http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Chronicling my experiences producing music at home. en-us joe@chellman.org 2012-12-14T03:52:22-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/you_can_fix_your_nanopad.html The Korg nanoPAD was the first MIDI controller in a non-keyboard form factor I purchased. The first one I bought crapped out a bit somehow, I’ve forgotten how, but Korg replaced it for me. From that time on, though, I... 768@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Hardware 2012-12-14T03:52:22-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/paul_northfield_interview.html Recording Hacks has a really good interview with Paul Northfield, the engineer on Rush’s great record Moving Pictures, among many, many others. I admit that I wasn’t familiar with Mr. Northfield before reading this, but it’s a very enjoyable read,... 750@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Drums 2009-10-29T17:30:10-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/korg_nanopad_is_muchfun.html I got tired of trying to play drum samples through my keyboard, and bought a nanoPAD. It was a good choice. 731@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Gear In General 2009-01-22T08:15:52-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/idrum_for_iphone_looks_fun.html A version of iDrum is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the demos make me wish I owned one. 715@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Software 2008-08-24T06:12:35-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/using_the_mod_wheel_as_a_volumevelocity_control_in_logic.html My MIDI keyboard doesn’t have very satisfactory velocity curves for programming drums, so I wanted to be able to use the mod wheel to control the volume of incoming notes. Logic is able to do this quite well with a small amount of environment tinkering, detailed here. 713@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2008-07-10T08:05:58-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/too_much_spam_comments_off.html We hate comment spam, and look forward to its demise. Meantime, comments are turned off. 711@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Site-Specific 2008-07-07T05:25:28-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/apple_loops_utility_wipes_out_midi_data_in_green_apple_loops.html The Apple Loops Utility is the tool used for editing Apple Loops. It seems that it should not be used on the green type (the ones that include MIDI) because it wipes out the MIDI portion, effectively converting the green type to the blue. 702@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2008-04-17T06:09:59-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/how_to_make_green_apple_loops.html It’s easy to make green Apple Loops (the kind that contain MIDI and audio data) in Logic 7.1 or greater. I have a quick video lesson showing how it’s done. 701@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2008-04-12T05:37:22-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/logic_gotchas_marquee_tool_and_autopunch_with_cycle_recording.html There are a couple of issues I’ve run into with Logic recently: a bug related to cycle recording, and a behavior of the marquee tool that I just didn’t understand at first. 700@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2008-04-06T01:46:08-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/logic_videos_on_youtube_and_elsewhere.html I just found out about the Logic tutorial videos of SFLogicNinja (aka David Earl), found on YouTube. I just watched one on creating a custom EXS24 sampler instrument in Logic 8, and it was a succinct and helpful overview. I’ve... 699@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2008-04-03T07:08:42-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/rpm_2008.html This year I participated in the RPM Challenge with friend Brian Magerko. Neither of us had been doing a lot of music writing, and he talked me into it. We didn’t make the 10 song, 35 minute goal, but we... 694@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ EP In A Month 2008-03-14T01:50:29-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/customizing_the_gui_of_logic_8.html Edgar Rothermich, who has written a bunch of manuals since he started using Logic mentioned on the Logic Pro Help forums that you can customize the GUI in Logic 8 to make it look more to your liking. I might... 684@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2007-12-10T23:26:20-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/logic_8_arrives.html Logic Studio has landed at my home. Apple apparently listened to the folks who wanted Logic Express to feature all of the editing capabilities of Pro, which is great. I’m now a Logic Pro user myself, so I’m having fun... 679@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2007-11-18T02:13:22-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/logic_express_8_looks_good.html Apple announced the new version of Logic on September 12, and it looks like nearly every complaint I’ve had about Express 7 has been addressed. Express includes all the editing features of Logic Pro now, except for things have to... 676@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2007-09-20T12:38:31-06:00 http://www.chellman.org/audio/solution_for_audio_tracksobjects_not_appearing_in_logics_arrange_window.html Question: I created an audio object in the environment, but I can’t choose and show it in the Arrange window. Why? Answer: In order to appear in the Arrange window, your environment object needs to have its Icon checkbox checked.... 663@http://www.chellman.org/audio/ Logic 2007-04-11T15:54:27-06:00