Paul Garay: Inside Home Recording

What kind of computer, audio hardware is required for home recording (drives, RAM, CPU)
Some of the software out there that’s easy to use where you can be making music
Microphone types (dynamic/condenser/USB)
Real audio tracks vs. software instruments
What are the advantages of recording on your computer?
Basic Room acoustics 101; why do we need to consider treating our rooms?

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS

My podcast:
www.insidehomerecording.com

Apple GarageBand:
www.apple.com/garageband

Propellerheads Reason:
www.propellerheads.se

M-Audio Ozonic Firewire Audio/MIDI Interface Controller
www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Ozonic-main.html

M-Audo Axiom 49 USB MIDi Controller
www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Axiom49-main.html

Digidesign MBox mini
www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=100&navid=114&itemid=4962

Samson Q1U USB microphone:
www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1879&brandID=2

PRODUCTS SHOWN

Apple GarageBand software (part of iLife ’06) $79
Propellerheads Reason 3.0 $399
Digidesign MBox 2 mini $329
Shure SM58 microphone $99
Rode NT2 microphone $399
Samson Q1U USB microphone $59
M-Audio Ozonic keyboard $499
M-Audio Axiom 49 keyboard $249

Dee-Ann LeBlanc: Graphics with the GIMP

1.Introducing The GIMP, a popular and feature-rich photo and image editing tool.
2.Why use the GIMP when you’re a Photoshop addict? It’s free, and can do what most home users need it to do without breaking a sweat. Only major photo editing and print hobbyists and professionals may find that they need to pay hundreds of dollars for commercial software.
3.Gimpshop, the GIMP in a Photoshop-like costume

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS

The GIMP: http://www.gimp.org/
Gimpshop: http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294
Wikivid’s GIMP resource section: http://wikivid.com/index.php/GIMP
An excellent article comparing the GIMP to Photoshop, with many interesting links: http://grimthing.com/archives/2007/01/11/Gimp_vs_Photoshop/
Cinepaint, the version of GIMP used for movie effects: http://www.cinepaint.org/
Use Photoshop plugins with the GIMP, even in Linux: http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html