#monostereo

[leonardofrancor]

Music made in home studio

[curiousquail]

Hey so. About 5 years ago this week we released AFTER THE LIGHTS FAILED and to celebrate that, Abe snuck around behind Mike's back and coordinated with a bunch of artists to do an arrangement album of all of the songs. Each band or musician took one song and made it theirs. It's a work of art, and Mike cried a lot while listening to it. You might too. Full lineup: Travis Hayes, Petriform, Dogcatcher, [MONO]Stereo, Alexis Blair of El Gato Dice (and so many more), Ace Waters, Zen Zenith (of August Brings, Please Do Not Fight + more), Matthew Joseph Payne, and Gnarboots.  Because they're sneaky bastards, our drummer Joey, violinist Alan and bassist Josh feature on several of these covers but NOT playing their corresponding parts because I mean, why not. Anyway - here it is. Style ranges from solo acoustic folk to elaborate analog synthtronica and banjo-driven horn sections. Listen to it. It's beautiful. https://curiousquail.bandcamp.com/album/five-years-after-the-lights-failed

[talent4change]

TALENT4CHANGE is now registered to inspire, unite and empower on the beautiful enchanted island of Puerto Rico!!! Thank you to @gastroarte_pr , @monostereoosj, @lavilladelsamurai, @hotelelconvento, @hectorcamachojr, @khalilah_camachoali, @vive_boriken, @angierosemusik, @elplatocalientepr, @villamontanabeachresort, @mayaguez_food_truck_court, @dainamite_yc, @bykennedyblades, @puertorico and the many others who continue to support us in our mission to expand our initiatives into communities in Puerto Rico. #Talent4ChangePuertoRico #TalentoParaCambio #PuertoRico #inspire #unite #empower #CHEFandKIDS #CHEFandKIDSPR #ProvidingIngredientsForStrongAndHealthyGrowth #GastroArtePR #MonoStereo #LaVillaDelSamurai #Together #WeAre #TheVillage (at San Juan, Puerto Rico)

[djbrahmin]

Good Morning FAM ☀️☀️☀️ MONO VS STEREO RECORDING - WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU? Lets check out GAG DAILY TIPS ❗️ ❓ ‼️ ⁉️ ‼️ ❓ ❗️ #gagfam #gag_daily_tips #monophonic #tutorial #monostereo #assamesmusically #musicproducercourseinguwahati #stereophonics #soundcardrecording #soundrecordingsoftware #soundrecording #studiomonitors #recordingmusic #musicmaking #composerlife #mixingandmastering #soundart #studioporn #daw #protools #producerlife #studiolife #djtraininginguwahati #electronicdancemusicproducer #electronicmusicproducers #electronicmusicproduction #electronicmusicproducer #djcourses #djcourse #djlifestyle🚨🚨🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🚨🚨🚨 (at Gauhati) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGWaLVQqtJx/?igshid=14b4o3rowo0ti

[miss-fire]

Brainiac

[1962dude420-blog]

Today we remember the passing of Tim Taylor who Died: May 23, 1997 in Dayton, Ohio.

Brainiac was formed in Dayton, Ohio, United States in January 1992 with vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player (particularly Moog synthesizers) Tim Taylor (July 20, 1968 – May 23, 1997), bassist Monostereo (Juan Monasterio), guitarist Michelle Bodine and drummer Tyler Trent. On March 12, the band played its first show at Wright State's University Cafeteria, under the name We'll Eat Anything.

After a slew of singles, they released their debut album, Smack Bunny Baby, on Grass/BMG Records in 1993. Bonsai Superstar, now with John Schmersal on guitar in place of Bodine, followed the next year. In 1995 they played on the Lollapalooza side stage and recorded four songs in the UK for the BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions. They joined Touch and Go Records and released Internationale, produced by Kim Deal (of the Pixies). The following year, their third album, Hissing Prigs in Static Couture, was released on the Touch & Go label. All three of their albums were produced by Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys).

Brainiac generated a buzz as the live act to see that resulted in opening tours for Beck, the Breeders and the Jesus Lizard and receiving offers from major labels. In 1997, they released an electronic-based EP called Electro-Shock for President which turned out to be their last record: Taylor was killed in a car accident on May 23, 1997, during the pre-production for their fourth album, which was due out on Interscope Records. The group soon disbanded. A benefit show featuring The Breeders and Guided By Voices took place a few months later.

Taylor was driving to his Dayton, Ohio home when he lost control of his Mercedes. The car was moving at a fast pace when Taylor lost control and the Mercedes quickly drove off the road and collided with two poles and a fire hydrant. The car then burst into flames killing Taylor instantly.

[godoflaundrybaskets]

Exporting Your Podfic

So quick caveat here: I am by no means an expert on this. But I made a bunch of sample files with different export options and wanted to put them somewhere other than discord. And also I just thought it was an interesting topic. Here's also a link to vworpvworp's live tweets from the "You're File Size Is Too Damn Big!!!" panel where BessyBoo ran a panel at podfication and talked about some of the issues I go over here.

In general there are several different file export options you'll see used. Both by audacity or whatever device you're using to record with (especially your phone). Some of them will be easier to control than others.

How you choose to export your podfic can have a big impact on quality (if done improperly) or the size of the file you're asking people to download. Ultimately though you're probably gonna be fine with whatever you're using. It's not the end of the world if you give the producer of a multivoice fic an mp3 or m4a. And a lot of the services that people typically use have pretty reasonable defaults.

With all that said, when we get into specifics, I'll mostly be focusing on is audacity because that's the one that provides by far the most number of options and control. 

File Types

.wav and .aiff:

* This is an uncompressed audio file. 

* What that means is this is there will be no sound quality degradation caused by attempting to make the file smaller.

* However, what this also means is that your file size might be HUGE in comparison to an mp3.

* I'd recommend this format if you're looking to back your stuff up. Or if you're looking to transfer files for a multivoice.

.mp3

* This is an compressed audio file. Audacity lets you control the compression algorithm used. This will make the audio file smaller but at the expense of some quality.

* I'd recommend this format for posting.

.m4a

* Similar to mp3 but it's specifically a format made by apple.

* If you want to use this one it's not going to hurt? I've heard of some iphones having trouble playing mp3s but if they're going to be streaming it in the browser that'd probably be using the .mp3 format regardless.

.m4b

* This is a audiobook format. It allows you to place chapter book markers that certain apps can use to navigate the file.

* Phones and podcast apps do a much better job then they used to at keeping your place in an .mp3 file. You probably don't need to provide this one if you don't want to.

* (I say that because creating an audiobook format is kinda a huge pain if you don't have a mac. Don't stress if you don't feel like providing. But a tool if you're looking to create your own would b:e Chapter and Verse)

* If you're doing longer stuff this can be a nice option? Like either super long chapters or multichaptered fics.

*(I don't bother creating them myself if the fic is under 10 minutes.)

Stereo vs Mono

Stereo: this is where the left and right channel (i.e. like your left and right ear bud) can play different things at different volumes. Often needed in music to convey the complexity of the sound.

Mono: The same thing on both sides of your earbuds. This is generally what you should be using for your podfic. Your average podfic is (like an audiobook) just having the speaker read to you. There shouldn't be a difference between the two channels.

HOWEVER, recording in stereo will increase your file size! If you don't need to, try making sure to convert your track to mono before exporting. (Choosing the split to mono will create you two tracks. You should be safe to just delete one of them. Or as seen in the "Compression + Examples" section below, when exporting there's a checkbox you could use to "Force export to mono".

(This is all under the assumption your not deliberately doing something to manage having different things happening in the different earbuds or are using music.)

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Compression + Examples *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Okay so here where the fun begins. When exporting as a .wav you don't get a ton of options because (as stated earlier) this is an uncompressed file. It's going to be as large as it needs to be to contain all the information.

HOWEVER, for .mp3s audacity has a lottttt of settings.

This isn't even showing the "Bit Rate Mode" options (which i'm not really going to cover here - I'm using constant which means there's no variance in the compression algorithm used. But there's three other options (Preset, Variable, and Average) and which you can read more about here).

The final file in the playlist below (titled "comparison of bitrates") was exported as a (1) wav, (2) 128kbs, (3) 96kbs, (4) 64kbs and then (5) 32kbs, and then spliced back together and exported as a wav. I've also included the .mp3s that were used to generate the comparison file.

link to archive.org where I've made a bunch of sample files exported at different bitrates so you can hear for yourself (or not).

I'll be honest, I can't hear a difference between anything at or above 96kbs. There's a lot lot of things that can affect this. From how good the audio quality was to begin with (i.e. did you record this outside on a windy day next to a highway? or in a sound booth on a professional mic?) to how you're listening (blasting from car speakers or on your fancy™ headphones?). So some people can tell the difference! Honestly I wouldn't stress too much about it either way. This was mostly just informative than necessarily suggesting advise.

I know I tend to export at 96kbs. I know people who go higher though! I also know people who go lower. (I also have heard of people who just post the wav but please don't do that unless you're also giving people another option to download, lmao). Figure out what sound works for you. But also keep in mind that someone else is going to be trying to download this file. If they're doing it on their phone then data can be pretty expensive indeed. Balancing quality and file size is a good line to be aware of and think about. But it's also one you can just set and forget once you have a balance you're happy with.

[bibeim]

Amazing Poster for Queens of the Stone Age at Montreux Jazz Festival. Art by Spanish Artist Eleduwork and printed by Barcelona based Screenprinting Studio MonoStereo. Thanks @nicolasbrrs . . . #posterart #poster #gigposter #rabbit #aztec #qotsa https://ift.tt/2zpuYMP

[busyhandsfest-blog]

POSTER ARTISTS

Sophy Hollington  (UK)

Richey Beckett (UK) 

Rosi Brind (UK)

Olya Dyer (D)

Arrache toi un oeil (FRA)

We Three Club (UK)

Luke Drozd (UK)

Balthazar Illustration (CHE)

Jakub Zasada (PL)

Kuba Sokolski (PL)

Vaderetro (FRA)

KIDS kollektiv (D)

Bene Rohlmann (D)

Brulex (FRA)

The Impossible Machine (NL)

Spiegelsaal (D)

Monostereo (ES)

Igor Hofbauer (HRV)

Handprinted Stuff (NL)

Michael Hacker (AUS)

Muah Stuff (D)

Zellerluoid (AUS/ES)

[imnews]

Save Our Souls Posts New Video for "The Dark Passenger"

Save Our Souls Posts New Video for "The Dark Passenger"

Brazil’s SAVE OUR SOULS have released their new video for the song titled “The Dark Passenger”.  Creating an unique atmosphere by incorporating diverse influences from symphonic to traditional to thrash to prog plus film scores, the single follows their 2015 album “The Others Side” released on Shinigami Records. “The Dark Passenger” was recorded at Monostereo and Dry House studios with the…

[djbrahmin]

Good Morning FAM ☀️☀️☀️ MONO VS STEREO RECORDING - WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU? Lets check out GAG DAILY TIPS ❗️ ❓ ‼️ ⁉️ ‼️ ❓ ❗️ #gagfam #gag_daily_tips #monophonic #tutorial #monostereo #monos #musicproducercourseinguwahati #stereophonics #soundcardrecording #soundrecordingsoftware #soundrecording #studiomonitors #recordingmusic #musicmaking #composerlife #mixingandmastering #soundart #studioporn #daw #protools #producerlife #studiolife #djtraininginguwahati #electronicdancemusicproducer #electronicmusicproducers #electronicmusicproduction #electronicmusicproducer #djcourses #djcourse #djlifestyle🚨🚨🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🚨🚨🚨 (at Beltola) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8K4pjq-7x/?igshid=q92zpvhwv207

[randybenedict]

Advanced 3D image system for better endoscopic surgery

Keep 2D, See 3D! MonoStereo, a smart 3D endoscope visualization system, integrates the benefits of 2D and 3D function, providing an advanced 3D endoscope image for better endoscopic surgery. from The Medical News https://ift.tt/2Qey9v5

[djsoftwarerev-blog]

New Post has been published on DJ Software Tools & Reviews

New Post has been published on http://djsoftwarereview.com/most-popular-dj-mixers/nady-mm-242-4-stereo-8-mono-channel-mini-mixer-with-monostereo-mode-14-inputs-and-outputs-battery-powered-or-use-optional-ac-adapter-4/

Nady MM-242 4 Stereo / 8 Mono Channel Mini Mixer with mono/stereo mode, 1/4" Inputs and outputs - battery powered, or use optional AC adapter

[DFR:drip?p=777700003692493]

#DJMixer, #DJequipment, #PioneerDJ, #MusicMixer, #djsoftware

[inspireif]

Work is all hung!! Me, Monostereo & Eledu will be hanging out n exhibiting now till close tonight at Moors Brewery, Just behind Temple Meads, Bristol. Come say hello!

[puspaninghyasl-blog]

NET 4.0 Presents Indonesian Choice Awards 2017 Sunday, May 21st 2017, 7pm LIVE from Sentul International Convention Center. Special performances by @robinthicke, @jonasblue, @isyanasarasvati, @raisa6690, @glennfredly309, @rizkyfbian, @maudyayunda, @yurayunita, @jaz_hayat, @evanvirgan, Soundwave, Elektroma, Monostereo, @saykoji, NEO, Sweet Martabak, T-Five, Tony Chapek. #NET4GoodPeople (at The EAST Building,Mega Kuningan,South of Jakarta,Indonesia.)