Archive for the ‘Product Reviews’ Category
You are currently browsing the archives for the Product Reviews category.
14
May
2009
3
Aug
2008
Status of MOREVI: Remastered
Sometime last week my Alesis MultiMix-8 developed a nasty hum, and it is getting worse. I searched for work-arounds, but the easiest solution was to purchase a new mixer.
The questions on many’s minds are (1) what happened, and (2) what new mixer did I pick up?
Here are the answers to both…
- I have a very curious studio staff. One of the perils of allowing pets into your recording environment is they might get curious of what exactly is on your desk; and while you might step away from your desk if only for a moment, something might happen. I left a full glass of iced tea by the mixer, thinking the kittens were preoccupied with other fascinations of a finished basement, but apparently Benedick (the gray-white kitten) really wants to podcast. Like any skilled podcaster he wanted to whet his whistle before recording. The tea was soon everywhere, and while I was assured “Nothing got on the mixer…” that was when the hum appeared. A hard (and expensive) lesson learned.
- The Alesis MultiMix-8 FireWire Podcast Package from BSW is still my mixer and podcasting kit of choice. I picked up the MultiMix-8 before the Billibub Baddings podcast and both mixer and microphone (included with the purchase) has been rock solid for all my recording and mixing needs. I even took it on the road and used it for an interview with award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer. The mixer is a workhorse and reliable to a fault…provided kittens do not knock over glasses of iced tea across it. So I am replacing the humming MultiMix-8 with a new MultiMix-8 (and the AKG Perception-100 is a FINE microphone, one I highly recommend) and I expect to be back into the recording of Chapter Sixteen (and Seventeen) of MOREVI: Remastered by Monday night.
As far as the posting schedule goes, I am still aiming to get episodes of MOREVI online this month. With Double Trouble and my tour schedule as it is, that will make posting on a regular basis a challenge. However, I do have a good portion of Sixteen already recorded. I can continue with audio clean up and resume mixing voices, music, and special effects. Sixteen may not post as one complete episode (I may have to return to chapters divided into sections.) but I should still be able to produce something and keep the story moving forward.
Thanks for checking in with Imagine That! Studios, and thank you for listening to MOREVI: Remastered. Please tell a friend about the podcast, and enjoy the ride.
News and Upcoming Appearances
So here we are, closing in on what will be a busy couple of weeks for me. First, I should mention that All a Twitter is now at the publisher and currently being prepped for printing. You can pre-order the book, but keep an eye on Imagine That! Studios for new developments on this title and something new also coming out from me this summer.
Now, take a look at this schedule. This is where I will be in the upcoming weeks:
May 22-25
Balticon 43 in Hunt Valley, MD
May 29-June 1
Conscription in Auckland, New Zealand
June 2
ANTI-Social Media, presented for LIANZA, 12pm-2pm
Room 420 Kate Edgar Information Commons Building #315
2 Alfred Street, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
All a Twitter, presented for LIANZA, 3pm-5pm
Room 420 Kate Edgar Information Commons Building #315
2 Alfred Street, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
June 3
Social Media Mainline Workshop for LIANZA, 9am-5pm
Computer Lab Room 433, Kate Edgar Information Commons Building #315
2 Alfred Street, University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
June 6 (JUST ADDED!!!)
Podiobooks: The Best Audiobooks FOR FREE Online for Tararua District Library, 1pm-2pm
Dannevirke, New Zealand
June 15
ANTI-Social Media, presented for LIANZA, 12pm-2pm
Seminar Room, Reserve Bank of NZ
2 The Terrace
Report at ground floor reception no later than 11.45am
Wellington, New Zealand
All a Twitter, presented for LIANZA, 5pm-7pm
Conference Room, Department of Conservation
18-32 Manners Street
Report at ground floor reception no later than 4.45pm
Wellington, New Zealand
June 16
Social Media Mainline Workshop for LIANZA, 9am-5pm
SOLD OUT (Waiting List available)
Computer lab 510, Level 5, WelTec Wellington Campus
11-17 Church Street (off Boulcott Street)
Wellington, New Zealand
June 17
Speak Geek to Me, for Te Papa Tongarewa: The Museum of New Zealand, 10am-12pm
Location: TBA
Wellington, NZ
The June 16 workshop sold out in three days (WOW!) but if you are in New Zealand and looking for a primer on Social Media, you can still sign-up for the Auckland workshop. I could not be more excited about these opportunities the Land of the Great White Cloud is offering and I look forward to what is to come during my stay in New Zealand.
Thanks for paying me a visit here, and I will be talking to you all very soon from the Southern Hemisphere.
Tags: All a Twitter, ANTI-Social Media, Auckland, Balticon, Blogging, Conscription, creative thinking, creativity, Facebook, LIANZA, networking, New Zealand, Podcast, podcasting, public speaking, Que, seminar, Social Media, Te Papa, Twitter, Wellington
Posted in Commentary, News & Appearances, Podcast, Product Reviews, Social Media, Tech Reviews | 1 Comment »