{"id":3068,"date":"2009-11-13T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T02:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2021-02-20T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:29:19","slug":"detritus-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/detritus-15","title":{"rendered":"Detritus 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>> Phew what a busy week&#8230; I finally finished 3 months work &#038; output all the ambiences &#038; effects for the premix of Taika Waititis film <a href=\"https:\/\/wellington.scoop.co.nz\/?p=13687\">BOY<\/a> starting next week. My monster ProTools session saved self-contained is 43.5GB, not counting the Quicktimes!! I thankfully have a fibre connection to the mix stage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkroadpost.co.nz\/sound\/\">Park Road Post<\/a> &#038; it only took 20 minutes to transfer 55GB across the network! Gotta love technology &#8211; that would have taken days a few years ago! So next week is dialogue predub in one theatre &#038; atmos predub in the other&#8230; Following week is foley &#038; FX predubs, week 3 is final mix, week 4 is screening, fixes &#038; print master&#8230; And then its pretty close to Xmas and the end of another year! So dont be surprised if my posting gets a bit erratic as my free time becomes a scarce commodity&#8230; But mixing? Serious fun!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>>Surprising results in the New Digital Music <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hypebot.com\/hypebot\/2009\/11\/new-digital-music-software-popularity-ranking.html\">Software Popularity Ranking<\/a> &#8211; ProTools number 1, ableton LIVE number 6!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>> A handy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wingfieldaudio.com\/portable-recorder-battery-life.html\">battery life comparison<\/a> between 16 portable\/handheld recorders<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicofsound.co.nz\/zimages\/loair.jpg\" alt=\"Loair\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n> Waves released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waves.com\/Content.aspx?id=9939\">LoAir;<\/a> a subharmonic synth plugin (Native US$100, TDM US$130) Once I get some free time in the studio I will do a direct comparison between a real DBX Subharmonic Synth 120XP, the LowEnder plugin and Waves LoAir&#8230; LowEnder coincidentally just released freestanding native versions for Mac VST\/AU and Windows VST &#8211; check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refusesoftware.com\/products\/feature\/2\">here<\/a>, or my review of it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/x1\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>> Whats <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsafterthecredits.com\/index.php?title=Main_Page\">after the credits?<\/a> A handy site to check if there are extra scenes after the credits&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>> Three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrselfdevelopment.com\/2009\/10\/why-people-fail-the-top-3-reasons\/\">reasons<\/a> why people fail (hint: passion, faith &#038; learning nail them)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicofsound.co.nz\/zimages\/LPart.jpg\" alt=\"LPs\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n> Funny artwork from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/2009\/11\/even-retro-record-covers-can-be-used-to.html\">LP covers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicofsound.co.nz\/zimages\/VeimaSynthi.jpg\" alt=\"synthi\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n> I&#8217;m buying a lottery ticket this weekend and when I win I am buying a Synthi from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spheremusic.com\/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=7133\">this Veima Auction<\/a> although if I win the top prize I might get this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spheremusic.com\/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=7210\">Synthi 100<\/a> as well (starting bid US$45,000) My other picks would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spheremusic.com\/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=7400\">Quantec QRS Reverb<\/a> (I have a few lovely IRs from one) and somewhat more afforable; this very cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spheremusic.com\/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=7160\">Tim Kaiser Circuit Bent Delay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/musicofsound.co.nz\/zimages\/VeimaDelay.jpg\" alt=\"delay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>> MaxforLIVE is now in public beta &#038; already we&#8217;re seeing some excellent applications ported, for examples Strettas <a href=\"https:\/\/stretta.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/maxforlive-obo.html\">Obo<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/stretta.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/maxforlive-stepfilter.html\">StepFilter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/stretta.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/maxforlive-polygome.html\">Polygome.<\/a> I fully appreciate open source projects, but I also really hope he and the many others who will undoubtedly develop &#038; evolve creative MaxforLIVE plugins receive the rewards they deserve!<br \/>\nAlso worth bookmarking\/subscribing to is Nick Rothwells <a href=\"https:\/\/maxforlive.loadbang.net\/\">MaxforLIVE site<\/a> which is to become &#8220;an online library of free Max for Live Devices&#8221; &#8211; excellent! These are very exciting times for ableton LIVE users!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>> Phew what a busy week&#8230; I finally finished 3 months work &#038; output all the ambiences &#038; effects for the premix of Taika Waititis film BOY starting next week. 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