2-05-2007
Fateh in an epic recording adventure, free software-style. My friend Jim, among other things a Jazz guitarist and free software enthusiast, kindly donated his time and use of his colorful kit to the free-factorians for a late night marathon voice recording session for the upcoming “Mancandy F.A.Q.”
For the technically curious: we used a Shure sm-58 feeding into a Tascam 4 track tape mixer ( I think made sometime in the 1990’s) into a USB Creative Soundcard into a Lenovo/Thinkpad t60 running Audacity 1.26 on Ubuntu Feisty 7.04. After the normal fumbling/cursing/fretting over noise levels/heroes watching break, we got some surprisingly OK quality audio.
And for those wondering what happened to the final Mancandy release, there’s your answer: He’s being held up by his F.A.Q, which is on hiatus till after LGM.
PS The singing was extra-curricular; the Mancandy F.A.Q is a sedate affair.
2-05-2007 at 11:09 pm
ah-hem. for the record, it was more of a silent scream.
2-05-2007 at 11:10 pm
hey, we both know that -once in front of a mic- you can’t resist belting out those showtunes :)
3-05-2007 at 12:08 am
For the record, it was a Shure SM-58 into the mixing board of a Tascam 424 Portastudio, into a Creative SoundBlaster external usb box on the Lenovo T60 running Audacity. The Tascam was state of the art low-end professional grade technology circa 1989. Mixes down to cassette tape! The unit in question has served faithfully over the years, recording mostly electric guitars and basses. Might need a replacement for heavy vocal work. The Soundblaster is just about adequate for mono recording to disk, but would be useless for anything more complicated, as the latencies of a usb one device are unacceptable. Audacity is great for quick and dirty recording to disk, but not quite there for more complex projects. Ardour 2 is the future (me hopes). Good times!
3-05-2007 at 12:10 am
Thanks Jim- I fixed the microphone and laptop names in the post.