Air Force Flash Orchestra

I like to post at least one Christmas related video, and a little early doesn't hurt...
Beautiful video!

Vangelis

There is only one person in the world who can make movie soundtracks like this:

V.A.T.J.T.I. (excerpt) from Red Baron on Vimeo.

RedShark article

Amazing!

Rowan Atkinson

The last video posted was of Rowan Atkinson, or Mr. Bean as he seems to be more commonly known.

Here he is performing at the 2012 Olympics.

Invisible drum set

More drums, but comedy this time. Watch for the (invisible) cat at the end!

Top Secret Drum Corps

It's been a long time since I posted anything on here, so I'll soon have several more posts in short succession. Here is the Top Secret Drum Corps.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Y'all!

Also, this is kind of fun: http://www.google.com/santatracker/

The elements...

While on the topic of chemistry...



And, more recently, something like I would love to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cbgAELAX18

Audio embedding tracks

Well, I think I've finally figured out how to embed audio well. Here's a test audio track that I made, it's not especially good as I made it up as I went along, but it'll do for a test.

IBMA

This really looks like a lot of fun:



World of Bluegrass from IBMA on Vimeo.
World of Bluegrass is an annual event like no other: seven days of education, networking, showcasing, jamming and commerce featuring the biggest names in the business. Our film takes you on a fast-paced ride through the week. If you haven't come to World of Bluegrass, check it out and make plans to visit Nashville in the fall of 2009.

O.K., let's see if this works...



I've stopped using google for hosting MP3's, except for download.

Trouble Embedding audio.

O.K., Google has changed the way things work again, and the old way I used to embed audio no longer works. Very annoying.
I will have to find a more complex way.
In the meantime, I will post links to the MP3 files to download.
First one:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B3AzOhkYNoUUZWFjM2Y0M2QtMjM1Mi00MTJjLWFlYTMtNDJlZWVlN2NjZGU5&hl=en_US

Mozart makes kids smart

I know this piano piece!

Audio Mixing

I've been pretty busy lately. One of the things I've been doing is mixing down the recordings for the Strawberry/Harvest Festivals. I've got it set up so that I'm using Reaper  on windows 7 as my software, my HD16CD as the control surface, and it makes a pretty nice DAW setup. One of the problems I have is that I could spend hours on mixing a single track! As I have about six hours of audio to go through, I can't do that! I have to spend a minimum of time to get the maximum out of the raw audio tracks that I have. The nice thing is that usually once I have the effects set, (say the piano mic needs a low cut filter) it's a  one time set. (for the most part, I might have to tweak it a little). Below is one of the tracks that I recorded live.

For effects I've been using EQ, compression, and reverb.

The main problem I'm having is the background noise. People talking in the background, and white noise. The mics I was using were dynamic mics sent through about 75 feet of cable, except for one studio condenser, but it still had to go through about 75 feet of cable as well. Still, considering the situation, I think it's sounding pretty good.

Country Music joke

Something I heard recently:

Question: What happens when you play a country music record backwards?
Answer:  You get your wife, kids, money, dog and truck back!