The mobile music technology craze is perhaps epitomised by the sleekly designed iPhone, the fourth iteration of which hits Irish stores this coming Friday. Although not really an ideal platform for making music, musicians have nonetheless found function to fit the form…
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Music Technology Posts from July, 2010
iPhone 4 Reaches Ireland
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Reverb Giveth, Reverb Taketh Away
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Continuing the space theme, today I present two different views on reverb. Sonic reflections are very important to how our brain assembles auditory input to create an image of the environment we occupy, and getting these reflections right adds a lot to the perceived realism of a recording…
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David Byrne’s Space Music
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Dancing about architecture may not have caught on just yet, but the former frontman for Talking Heads is still interested in buildings and music. At this year’s TED event, he talked about the relationship between music and the spaces it is performed in…
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How To Record Better Bass
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010The low-end of any recording always requires careful curation; bass notes contain the most energy, and eat up a lot of headroom within a mix. Whether you’re dealing with a live bass guitarist or a programmed synth bass, it’s difficult to keep everything sounding just right…
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