haze015 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 get yourself a free subscription to Tape Op. And read sound on sound. And gearslutz. Gearslutz is hit & miss at best, being an online forum. But some good stuff to be found on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 heh, yeh, same goes for all forums. If you learn who to pay attention to, you can learn a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell_A Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 And read sound on sound. Score... Got a free 3 month sub with my TC electronic gear. Better than nothing eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 yeh, nice one. I used to subscribe but I can't afford it any more. It keeps you up to date with gear. I think if you subscribe you can read the entire back catalogue online too. Oh, and their forum is pretty good for 2nd hand gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Right, I'm doing music tech A level at the moment, and we're now coming to the end of Assignment 1, which required recording an acoustic track. I did Radiohead's There There...and it's not quite finished (still got to redo some EQ'ing and stuff),and there are a few mistakes (playing and recording, but hey it's my first time recording anything). I'm content with it, least compared to some other people shocking recordings in my class...they still can't tune a guitar Any feedback would be much appreciated http://soundcloud.com/deadstar029/there-there-the-boney-king-of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haze015 Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Right, I'm doing music tech A level at the moment, and we're now coming to the end of Assignment 1, which required recording an acoustic track. I did Radiohead's There There...and it's not quite finished (still got to redo some EQ'ing and stuff),and there are a few mistakes (playing and recording, but hey it's my first time recording anything). I'm content with it, least compared to some other people shocking recordings in my class...they still can't tune a guitar Any feedback would be much appreciated http://soundcloud.com/deadstar029/there-there-the-boney-king-of Oh hello the 60's! Need to pan less heavily. In fact, mix levels & EQ in mono where possible, then pan. Stick a hall reverb on those drums as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeychild Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Why does it sound so bad when I record guitar stuff on my computer? Is it the speakers? Or the interface? Or am I just rubbish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Right, I'm doing music tech A level at the moment, and we're now coming to the end of Assignment 1, which required recording an acoustic track. I did Radiohead's There There...and it's not quite finished (still got to redo some EQ'ing and stuff),and there are a few mistakes (playing and recording, but hey it's my first time recording anything). I'm content with it, least compared to some other people shocking recordings in my class...they still can't tune a guitar Any feedback would be much appreciated http://soundcloud.com/deadstar029/there-there-the-boney-king-of That sounds pretty damn good to my untrained ears How are you enjoying your Music Tech course? I'll be taking it next year if I pass the audition and get the grades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Why does it sound so bad when I record guitar stuff on my computer? Is it the speakers? Or the interface? Or am I just rubbish? What is the set up? It could be the speakers you're monitoring on, but your other music sounds good on them, right? Maybe you need moar EQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 That sounds pretty damn good to my untrained ears How are you enjoying your Music Tech course? I'll be taking it next year if I pass the audition and get the grades It's my favourite subject that I'm taking (but then again my other subjects are math, physics and geography..). At my college we mainly focus on recording for the first year, then some live sound stuff the next year, however we don't do much live performances or anything, and it's not necessary to record our own material. There's another college called Haywards Heath where a lot of my friends went who have an impressive music department and their course is totally different. They do live stuff and performances all the time, and write their own songs, but not much recording. They have their own performance hall as well. I do enjoy it though, I've learnt a lot already and it remains the subject that I'm most passionate about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It's my favourite subject that I'm taking (but then again my other subjects are math, physics and geography..). At my college we mainly focus on recording for the first year, then some live sound stuff the next year, however we don't do much live performances or anything, and it's not necessary to record our own material. There's another college called Haywards Heath where a lot of my friends went who have an impressive music department and their course is totally different. They do live stuff and performances all the time, and write their own songs, but not much recording. They have their own performance hall as well. I do enjoy it though, I've learnt a lot already and it remains the subject that I'm most passionate about I'm taking physics, chemistry, maths and further maths with it, but I will probably change my mind about doing chemistry and just go for the other 4. I guess it would be better to do it as it would broaden my options for uni, but I don't know if I'll be able to cope with the extra work I'm really excited about Music tech though. I'm going to Tauntons, and I've heard nothing but good things about their music department, and have been there several times for recording and performing and really like the look of it. I've really only developed a passion for music since I started playing guitar last September, but I've improved a lot, and now music is by far my favorite subject at school. I take it there's quite a lot of theory involved? My mock theory results were pretty dire, along with everyone else in my class, so I've started taking grade 5 theory lessons as recommended by the college so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem by the time I get round to the real exam. The only real worries I have are about the audition since I don't have any instrument grades. According to my guitar teacher I'm working beyond a grade 5 level, but I don't know what I should expect when I go to do it. Is it just prepare a piece, play it and get judged or do they test you on sight reading and theory ect.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I'm taking physics, chemistry, maths and further maths with it, but I will probably change my mind about doing chemistry and just go for the other 4. I guess it would be better to do it as it would broaden my options for uni, but I don't know if I'll be able to cope with the extra work I'm really excited about Music tech though. I'm going to Tauntons, and I've heard nothing but good things about their music department, and have been there several times for recording and performing and really like the look of it. I've really only developed a passion for music since I started playing guitar last September, but I've improved a lot, and now music is by far my favorite subject at school. I take it there's quite a lot of theory involved? My mock theory results were pretty dire, along with everyone else in my class, so I've started taking grade 5 theory lessons as recommended by the college so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem by the time I get round to the real exam. The only real worries I have are about the audition since I don't have any instrument grades. According to my guitar teacher I'm working beyond a grade 5 level, but I don't know what I should expect when I go to do it. Is it just prepare a piece, play it and get judged or do they test you on sight reading and theory ect.? Further Maths is a bitch....14 hours a week There isn't a lot of theory involved with my course at least. I've got two teachers, one of them we're doing the whole recording side of stuff with and we get set assignments across the year to do with recording and mixing. The other we do listening stuff with, like I just had to write a 2 page analysis of an Oasis song about all music-y stuff (texture, timbre, melody, recording techniques etc.) And I never had to audition to get in, no-one in my class did cos they all did music GCSE so the teacher knows they're capable (although tbh I still don't understand how some people got in). There was one girl who had to audition because she didn't do GCSE so she just sang and played guitar to the teacher and got accepted. I doubt they'd test you much on sight reading or theory (I'm one of the only people to be able to read music full stop at my school, even though everyone else has been doing music for 5 years ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Further Maths is a bitch....14 hours a week There isn't a lot of theory involved with my course at least. I've got two teachers, one of them we're doing the whole recording side of stuff with and we get set assignments across the year to do with recording and mixing. The other we do listening stuff with, like I just had to write a 2 page analysis of an Oasis song about all music-y stuff (texture, timbre, melody, recording techniques etc.) And I never had to audition to get in, no-one in my class did cos they all did music GCSE so the teacher knows they're capable (although tbh I still don't understand how some people got in). There was one girl who had to audition because she didn't do GCSE so she just sang and played guitar to the teacher and got accepted. I doubt they'd test you much on sight reading or theory (I'm one of the only people to be able to read music full stop at my school, even though everyone else has been doing music for 5 years ) Not being able to read music I learned that in year 5 when I had compulsory clarinet lessons I've been told I will have to take an audition as I have no grades, but I'm predicted an A* for GCSE music so hopefully getting in shouldn't be too much of a problem considering there's not much performance. Good that there's not too much theory involved then, I'd much rather be actually doing things than writing about how and why we do things (OCR IT is a fucking joke for that ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Not being able to read music I learned that in year 5 when I had compulsory clarinet lessons I've been told I will have to take an audition as I have no grades, but I'm predicted an A* for GCSE music so hopefully getting in shouldn't be too much of a problem considering there's not much performance. Good that there's not too much theory involved then, I'd much rather be actually doing things than writing about how and why we do things (OCR IT is a fucking joke for that ) I learnt clarinet from year 4, clarinet fucking pwns apart from the fact I dropped it first chance I got in year 7 If you get an A* it should be fine. And I know about IT, the work is so easy, then it's 10 pages explaining how and why you did it I could never be arsed with explaining how I did one excel document over the course of a whole term and ended up with 0/120 marks for coursework and dropped it a week before the exam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomparrot Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It's my favourite subject that I'm taking (but then again my other subjects are math, physics and geography..). At my college we mainly focus on recording for the first year, then some live sound stuff the next year, however we don't do much live performances or anything, and it's not necessary to record our own material. There's another college called Haywards Heath where a lot of my friends went who have an impressive music department and their course is totally different. They do live stuff and performances all the time, and write their own songs, but not much recording. They have their own performance hall as well. I do enjoy it though, I've learnt a lot already and it remains the subject that I'm most passionate about I was considering going to Haywards Heath and I think they do BTECs there instead of AS/A Level courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I was considering going to Haywards Heath and I think they do BTECs there instead of AS/A Level courses. My course changed from AS/A Level to BTEC this year, not sure what Haywards Heath do, I can find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomparrot Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 My course changed from AS/A Level to BTEC this year, not sure what Haywards Heath do, I can find out Oh ok fair enough, they're probably with a different exam board then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Oh ok fair enough, they're probably with a different exam board then From what I've heard HH is a pretty good college in general...or maybe it's just mine is so shit. sorry for being off topic for the last page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomparrot Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Yeah I know a few people who've gone there and it's mean't to be so relaxed compared to mine. They have virtually no rules and teachers supposedly don't care whether they turn up or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novus Dies Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I'm taking physics, chemistry, maths and further maths with it, but I will probably change my mind about doing chemistry and just go for the other 4. I guess it would be better to do it as it would broaden my options for uni, but I don't know if I'll be able to cope with the extra work I'm really excited about Music tech though. I'm going to Tauntons, and I've heard nothing but good things about their music department, and have been there several times for recording and performing and really like the look of it. I've really only developed a passion for music since I started playing guitar last September, but I've improved a lot, and now music is by far my favorite subject at school. I take it there's quite a lot of theory involved? My mock theory results were pretty dire, along with everyone else in my class, so I've started taking grade 5 theory lessons as recommended by the college so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem by the time I get round to the real exam. The only real worries I have are about the audition since I don't have any instrument grades. According to my guitar teacher I'm working beyond a grade 5 level, but I don't know what I should expect when I go to do it. Is it just prepare a piece, play it and get judged or do they test you on sight reading and theory ect.? The audition will be like ''can you catch this beanbag?'' he'll throw it at you, and if you catch it, you're in! You get 3 chances. If you plan to go to university consider your options though, not that it's news but some subjects are ''soft'' whether us students like it or not. If you're a multi-instrument player and are pretty good, doing music there's always a shortage of musicians to actually record I find, good ones with a tolerance, so you could see more studio time than the music tech majors because of it haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The audition will be like ''can you catch this beanbag?'' he'll throw it at you, and if you catch it, you're in! You get 3 chances. If you plan to go to university consider your options though, not that it's news but some subjects are ''soft'' whether us students like it or not. If you're a multi-instrument player and are pretty good, doing music there's always a shortage of musicians to actually record I find, good ones with a tolerance, so you could see more studio time than the music tech majors because of it haha Shit, I suck at catching I guess you're right about that. I don't think I'm skilled enough with any instrument to be attempting Music though I'll definitely keep playing through college (and hopefully the rest of my life) so if I manage to get a job in a studio I could always play as well. Do artists look for things like A levels/degrees when their trying to find musicians then? My uncle never studied music at school, nor did he ever go to college or uni, and has still made a decent living teaching/playing guitar. He also said to me once 'learn an instrument, and you will always be able to make a living', probably true too considering the amount of change you see in some busker's caps Learning how to record is something I've always wanted to learn though, so even if it doesn't end up getting me a job at least I will have the knowledge and I'll have two sciences and further maths to fall back on too if all goes to plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropa1310 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 i have a 1.66ghz processor, 2 gig ram netbook. Is there anything I can use to get a decent studio going with it? Outboard soundcard, something? I have no idea where to look for this, or even where to begin.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 read through this thread. You need an audio interface, USB or Firewire, depending on your laptop and budget. Decide how many channels you need to record at the same time, then look for an interface that can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeychild Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Just my guitar plugged into the Inspire 1394. That's into my computer with Cubase 5 and then some cheapish speakers because I can't afford good ones. It could be the amp simulators with cubase aren't that great. What are some good speakers I could consider buying that wont break the bank? I would rather mic up my amp but space restricts me. What is the set up? It could be the speakers you're monitoring on, but your other music sounds good on them, right? Maybe you need moar EQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeychild Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 In fact, what should I buy overall? I really want to make what i play sound good which is a little diappointing when I can record stuff better off my phone than i can through an interface and PC. So what's an ideal set up for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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