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[madmatt]

I have better sound files, and I wanted to know if a host could host them for me. Then people could download them. I have made the help better, and made the files shorter but made the help longer. I also recorded Rubber Biscuit with music. 300 pounds along with Have love. But considering the crap I recorded with, the 300 and Have love are out of key but if you wan to hear them you can.

[King_Bee]

Matt mail anything you want put up for hosting to me at [email protected] and I'll pop them on my site for you , plus I want to hear them too for my own learning. If your any good at knocking up web pages and want to put any notes/tutorials with them I'll happily host that too

ATB
Lee

[bluesharp]

I'd love to hear RRRRRRubber Biscuit!!!!

[madmatt]

http://bbcentral.tk-lee.com/

thanks King Bee u kick ass thanks dude the clips turned out great

[King_Bee]

Glad to help, hey it's all cool for me as I get all the tutorials too :D

ATB
Lee

[440RULEZ]

Hey Matt,

Rubber Biscuit turned out pretty good, you really can do the "bubbeling"

How did you record all the stuff? Directly into the computer or on some tape device first?
However you should have a closer look at the recording levels.

Most of your tracks do clip heavily, and unlike with analogue equipment, clipping in the digital environment is a bad thing since it always causes distortion.

Always, when checking the sound, blow the harp really loud into the Microphone and watch the level meter. On digital Equipment it should never exceed maximum. Always leave some headroom also at the loudest passage. Then record.

Then get some kind of audio editing software, load your audio file and first try to "normalize" your file, this will the bring up the whole audio level as far as possible without going over at the loudest point.

Then fiddle around with effects like "compression" and "limiting", maybe a little "equalizing" (adjusting Bass, Mid and High Frequencies), and maybe add a *little* Reverb or a smaller room effect.


To make it short: first you need to record without producing distortion by trying to record too high levels.

Then you´ll have raw files that can be further tweaked within the computer.

Feed google with "free audio editor" there are many of them.
If you can find an early version of "cool edit" you´re fine. The early versions were free. "Nero" a burning program, also has a quite powerful audio editor, that can be found in the startmenu after installing the main software.
You´ll probably have to try some of the editor progs until you find one that does it for you.

If your Microphone and the Micamplifier (this is where you plug in your Mic) are not that good, don´t worry, first try this and it should make a good improvement.

Any questions? Post here.

[madmatt]

Thanks for the info but I recorded with a simple littel 60 second recording thing on my computer with a 5$ mic and all that was done last nite around 1:00am but I well use the info when I get the recording studieo alredy in my house working

[madmatt]

its relly nothing at all I put a mic into the Computer and opened the recording thing hit a red botton and talked

[Anonymous]

madmatt said:

its relly nothing at all I put a mic into the Computer and opened the recording thing hit a red botton and talked

yep, I thought it was like that.
Interesting that it worked right away...
9 out of 10 times you have to first set up the recording properties to make it work, I mean with the little mixing console from windows (have to switch to "recording" and then activate for example the Mic and adjust the level).

That´s exactly where you could lower the recording level to avoid distortions.

Just open the 60 sec Recording thing and check the available commands there. There should be some menu where you can choose what device to record from (your soundcard, should be alright already), and there should be a button that brings up the recording levels dialogue...

lower the mic level there.
Just for the next time you need it.

[440RULEZ]

D´oh!
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[madmatt]

ok thanks man but I well have Professonal recoding sound studieo in a few weeks so when that kick off I well be recording much better

[bluesharp]

RRRRubber biscuit, bloody brill!!!!!
That lot will certainly help me on ma harp
Your a jimjam madmatt!!!!

[madmatt]

You’re welcome. What does JimJam meen?

[beacky278]

awesome recordings matt! Rubber Biscuit is awesome! My friend thought that it was Dan singing it, no lie! Keep it comin!

[madmatt]

Thanks

[bluesharp]

A jimjam means a "knick knack"but when i call somebody a jimjam it means you're alright.o.k.,the best etc.
Sorry to throw these words at you!!!!

[madmatt]

its fine i just like to know what i am being called

[BubbaBlues]

An interesting aside regarding "Rubber Biscuit".
If you listen, you can hear Ellwood say "Zuul"!

[madmatt]

really is that followed by a Dair Radda Nama Nam NamaNoie or a cool budia Hiddia wadia Juguia wia

[bluesharp]

MMM-hh do that again!!!!