Virtual Turntable Comments http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net Tips, tricks, technology reviews, previews and musings on the current state of affairs in music and audio software for personal computers. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Tutorial: Using Your Brain (Part 1) by: fourstones http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-1#comment-58733 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:08:52 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-1#comment-58733 sure, to the same extent that when I use the same hue of red to represent both blood and a sunset. this type of ear-training is aimed at recognizing similar sounds in different contexts - assuming uncomplicating things is a goal. sure, to the same extent that when I use the same hue of red to represent both blood and a sunset. this type of ear-training is aimed at recognizing similar sounds in different contexts - assuming uncomplicating things is a goal.

]]> Comment on Tutorial: Using Your Brain (Part 1) by: Lucas Gonze http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-1#comment-58731 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:09:25 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-1#comment-58731 I love this piece. Great idea, well expressed. A thing about the Purple Haze chord being also the dom #9 is that those are somewhat different ideas. Hendrix laid down on the chord as a tonic and then went to the flat 3 major rather than using it as a passing V chord on the way to I. So the concept changes with the name, to some extent anyway. I love this piece. Great idea, well expressed.

A thing about the Purple Haze chord being also the dom #9 is that those are somewhat different ideas. Hendrix laid down on the chord as a tonic and then went to the flat 3 major rather than using it as a passing V chord on the way to I. So the concept changes with the name, to some extent anyway.

]]> Comment on Tutorial: Using Your Brain (Part 5) by: Chris http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-5#comment-56026 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:10:24 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tutorial-using-your-brain-part-5#comment-56026 Great series. All makes a lot of sense. Great series. All makes a lot of sense.

]]> Comment on Tips for Posting to BM by: marrie http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tips-for-posting-to-bm#comment-55795 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:05:51 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/tips-for-posting-to-bm#comment-55795 Other than your language, i totally agree with you.Been cleaning my bookshelves out and glad to get rid of some of my books. I listed some that to me were very good condition, and got told they were NOT in very good condition but good at it best. since the book was only read once wonder how they post theirs. Other than your language, i totally agree with you.Been cleaning my bookshelves out and glad to get rid of some of my books. I listed some that to me were very good condition, and got told they were NOT in very good condition but good at it best. since the book was only read once wonder how they post theirs.

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: jp http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-54937 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:50:48 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-54937 I must have missed this while I was out of town attending a "All music is now Free, get used to it" seminar, but..The Future of Music Coalition is a good organization. I am a charter member. I joined because they were the only people addressing an issue that is near and dear to me..how do musicians make money now that etc etc..but they also helped wake up Russ Feingold to the fact that Clear Channel, under the "watchdog" of the Powell led FCC, was going to pull a robber baron move..and have also been trying to get health insurance for those of us who are foolish enough to not have day gigs at Price Waterhouse and/or the US Congress. I know the gist of what you are saying Victor, and YO do I agrees with it, but the FMC is legit. Today in Music Think Tank, ol' Ariel H had another of her numerous rebuttals (using one of her own clients! the clever gal) re the article about why the 1K fan bit is nonsense. A quick read between the lines of the "interviewee" unmasks a few innerstin' tidbits..like when she waffles around the question of "so how much money did you make last year?".. Happy New Year Boss..if you are ever in the fly over zone, me and Kaer will take you out to the Comfort Zone Bar b que for some alligator gumbo...it's not Kanter's, but you know..that's a GOOD thing. I must have missed this while I was out of town attending a “All music is now Free, get used to it” seminar, but..The Future of Music Coalition is a good organization. I am a charter member. I joined because they were the only people addressing an issue that is near and dear to me..how do musicians make money now that etc etc..but they also helped wake up Russ Feingold to the fact that Clear Channel, under the “watchdog” of the Powell led FCC, was going to pull a robber baron move..and have also been trying to get health insurance for those of us who are foolish enough to not have day gigs at Price Waterhouse and/or the US Congress.

I know the gist of what you are saying Victor, and YO do I agrees with it, but the FMC is legit.

Today in Music Think Tank, ol’ Ariel H had another of her numerous rebuttals (using one of her own clients! the clever gal) re the article about why the 1K fan bit is nonsense. A quick read between the lines of the “interviewee” unmasks a few innerstin’ tidbits..like when she waffles around the question of “so how much money did you make last year?”..

Happy New Year Boss..if you are ever in the fly over zone, me and Kaer will take you out to the Comfort Zone Bar b que for some alligator gumbo…it’s not Kanter’s, but you know..that’s a GOOD thing.

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: fourstones http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-53727 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:32:03 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-53727 scott andrew has a very good name for that: http://www.scottandrew.com/wordpress/archives/2005/01/on_music_business_po.html scott andrew has a very good name for that:

http://www.scottandrew.com/wordpress/archives/2005/01/on_music_business_po.html

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: spinmeister http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-53726 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:23:03 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-53726 side observation: there may not be any money in the recorded music business for "normal" music makers -- but there seems to be money in the dream merchant industry (conferences, "how to make it" books). That's an interesting niche industry, that exists for all kinds of arts/crafts/hobbies that people do for fun, but have dreams of making money with. side observation: there may not be any money in the recorded music business for “normal” music makers — but there seems to be money in the dream merchant industry (conferences, “how to make it” books). That’s an interesting niche industry, that exists for all kinds of arts/crafts/hobbies that people do for fun, but have dreams of making money with.

]]> Comment on Game Dev as Auteur by: fourstones http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/game-dev-as-auteur#comment-53096 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:35:33 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/game-dev-as-auteur#comment-53096 ok, if we're down to name calling how's this: wow... does everything have to become a platform for the rationalization of greed? Considering the alternative is to cling to a set of rules designed to work for the 15th century printing press, I think Crosbie's use of the term 'delusional' is appropriate. ok, if we’re down to name calling how’s this: wow… does everything have to become a platform for the rationalization of greed?

Considering the alternative is to cling to a set of rules designed to work for the 15th century printing press, I think Crosbie’s use of the term ‘delusional’ is appropriate.

]]> Comment on Game Dev as Auteur by: Indie Developer http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/game-dev-as-auteur#comment-53089 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:39:26 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/game-dev-as-auteur#comment-53089 Wow... does everything have to become a platform for the rationalization of theft? If you don't feel that you need to pay for a copy of a game, then you bloody well don't need to play it either, so just leave it lay. Copyright protects an expression of an idea, not the idea itself. You're free to go make your own "me too" game and distribute it as you wish -- THAT is liberty. Not everyone is EA. When you steal from some of us, it actually hurts in a way we can feel on a daily basis. Wow… does everything have to become a platform for the rationalization of theft? If you don’t feel that you need to pay for a copy of a game, then you bloody well don’t need to play it either, so just leave it lay. Copyright protects an expression of an idea, not the idea itself. You’re free to go make your own “me too” game and distribute it as you wish — THAT is liberty.

Not everyone is EA. When you steal from some of us, it actually hurts in a way we can feel on a daily basis.

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: gurdonark http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52934 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:52:21 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52934 There's an old Dream Syndicate song I like, with the line: "I thought I knew the answer/but no question was posed". The shifting in the music industry makes clear to me that nobody is quite sure what the question will be nowadays, either. I suspect that there is not one answer, and not just one question, but a lot of different questions and answers about the new technology. I am more interested in the question "how can the new music technology build communities outside the traditional record industry model" than the question "how can people make money from music?". But it's okay if someone else tries to solve that second question. I'm just not sure the second question is nearly as much fun as the first question. Music was a patron's game before it was a corporate recording game. Who knows what game it will become? There’s an old Dream Syndicate song I like, with the line:
“I thought I knew the answer/but no question was posed”.

The shifting in the music industry makes clear to me that nobody is quite sure what the question will be nowadays, either.

I suspect that there is not one answer, and not just one question, but a lot of different questions and answers about the new technology.

I am more interested in the question “how can the new music technology build communities outside the traditional record industry model” than the question “how can people make money from music?”. But it’s okay if someone else tries to solve that second question.

I’m just not sure the second question is nearly as much fun as the first question.

Music was a patron’s game before it was a corporate recording game. Who knows what game it will become?

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: fourstones http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52931 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:09:08 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52931 >but I think the author was >suggesting that it’s bad to focus >all of your attention on >connecting with and making the >superfans happy I'm sure he was - and the only people even thinking about doing that are the pundits at pointless conferences about how to "save the industry" >but I think the author was
>suggesting that it’s bad to focus
>all of your attention on
>connecting with and making the
>superfans happy

I’m sure he was - and the only people even thinking about doing that are the pundits at pointless conferences about how to “save the industry”

]]> Comment on The Visionary vs. the Randomizer by: HeuristicsInc http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52930 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:37:02 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/the-visionary-vs-the-randomizer#comment-52930 Well, sure... but I think the author was suggesting that it's bad to focus all of your attention on connecting with and making the superfans happy. I think there's probably a middle ground to be had where the casual fan isn't left out. I resonated very strongly with his assertion that he isn't interested in focusing on any one artist to the detriment of listening to others. I really enjoy Einstuerzende Neubauten, but I never signed up for their exclusive club because I like lots of other artists too... I guess I'm a casual fan by necessity. Anyway, I thought he made very good points. And I can certainly see that, if an artist is focusing on only this small group of people, and constantly getting tight feedback from only that group, that their creativity could be affected... -bill Well, sure… but I think the author was suggesting that it’s bad to focus all of your attention on connecting with and making the superfans happy. I think there’s probably a middle ground to be had where the casual fan isn’t left out. I resonated very strongly with his assertion that he isn’t interested in focusing on any one artist to the detriment of listening to others. I really enjoy Einstuerzende Neubauten, but I never signed up for their exclusive club because I like lots of other artists too… I guess I’m a casual fan by necessity. Anyway, I thought he made very good points. And I can certainly see that, if an artist is focusing on only this small group of people, and constantly getting tight feedback from only that group, that their creativity could be affected…
-bill

]]> Comment on EQ Frequency Use Chart by: fourstones http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/eq-frequency-use-chart#comment-50719 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:46:06 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/eq-frequency-use-chart#comment-50719 not sure what you're asking for, but I'm afraid it doesn't matter because no, I don't have any other EQ chart. sorry... not sure what you’re asking for, but I’m afraid it doesn’t matter because no, I don’t have any other EQ chart.

sorry…

]]> Comment on EQ Frequency Use Chart by: joey say http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/eq-frequency-use-chart#comment-50697 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:23 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/eq-frequency-use-chart#comment-50697 hi do you happen to have a complete EQ chart where to start with? thanks and best regards joey hi

do you happen to have a complete EQ chart where to start with?
thanks and best regards

joey

]]> Comment on Isolating Vocals from Background Music (Part 1) by: Camilo Martin http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/isolating-vocals-from-background-music-part-1#comment-50641 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:58:08 +0000 http://virtualturntable.fourstones.net/isolating-vocals-from-background-music-part-1#comment-50641 I do song - instrumental = vocal with kn0k0ut and use it for remixes quite decently. It's not so bad, even with hard tracks, if you take the time to fix small artifacts and hide the mess with more things on top of it after remixing. Please note that I'm not a professional, I'm a normal geek that likes to do that stuff with few favourite songs. It's fookeeng easy with most popular songs. I do song - instrumental = vocal with kn0k0ut and use it for remixes quite decently. It’s not so bad, even with hard tracks, if you take the time to fix small artifacts and hide the mess with more things on top of it after remixing.
Please note that I’m not a professional, I’m a normal geek that likes to do that stuff with few favourite songs. It’s fookeeng easy with most popular songs.

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