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Science!! Wood Density DOES Affect Sound Performance in String Instrument

July 2, 2008 on 6:43 am | In Music Industry News, Articles |

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If you’ve ever looked through guitar community forum posts you’ll come across the topic of which wood sounds better. A lot of people have been saying that it makes no difference, while expert ears stand by their claim that the type of wood does. Well a new study has shown that wood density does affect the sound quality! Since the study was done on the violin, an instrument with a resonating cavity, it could be applied to acoustic guitar. I’m willing to take the leap forward and say it does have some affect on the sound quality of a solid body electric guitar. So density does affect sound performance!

The Secret of the Sweet-Sounding Stradivarius Link

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Boycott Phonica Records

June 25, 2008 on 12:50 am | In Music Industry News, Reviews, Articles, Sampling |

Music is either supposed to be for fun or creativity. But Phonica is a cultural sewer drain for music. Phonica Records supports artists who blatantly rip works from lesser known acts. Phonica keeps the money without crediting the original artist. 40% or more of their music are just “re-edits” and are sold for profit, states this article in The Guardian. Put quite blatantly, Phonica sucks.

What can you do??? Get the word out and say “Boycott Phonica” on your blog. You can check their database, and also Search Youtube to see if someone posted a re-edit of your mix, which Phonica could be selling. Report content abuse on Myspace to get your content removed if necessary. You might be getting ripped off $$$ and not know it yet.

If you felt like you have been wronged by Phonica, or know anyone else who has, please post in the comments with your artist & song details. I will repost your story and let the world know. Chip Collection is fighting back for the recognition of original creators. With your help the right artists can make a stand. WE are the fame and money in the new internet age of music, not these edit-posers.

Get the word out and Boycott Phonica! Only dick holes play their music nowadays.

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Hardfloor: Synths Vs. Software

June 23, 2008 on 6:52 am | In Articles |

I wish I had it again because the sound of the machine is something else, you can’t replicate it from a plug in

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This is a very good article discussing the strengths and weaknesses of hardware vs. software, and the uniqueness of sound qualities that can be lost when making “the switch.” Group hardfloor talks about the Roland TB-303 in the article

Link to the InTheMix article.

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Win a $30,000 Artist Package Contest From Hobnox

June 19, 2008 on 7:29 am | In Articles |

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We’re running an international contest for bans/musicians, filmmakers and cultural activists.
The winner of each category (music, film, culture) will be given an artist development package worth US$30,000 each. The package will be tailored accoding to the needs of the winner, supported by Hobnox and its network of industry professionals.

Submissions are accepted online now: http://www.hobnox.com/evo2-start.1302.en.html?

Hobnox is the makers of AudioTool, that I previously posted about.

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Multi Format Samplers Now Supported

June 16, 2008 on 11:41 am | In Sample Pack Releases, Articles, Sampling |

Just a note:

Multi-sample formats are now available for the Nes Wave Pack and SK1 Complete sample packs. Previously these were Reason Refills only, which are also still avaiable as a seperate product. Native Instruments, Giga, and Soundfont 2 are supported. Multisample Patches are included with seperate drum samples for easy, custom loading.

NES WAVE PACK - Multi Format Product (Giga, SoundFont 2, Native Instruments)

CASIO SK1 Complete - Multi Format (SoundFont 2 Compatible Samplers)

Thank you!
Chip Collection

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Places to Host your music

June 8, 2008 on 7:39 am | In Articles |

I saw a post somewhere else on where people like to host their music and their artist profiles for free. This is a list of some of them that came up. Fuzz and Project Opus had the nicest looking websites, while iComp & Macjams seemed to have a really tight community. If you host your music anywhere else, let us know where, and how you like it.

Fuzz - Connecting People Who Create And Love Music

Project Opus - Supporting bands, Fans and local music everywhere

iCompositions - Empowering The Independent musician

Mac Jams - Mac. Music. Community

Do you think that music hosting sites are a waste of time?
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D.I.Y. Or Die

June 5, 2008 on 12:03 pm | In Articles, Videos |

Having a hit on radio doesn’t matter anymore. Nobody listens to radio for the music…

Thanks, LX7.CA

Check out his blog for interesting commentary and the rest of the videos. There looks to be 8 on youtube.


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Ways to stop spam with Wordpress

May 29, 2008 on 9:22 pm | In Articles |

I’ll be looking for ways to stop the spam on my site once and for all. Its getting insane. Especially “trackbacks.” This blog is run on Wordpress 2.0ish so i need to find some plugins. I do have kismet installed, but its just not good enough. If anyone has any suggestions I would listen!!

Thanks, and sorry for all the spam thats been in my comments. I don’t know how to stop it or have the time to delete it.

Hopefully I can find something.

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Tutorial: Pitch Correction in Adobe Audtion

May 27, 2008 on 8:49 pm | In Tutorials, Articles |

Check out Transit of Venus to learn about pitch correction in adobe audion and get tips. Included are audio examples.

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A link to how to do pitch correction on her blog.

She has a great voice! (if thats really her singing). ;)
And that may have been the first time using a smiley on this blog.

Updated: Yes its really her! :P

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Fibra’s Custom Laser-Cut x0×0b0x

May 27, 2008 on 8:38 pm | In New Gear, Articles, Midi Controller |

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TB-303 emulation!

Fibra has many other custom synthesizer works on his Flickr stream.

Also check out his upcoming Divius (TR-808 clone)!

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Divius - Roland TR808 clone

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