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Music Technology
- Recording equipment - Hardware
- Recording Equipment - Software
- Microphones
- Live Sound Equipment
- Video Cameras and equipment
- Video Editing Software
- Still Cameras
- Image Editing Software (photoshop)
- Web design
- Flash
- Scanners
- Word Processors
- Spreadsheets
- Database Software
- Presentation Software
- Online Office Application
- Computer Software Instilation
- Computer Hardware. Mac VS PC
- Network Set Up
- Social Networking Sites
- You Tube
- Online Photo Sharing
Recording Equipment
Hardware.
When i say hardware i mean anything that does not come on a disk that you load on your computer. something that comes in a box. it has that new hardware smell.
i have had experience using a wide range of studio hardware that includes mixing desks, tape machine's, effects racks, patch bays, wall boxes, backline such as amps, monitors and reverb. i am very comfortable using all of the above and although you cannot just use it and have the results come out perfect first time with a little time and some instruction they are easy to use.
with the whole hardware/software recording debate i choose both, i like the sound of different things from both sides, software based recording is easier and more reliable to use though.
Software
This, by proxy is anything that comes on a disk. yes?
i have experience using Cubase, pro Tools, Logic, Garage Band and Ableton Live.
my favorite is Logic, by far. its ease of use is wonderful and i love the endless possibilities. However the program has a few downsides. it tends to overload and whinge a bit if you put too many channels on it and it doesnt come with a very good selection of VST and plugin instruments and finding the sounds that i wanted was very hard. The effects that it come with are easy to use and sound amazing. Overall its an easy program to use once you know what your doing.
Cubase is its little sister, a very very easy program to use with some great VST instruments on it. its a very good program for anyone learning to use music software as its MIDI use is very simple. Cubase still holds the record for my favorite piano sound.
Pro Tools.
I don't want to hurt pro tool's feelings, but i do not like this program at all. i haven't had much experience with it, but i don't like that you have to have Pro Tools compatible hardware just to run the program, Pro Tools also takes a silly amount of time to bounce anything down and waiting half an hour for something is not my idea of fun. The Pro Tools hardware though is very very sexy and one day ill have a full Pro Tools set up, just so i can wander into the room and go 'Oooohh'
that is its only saving grace.
Garage Band.
Take Logic and strip away all the good stuff and complicated buttons. that's what garage band is.
Ableton Live is amazing for live stuff and the amount of stuff you can do with it is endless. Ableton live has managed to make performing in front of an audience as painless as possible.
with Ableton live you can basically assign buttons of your keyboard to bits of the software. its a very easy concept to get hold of, it also has a live looping and recording system, which effectively means you can write and build the song on stage. in practice however its much harder than it looks.
overall i am more than comfortable with software recording and have used enough of them to be able to form my own opinions and favorites.
Microphones
i both like, and understand microphones, though i prefer traditional and popular microphones to conventional ones and i prefer simple polar patterns to anything else. There is a range of mic's that i default to, many of them are dynamic microphones and for a normal and standard band setting i still havent found anything better than a Shure SM58. i love that mic.
Live sound Equipment, much like studio is easy to use once you know what your doing, its not something that is easy to pick up and teach yourself. also, it helps if your strong, alot of the equipment is very heavy and some of the big PA setups are amazing to look at.
Other Technology
Video Camera's
i have used a video camera and i own a little tiny thing that you have to put little tapes into, which makes it very hard to edit the video's or generally upload them to a computer, though it does make them easy to store and archive. they are easy to use and take very little time to set up. i like them, though my ability to capture what i want is hindered somewhat, someday maybe ill get one installed into my eye.
Video Editing Software
my only experience with this is IMovie, which is a bit of software that comes with any apple computer or laptop. its easy and simple and does what i want it to.
Still Camera's
i have a Samsung NV and its amazing. it has lots of settings and it lets me play with shutter speeds, the quality of the picture is very high and its small enough to fit into any bag or pocket i can throw at it. the camera is a digital one, and it defiantly looks the part. i dabble in photography.
Image Editing Software
photoshop springs to mind, and i have used photoshop. i found it complicated, the instructions were terrible and i found it very picky about what it decided to comply with. my software of choice in this catagory is a windows program. its a simple to use thing with not many buttons that can handle cropping and text insertion.
Web Design
I have no experience in this, and i don't think it is anything that i am going to get used to, it just isn't my forte. ditto with Flash, i know what it is and i know that alot of things use it, but i have never created it.
Scanners
same with web design and flash, i know what a scanner is, i just have never needed to use one.
Office Type Software
Word Processors
like everyone in the english speaking world i have
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