I have a Digidesign 003 factory, it has motorised faders, Focusrite preamps, and is still a tasty bit of kit, even these days. It runs over firewire though, which is supported by exactly nothing in 2021. This is a journey through getting it to work with my mac. things needed: Read more…
this is awesome. the infinite jukebox. its created with the echo nest api. from their faq: How does it work? – We use the Echo Nest analyzer to break the song into beats. We play the song beat by beat, but at every beat there’s a chance that we will Read more…
Beathound.com is a cool service that will send you recommendations on what music is missing from your collection. it analyses your itunes xml file and emails you recommendations based on the artists and albums that you have in your collection. if it finds new releases by artists that you already Read more…
Ableton released live 9 :) there are loads of cool new features – things like ‘automation as part of a clip’ which is nice :) they also have ‘drums to midi’, ‘harmony to midi’ and ‘melody to midi’ which basically means that you can play, or sample anything and convert Read more…
If your audio midi setup takes an age to load, and you get the message ‘the midi server cant be opened’ it might be to do with protools. i run protools 8 and osx lion. everything worked fine if I was plugged into my protools interface, but when the interface Read more…
This is my list of 100 places to get free legal music downloads online www.largeheartedboy.com have a list with lots on it itunes is good for free music itsfreedownloads.com have a list of the latest free tracks on iTunes Amazon mp3 store has a lot of free stuff too last.fm Read more…
RTAS (real time audio suite) plugins are plugins for protools systems. You can get free rtas plugins for protools if you know where to look. There are a lot of expensive plugins out there, and there are a lot of plugins that you get bundled with your protools systems. here Read more…
I did a post recently on the snowball mic from blue microphones, I also got a snowflake mic at the same time, so here is a post about that too :D the snowflake is the baby brother of the snowball a cardiod USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you Read more…
I recently got a blue microphones snowball mic. the snowball is an omnidirectional USB microphone with a built-in soundcard, so you only need a usb port for it to work. its an excellent mic for podcasting and the like, so I thought that id put up a review of it. Read more…
European copyright extended to 70 years On Monday 12 September 2011, the Council of the European Union agreed to extend the copyright term for performers and record companies from 50 to 70 years from release of the recording. This is the culmination of a ten year campaign by performers and Read more…
Some nice music for you to listen to and, if you like it, vote for. its a remix of janes addiction’s irresistible force by a friend of mine. if it gets enough votes then it may be an official release on emi :D Drawing on influences including Ministry, NIN and Read more…
Protools 9 is out the best features: its not tied to digidesing hardware any more! this means that you can install it on your laptop and do editing without humphing your desk about! it also has automatic delay compensation and multi track beat detective. all in all its like having Read more…
Last night my girl and I were invited along to mumford and sons by a really nice couple we know. they managed to get us in for free too, which was excellent! the gig itself was fantastic. truly the best audience ive seen in a long time. maybe even better Read more…
Community. Im sitting right now participating in a video shoot for a local band called rose parade. when I say participating I really mean watching. and singing ‘da da da da’ when needed :) it has made me realise that there is a decent community in ayr. its not all Read more…
What a farce. people not being allowed to vote because there are not enough ballot papers? is the point not that everyone in the country gets one? if they dont then what else are they doing wrong? if they just counted the blank ones wrong then who is to say Read more…
Protools shortcut keys select all protools shortcut keys for selection options mac + win alt+click = select all eg, to mute all tracks hold alt + click mute this works on most things – mute, solo, etc – it doesnt work on faders, pressing alt and clicking a fader puts Read more…
What the digital economy bill means for you as a copyright holder. I am a holder of copyright. I do sell music online. this new digital economy bill ( #debill ) is going to change the way the internet works. forever. the internet is our legacy to the children, not Read more…
Protools group shortcut keys shortcut keys for mac osx: new group: cmd+g suspend/enable groups: cmd+shift+g shortcut keys for windows: new group: ctrl+g suspend/enable groups: ctrl+shift+g Sources for protools group shortcut keys Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools WINDOWS Shortcut keys PDF
This is a short post with the protools zoom shortcut keys. I use these keys all the time, they are probably my most used shortcuts in protools protools shortcuts for mac: zoom in : ctrl + t zoom out : ctrl + r protools shortcuts for windows: zoom in: win Read more…
Protools fine adjustment shortcut keys mac: hold cmd + click on the thing you want to adjust pc: hold ctrl + click on the thing you want to adjust
Protools playback and record shortcut keys space: play / stop shift+space: playback at half speed F12: record enable with record enabled: space: begin recording / stop recording shift+space: begin recording at half speed Sources for protools playback and record shortcut keys Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Shortcut Read more…
This is a short post with the protools bounce to disk shortcut key shortcut keys for mac osx : cmd + alt + b shortcut keys for windows pc: ctrl + alt + b Sources for protools bounce to disk shortcut key Source: Protools Shortcut keys PDF Source: Protools MAC Read more…
This is a short post with the protools new track shortcut keys mac: cmd + shift + n pc: ctrl + shift + n That will open up the new track dialog To change the track type (audio, midi, aux, instrument) mac: cmd + up / cmd + down pc: Read more…
This is just a short post with the protools new session shortcut keys: to create a new shortcut, open protools and type: on a mac: cmd+n or on a pc ctrl+n you will now have the protools new session dialog on screen :)
This is a short post with the protools open session shortcut keys mac: cmd + o pc: ctrl + o
This is a short post with the protools save session shortcut keys mac: cmd + s pc: ctrl + s
This is going to be the protools tips section. every time I figure out something new in protools ill post it here. ill also be adding shortcuts, etc. basically every time I use one I will post it.
I have setup a facebook page for artu. the link is on the left. the link for the music on itunes is on the right sidebar :)
I have setup a facebook page for hybrid machinima. im in the process of writing a new album. the link is on the left.
i just found a site (well, I re-found it in my bookmarks) that has listings for free plugins – au, vst, rtas and tdm ones for mac, and rtas, tdm and vst for pc www.dontcrack.com there are a few good ones – most you will probably have already, like the Read more…
ive been saving for a while. I wanted a digi 003. so I got one. ive been to the pub about three times since june, but it was worth it. I finally got my 003. I got the factory bundle (that was all they had) basically, if you dont know Read more…
I went to see dizzee rascal in edinurgh on sunday night. I was pleasently surprised. I’m not usually into that kind of music, but I do like dizee rascal, especially his older stuff. Edinburgh was expensive. very expensive. it always is. I stayed the night at my wee borthers flat Read more…
I am again sitting on the train writing this from my ipod touch i have a protools 201 course this weekend at ayr college which I am looking forward to – I will be posting a load of cool tips once I get my hands on protools 8 and the Read more…
My new album is up on itunes – it is 33 tracks long and is a collection of the electronic music that I have made over the last two years released under the artist name ‘Artu’ – I was going to go for R2D2 but written out artuditu is a Read more…
I have mentioned the tracks before – here there are 33 tracks in total, they will be on itunes soon, and I guess they will be on amazon too. for now you can get the 33 tracks for $9.99 from cdbaby.com/cd/artu that works out at 30 cents each =| If Read more…
I’m addicted to making these youtube mashups now, this is my third one in as many days =| for this one I used a drumming lesson and a few analog synths. as with the other ones all the sound you hear comes directly from the videos playing, all I did Read more…
Well, I made this video yesterday, and had so much fun that I did another one today. The second one is a bit better than the first, but only just. again, made in ableton live with clips from youtube video’s.