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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Acoustic treatment question

« on: May 22, 2010, 02:48:01 pm »

Hello, i am in the process of getting some acoustic panels for my room to treat the side and rear walls at the mirror positions.

I was wondering if it is worth treating the front wall also. My monitors are 3-4 inches away from the wall and 3 feet apart. In theory i could slide a 4 inch-thick foam panel (2x4 feet) behind them. Has anyone  done that before? Would it make any difference?

Thanks.

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SELF PROMOTION / Re: Out Now : Pascal Savy - The Silent Watcher (AM002)

« on: April 29, 2010, 05:37:17 am »

Review from textura

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: Seagate ticking of death

« on: April 28, 2010, 04:23:40 pm »

The glyph hard drives look very tempting, but is the price difference with similar products not "optimized" for audio really worth it?
For instance the glyph entry model (500gb) is about $220 where the seagate 500 gb basic drive is about $75. Thoughts?

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SELF PROMOTION / Re: Out Now : Pascal Savy - The Silent Watcher (AM002)

« on: March 16, 2010, 05:50:03 pm »

Nice review on Vital Weekly (issue 722) :

PASCAL SAVY - THE SILENT WATCHER (MP3 by Audio Moves)
A subdivision from the physical label Audiobulb is Audio Moves, which deal with paid downloads. Pascal Savy started in the 90s playing Detroit techno, recorded onto tapes and minidiscs and stopped for quite some time. Now he's back, concentrating on more ambient textured music. To that end he uses field recordings made in an old workshop, the slowing down of clocks, the spinning wheel of a rusty bike, children playing and such like. In his music he treats these sounds on the computer and mixes both the raw, unprocessed parts with the processed ones. It would be too easy to say his music is all ambient. Savy uses sustaining sounds for sure, build from small extracts of his field recordings, but an important feature is also the use of loops. Sometimes these loops are worked into something that can be called a rhythm, like in 'rhythm machines' - or perhaps he just added those? The seven tracks make a pretty strong impression, while at the same time its perhaps not much new under the sun of microsound, ambient, field recordings and drones. Savy adds small musical touches to the material, such as the piano like sounds in 'Deconstructing Clues', which makes this less abstract than the average release in this field. Excellent production - great compositions. Should have been a real CD, I think. (FdW)
Address: http://www.audiomoves.com

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SELF PROMOTION / Out Now : Pascal Savy - The Silent Watcher (AM002)

« on: March 13, 2010, 07:08:55 pm »

Info Notes
Release date : 01 March 2010
Label : Audiomoves
Cat. number : AM002
Format : digital download

Written and mixed : Pascal Savy (2007-2009)
Mastering : Taylor Deupree (2010)
Artwork : Frank Meyer (2010)

Tracklisting
1 - Distant (4:25)
2 - Contact (3:01)
3 - Deconstructing Clues (5:09)
4 - Asleep (5:37)
5 - Oblique (8:55)
6 - Muon (7:58)
7 - Fading Colours (5:22)

Press release
Tools manipulated in an old workshop, clocks slowed down, the spinning wheel of a rusty bike, children playing near a church, the sound of the wind in Norfolk, climbing up the stairs in a disused windmill, ghost echoes. Those are some sounds that constitute the atmosphere of The Silent Watcher. Presented in their raw form or heavily processed, they all relate to old memories, often blurred and incomplete; the aural equivalent of a faded polaroid. From field recordings, layers are created, manipulated, taken apart and rebuilt and soon begin to tell a story - a story often buried under droney textures and fragmented melodies and only partially revealed, but more often distorted and reconstructed.

This album has been made over a period of two years, a time period in which the process has slowly taken shape and mutated, often leading to beautiful accidents and unexpected results patiently collated and recycled. It is also the story of a work in progress and a craft being learned, where many compositional methods have been explored.

Contact
www.audiomoves.com
contact@audiomoves.com

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: nice Eno interview

« on: February 09, 2010, 07:51:31 am »

Thanks for posting this link. Always a great pleasure to see/listen to Brain Eno 

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: reverb plugin

« on: February 04, 2010, 04:11:06 am »

Aether looks incredible in terms of controls and settings but how does is hit the cpu? Eos is very light cpu-wise yet has a very detailed and lush tail.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: reverb plugin

« on: February 02, 2010, 06:11:35 pm »

I have also decided to buy this reverb and I am extremely pleased with it so far. As mentioned above it is very lush and has a tendency for darker moods, which I like a lot. Despite an apparently simple interface there is lots  to get from messing with all the settings.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: reverb plugin

« on: January 27, 2010, 09:35:38 am »

thanks for mentioning the eos reverb, i wasn't aware of it. The gui looks great and it might fits my needs in terms of simplicity and lush-ness

@radere : on the eos page, there is a snapshot of the gui that shows a big 'decay' knob and reading the pdf manual now it says you can adjust the decay time from 0.1 to 10s

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COMPUTER MUSIC / reverb plugin

« on: January 27, 2010, 08:02:29 am »

Hi, I am looking for an algorhythmic reverb plugin. Atm I am getting ok results  from the native ableton reverb with a lot of tweaking but i'd like to move away from it. An important feature for me would be to be able to distribute sounds from rear to front as distinct layers if that makes sense. I do mostly electronic music so little need for simulating 'real' spaces. Any insight would be grealty appreciated. Thanks.

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COMPUTER MUSIC / Re: monome experience

« on: January 19, 2010, 08:29:32 am »

Hi, I have a monome 40h and a bcr2000 (32 endless knobs with visual feedback) and make slow music as well. I find this setup perfectly ok. I think the monome would suite your needs for most of your requirements if it happens you have ableton live. In that case Ableton would take care of all your samples and fx. Otherwise I guess you would have to build a patch yourself but I don't think it would be too complicated to adapt from what you have got already. Happy to help if you have more questions.