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Itunes screws song writers

May 12, 2008 – 3:33 am

An iTunes download costs 99 cents. The songwriter will get just 3 cents. So just what is the true value of music?
suppose you write a song, a truly great song. One that stays in people’s minds for years and years, that countless recording artists cover, that bands play in your local bar and you hum […]

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Picking a Mastering Engineer

April 17, 2008 – 8:16 pm

When you finish your recording and you want to get it mastered you need to be careful of who you get to master your recording. Alot of engineer’s will say they can master your recording, JUST TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF YOU but alot of them dont have a clue of what mastering is […]

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3 Main types of mics

March 1, 2008 – 10:09 am

Dynamic Microphones

 In dynamic microphones a physical cone acts like a lens to concentrate the incoming sound waves. The concentrated energy of these sound waves moves the cone and its attached coil of wire back and forth inside a magnetic field. The magnetic field induces electricity to flow through the wire to produce an electrical signal […]

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How microphones work

February 28, 2008 – 12:50 am

 Microphones are components in virtually all audio systems.There are many types of microphones,from usb to lapel mics for seminars and computer,telephone,boom etc,etc.The reason for this diversity is that while all microphones perform the same basic function,they are adapted to a wide variety of different enviroments and uses.That said, all microphones have one thing in common: […]

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