free music recording software tutorial video. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Learn how to setup custom hot key commands forApple Logic Pro in this free music recording software tutorial video. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Learn how to set up loops and repeats usingApple Logic Pro in this free music recording software tutorial video. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

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2. Public domain information is a gift. These are works that no longer have copyright attached. They have either fallen into the public domain or were intentionally placed there by the authors. You’d be surprised to find how much information no longer is protected by copyright.
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7. Private label information is being sold across the Internet today by the bucketful. Taken at face value it may not be worth much. But, tweaked with your own special personality and special bonuses you can make a small killing.
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Learn tips on how to edit a song recorded withApple Logic Pro music software in this free video for artists, bands, and songwriters. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Learn how to freeze audio tracks inApple Logic Pro in this free music recording software tutorial video. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Films are an audio visual version, yet most film makers focus solely on the visual part. They tend to forget that without a good audio quality the film would totally loose its impact!

None of your scenes would create that horror or terror or tickle without the right background score! Some of you might think that it can happen just like that – like a magic – but, the news is that nothing in film making happens like a magic!

For a good audio impact what you need is a trained audiophile – a professional who loves to handle the boom of several wanted and unwanted noises with a microphone all through the day.

You must know that almost all the cameras have an in-built mic that records all the dialogues delivered and the other sounds during the shoot but this mic is one of a very poor quality. So, ultimately every film maker lands up working with some external mics.

Here are a few tips to understand your external mics better and enhance the audio quality of your film:

1. Look for a professional in the field who would guide you through all the technical requisites.

2. In case you are planning a lower budget, try working with a friend who is a fresher in the field. He might be inexperienced. But a well trained young talent works wonders at times, better than the far experienced ones.

3. Invest in atleast 2 good quality remote mics that must sync in with your camera. You make your actors wear these remote mics on their body. In order to make them work well, you must place them correctly.

4. Placing the remote mic is rather tricky, but once you know the right way, it is just another daily job for you. You must use your fist with the thumb extended up & pinkie extended down just like the ol’ hang’s loose hand sign. Now, place your thumb under the actor’s chin. Now where your extended pinkie ends, is where you place the mic. It means that the mic close enough in order to capture good sound, but far from enough from the actor’s mouth thereby preventing popping and sibilance.

5. For the group scenes, a mic with a boom is just excellent. The audiophiles have a real tough job that is to handle a boom for days together. But these professionals are trained for the same and are really passionate about it.

6. After the shoot and the recording of the sound done there simultaneously, these sounds are carried back to the studio. Here the film maker edits these sounds so as to match with the images. Unlike the olden days of film making, now the filmmakers have ‘the Non-Linear Systems to Edit the Non-Linear Sounds.’ Popularly this technology is known as the NLE – it enables you to move your sound clips back & forth within the video itself.

7. The sound tracks and sound effects add mood and life to the film. It is always advisable to create fresh music for the film rather than copying it from some where else. Using recorded music could lead to major legal hassles that would affix your film in the post production stage only.

8. Copyrighting laws are quite strict and violating them could cost you far too much to imagine. Remember, anything that belongs to another artist/s or their agent/s, that is if they have an ownership right to the music, no one can use the same without their written permission. There are some ways around this law but not as many and not that easy as well.

9. You can only use the music that is from the public domain. You can only use the music piece or image with no ownership attached to the same, that is there are no person/s or organization/s to claim the proprietary interest of that music or image.

10. To get original work it is always good to hire a professional. To go economical and work rather comfortable try working with a fresher or a friend who is talented enough to compose interesting soundtracks and effects. These days you shall find many budding composers & musicians in search of a chance to work for a film to expose their talent and art.

17. PS Audio Power Plant; Principally I avoid giving specific brands in my non commercial web site. But PS Audio Power Plant is such a special product that similar components do not comparable with. It is a kind of power regenerator powered by electricity. P300 actually regenerates new AC for the audio gear. This regenerated AC is of much better quality than filtered AC because of the stabile voltage and near perfect AC waveform. It also removes 70 dB of EMI and RFI noise from the AC line!

Not all friends are agreed with me but according to me, it is very special equipment that lifts up the entire system to a higher level.

What would you expect from it is much relaxed sound, more layered deep and wide soundstage, crystalline treble and more inner details. Improvements are immediately apparent. Take care to use with power hungry amplifiers. (I am not sure about this currently Note: 2005)

18. CD Surface Treatments; There is several kinds of CD surface treatments in the market. They shine the surface of CD, thus laser picks up more information. What can be expected from a surface treatment is the high frequencies are cleaner and more extended. The easiest and the cheapest method of CD surface treatment is the one that used by pipe lovers .That is the human oil on the skin of face.

I apologize for that ugly tweak but our systems are personal and private anyway don’t they. Human oil has the perfect thin viscosity and can be absorbed by CD surface very easily and effectively. Listen your CD first, smear the CD throughout your forehead and spread the oil with your finger and listen it again.

Don’t forget to spread the oil by your finger every time prior to listen that CD.

19. Objective of the Third Dimension ; The objective of a stereo system is to achieve 3.rd dimension via two channels. All the hi-end or hi-fi equipments have own character, timbre and tonality. For instance a titanium tweeter will have different tonality then a silk dome tweeter. Two different brands of loudspeakers will have different tonalities as if they use the same drive units. The tonality of high end equipment mostly depends on the listening preferences of the designer. We will most probably not like if hear different tonalities from our own equipments even though the other system sounds much better. This case is so often faced; most of the audiophiles don’t like the sound of somebody else’s system despite it is a better system. This case is also evident when buying or testing new equipment at homes. We sometimes test better equipment at home but feel something is still missing compared to our own equipment.

I remember very well, when Sony introduced the first 20 Bits CD player, most of the people found the sound harsh, edgy and coloured. People used to listen dark sounding CD players up to that time and hearing more inner details disturbed them.

I also remember very well that when I modified my old B&W 801 Matrix II monitor speakers and cancelled their protection units, the new sound had disturbed me a lot. I was such unhappy by the new sound and could not have listened at my system for several days. At that time, the manufacturer expressed that “the protection units were needed due to the speakers were designed mainly for recording studios”. They also told to me that the new sound must be clearly better due to the crossover resistance that affects especially the lower mid and upper bass was lowered fairly. After several days of listening them, the sound became better and better. Eventually the sound was surprisingly perfect after few weeks. Actually the sound was the same but perception was changing. (My brain reference was changing)

If this is the often case, how do we distinguish the better unit by listening! There are several ways of it but for me the main method is third dimension capability. This is not the only case for sure but generally speaking, if two units are compared, the better one is the one delivers bigger soundstage, more dept and more height.

This is also the theory of Peter Quodrup from Audio Note UK and I am hundred percent agreed with him.
The distortion of an electronic device is does not effect the tonality of the equipment but mainly effects the inner details. Soundstage dept and height are such hidden factors in inner details that they will be affected first. If the unit provide lower distortion, more precise soundstage, especially more dept will be provided.

20. The Least Powerful Ring of a Chain; Hi-Fi is a kind of chain. Strength of a chain depends on the least powerful ring. Assume a water hose consists of variety of wideness. Derived water capacity will be in accordance with the thinner part.

A system should consist of similar level of equipments. If you add the best CD transport to a standard level of system, there will be some changes but not as expected. Also a poor digital cable will compress the entire sound quality of a very good system.

A long term plan should be prepared before setting up a system and the pieces should be purchased in time. Hurried purchases may come as replacement expense within one or two years.

21. Don’t Immediately Judge a Unit, Give a Chance; Every system can sound well in time. System synergy is a kind of time dependent factor that sometimes takes months, even years. Sometimes we make quick decisions and quick prejudices for good products and immediately make unfair observations. According to me, the main element of the hi-end chain is the loudspeaker. If tonality and characteristics of the speaker is generally fine, or if the overall tonality of the entire system is generally fine, the system can be carried up for several further steps by playing with cables, tweaks, locations, tubes etc.

22. Critical Adjustments Should be Done by Listening Symphonic Music or Chorus Music; Once we decided about the main components of our system, we play with cables, tubes, tweaks and other accessories till finding the desired tonality. Adjusting the tonal balance of a system by listening single instruments or jazz trios may mislead us.

Upper mid and the treble bands of a sound is easily disappeared if somebody is far away from the original signal. This is the case, if we listen at a live concert or listen at a hi-end system. If this is the case, such instruments like saxophone, guitar, violin, even a human voice are darker and distant if we listen at a very good live record. Whenever we increase mid/treble band of the system by tweaks, such instruments became more open, detailed and dynamic. But one thing should be in mind that we may add a subtle amount of coloration to sound unconsciously. If a system is trimmed by listening small trios or single instruments, singe voices, this risk is really big. Such a system may not play a classical music performed by a big orchestra. If such symphonic music is listened, the system may reveal harshness and brightness.

It is often said that somebody’s system plays well in classics but sounds quite dark in jazz, or somebody else’s system is quite revealing in jazz but very bright and glazing at classical music. I believe this is the main reason of those phenomena

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Hi-End is such a passion that so many opportunist firms and persons are added every year in spite hi-end community is not growing enough. Prices are multiplied by 3, 5, 10s every year. Every producer pretends to be one of the best in the world or at least within particular price level. Manufacturers issue review reports prepared by some ones!

No testing equipments in today’s technology can prove that their claims are correct or no testing equipments can invalidate that their claims are wrong. In no way equipment can compare two units each other and prove that one is better sounding then the other. Pretended best in the world equipments/cables often suck in blind testing. If this is the case, it is easy to claim to be the best in the world due to nobody can prove the opposite.

The price of valuable equipment can fall down to 1/3 of the purchasing price within few years by the additions of MK-II’s, MK-III’s, Special Editions, and Signature Versions

While the best speaker in the world was sold by 7.000 ? Twenty years ago, the best speaker nowadays is more then 200.000? A poor line stage which is used to lower the volume is sold out by 40.000.?

Hi-End technology does not grow up for years. Most of the hi-end producers are very small family entrepreneurs that targeting very rich few niche people. They don’t have proper research and development laboratories. Design and esthetical properties are the priorities.

I have the strong impression that Hi-End is digging its own grave with that pricing policy. We will see what will happen to hi-end after 30 years.

It is a deep less hole. My humble recommendations for the just starters is that go with second hand market products and go by reasonable priced equipments to minimize the losses of years. Never look for the perfect sound which is not exist in any money. Keep in mind that a 300.000? Worth amplifier may be % 2-3 better then a 5.000? Worth of his small brother.

Best regards with lots of music..

Learn how to set audio track parameters usingApple Logic Pro in this free music recording software tutorial video. Expert: Bill Macpherson Bio: Bill Macpherson has been playing guitar professionally for more than 20 years. In addition to his guitar playing, he runs a recording studio. Filmmaker: Paul Ferguson

Music gear is equipment that helps in music recording and producing. Whether used for personal recording, home recording studio, or in the professional studio. The purpose is the same, but the difference is the technology used, quality and the price.

Recording may consist of recordings related to television, stage shows and many such things. Compromising on quality of instruments can be fatal for business. But then, spending a lot of money on new instruments and equipment may not always be feasible. Therefore, buying used music gear is the best solution.

The advantage of buying second hand or used music gear is that it will be less expensive. But sometimes the problem occurs when the cheaper gear does not prove to be of good quality. It should be taken into account that the purpose of buying used musical equipments is to get inexpensive gear but with acceptable quality.

Therefore, without getting attracted just by price, the equipment should be checked properly. The usability and the dependability should be examined properly to ensure the quality.

Again, when we talk about the quality, it not only refers to the sound but also the strength of the equipment and the material used. Therefore, the examination also includes checking the condition of the material, the finishing, the workmanship and especially the technicalities. These things are important due to the fact that used equipment does not come with quality assurance or with guarantee.

There are many places where used music gear can be bought. There are stores that organize regular auctions. Then, there are online options too, where the choices are more and even the price is comparatively lower compared to the other stores. But the problem of buying from online stores is that there is no option for checking the equipment personally. The details about the music gear is provided in the sites and you will be able to physically check them only when you get the delivery, which is after the payment has already been made.

But there are a few stores that offer a 30 day return policy. That means that the music gear can be returned in 30 days of buying, if the quality or functioning is not satisfactory. This will give the opportunity to check and examine the music gear that is bought and it can even be rejected if any kind of technical problem is found .

Gone are the days of classical hardware studio. The modern software studio require high tech music gear. Therefore, while setting up a modern studio that is faster and of a higher quality, the purchasing process should include some brand new gear. Especially, some things like multi-track recorders, microphones, audio effects; amplifiers and mixers. These things have to be in good condition since they include more technical aspects.

Finally, before making up your mind to buy used music gear, it will be helpful to have good information about the company that will provide the best products. As there are many cases of fraud registered everyday, it is necessary to be cautious to ensure that the company is real and a reputed one.