Sine Language

New podcast: Nothing to Fear

Bruce Williams — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:54:25 +0000

I’m about to launch a new podcast called “Nothing to Fear“. It will be along the same lines as “Building the Pod” (for those who remember it), except this one will be all about the digital audio workstation known as Reaper. All things being equal, the first two episodes will go live Sunday 12th May, [...]

Sine Language – episode 130

Bruce Williams — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:02:04 +0000

To quote Jim Morrison, “This is the end”. Size: 4793575 bytes Duration: 4:20

Sine Language – Episode 129

Bruce Williams — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:00:36 +0000

This week, Jim Addie weighs in on the Loudness War, including providing us with this link to Audyssey’s room calibration tool for your DAW, a link for AudioLeak, and a link to a technical document on the subject of loudness, Geoff Hankerson points us toward a recent epsiode of the Home Theatre Geeks podcast, and [...]

Sine Language – episode 128

Bruce Williams — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:00:43 +0000

This week, Kevin Smith chimed in some more on tracking with effects in place, a brief comment on how the use of reverb has changed over the years, Ron Eastwood suggested another way of accomplishing the “richer harmonics” that I talked about in episode 127, and J.R. sent us this link which he says is [...]

Sine Language – episode 127

Bruce Williams — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:21:19 +0000

This week, Jim Addie replied concerning Dave King’s link to the Vacuumsound RIAA plugin, my trip to the Sony DADC plant here in Sydney, baking tapes, Springsteen’s Nebraska album, the Mixerman Diaries, an e-mail from Kevin Smith regarding “tracking with mixing/mastering in mind”. Size : 40198669 bytes Duration: 33:22 Love the podcast? Want to share [...]

Sine Language – episode 126

Bruce Williams — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:27:30 +0000

In ep 126, some pros and cons of the Fast Track Ultra 8R soundcard, Dave King sent me this link for an RIAA EQ Curve Plug-in, Todd Sadowski asked about USB mics, Rob Scalise wanted me to cover digital noise reduction some more, so I’m asking for your samples, plus, in a recent edition of [...]

Sine Language – episode 125

Bruce Williams — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:01:07 +0000

This week, we follow on from last episode, talking more about restoring your vinyl and converting it to digital media. Firstly, I came across Warren Barnett, a Sydney-based Mastering Engineer with what was, to me at least, an unusual approach to restoring vinyl, so I got him on Skype for a chat. Then it was [...]

Brief interruption to service

Bruce Williams — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:33:26 +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!

Sine Language – episode 124

Bruce Williams — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:01:32 +0000

This week, a discussion on digitising your vinyl collection, and turning it into a digital music collection. Everything from preparing your vinyl, to setting up your hardware, recording, editing, mastering, encoding, completing the metadata, and finally, your playback options. Links: (preparation) Gruvglide (hardware) Ortofon cartridges Stanton cartridges Techincs SL1200 (software) Adobe Audition Audacity Reaper (noise [...]

Sine Language – episode 123

Bruce Williams — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:11:30 +0000

This week, a quick explanation of the new website layout (audio2u.com is now NOT the landing pad for Sine Language), the MOTU UltraLite as a mobile recording interface (NB: the link provided is to the current mk3 version… mine is the original mk1, courtesy of Daryl Gungadoo and AWR), dynamics control on portable recorders (and [...]

New stomping grounds

Bruce Williams — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:45:22 +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, [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 122

Bruce Williams — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:16:01 +0000

Happy new year! A quick mention of our holiday cruise (blog and pictures start here), an e-mail from Steve Filmer regarding a couple of articles on NPR; this one on the loudness wars, inluding this great pdf, and this on one the average level of TV commercials, a quick mention of James Cameron’s epic, Avatar, [...]

Sine Language – episode 121

Bruce Williams — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:53:07 +0000

Yay! Got another ep out the door before the eyar escaped from me! This week, just tidying up some loose ends. A while back, JR sent us a link about the Schwartz Engineering Laser microphone. That link has now been revised. Someone also sent in a link to the Waves Vocal Rider, which at the [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 120

Bruce Williams — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:31:28 +0000

In episode 120, some thanks to those people who have made donations via the button on the front page of audio2u.com, a couple of links to look at: JR sent in this link to a laser microphone, and somebody (apologies for not taking note of who sent this in) advised me of the forthcoming Waves [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Shutters Inc – episode 138

Bruce Williams — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:29:27 +0000

This week, we address a couple of the back catalogue of e-mails that we’ve been trying to get to (for weeks, it seems!), and then on to a discussion of the pros and cons of both APS-C sized sensors and 35mm sensors. Is this shaping up to be the new “megapixel race”?

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 119

Bruce Williams — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:00:39 +0000

This week, Jim Addie hits us with “War and Peace – part 2″ on the way dynamic volume adjustments are made on playback in home theatre receivers, and Ernie asked if I could put together some thoughts on recording and processing the voice, so consider this the first part of a 2 or 3 part [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 118

Bruce Williams — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:22:07 +0000

This week, The audio2u.com forum is open. And a big shout out goes to Mike Wills for helping with some of the background tweaking, Bomar wrote to ask about the sound design elements I use for the intros to my podcasts (or at least, the one at the beginning of Shutters Inc which sounds like [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 117

Bruce Williams — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:51:05 +0000

This week, Chris Bartlett asks about cloud computing and how that might affect the DAW market into the future, My man in Hollywood replied with some more info on film track-lay procedures and definitions, and then Chris Bartlett wrote in again, first to comment on how being a home recording enthusiast is a bit like [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 116

Bruce Williams — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:36:47 +0000

This week, a short episode featuring a heap of positive feedback on the Integrate ’09 vendors episode. Then, Bomar asked if he should buy an audio interface with some DSP that he can track through, or should he just record clean and use plugins later, and David McKeitch brought us up to speed on his [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 115 (Integrate ’09 vendors)

Bruce Williams — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:39:36 +0000

In episode 115, I caught up with some of the exhibitors at Integrate ’09; a pro audio, video and lighting trade show in Sydney. 00:00:44 Ben Sneesby – Bees Neez Microphones 00:02:48 Andy Eastwood – Dynamic Music 00:07:59 Mick Wordly – Mixmasters 00:19:37 James Hicks – Oceanic Distribution 00:22:46 Ben Redzic – Lightsounds 00:25:04 Joshua [...]

Sine Language – episode 114

Bruce Williams — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:30:07 +0000

In ep 114, how NOT to attend a trade show, my man in Hollywood gets back to us on track laying for motion picture, and JR asked about the best way to record some character interviews outside of the ideal studio environment. A couple of links for you: FMR Audio (makers of the RNC compressor) [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 113

Bruce Williams — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:54:41 +0000

In ep 113, a bit of a discussion on patchbays, Michael Rooney’s AATranslator software, Peachey wanted to know about how to lay out the audio for a film mix, somebody liked my Muggshot commercial and wanted to know about de-breathing techniques, the Loudness War awareness campaign is reaching mainstream (with a Facebook group supporting an [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 112

Bruce Williams — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:47:34 +0000

This week, a couple of links from my man in Hollywood: An article from Sound On Sound magazine on surround sound, plus this excerpt from the NAB Engineering Handbook on Audio for Digital Television. Also, another war story for ya! For anyone who needs help remembering their DAW’s keyboard shotcuts, try Editor’s Keys. A quick [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 111

Bruce Williams — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:58:31 +0000

This week, an apology to Jay for incorrectly identifying him as the author of the e-mail I read out in ep 110, Jim Weishorn wants to discuss dynamics some more (that’ll have to wait), a query from Steve Riekeberg at Geek Cred on the voice track processing I use in post-production (see notes at the [...]

No SI or SL

Bruce Williams — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:21:46 +0000

Sorry gang(s), no Sine Language or Shutters Inc this week.

Sine Language – episode 110

Bruce Williams — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:53:29 +0000

In episode 110, Tim Cumings is happy with his USB mic pre-amp from Centrance, Geoff Hankerson was concerned about the proximity of the drinks fridge to my studio, as well as being slightly miffed about the dynamic range in DVD audio when watching movies, Justin wrote to ask about the different types of reverb and [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 109

Bruce Williams — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:15:12 +0000

In ep 109, a quick plug for iStockPhoto who are now selling user-generated audio clips. For those of you with a love of recording outdoor sounds, this could be a nice way to turn your hobby into some extra cash. Worth checking out at the very least. Then, a lengthy e-mail from Jim Addie answering [...]

No SI or SL this week

Bruce Williams — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:51:54 +0000

Sorry one and all. Shutters Inc was going to happen, but Shelton had a commercial shoot dropped on him at the last minute. A man’s gotta eat!

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 108

Bruce Williams — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:41:47 +0000

This week, I discuss a couple of e-mails traded back and forth between myself and Karl Cooper, who asked about all the usual suspects…. tracking levels, compression, signal chains etc. Which of course led me to talking (again) about this thread at prosoundweb.com Next up, in an effort to get further through the backlog of [...]

Sine Language – episode 107

Bruce Williams — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:31:13 +0000

In episode 107, Rob Scalise gets on my soapbox about the potential dangers of prolonged use of headphones. My man in Hollywood got back to us with answers to Jay’s questions from ep 106 re: movie audio. Ernie wrote and mentioned that he prefers my AKG C3000 to my R84. He also commented on previous [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 106

Bruce Williams — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:17:15 +0000

This week, Jay asked about the audio processing used in movie soundtracks, and why the music in movies sounds so much better than the official soundtrack CD. Scott Hess asked about using small amounts of delay to simulate spatial shifts, rather than using straight out panning. And Greg Anderson wanted some feedback (from YOU as [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 105

Bruce Williams — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:01:05 +0000

We’re back! The new studio, whilst not complete, is certainly functional. So, this ep begins with a bit of a chat regarding what the last 6-8 weeks has entailed. Then into the meat of it: An interview with Nick Dika (Product Manager and PR guru for Izotope) about the just released version 4 of their [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 104

Bruce Williams — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:02:29 +0000

In episode 104, some more from Bomar on the microphones that can hear the footsteps of an ant… or in this case, the rhythmic drumming of the legs of a spider during a mating ritual. The university which carried out this experiment is here. Then, I received a lengthy e-mail from Jim Addie (he of [...]

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. [...]

A little something extra on wireless mics…

Bruce Williams — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:51:03 +0000

Rhys Hale kindly posted the following on the audio2u Facebook group this morning… SL 103 – Wireless Mics Just as a quick follow up to ep103 of Sine Language’s discussion on buying wireless mics, Shure have a great article on “Selection and operation of wireless microphones” Enjoy! Thanks Rhys!

Sine Language – episode 103

Bruce Williams — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:47:54 +0000

In ep 103, a continuation of the discussion on home theatre, Bomar asked about why I use Lame (which I use in conjunction with Speex Multi frontend) for mp3 encoding, plus he gave us some links for websites concerned with hearling loss: deafness.about.com digital recordings University of NSW jimmyr (link 1) jimmyr (link 2) and [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 102

Bruce Williams — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:34:09 +0000

This week, Greg Anderson sent in a voice comment of his own “radio war story”, Jim Weishorn wrote to ask for more info on subtractive eq, Alexander Williams* (no relation) wrote to ask about processing audio for live streaming (as opposed to pre-producing content), …which led me to again remark about having VU meters rather [...]

Sine Language – episode 101

Bruce Williams — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:52:24 +0000

This week, “Big C” asked about combatting air conditioner hum, Tim Cumings sent in an audio sample of a Skype interview he conducted (pre and post eq), Greg Anderson wrote to say that he’s launched his Atomic Time Keeping podcast on the world (Onya, Greg!) He also wondered about mp3 encoding… mono vs stereo. Then, [...]

Sine Language – episode 100

Bruce Williams — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:00:05 +0000

Yes folks. Believe it or not, we’re finally here! The building of this video has been an absolute labour of love…. I’d estimate that it’s taken me about 20 hours of work to complete! Maybe, that’s partly my inexperience at producing video podcasts, but hopefully, when you watch it, you’ll see where those hours went. [...]

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 [...]

SL100 – The giveaway details

Bruce Williams — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:37:34 +0000

OK, sorry for the delay in getting this post prepared. Life just seems to get crazier and busier by the week! A few people have written saying “I can’t find the details for the giveaway, where are they?” My bad. I received an e-mail a couple of weeks back from Jim Weishorn suggesting a couple [...]

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 [...]

Sine Language – episode 099

Bruce Williams — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:08:47 +0000

This week, an answer for Bomar who thought he heard distortion in episode 98, another mic comparison, this time between the R84 and my AKG C3000, Jim Addie wrote in with detailed definitions of DC offset and wave asymmetry, plus a reminder about a great thread on PSW about digital recording levels. Also mentioned, the [...]

Sine Language – episode 098

Bruce Williams — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:00:33 +0000

This week, a ton of e-mail to answer from the last month or so, including some reminiscing about the transition from analogue to digital within the radio industry through the late ’80′s and early ’90′s, Ron Eastwood tried recording quasi-binaural on a boom box, Jim Addie sent in a link to an interesting article on [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 097

Bruce Williams — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:53:34 +0000

In ep 97, a quick look back at the definition of ‘bandwidth’ (in relation to peak filters, as mentioned in ep 96), the Pro Audio Reference library at Rane is definitely worth bookmarking, the Rane article on Constant Q Equalizers is worth reading too, not quite a ‘war story’, but an interesting observation I made [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 096

Bruce Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:01:04 +0000

This week, a further discussion on filters. Something I should have covered last episode (but sadly neglected) was to distinguish between shelf filters and peak filters. I also received an e-mail from Ike Tamigian, who is interested in hearing a discussion on the ins and outs of Izotope’s Ozone plugin. I’ve put it on the [...]

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 [...]

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!

Sine Language – episode 095

Bruce Williams — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:21 +0000

This week, so many e-mails to answer, I couldn’t get to them all! Jim Addie chimed in with some follow up on DC offset (thanks, Jim!), Steve Mayfield wondered if I’d got my HDMI issues sorted (Yes! Thanks, Steve). He offered a link to another site that reviewed some hand held field recorders, registered his [...]

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”.

Sine Language – episode 094

Bruce Williams — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:01:32 +0000

This week, an e-mail from Steve Mayfield regarding the Tascam US122L usb interface. Quite a decent looking portable audio interface which might suit those wishing to record direct to a laptop. * 2 XLR mic inputs with phantom power * 2 analog line inputs (1 switchable to high impedance for use with guitars, basses, etc.) [...]

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.

Sine Language – episode 093

Bruce Williams — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:00:17 +0000

This week, another e-mail from Jim Addie about early (mid 80′s) digital recording systems. Plus, a discussion on DC offset… what it is, why you don’t want it, and how to fix it if you’ve got it. Sounds like a disease, doesn’t it? Links: Direct Stream Digital DC offset

No SL this week

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

Sorry guys.

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 [...]

Shutters Inc – episode 111

Bruce Williams — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:15:36 +0000

The audio quality may be a little rough this week. It was a real “last minute” thing that we even got to record at all, but I figured any podcast was better than no podcast! Yay! We’re back! This week, Shelton suggests that there MIGHT be some US workshops in the near future! Woohoo! Stay [...]