We recorded the Friday jam this week, very exciting. In comparing a couple of the songs from the last recording, I did notice some improvement. Not bad for a bunch of guys that don’t practice enough. Here’s a select track from that session.
In spite of our effort to separate the instrument and vocal tracks by running multiple Jamulus clients, we ended up with vocals on one of the guitar tracks. Unfortunately, I didn’t notice until working on the mix. It was just a setting in Jamulus we’d missed. Lesson learned: Take a minute at the beginning of the session to ensure you’re recording what you think you are.
Overall, I’m pretty happy with the recording. There are a spots with garbling and noise from somewhere in the network, which is to be expected. There isn’t much audio engineering here aside the volume levels and some panning. There is some compression and reverb added the vocals. And, I tried to highlight the guitar solos. Early reviews are that there wasn’t enough bass in the mix. I didn’t want it to sound like the bass guy mixed it, perhaps I overcompensated.
Links
- NYC’s congestion pricing tolls to launch Jan. 5: What you need to know
What are the chances this gets rolled back come January 20th? - How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it) (video)
As usual, Not Just Bikes hits the nail on the head here. In my opinion, autonomous vehicles shouldn’t be allowed on city streets at all. Cities need fewer cars, period. It doesn’t matter whether they have drivers or not. - Why Arguing With Your Kids Is Completely Missing the Point
This was written by the chef/owner of a great restaurant in our neighborhood. Despite the challenges, he manages to create a welcoming place to eat and drink in this city–it sounds like he’s a pretty good dad too. - It’s just emotion (or how to have difficult conversations)
- Hold it lightly