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Post by zontar on Feb 12, 2021 21:01:16 GMT
What’s wrong with that? She’s a voice teacher promoting her services like many on YouTube She’s actually quite subtle compared to many of them It allows her to give a sample of her knowledge & style and to have some fun I really don’t get your reaction You are certainly welcome to your opinion on it & are not obligated to watch videos like that I enjoy them I think if someone is analysing something such as a band, then for me, it would be better to have the large part of the video to be of the person being analysed. Especially on that guitarist one where the chap often talks about how the person is composing the solo and you can't see because he has half of the screen. With pip, you can set the parameters of how big/small the pictures can be.
As for being obligated to watch them. I don't because it puts me off.
I think that sort of thing is more important on instruments than voice--as seeing their technique as well as hearing it is part of it. With singing, I'm not sure how much needs to be visual.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 12, 2021 21:29:43 GMT
I used a Focusrite 2i4 from the DI out of my amp to the Focusrite. My DAW is Reaper, MIC Rode NT1A, GXL2200, and or a Cheap Pyle. I also use a Behringer Ultra-G DI for my other amp. It is interesting to observe how popular these Focusrite machines are. After buying one myself I can certainly see why!
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 12, 2021 21:30:33 GMT
I think if someone is analysing something such as a band, then for me, it would be better to have the large part of the video to be of the person being analysed. Especially on that guitarist one where the chap often talks about how the person is composing the solo and you can't see because he has half of the screen. With pip, you can set the parameters of how big/small the pictures can be.
As for being obligated to watch them. I don't because it puts me off.
I think that sort of thing is more important on instruments than voice--as seeing their technique as well as hearing it is part of it. With singing, I'm not sure how much needs to be visual. I'll have to ask my son that one since he is doing voice lessons. I never had them so I couldn't say.
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Post by zontar on Feb 12, 2021 21:35:46 GMT
I think that sort of thing is more important on instruments than voice--as seeing their technique as well as hearing it is part of it. With singing, I'm not sure how much needs to be visual. I'll have to ask my son that one since he is doing voice lessons. I never had them so I couldn't say. Since she isn't actually teaching technique but mentioning it I'm not sure visual is needed, but sure, if you are doing actual technique lessons it coudlbe helpful from what I've heard from people who have taken voice lessons. Just not sure it's really needed in these videos--and it may not be visible in the videos.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 12, 2021 22:01:24 GMT
I'll have to ask my son that one since he is doing voice lessons. I never had them so I couldn't say. Since she isn't actually teaching technique but mentioning it I'm not sure visual is needed, but sure, if you are doing actual technique lessons it coudlbe helpful from what I've heard from people who have taken voice lessons. Just not sure it's really needed in these videos--and it may not be visible in the videos. I'd tend to think visual would be useful in technique lessons. Technique lessons would probably be very physical
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 13, 2021 10:07:13 GMT
I used a Focusrite 2i4 from the DI out of my amp to the Focusrite. My DAW is Reaper, MIC Rode NT1A, GXL2200, and or a Cheap Pyle. I also use a Behringer Ultra-G DI for my other amp. It is interesting to observe how popular these Focusrite machines are. After buying one myself I can certainly see why! I actually looked at a Focusrite before buying the Akai EIE Pro. Initially I thought I had made the right decision, then AKai de-supported it, so now have a Focusrite. Great machines. My son has one as well
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 13, 2021 13:58:43 GMT
It was one of my smartest purchases lately.
I bought it for virtual concerts, but as it turns out my son is using it every day for college
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 14, 2021 21:02:31 GMT
So finally I used my low to high impedance transformers for the first time. My mixer only takes 4x XLR and we had a bass player so with 6 microphones/ 5 musicians i didn't have much choice.
I must say they worked really well. I think I will buy 2 more to expand my mixer to 8x xlr for outdoor gigs. This is also the first time I miced my amp separately rather than relying on the horn mics to capture the guitar amp. I'm sure that this is really improving our sound quality for virtual. My setup is becoming much more complicated but I have the equipment so I might add well use it...
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Post by Bill h on Feb 18, 2021 0:41:42 GMT
We’ve been recording practices with a zoom h-2 lately. It actually does a pretty good job capturing a live sound, easy to use. Just when you think your starting to sound like something you listen back and find out.....maybe not.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 18, 2021 1:00:53 GMT
We’ve been recording practices with a zoom h-2 lately. It actually does a pretty good job capturing a live sound, easy to use. Just when you think your starting to sound like something you listen back and find out.....maybe not. I'm sure you'll get it to where you want it! Recording is so unforgiving, every little thing jumps right out at you....
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Post by infant on Feb 18, 2021 1:39:37 GMT
We’ve been recording practices with a zoom h-2 lately. It actually does a pretty good job capturing a live sound, easy to use. Just when you think your starting to sound like something you listen back and find out.....maybe not. My son bought a Zoom H1n a few years ago and I’ve used it a few times to record gigs. I’d listen afterwards and hear mistakes that I didn’t hear when we first played the song. Two things that I found is you can’t place it too close to the band and you have to turn the recording volume higher than you think.
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Post by Bill h on Feb 18, 2021 3:36:46 GMT
We’ve been recording practices with a zoom h-2 lately. It actually does a pretty good job capturing a live sound, easy to use. Just when you think your starting to sound like something you listen back and find out.....maybe not. My son bought a Zoom H1n a few years ago and I’ve used it a few times to record gigs. I’d listen afterwards and hear mistakes that I didn’t hear when we first played the song. Two things that I found is you can’t place it too close to the band and you have to turn the recording volume higher than you think. The h-2 is no different, can’t place it to close. We always take a couple quick practice recordings to find the sweet spot in the room. The recordings are pretty good and don’t hide much.
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Post by zontar on Feb 18, 2021 7:25:26 GMT
Often we hear mistakes that nobody else did.
When I was helping students learn a song for performance one thing I stressed was to keep going. Most people will miss the mistakes--so if you let it get to you, your performance suffers.
I had one student at a festival who was being scored who mixed up the sections of a song. He played the right notes & timing --but the sections of the song got mixed up & once he jumped out of a section in the middle & later went back to where he left off. As I was playing chords for him I had bit of a challenge to jump around with him.
But overall it sounded great. He did lose marks for the song order, but he still scored quite well as he hit the right notes & timing quite well. As it was a semi obscure song (I forget which song now though)--only him, myself, the adjudicator (Who had copy of the music to follow along with) & his mother knew he messed up. To everyone else he played a cool song.
Off course we don't settle for subpar, etc
But we learn from it & move on, and don't dwell on it Or at least that's who it should work.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 18, 2021 8:17:49 GMT
Often we hear mistakes that nobody else did. When I was helping students learn a song for performance one thing I stressed was to keep going.Most people will miss the mistakes--so if you let it get to you, your performance suffers. .. Great advice. Hardly anyone in the audience would notice, so keep on and enjoy yourselves
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 18, 2021 13:26:32 GMT
Often we hear mistakes that nobody else did. When I was helping students learn a song for performance one thing I stressed was to keep going.Most people will miss the mistakes--so if you let it get to you, your performance suffers. .. Great advice. Hardly anyone in the audience would notice, so keep on and enjoy yourselves I agree there. On stage there is no chance to stop- you have to figure out what to do on the fly and the other musicians (if there are any) need to do serious problem solving to get the train back on the track.
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Post by infant on Feb 18, 2021 23:45:58 GMT
As Les Paul once said, if you play a wrong note in a song, do it again and people will think that it’s how the song goes.
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 19, 2021 1:03:32 GMT
As Les Paul once said, if you play a wrong note in a song, do it again and people will think that it’s how the song goes. Some of the coolest parts of solos happen because of mistakes
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Post by zontar on Feb 20, 2021 20:35:20 GMT
As Les Paul once said, if you play a wrong note in a song, do it again and people will think that it’s how the song goes. I've heard many variations on this but it is a great point. I've said variations on it as well. One variation is if you keep repeating it,, it's jazz
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 20, 2021 20:56:38 GMT
As Les Paul once said, if you play a wrong note in a song, do it again and people will think that it’s how the song goes. I've heard many variations on this but it is a great point. I've said variations on it as well. One variation is if you keep repeating it,, it's jazz That's the one I was thinking of too
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 21, 2021 10:17:06 GMT
As Les Paul once said, if you play a wrong note in a song, do it again and people will think that it’s how the song goes. I've heard many variations on this but it is a great point. I've said variations on it as well. One variation is if you keep repeating it,, it's jazz We have another saying similar. 'Close enough for Government Work'
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Post by zontar on Feb 21, 2021 10:22:50 GMT
I've heard many variations on this but it is a great point. I've said variations on it as well. One variation is if you keep repeating it,, it's jazz We have another saying similar. 'Close enough for Government Work' I've heard that--something that has been said at more than one jam when someone is tuning--"Close enough for jazz"
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 21, 2021 14:18:32 GMT
I've heard many variations on this but it is a great point. I've said variations on it as well. One variation is if you keep repeating it,, it's jazz We have another saying similar. 'Close enough for Government Work' A friend of mine says "close enough for military"!
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Post by infant on Feb 21, 2021 20:53:25 GMT
A former coworker used to say “close enough for the girls I go out with”
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Post by Bill h on Mar 6, 2021 19:13:25 GMT
Yep, “close enough for government work” is the one I’m used to hearing.
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Post by Die Bullen on Mar 6, 2021 21:17:44 GMT
I have to admit I think the best variation is "close enough for the girls I go out with". I've never heard anyone actually say that but if I said that at work I think I'd raise some eyebrows...
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Post by Bill h on Mar 6, 2021 21:36:44 GMT
I have to admit I think the best variation is "close enough for the girls I go out with". I've never heard anyone actually say that but if I said that at work I think I'd raise some eyebrows... These days especially.
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Post by zontar on Mar 9, 2021 1:30:28 GMT
Like it says in the video--I knew this was possible (As is using a mic for speaker)--but it's not always a good thing. But in this case it's pretty cool. (I have used headphones as a mic before--but low output for sure)
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Post by Die Bullen on Mar 9, 2021 1:39:31 GMT
Like it says in the video--I knew this was possible (As is using a mic for speaker)--but it's not always a good thing. But in this case it's pretty cool. (I have used headphones as a mic before--but low output for sure) As a kid we used headphones as a microphone all the time. We'd stay up all night at sleepovers and make dumb cassettes, talking nonsense for hours
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Post by george on Jul 4, 2021 16:31:59 GMT
Got a Livetrak L12 a couple of months and started recording simple stuff. Don't know what I'm doing yet just mess with the knobs until it sounds more or less OK.
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Post by fretzel on Jul 4, 2021 16:54:56 GMT
I bought a Zoom R24 several years back. Need to start using it more. The onboard mics are surprisingly good.
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