Another Great Instrumental Track

Here is another really cool instrumental track, much in the same vein as the other I posted earlier. I am debating whether to put vocals to it or not, I think it would sound great either way. I recorded the guitars direct using my PODxt, the drums are acoustic drum samples from sonic reality, the strings and bass are also from sonic reality. I like the song, let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

Try As I Might

This is a great little song that I have been working on for a while. The drums are from an expansion tank library and Groove Monkee grooves. Everything else was recorded live. I recorded the vocals, but more so that when I find a singer he can sing them (I don't sing well and I recognize that fact, this is just so that I don't lose the ideas that I have for the vocal).

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Great Instumental Track

This is an instrumental track that I have been working on for a little while. The strings are from an expansion tank library, as is the bass. The guitars were all recorded direct through my PODxt. Let me know what you think.

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Preview of Coming Attractions

Since there isn't a whole lot of good stuff on here just yet (I just started like an hour ago), I thought I would go ahead and give everyone an idea of what to expect here in the coming days and weeks.

Audio:
I will be posting several of my songs that I have written and recorded. I think I will try to make them streaming as opposed to downloadable (for copyright reasons). They will be provided as a way for people to hear what I am up to and make suggestions, carry on conversations about techniques, etc.

I have a great idea for a noise elimination program that I hope to have a first version of within the next couple weeks. I had the idea in the shower the other day of a great, easy way to do it. I intend this program to be free, since I have gleaned a lot from the audio community for free and want to give back at least something. Hopefully it will make it to places like KVR audio so that anyone who wants a great free program can have one. Of course, if the idea doesn't pan out, then it'll be back to the drawing board for however long.

Woodworking:
I am currently making a mantle clock for my wife and will probably post some pictures of it when I finally get that done. It is in the same vein as one I made several years ago for my mom.

School:
I have been in charge of the design and construction of an anechoic chamber for the university (BYU) and due to the extreme lack of information on how to build one of these things, I think it would be great for me to put up a couple posts that describe the design process, considerations and construction.

There are more things that will come along as well, but these are the things that I can think of off the top of my head that I would like to post here. Let me know if there is anything else you want to hear about.

My Recording Rig

Since this is intended to be a place for me to discuss the things that interest me, I don't feel the need to use a vocabulary that everyone understands. Also, seeing as how there may well be other people who are interested in this kind of stuff, a list of equipment that I currently use seems to be in order. These are pieces of equipment that I use for making my music:

Guitars and equipment:
PRS CE-24
ESP MH-300
Two custom-made electrics
Tacoma DM-9
Rogue 4-string Bass
Line6 PODxt
early '80's Marshall solid state combo
late '70's extension cab

Recording gear:
Custom Recording PC (AMD dual core processor, 250 GB recording drive, 1.5 GB RAM, DVD burner, Firewire)
Presonus Firepod interface
Aardvark Direct Pro 24/96 interface
Event TR-8 studio monitors
M-Audio Oxygen 8 v2 midi keyboard
Koss recording headphones
2 - SE1A small diaphragm condensers
MXL 990 mic
Shure SM-57
Sennheiser E-825
Mogami cables

Recording software:
N-track studio recording software
Sony Soundforge Editing software
Sampletank LE
Expansion tank modules
Various plugins, etc.

If you have any questions about any of this stuff, let me know.