Asheville Music Lessons

These new digital audio recorders are great. They make it easy to have hundreds of audio clips in short order. The problem is the naming (by default) on the zoom H2 and H4 is STE-000.wav etc…. which can be a little annoying. Organizing my efforts really streamlined what I’m able to do [...]

Some of the noise in recordings can come from your equipment itself. Most professional equipment is rated for what amount of self-noise or noise floor it has. One mistake that many beginners make essentially introduces more background hiss than necessary by recording at levels that are too week.
Any professional recording device should have [...]

I’ve recently been looking at CD duplication possibilities and found a pretty good deal (and well reviewed service) over at cdpostershop.com. It looks like just under $2 a cd (in jewel case/ with inserts) for a minimum of 50 discs. There are a lot of sites out there offering similar offers, this is [...]

There is really a very short list of golden rules when it comes to audio recording. Following those rules though can help you make the best out of your recording opportunities. Todays recording tip is related to minimizing background noise in your recordings. The world is a noisy place and not all [...]

I don’t see devices like the Zoom H2 replacing standard studio recording. Not by a longshot. In fact, the main goal of the H2 is simple stereo recording. There are no multitracking features. It’s possible to bypass the internal microphones, but the input IS a 1/8th inch mike input and a [...]

Recently I had the good fortune of being asked for a recommendation of what microphone to buy for an organization. I had previously set up a cheap desktop pc microphone and audacity for a cd project they wanted to do. (They didn’t have the money at the time for anything else.) Their [...]

Audio gear time…. I’ve run across this condenser microphone at Musician’s Friend. AKG Perception 200 (~$160) very highly recommended. Judging by the reviews it’s a very good buy. (Microphones only go UP from the $160 price level. I remember getting some Shure beta green series which was a lower quality [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, mainly because of a few projects that have taken a LOT of time. But right now, I’m doing a late “spring cleaning” of links/files on the hard drive, rearranging/etc. A couple of the items that I wanted to make note of are music related. [...]

I just wanted to let you know that I’ve added a subdomain to this site at music.ashevillemusiclessons.com which currently hosts information on the Chimes Volume 1 CD as well as the individual downloadable tracks. I hope that before long I’ll have more CDs to mention there.

I have a cd for sale. I just finalized things last night at lulu.com… I’ve called it Chimes Volume 1 mainly because I expect there will be a volume two…. I’ve taken many old traditional (public domain) hymns and done a fairly simple play of them. There’s nothing fancy. About 8 [...]