IHR Episode #24 – IHR_09_24_06 (Enhanced)
September 24th, 2006 by Derek
Last Chance for the Guitar Rig 2 Giveaway Survey, News and Notes, Understanding Copyright for Indie Music Promotion, Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2, EMC Retrospect Desktop 6.1, Podcast Expo and AES Convention, Alex MacFarlane Interview
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Only a few days left to enter our Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 giveaway by filling out our survey at www.insidehomerecording.com/survey – entries close September 30, 2006! (We’ll draw the giveaway next show, IHR #25.)
News and Notes:
- Steinberg ASIO 2.2 64-bit
- Our video podcast on GarageBand’s undocumented feature (released last week)
- macProVideo
- Lots of Apple online seminars at www.apple.com/pro/resources
- Broadjam promotion service for indie musicians
- Native Instruments Komplete 4 plugin set, plus other new single plugins from NI now available, some now native for Intel Macs
- New iPods include iPod nanos that record, and quietly (we call them “no noise nanos”), plus now there will be competition from Microsoft’s upcoming Zune player
Mailbag:
- Lots of good stuff at www.insidehomerecording.com/forums
- Hankel’s studio setup
- How to construct your own studio rack
- The Ikea Jerker desk, and a site from a rabid Jerker desk fan
- Students of Mike Tremblett in New Brunswick record a political tune in music class using GarageBand
Copyright and Promoting Your Music (Derek):
- The Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide explains copyrights for music quite well
- So does C.C. Chapman’s April audio podcast from the Podcast Academy
- The Kingsmen sued their record label to get back the recording copyrights to their version of Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie”
- Wikipedia on public domain
- Copyright and “Happy Birthday to You” are covered well by this tongue-in-cheek satire site – good links to other sites too
- Creative Commons licenses
- Internet Archive and Ourmedia
- Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA)
- Podsafe Music Network
- CDBaby
- Association of Music Podcasters Library
- Magnatune
- GarageBand.com
- MacJams.com
- MySpace
Upcoming Events:
- Podcast Expo and Podcast Academy Sep 28-30 in Ontario, California
- AES Convention Oct 5-8 in San Francisco
Steinberg Virtual Guitarist 2 Review (Paul):
- NOTE: During recording, Paul said that the Steinberg USB dongle was included with the software, but that was incorrect – you need to either buy it separately or use the one that may have shipped with your other Steinberg software (Cubase SX), or a similar Steinberg-compatible key such as those included with IK Multimedia products
- Purchase through zZounds, our affiliate
- Other reviews from AudioMIDI and New Zealand Musician
- Videos from Steinberg
EMC Retrospect Desktop 6.1 for Windows and Mac Review (Paul and Derek):
- Purchase from our Amazon Affiliates link
- Note on how Retrospect’s CD won’t boot Intel Macs
- Derek’s 2003 audio presentation about backups (general advice, not specific to Retrospect)
- Alternatives: SuperDuper, Carbon Copy Cloner, Synchronize Pro, SilverKeeper, Apple Backup, Time Machine (coming early next year)
Interview With Alex MacFarlane (by Paul):
- Alex works for Next Level Games in Vancouver
- Check out Gamasutra and GameSpot
- Tommy Tallarico is among the best known in the field
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Our theme music, “Acidic Bond,” is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A. Additional music for this episode was “Another Trip Home – Running in Circles” by Jeff Rosiana from the Podsafe Music Network.
Some photos for this episode are from Flickr, courtesy of Creative Commons licenses from cheekybuttnice, Pedro Aznar, and Siman Yay. Photos of Paul and Derek are by Kris Krug.
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2 Comments
1. Nathan in Montreal&hellip | September 25th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Nice podcast guys. I’m confused by one thing. I can’t seem to find the iPod nano that records. Check the gallery in the iPod Nano page. There is only a headphone input on the device. Do I still need another accessory?
2. Derek&hellip | September 25th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Yes you do, and sorry if we weren’t clear about that. iPod models that record (which now include both the “big” iPods and the iPod nanos) require an external recording/mic adapter, such as those made by Griffin, Belkin, and XtremeMac. Go back to IHR #23 for my review of the Belkin model, which will work similarly on the metal nanos just released:
insidehomerecording.com/?p=161
No iPods come with microphones or recording inputs built in, so far.