Mac Audio Guy

In this episode of Monitor, I explain how to start your own legal radio station. I point listeners to an excellent article on Webcasting Legality by Jamie Zawinski at: http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/webcasting.html. I show how you can take care of music licensing through LoudCity.com and explain why you will need the Nicecast broadcasting software and why you need to rent a Shoutcast server. For more information on Webcasting also see my article on Broadcasting into Second Life.

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After many months of effort to set up a legal internet radio station, I’ve finally succeeded! Thanks to finding a way to legally licensing the music I play through LoudCity.com.
I’m proud to announce RadioGroove.org is on the air!

Radio Groove is broadcasting 24/7 completely commercial free. Radio Groove is even available for your land or club in Second Life.

Radio Groove features eclectic Jazz and electronic groove music, including Latin Jazz, Dub, Brazilian, Ambient and Down-tempo, Blues, R ‘n B and even Contemporary Lounge. Hopefully you’ll find some music to love or love by on Radio Groove.

Radio Groove is almost completely listener supported and I depend on your support to meet my monthly expenses. So please give Radio Groove a listen and donate, every cent helps.

Thanks!

written by macaudioguy \\ tags: Ambient and Down-tempo, Blues, Brazilian, Brazillian, Contemporary Lounge, Dub, Electronic, electronic groove music, Internet radio, Latin Jazz, music, R and B, Radio Groove, Second Life, Trip-Hop

In this episode of Monitor, I discuss the good, bad and the ugly sides of using auto-tune. Auto-Tune® is a product from Antares that corrects pitch in music performances. I also discuss GarageBand’s built-in enhance tuning feature. And I take a quick look at the new Melodyne Studio plug-in, which can correct individual notes within a chord.

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In this episode of Monitor, I discuss recording great audio for video or location sound.
I talk about the different sound elements of dialog, narration,ambience,room tone and effects. I also talk about location recording equipment including the differences between shotgun, lavaliere, stereo condenser and hand held microphones and balanced vs. unbalanced systems. Finally I discuss wired, wireless and second-system sound and time code and how you can use these in your productions.

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In this episode of Monitor, I explain the basics of audio interfaces for the Mac and help you choose which interface is right for you.

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The Mac Audio Guy website was attacked by a hacker and due to the the code injection attack The Site was de-listed by Google and the site traffic went essentially to zero. This made me do some soul searching as to whether maintaining this site was really providing a valuable service and if it is worth the effort to maintain. I decided to carry on.
I did a rebuild of the entire site and fortunately was re-listed by Google. I am really busy with several video projects and I am in the process of building my video business and launching the Jay Shaffer Video website, but I am dedicated the getting some more content up here on Mac Audio Guy. and I plan to have a new Monitor Podcast out by tomorrow. Thank you for sticking with the site through this rebuilding process, and I hope to continue to bring valuable information to the Mac audio and music community.

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In this episode of Monitor, as part of series of audio basics, I explain audio automation and how it will make you a rock star, maybe.

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In this episode of Monitor, as part of series of audio basics, I explain decibels and their importance in recording digital audio. Decibels play an important role in measuring sound levels for motion pictures, broadcast and musical recording.

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In this episode of Monitor, I take a look at the Zoom H4 portable SD flash recorder. The H4 is a great field recorder, portable multi-track recorder and stereo audio interface, all in one sweet $300 package.

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In this episode of Monitor, I take a first look at Sequel, Steinberg’s new entry level digital audio workstation software. Sequel is easy to use loop-based music software that is similar to Apple’s GarageBand but is also cross-platform.

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