Posts by elsemusic@musician.social
(DIR) Post #ATERTT22RCix2J7E5Q by elsemusic@musician.social
2023-03-03T03:23:35Z
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Sting played Christchurch New Zealand last night. https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-lifestyle/star-entertainment/review-stings-masterclass-christchurch
(DIR) Post #AU9o8OsnWHjCdOZjgO by elsemusic@musician.social
2023-03-30T19:21:22Z
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The essential point of this article applies equally to most music equipment reviews. https://hackaday.com/2023/03/28/its-difficult-to-read-an-audiophile-guide-as-an-analogue-engineer/"reviewers return positive assessments as a matter of course to maintain relationships with manufacturers ... they do so to maintain the hefty sums those manufacturers spend on advertising in their publications."
(DIR) Post #AdaiHYIeWEspGUSoxk by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-01-07T04:13:58Z
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I've now run through six calibrations of the SoundID Reference software.One interesting note: there's a clear dip and then a peak in the bass response in all these calibrations, but the frequency of these deviations shifts upwards by 5 to 10 Hz if the room door is closed.Listening to a range of music with these calibrations (the last is the best) is quite revealing. Some recordings sound even better. Others sound unexpectedly lacklustre, including some I've always rated.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2kHa0JNUy1IpLU by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-04-29T05:13:10Z
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I wrote my Fedivision entry last Tuesday and recorded a rough demo with electric guitar and vocal.Last Wednesday I inserted an extra eight bars to make the instrumental break worthwhile.On Thursday, against all odds, I managed to record what will mostly be the final vocals. Then we went away for a four day weekend.Today I recorded the bass, finished the drums, and recorded half the instrumental.It's coming along well, considering that this year I'm singing it myself.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2m5bHoz4ZRiHx2 by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-01T05:13:40Z
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Today I did indeed rerecord all the vocals, edited and comped them even. Much better.I also recorded a guitar track, and the overall texture is about what I want, I think.Next I'll rerecord the piano so it fits nicely with the guitar. Some further harmonies then seem indicated, after which there's just the instrumental to complete.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2nDR6AqW42O3ns by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-02T13:55:21Z
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And today ... or more accurately now, yesterday ... I rerecorded the piano and additional harmonies for my 2024 Fedivision entry as threatened.I also applied a little additional tuning to the lead vocal, started balancing tracks with a mix in mind, and began strategically removing some instruments from parts of the song to provide light and shade.I still have the instrumental break to complete, but I have a fair idea where I'm going with that.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2oBLVQlh3qPuBU by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-03T05:24:06Z
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Today in my pursuit of a Fedivsion 2024 entry:I created the instrumental break, and used the same instruments over what will be the fade out.I tweaked the mix a little, widening the drum kit, monoing the bass, lifting the vocals.I spent time finessing the reverbs on instruments and voices.I listened to the results several times end to end on headphones. This is usually a positive sign.Tomorrow I'll start the mix -> master -> rinse-and-repeat cycle, deo volente.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2p5M9BZTrYcdUG by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-04T07:24:25Z
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So today. Limited time.I again put effort into reverb on vocal, harmony and instrumental tracks. Listened on the mono Avantone Mixcube at very low volume, resulting in level changes to the very tracks whose reverbs I'd just tweaked.Rendered the mix. Created a new project to master it. Was surprised to find the mix is already running at -13.3 LUFS because I had no processing on the master bus, and relatively little compression on individual buses.Spat out an MP3 to review.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2q0mhfVajfUV04 by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-05T04:54:11Z
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There are rabbit holes within rabbit holes.Today I pitch corrected the harmonies. Tedious. But it made a surprising difference even though they weren't bad to start with.I changed one of the instruments in the instrumental break.More finessing reverb. If I explained what I was doing, Richard would call this "fucking with spiders".And finally a preliminary run through the mastering chain and an MP3 I can listen to elsewhere.I have a country name for my entry now too.
(DIR) Post #AhqX2qzl2yHVmm1C2S by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-06T05:00:35Z
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Putting this one to bed now, because this afternoon I submitted my Fedivision 2024 entry.Before hitting the button I made further small tweaks to vocal levels and had a decent burn-out on the mastering circuit.That's it for this year, then. On to something else.
(DIR) Post #Ahwp7sVXoY8W34Buq0 by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-05-06T04:30:46Z
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Favourites? Ukraine, Croatia, Switzerland, maybe also Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands. https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-lifestyle/eurovision-2024-europapa-baby-lasagna
(DIR) Post #Amjcpob3s3Ak96rLAe by elsemusic@musician.social
2024-10-06T00:38:11Z
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Making music with all the stops pulled out can be =such= a joyful experience.
(DIR) Post #ArFqZimqCQJyGNgXK4 by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-02-18T19:40:04Z
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This is different. An online drum sequencer that uses YouTube clips as its source.https://youtubesequencer.com/
(DIR) Post #At8cPGhZRxffXKeHfk by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-04-16T04:50:53Z
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Today in the studio I =think= I finished mixing the first single for the second sideSister album, pending Aelyth's approval.And I started work on another of the uptempo songs, re-recording the multi-tracked guitar lines for the verses (heaven only knows how we'd do those live). I can see I'll need to re-record at least part of the bass line as well. This song was only hurriedly framed up to track Aelyth's vocals, so it's a bit loose.
(DIR) Post #AtMpYzyv4buEj3cjpI by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-04-19T21:00:44Z
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The article above (thank you @mirlo) describes HarmonyCloak, a technique for adding inaudible noise to recorded music to prevent artificial intelligence from using it.https://mosis.eecs.utk.edu/harmonycloak.htmlMy questions are:[1] Is this a proprietary product we will have to licence?[2] Will it result in an escalating war where large language models figure out how to ignore the added noise, leading to new (and possibly more invasive) noise algorithms?
(DIR) Post #Az94Vqi2CuM6UmTz0q by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-10-12T20:29:43Z
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‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app | Spotify | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/12/spotify-boycott-artists
(DIR) Post #AzVqQXZwyaOozdM0ky by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-10-23T18:31:12Z
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This is a fun page. Clicking the triangles between the notes lets me hear triads I might not automatically consider.https://thetonnetz.com/I like this a lot!
(DIR) Post #B1ohKrHm7CoGkHrNrc by elsemusic@musician.social
2025-12-31T18:44:30Z
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Offers 12, 19, 24, 31 and 53 -TET options.https://shih1.github.io/spiral/'This project is the culmination of years of global travel and a desire to bridge the gap between Western musical foundations and the vast world of non-Western and historical scales. By dividing the octave into different numbers of equal steps (N-TET), rediscover lost intervals and cross-cultural harmonies.'
(DIR) Post #B2FddZUS1lSFYmgszo by elsemusic@musician.social
2026-01-13T18:47:22Z
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I'm not sure this is new, but Bandcamp has officially banned music created "wholly or in substantial part" with artificial intelligence.https://old.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1qbw8ba/ai_generated_music_on_bandcamp/'If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team. We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated.'
(DIR) Post #B2M6Hehk1UdsyqZJbM by elsemusic@musician.social
2026-01-16T18:35:05Z
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Swedish music charts have banned a song because it was created by artificial intelligence.https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp829jey9z7oThe song has been banned by 'the IFPI Sweden music industry organisation, which has blocked the song from appearing in the country's official national charts."Our rule is that if it is a song that is mainly AI-generated, it does not have the right to be on the top list," said Ludvig Werner, head of IFPI.'