Comments on: How to Record Laptop Performances - And Make Them Sound Live (Keyboard Mag) http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: TokyoJoe http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229701 TokyoJoe Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:30:39 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229701 carmen, yes, that is the problem of "ground loop hum" and it can happen when more than one device connects to a common ground through different paths. It`s not the Mac`s fault and can happen even with a good sound card. I use a cheap ground loop isolator when DJ`ing with my Echo DJ. On a large stage DI boxes are probably better. carmen,
yes, that is the problem of “ground loop hum” and it can happen when more than one device connects to a common ground through different paths. It`s not the Mac`s fault and can happen even with a good sound card. I use a cheap ground loop isolator when DJ`ing with my Echo DJ. On a large stage DI boxes are probably better.

]]> By: carmen http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229623 carmen Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:09:19 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229623 interesting strategies - streaming PCM over ethernet, or giving each performer a speaker array. whatever you do, dont plug a macbook's onboard sound into a mixer. some friends dragged me to Berklee college of music's synthesis department's concert a couple months ago, and.. there were macs plugged right into those 15K bang and olufsen speakers. nothing like hearing CPU noise in grating clarity, replete with 60 db hum. it was really so bad i couldnt believe it - youre spending 30 Grand a year on a degree and you cant spend a hundred on an Echo Indigo IO? totally unreal interesting strategies - streaming PCM over ethernet, or giving each performer a speaker array.

whatever you do, dont plug a macbook’s onboard sound into a mixer. some friends dragged me to Berklee college of music’s synthesis department’s concert a couple months ago, and.. there were macs plugged right into those 15K bang and olufsen speakers. nothing like hearing CPU noise in grating clarity, replete with 60 db hum. it was really so bad i couldnt believe it - youre spending 30 Grand a year on a degree and you cant spend a hundred on an Echo Indigo IO? totally unreal

]]> By: M.A.S. http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229594 M.A.S. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:17:20 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229594 One of the biggest problems I have found with the trying to record in the audience and on the board is that you have that slight delay for the sound to get to the microphone, and there is inherently a phase offset on the sound. Throwing a single mono mic into the back of the room however is nice for getting the crowd noise into the recording, which IMO adds the depth more then anything to a live recording. One of the biggest problems I have found with the trying to record in the audience and on the board is that you have that slight delay for the sound to get to the microphone, and there is inherently a phase offset on the sound.

Throwing a single mono mic into the back of the room however is nice for getting the crowd noise into the recording, which IMO adds the depth more then anything to a live recording.

]]> By: Mike http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229523 Mike Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:41:44 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229523 I didn't know about Share until i read this...now I'm very excited to see it in action I didn’t know about Share until i read this…now I’m very excited to see it in action

]]> By: Richard Lainhart http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229516 Richard Lainhart Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:18:44 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229516 I just recently finalized a quad performance system centered on the Buchla 200e and a Lexicon MX400 surround processor, and as part of the system, I wanted to include a 4-channel recorder. I settled on splitting off the outputs from the mixer and sending them to inputs of an old MOTU 828 I had, which is now permanently installed in the rack. A single FireWire cable goes to my MacBook, which is easily fast enough to record 4 channels of digital audio directly to its internal drive. I use MOTU's AudioDesk, which originally came with the 828, to record 4 discrete tracks. It all works very well for me. I just recently finalized a quad performance system centered on the Buchla 200e and a Lexicon MX400 surround processor, and as part of the system, I wanted to include a 4-channel recorder. I settled on splitting off the outputs from the mixer and sending them to inputs of an old MOTU 828 I had, which is now permanently installed in the rack. A single FireWire cable goes to my MacBook, which is easily fast enough to record 4 channels of digital audio directly to its internal drive. I use MOTU’s AudioDesk, which originally came with the 828, to record 4 discrete tracks. It all works very well for me.

]]> By: tricil http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229512 tricil Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:06:32 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/07/24/how-to-record-laptop-performances-and-make-them-sound-live/#comment-229512 combining the two ideas,in an ableton live setting... if you wanted to, put a stereo mic out in the crowd and record it into muted channels (so as to not get feedback) and then you would have a mixable "soundboard" and "audience" source. interesting. combining the two ideas,in an ableton live setting… if you wanted to, put a stereo mic out in the crowd and record it into muted channels (so as to not get feedback) and then you would have a mixable “soundboard” and “audience” source.

interesting.

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