Building the pod

Building the pod – episode 146

Bruce Williams — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:00:55 +0000

This week, Adobe’s surprise announcement. Want in on the beta? Sign up here. Then, it’s on to a discussion of the binaural auto-panner. Love the podcast? Want to share the love? Feel free to make a small donation through PayPal. All contributions gratefully received! Size: 14955384 bytes Duration: 13:31

One bag, sans cat

Bruce Williams — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:54:59 +0000

Today, Adobe announced officially that the next version of Audition will run on both the Windows and Mac operating systems. This is great news for the Mac community who have been screaming out for years for the ability to use Audition on their OS. On top of this announcement comes news that late 2010, there [...]

Building the pod – episode 145

Bruce Williams — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:00:04 +0000

This week, an e-mail from Jim Weishorn regarding a video on Adobe TV that features some spectral view/Photoshop trickery, and then it’s on to a look at (and a listen to) the mastering plugin. Love the podcast? Want to share the love? Feel free to make a small donation through PayPal. All contributions gratefully received! [...]

Building the pod – episode 144

Bruce Williams — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:01:25 +0000

This week, another quick mention of the advice from Adobe to start saving your Audition multitrack session files in XML format, plus we delve into the distortion and guitar suite plugins. Love the podcast? Want to share the love? Feel free to make a small donation through PayPal. All contributions gratefully received! Size: 15160099 bytes [...]

Building the pod – episode 143

Bruce Williams — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:29:43 +0000

This week, a couple of e-mails, and then we tackle the Convolution (process) plugin. Convolution (process) Love the podcast? Want to share the love? Feel free to make a small donation through PayPal. All contributions gratefully received! Size: 33301680 bytes Duration: 28:14

Building the pod – episode 142

Bruce Williams — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:00:49 +0000

This week, we dive headfirst into the reverb menu, an anecdote about the recordings of flautist, Paul Horn, and a quick discussion on preparing your podcast artwork, in which I mentioned TagScanner.

Brief interruption to service

Bruce Williams — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:33:43 +0000

I’ve just received an e-mail from my hosting company advising that they are migrating all of my sites to new servers. The move will take place between 10pm EST February 25th and 8am EST February 26th. That’s about 6 hours or so from the time of this posting. Hopefully, you won’t even notice!

Building the pod – episode 141

Bruce Williams — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:49:25 +0000

This week, a quick look at the Hiss Reduction tool, followed by a tour of the Noise Reduction tool (in my opinion, one of Audition’s major selling points). Hiss Reduction dialogue box Noise Reduction dialogue box

Building the pod – episode 140

Bruce Williams — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:11:37 +0000

This week, the new website layout, Jim Weishorn chimes in with some extra ideas about the Automatic Phase Correction tool covered in ep139, and then it’s on to a look at the click/pop eliminator. Duration: 16:45 Size: 19115842 bytes

New stomping grounds

Bruce Williams — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:42:45 +0000

If you receive my podcasts via iToons or some other podcatcher, and never visit my site, then this won’t affect you. But if you do regularly come to audio2u.com, I’d like to make you aware of a major structural change that has just been implemented by myself and Phil Massyn (thanks, mate!). Truth be told, [...]

Building the pod – episode 139

Bruce Williams — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:26:57 +0000

This week, a very quick look at the Automatic Click Remover, followed by a slightly more lengthy look at the Automatic Phase Correction tool.

No podcasts this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:03:19 +0000

And what a rip-snorter of a start to the year! One week in, and already, I’m letting you down. Sorry gang. Shelton and I had plans to record, but something came up at his end. And I did plan on recording a BTP, but hit a bit of a brick wall. Grrr.

Manual downloading broken

Bruce Williams — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:37:30 +0000

Hi all, There seems to be some issues with manual downloading of mp3 files at the moment. I am aware of the issue, and will get it resolved asap. Sorry for the inconvenience, folks.

2010 calendars

Bruce Williams — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:45:51 +0000

Bruce Williams Photography is pleased to announce the arrival of the “2010 – It’s a wide wide wonderful world” calendar, professionally printed on 150gsm paper stock. The calendar is available for purchase in limited quantities. For more info, please visit Bruce Williams Photography.

Tumbleweeds and crickets

Bruce Williams — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:05:29 +0000

Hi one and all. So, you’ve probably noticed that things have gone a little quiet round these parts, of late. Has Bruce lost the momentum for podcasting? Yeah, a little. Is it all over? Hell, no. BTP and SL listeners, I will say this. I am unlikely to get another episode of either of these [...]

Not again…

Bruce Williams — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:01:13 +0000

Um, yeah, sorry about this, folks. I didn’t plan my week out very well, and we’re going away for the weekend. So again, there’s no BTP or SL this week.

It’s my birthday…

Bruce Williams — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:11:27 +0000

…and I reserve the right not to podcast if I want to! So there! :p Nah, in all seriousness, Shelton and I DID try twice this week to record, but both times, things came up which killed our plans. Sorry gang. And BTP and SL… well, just too many other things on my plate this [...]

2010 calendars

Bruce Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:24:20 +0000

Hi one and all, I am thinking of putting together a 2010 Audio2u calendar, and was wondering if anyone would be interested in buying a copy? I’m not asking for a firm commitment to buy, right now… just looking for ‘expressions of interest’. Basically, there will be 2 different form factors. A DL sized desktop [...]

Building the pod – episode 138

Bruce Williams — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:00:29 +0000

This week, we take a look at the first entry in the ‘restoration’ sub-menu of the effects menu… the Adaptive Noise Reduction tool.

Next Adobe e-seminar

Bruce Williams — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:53:08 +0000

Ohhh yeah, baby! Am I looking forward to this one! November 6th. 12 noon Australian Daylight Savings Time. Mark it in your diary. This e-seminar is called “Adobe Audio Tools : Audition 3 and Soundbooth CS4″.

Dust, and other obstacles

Bruce Williams — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:45:02 +0000

My apologies once again. This week, the severe dust storms over Sydney gave my lungs and sinuses grief (listen to the episode of Shutters Inc which I somehow managed to struggle through, for evidence), while an ear infection in my right ear is making the concept of sticking headphones on my head one I’d rather [...]

Adobe e-seminar today

Bruce Williams — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:37:29 +0000

I dropped the ball on this one. Normally I give plenty of notice of upcoming e-seminars, but this time, I managed to completely forget about it. So, for anyone who has nothing happening 4 hours from now, I’ll be conducting an e-seminar today on “Audio tools for video production”, which will cover both Soundbooth and [...]

No BTP or SL

Bruce Williams — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:01:48 +0000

Apologies again, gang. Just one of those ‘hamster’ weeks… no matter what, I couldn’t get ahead.

George Massenburg at Integrate ’09

Bruce Williams — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:05:10 +0000

As you may recall, in August I attended the inaugural Integrate pro audio, video and lighting trade show here in Sydney. At that show, George Massenburg was the keynote speaker, and thankfully, the guys at Integrate have just released George’s keynote discussion as a 2 part video on YouTube. But fear not. You needn’t go [...]

Building The Pod – episode 137

Bruce Williams — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:30:50 +0000

This week, a quick follow up clarification on something I mentioned in ep#136 regarding the ‘order’ of filters. Thanks to Jim Weishorn for pointing out the ambiguity (or error) of my comments. Then Ron Tostevin asked about purchasing a second-hand Mackie Control Universal off EBay now that the prices of same have come down so [...]

The Donate button is back

Bruce Williams — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:00:30 +0000

A few people have been calling for the donate button to be re-instated on audio2u.com. So, it’s back! It’s up there in the top left hand corner. So, if you’re feelin’ the love and want to say “Thanks for the podcasts”, then a donation of whatever amounts suits you wil be gladly accepted, and hugely [...]

No podcasts this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:27:43 +0000

Sorry one and all. Shelton is up north conducting more Creative Photography workshops, hence why there’s no Shutters Inc. And as for Sine Language, I’ve just been busy, slack, unmotivated, insert favourite adjective here. Sorry. Next week for sure.

Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true?

Bruce Williams — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:50:13 +0000

Following is a post that I have just posted on the National Trail blog. I’m copying it here for various reasons which may or may not be obvious. Hi all, My name is Bruce Williams. Just after the National Trail was set up, my mother suggested the idea that we both plan to ride the [...]

Building the pod – episode 136

Bruce Williams — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:00:41 +0000

This week, Karl Cooper wrote to say how much he enjoyed the episode on parametric eq, and to ask about whether I could knock up a special ‘voice processing’ episode. Also, the all new audio2u.com forum is up and running. Go register now! And then, it’s on to a thorough investigation of the Scientific Filters.

The sign of things to come

Bruce Williams — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:38:02 +0000

Hey gang, Sincerest apologies, but there are no podcasts this week. Shelton had a full on week, and so that is why there’s no Shutters Inc. And me? I’ve been slaving away behind the scenes at audio2u.com trying to set up a phpBB forum. It’s been a week of VERY late nights and has precluded [...]

Do you know php?

Bruce Williams — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:08:46 +0000

Friends, I require the services of someone who knows php. If you know how to tweak php code and have the time to help out, I’d love to hear from you. Drop me an e-mail at the usual address, or flick me a message on Facebook. Thanks in advance.

Rule #1

Bruce Williams — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:47:09 +0000

Don’t go messing about with your wesbite’s configuration until you’ve spoken with someone far wiser than yourself when it comes to such matters. For those who experienced the glitch this morning, my apologies. Will endeavour to make sure this doesn’t happen again! For those who have no idea of what I’m blabbering on about, as [...]

Sunrise panorama revisited

Bruce Williams — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:08:50 +0000

OK, here it is, as promised. A slightly reworked version with the horizon straightened (photoshop made some weird decisions when it overlapped the various component images), and some subtle cloning across the waves to try and smooth out the irregularities there.

Some more shots from Tabourie Lake

Bruce Williams — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:09:18 +0000

Sunrise at Tabourie Lake

Bruce Williams — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:32:05 +0000

We got here Saturday arvo. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, Max and I went down to the beach to shoot the sunrise. What a vision we were treated to! What was that Shelton? Find the light… and something something? BTW, don’t look TOO close! There’s a few “glitches in the matrix”, so to speak. I’m going to [...]

Building the pod – episode 135

Bruce Williams — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:53:25 +0000

This week, a couple of listener e-mails answered. For those wanting to hack into their registry for import/export of keyboard shortcuts, the address you’re looking for is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Audition\3.0\Prefs\Keys\en_US\ For anyone wanting to learn more about Mastering, Brad Blackwood’s forum is here. Then, a quick look at the Quick Filter.

Recording interviews with field recorders

Bruce Williams — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:26:05 +0000

In the last 2 weeks, I’ve recorded several interviews at 2 different trade shows. Those interviews have ended up in episodes of both Shutters Inc and Sine Lanugage. In the wake of this, I’ve had a couple of enquiries from listeners as to my technique for recording interviews on flash-based field recorders like the Zoom [...]

No BTP or SI this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:39:49 +0000

Sorry to the SI gang… just didn’t have time to scratch myself this week. So busy in fact, that I didn’t even get around to ringing Shelton to see how he was placed for the week! And BTP will be back next week.

No SL or BTP again

Bruce Williams — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:24:53 +0000

Sorry guys… this weekend has seen the PMA Imaging Technology Show being held at Darling Harbour here in Sydney, so all of my time has been consumed by that (lots of ‘special’ episodes of Shutters Inc.) However, the good news is that today (Monday) is the first of a 3 day trade show for the [...]

Building the pod – episode 134

Bruce Williams — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:33:32 +0000

This week, we look at the parametric equalizer.

An advisory (or a rant)

Bruce Williams — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:18:46 +0000

Dear valued audio2u.com podcast listener, If you know me at all, you would probably know that one thing I cherish in this world is consistency. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not averse to change if there’s a good reason for it! What I hate is when things that SHOULD be consistent are not, because [...]

No SL or BTP this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:48:16 +0000

This was meant to be a Sine Language week, but I just got snowed under with other tasks. Apologies all. There’s always next week…

Beware: Technician at work!

Bruce Williams — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:50:38 +0000

Having totally missed the boat with regards getting photos of the rest of the studio relocation project, I thought I should at least grab a couple of snaps of Ritchie in action, wiring up my patchbays. For those of you NOT in the professional audio industry, it might amaze you (or it may not) just [...]

Building the pod – episode 133

Bruce Williams — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:00:50 +0000

This week, we look at the notch filter. The waveform view of our sample audio The spectral view of our sample audio. Note the pink line running horizontally across the display between 5kHz and 6kHz The spectral view of our sample audio, zoomed on the vertical scale Here we can see that the offending tone [...]

No SL or BTP this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:22:03 +0000

Sorry gang. Just felt like laying low for a week.

Building the pod – episode 132

Bruce Williams — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:37:54 +0000

This week, Michael Rooney has finished his new program, AATranslator, which will the allow the import of various other DAW session formats into Audition. Then, we look at the next item in the ‘Filters and EQ’ section… the graphic EQ. The graphic EQ in 10 band mode. Each filter covers an octave. The graphic EQ [...]

Building the pod – episode 131

Bruce Williams — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:18:03 +0000

In episode 131, we look at the FFT filter. From the help file: “(Fast Fourier Transform) An algorithm based on Fourier Theory that Adobe Audition uses for filtering, Spectral View, and Frequency Analysis features. Fourier Theory states that any waveform consists of an infinite sum of sine and cosine functions, allowing frequency and amplitude to [...]

No podcasts this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:00:00 +0000

Sorry one and all. Short, busy week, due to Easter. Have a nice break, if that’s your thing.

Building the pod – episode 130

Bruce Williams — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:44:02 +0000

This week, we move on to the ‘filter and eq’ section of the effects menu. First cab off the rank… dynamic eq.

Photography 1 – Audio 0

Bruce Williams — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:11:43 +0000

Hi gang, This was supposed to be a Sine Language week, but I have been brought unstuck by some MiniDV tapes which don’t want to be captured. It’s a story barely worth the effort of retelling. Although perhaps I should ask… For those of you who have had experience in the video/MiniDV world, have you [...]

Video: Cath’s skydive

Bruce Williams — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:45:41 +0000

Last weekend, Cath finally did her skydive. And here’s the proof! (It’s about 32MB.)

No BTP this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:44:12 +0000

Y’know how it is folks. There’s always next week!

Building the pod – episode 129

Bruce Williams — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:07:04 +0000

Finally! BTP is back for 2009. In this episode, we continue from where we left off with the last 3 entries in the “Delay and echo” sub-menu of the effects menu. Also, Michael Rooney has been slaving away over a hot text editor, cranking out utilities for use with Audition. Check out the Audition FX [...]

A week of curve balls

Bruce Williams — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:06:17 +0000

Isn’t life just fun? This week, I thought I was actually going to get all 3 podcasts recorded. Had the whole week planned. Buiding the pod – Tuesday night. Shutters Inc – Wednesday night. Sine Languge – Thursday night. Lay low Friday night before going away for the weekend to attend a 40th birthday party [...]

Video tour of my new space

Bruce Williams — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:38:23 +0000

As promised, here’s a short video tour (approx 7.5MB, MPEG4) of my new mixing and editing space. This is also where I record my podcast voice tracks. However, I have a room on the other side of the house set up as a voice booth for those occasions when I’m working with separate voice talent.

The studio move – part 3

Bruce Williams — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:52:28 +0000

I don’t have a pic yet, but I am now sitting at my DAW desk in the new space. Clouds are hung? Check. Internet connected to this side of the house? Check. Mic cables and headphone lines run through from booth on other side of house? Check. Said cables tested? Not yet. Rack (for outboard [...]

The studio move – part 2

Bruce Williams — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:33:46 +0000

This picture was taken a month or so ago. Yes, Max’s mess is evident. The room is however starting to take shape now. I had Paul Barker (electrician, and coincidentally, Dave’s drummer) come over today and we ran cables back and forth across the top of the house through the roof cavity (in 35C/95F heat, [...]

The studio moving process

Bruce Williams — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:46:58 +0000

The relocation of my home studio is moving along nicely, although it feels slow when contemplated on a daily basis. Over the Christmas/New Year break, I have built 2 acoustic ‘clouds’. Each cloud is 2.1 metres x 1.2 metres in size. The frame is 70mm x 19mm pine, and the inside is filled with 75mm [...]

Building the pod – episode 128

Bruce Williams — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:52:58 +0000

In episode 128, we explore the first half of the “Delay and echo” submenu items in the effects menu. Also, my plans to move my home studio in the new year, and this week saw the release of the Audition 3.0.1 patch. See the previous post for details.

Audition 3.0.1 patch available now!

Bruce Williams — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:06:49 +0000

Go get it people!! I want my patch!

It’s THAT time of year

Bruce Williams — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:56:46 +0000

Sorry one and all, it’s just been another one of those crazy “leading up to Christmas” type of weeks. Seems I’ve had something on every night this week, which has meant I got no podcasts recorded at all. My apologies. I will do my absolute best to get another BTP and SL out before Christmas. [...]

Building the pod – episode 127

Bruce Williams — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:56:38 +0000

In ep 127, we start (one more time!) working our way through the effects menus of Audition 3, starting with the ‘Amplitude and Compression’ submenu items.

No podcasts this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:55:00 +0000

Sorry gang. Just another one of those weeks where time got away from me, and I didn’t get anything recorded.

The state of play

Bruce Williams — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:56:22 +0000

Howdy folks. Here we go again. Another week and no podcasts. This is getting monotonous. Building The Pod: As previously mentioned, until the next version ships, there isn’t a lot more I can say. Still happy to crank out the odd episode here and there if anyone has questions requiring answers regarding using Audition. At [...]

A big weekend

Bruce Williams — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:46:35 +0000

Well, as you have probably guessed by now, no, there are no podcasts this week. Last week seemed to disappear down a rabbit hole, as we made final plans for my party on Saturday night, combined with me preparing for today’s e-Seminar. I am hoping (stress the “hoping”) to get episode 100 of Sine Languge [...]

Birthday presents?

Bruce Williams — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:30:18 +0000

OK peeps, need your thoughts. What does a 40 year old guy want for his birthday? NOT audio gear (’cause anything along that line I’d buy through my company). Budget? Up to about AU$500 (US$400). Don’t e-mail me. Put your ideas in the comments below. It might help other folks come up with ideas, too! [...]

The absence continues

Bruce Williams — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:13:10 +0000

Again, no Shutters Inc or Building The Pod this week. And next week, there’ll be NO podcasts at all, as Cath, Max and I are off to Western Australia for 8 days. One of my cousins is getting married next Sunday. We’ll be back in Sydney Monday night. Looking forward to getting over there and [...]

No BTP or SI

Bruce Williams — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:14:37 +0000

Sorry gang. Despite having some time to myself this weekend, I still didn’t get around to recording Building the pod. And although Shelton and I HAD planned to record Shutters Inc this week, technical difficulties AGAIN conspired against us. Grrrr.

3 strikes…

Bruce Williams — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:20:33 +0000

Sorry guys. No podcasts at all this week.

The tables are turned

Bruce Williams — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:59:00 +0000

After 2 months, I finally got to record an episode of Shutters Inc this week! But unfortunately, other activities prevented me from getting to Building the Pod or Sine Language. Apologies one and all.

Building the pod – episode 126

Bruce Williams — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:33:14 +0000

In episode 126, I invited Michael Rooney (the author of the shareware program, Mediasweeper) to come over and have a chat about exactly what his application is designed to do, and how it works. For anyone who uses the multitrack side of Audition, this program is a MUST-HAVE! With versions 2 and 3 of Audition, [...]

e-Seminars… again

Bruce Williams — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:29:45 +0000

Just checked with my contact at Adobe here in Sydney. As I thought, attendance is free, but you do need to register in advance. And you can do that by going here. And I should probably have included the Shutters Inc listeners in the last post… so I’m doing it now. Not because I host [...]

Upcoming Adobe e-Seminars

Bruce Williams — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:09:11 +0000

Hi all, Just wanted to let you know that I have 2 additional e-Seminars booked for the end of the year. That means there are 3 opportunities to learn about Audition and Soundbooth VISUALLY between now and Christmas! Woohoo! So, here are the details: Friday 19th September, 2008 Clean Up Audio with Adobe Audition 3 [...]

Another week down

Bruce Williams — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:27:50 +0000

Hi all. Sorry to say it, but it’s another week without any podcasts.

Building the pod – episode 125

Bruce Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:00:58 +0000

This week, a bunch of listener e-mails to answer. First up, we heard from Bomar in France. After editing and mixing this episode, it occurred to me that this really should have been in Sine Language rather than BTP… oh well, sue me! Bomar mentioned (among other things), a microphone which is alledgedly capable of [...]

Dramas last week

Bruce Williams — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:35:34 +0000

As many of you noticed, I was having problems last week with my RSS feeds being broken. Turns out that my web hosting company had changed something behind the scenes which promptly broke my feeds. Although I have already privately thanked him, I just wanted to quickly say “Thanks mate!” to Phil Massyn (publicly) for [...]

Connected again

Bruce Williams — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:04 +0000

Hi all, Sorry for the lack of communication this past weekend. Cath, Max and I went to Melbourne for 4 days. Had very limited access to internet due to the absolutely OUTRAGEOUS prices being charged by our hotel (A$29 for 24 hours internet!! You gotta be freakin’ kidding?) It’s now Tuesday night, and we’ve just [...]

Adobe e-Seminar tomorrow

Bruce Williams — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:38:42 +0000

Sorry for the short notice, but I’m conducting another Adobe e-Seminar tomorrow, at 12 noon Australian Eastern Standard Time (02:00 UTC). This one will be on Optimizing Audio in Soundbooth CS3. Interested? Go here.

Facebook group for audio2u.com

Bruce Williams — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:55:57 +0000

I’ve started a Facebook group for anyone who is interested. Not sure exactly what the benefit of that is, but I guess if a few people join up, we’ll soon work it out, huh? Take me there!

Building the pod – episode 124

Bruce Williams — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:56:30 +0000

This week, a discussion on handling noise within your home, prompted by a discussion I had with Luke Stapely on Facebook. Dynamics processor, with no ratio of compression or expansion. Click image to see full view. Dynamics processor with text box for finite input and output value entry. Click image to see full view. Here, all [...]

Lights are on, but nobody’s home

Bruce Williams — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:26:56 +0000

Sorry one and all, but I have been drawn and quartered by a really nasty cold this week. So, even though I have some good stuff for both BTP and SL, it’s another week of “no shows”.

Adobe e-Seminar this Friday

Bruce Williams — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:17:35 +0000

Hey gang! Just thought I’d let you know that I will be conducting an e-Seminar this Friday at 12 noon Australian Eastern Standard time (02:00 UTC). The topic is Using Automation in Adobe Audition 3. If you want to come along and listen, the link is here.

Another one bites the dust

Bruce Williams — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:56:06 +0000

Sorry gang… no podcasts at all this week.

D’oh! How about those links?

Bruce Williams — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:57:29 +0000

Sorry gang. Completely forgot to post the links I said I would with the SL093 show notes. So, here goes: Direct Stream Digital DC offset In future, let me know, will ya? Cheers.

Sorry guys (and gals)

Bruce Williams — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:00:59 +0000

No BTP or SI this week.

No SL this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:58:30 +0000

Sorry guys.

Building the pod – episode 123

Bruce Williams — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:45:50 +0000

After my post on Thursday evening, I received an e-mail from Hugo Sharp asking for more discussion on recording Skype calls into Audition. Also, I’ve produced new podast imaging with a new voice (Mike Drayson). Love that guy’s voice! And again, I’m asking for some input. Where does btp go from here?

Help me out here, guys

Bruce Williams — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:41:07 +0000

It’s Thursday night, and believe it or not, I actually have a night where I could record a podcast. But you know what? I got nothin’. I don’t know what to cover in Building the pod. I don’t even have any e-mails to answer. Either everyone has deserted me, or I have covered this topic [...]

No podcasts this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:29:34 +0000

Sorry gang, no podcasts at all this week.

Don’t mind me…

Bruce Williams — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:55 +0000

…just testing out the latest version of WordPress. whoosh001 I’m interested to see if that audio file ends up being “published” in the feed, like an episode of a podcast. ok, that ought to be enough mucking around for now. Addendum Well, no, apparently you can now attach media files to a post without [...]

Couple of vids for ya!

Bruce Williams — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:12 +0000

Hey gang, Just received a couple of links from Richard Bianchini (thanks mate!) relating to off-camera flash. Number 1 Number 2 Enjoy!

No BTP this week

Bruce Williams — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:18:43 +0000

Sorry gang. But hey, you’re getting used to this now, right?

The state of play…

Bruce Williams — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:28:10 +0000

The short story. No podcasts at all this week. The long story. I had an Adobe e-Seminar to conduct on Friday, so imagine my absolute horror on Tuesday night to realise that a piece of software I had installed had brought with it some malware which blocked me from logging in to Windows! Aaarrrrgggghhhh! Couldn’t [...]

Building the pod – episode 122

Bruce Williams — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:41:58 +0000

In episode 122, Bruce takes a look at the new Adaptive Noise Reduction function in Audition v3. Plus a nice little trick to employ with ANR towards the end!

Building the pod – episode 121

Bruce Williams — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:08:12 +0000

This week, my new toy (an AEA R84 ribbon mic), my lynda.com Reason v4 title is now online, plus a few e-mails to answer, including using Lame in Audition (thanks Steve Mayfield!), deleting silence, plus a request… where am I up to?

No BTP

Bruce Williams — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:28:57 +0000

Hi gang. I know I said I would try and get BTP done this week, but as you’ll hear in this week’s Sine Language, I got a bit carried away with my new toy. I would like to promise that next week there’ll be an episode of BTP, but I don’t like making promises if [...]

Who misses out this week?

Bruce Williams — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:01:17 +0000

Unfortunately, both Building the Pod and Shutters Inc. Again, my apologies. I will do my best to get BTP done for next week. And Shutters Inc fans, I can tell you that Shelton and I have spoken, and are aiming to get an episode recorded Tuesday or Wednesday night this coming week, so, fingers crossed, [...]

3 strikes…

Bruce Williams — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:18:06 +0000

What can I tell ya? It’s just been a full-on week yet again, and I have not had a chance to record ANY of my podcasts. Two things stood in my way this past week. 1. I was recording yet another title for Lynda.com in the evenings, and 2. A cousin of mine from Perth [...]

Building the pod – episode 120

Bruce Williams — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:02:19 +0000

And you thought it would never happen, right? At last, BTP is back. This week, a couple of e-mails to answer. Jim Weishorn asked about the introduction of quantization errors from too much processing. And Mike Wills asked about encoding your mp3′s from inside Audition, but using Lame instead of the Fraunhofer codec. Which led [...]

BTP misses out again!

Bruce Williams — Sun, 04 May 2008 10:45:59 +0000

I am truly sorry gang, I really am. I got back into Sydney at 6am last Monday morning, I laid low that day, spent Tuesday with Cath (seeing as how I wasn’t here on Sunday for our wedding anniversary), and then Wednesday, I was back at MIX106.5 where it would appear I will be indefinitely. [...]