Soundflower by REAPER is one way to record output from Skype, YouTube or a music app. In a video by The Reaper Blog, they explained how to use Soundflower with REAPER to sample some musical ideas coming out of Nodebeat.
Here’s the link for that video http://reaperblog.net/2015/06/recording-system-audio-with-soundflower/
Music Recording
Getting To Know the Different Types of Microphones
The secret for great recordings starts with choosing the right microphone. It is important that we understand the different types of microphones to be able to pick the correct microphone for the job.
We have a post about this here: What Are The Different Types of Microphones?
You can find out more about it in this recent post over on the Recording Revolution site here Understanding Different Types of Microphones
Reaper Audio Recording Demo Video Updated for 2015
A few years ago – back when making videos was – umm – not our (and by “our,” we mean Ken’s) strong suit – we put a video up on YouTube showing you how to record audio with Reaper software. The video walks you through how to create:
- A voice-over recording with a background music track, and
- A music recording (a free virtual piano instrument plugin) with a vocal track
Well, as I alluded to above, that original video didn’t look so good. But it was really popular, with about 90,000 views! We still get comments every week telling us how much folks like it – even with the poor video quality. So we created a fresh and shiny, brand new video showing you how to do those same recordings. Not only does it use the latest version of both Reaper and Audacity, but it looks a heck of a lot better too! Also, it finally resolves the question a lot of folks had about why you might want to use an external editor in addition to Reaper. The answer: you probably don’t. But this new video shows you how to make basic edits BOTH ways – with an external editor (showing you how to set that up in Reaper), AND just using Reaper itself.
Below are the new videos. Yes, that’s videos plural because this time around, the tutorial was a bit longer, showing you how to do a few more cool things. So we split it into 2 parts.
New Apogee/Sennheiser Lapel Mic For iOS
Apogee and Sennheiser have teamed up to produce high-quality lapel mics with lightning connectors, meaning they plug right into “modern” iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touch devices. The two companies announced this partnership earlier in 2015 and will be bringing the ClipMic to market in May of 2015 (watch this space for when you can get one for yourself!).
By the term “modern iOS devices,” Sennheiser gives the following list of devices you’ll be able to use the clipMic on:
- iPhone 6,
- iPhone 6 Plus,
- iPhone 5s,
- iPhone 5c,
- iPhone 5,
- iPad Air 2,
- iPad Air,
- iPad (4th generation),
- iPad mini 3,
- iPad mini 2,
- iPad mini,
- iPod touch (5th generation)
One reason the new ClipMic will be great (besides its on-board mic preamp and converter) is that you’ll be able to use BOTH the headphone jack AND the attached microphone on the iOS device. Most of the current crop of microphone attachments for iOS devices plug into the headphone jack, making it difficult or impossible to monitor the audio as it’s being recorded.
I mentioned the high quality hardware. You can read more about that, and about more details in this article about the project – http://www.audiomediainternational.com/new-gear/sennheiser-and-apogee-collaborate-on-clip-on-mics/04359
12 Tips for Creating Better Electronic Dance Music
Disc Makers offers 12 tips for producing good electronic dance music (EDM) on their blog here – Twelve tips for producing massive and original electronic dance music. One of the most important bits of advice here, in my opinion, is to steer clear of using loop libraries right out of the box. If you do it right, it isn’t illegal. But it if it’s in a commercial library, it’s likely that lots of other EDM producers are using those same loops. There are tons of tools out there that will allow you to create and to be more original.
Of course, there are eleven more tips in the article, which was written by EDM producer Francis Preve. Check it out here: http://blog.discmakers.com/2015/04/twelve-tips-for-producing-electronic-dance-music/#ixzz3Y3qlWsoC