Sunday, January 29, 2012

All About Sound Episode 35: Getting in the system, part 21

On this weeks all about sound we cover basic setup tips for your guitar and provide the following shownotes as reference back for later.. because you going to probably need it:


Do-It-Yourself Setup Tips
Standard Thin pick: .018
Standard Medium pick: .027
Standard Heavy pick: .037

Neck relief: .010 - .015 @ 7th fret (Capo’d on top of 1st fret)

Open position String height settings
High E String height @ the 12th fret: 1/16”.  (For Bass G string: 5/64)
Low E String height @ the 12th fret: 5/64” (1/16”+).  (For Bass: 7/64)
(Heavy pick fits under the Low E string @ the 3rd fret, and fits under the High E string @ the 4th fret).
Note: If a quarter fits under the Low E string, and a penny fits under the High E string (Both @ the 5th fret), that is considered the highest recommended action.  Anything higher than that will be difficult to play on.

High E String height @ 1st fret: .010 - .015 (Thin pick clearance?).  (For Bass G string: .020)
Low E String height @ 1st fret: .020 - .025 (Medium pick clearance?).  (For Bass: .026)

Nut-Slotting tips
Get a professional to do it.

Setting intonation
With a strobe tuner (You MUST use a strobe tuner, standard chromatic tuners are not accurate enough): Adjust ALL bridge saddles ⅛” or so back toward the bridge, so they will all start out FLAT in their intonation settings.  Very important!
Tune each string to pitch in open position, then adjust bridge saddles until the string is perfectly in tune @ both the open position AND the 12th fret.

By ear (Using distortion and NO other effects):  Adjust ALL bridge saddles ⅛” or so back toward the bridge, so they will all start out FLAT in their intonation settings.  Very important!  
Once the guitar is tuned, start with the high E string.  Note the high E string @ the 7th fret, and tune it to PERFECTLY match the B string (While simultaneously playing the B string in the open position).  Then note the high E string @ the 19th fret (While simultaneously playing the B string in the open position), then CAREFULLY adjust the High E bridge saddle & re-tune high E string until it is PERFECTLY in tune @ BOTH the 7th & 19th frets (with the open B string).
Next, Note the B string at the 5th fret, tune to PERFECTLY match the High E string in the open position.  Then note the B string @ the 17th fret (While simultaneously playing the High E string string in the open position).  Then CAREFULLY adjust the B string bridge saddle & re-tune the B string until it is PERFECTLY in tune (@ BOTH the 5th & 17th frets) with the High E string in the open position).
Repeat this with all six strings until guitar matches perfectly @ both the 5th & 17th frets, while playing the adjacent string in the open position.
NOTE:  On guitar, the G string must be noted @ the 4th & 16th frets, instead of the 5th & 17th frets, when matching it to the open B string.  On Basses, it’s all @ the 5th & 17th frets for ALL four strings, since there is no High B string.      


Recommended Links:

http://www.taxi.com/

http://studiobuddy.com/

http://www.discmakers.com/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.americanmusical.com/

http://www.music123.com/

http://www.juststrings.com/

http://carvin.com/

http://www.stewmac.com/

http://www.allparts.com/Default.asp


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Samcast episode 92: MMM


It's time again for another Monthly Music Mixup and this months playlist is a mix of tributes, positive outlooks and lunar cycles and even one case of karma. All that crammed into one playlist!

Playlist:

January- The Blind Eyes

Die Trying- The Audible Dark

Gotta Digg- Kina Grannis

Love Connection- Carla Ulbrich

The Big Boom- Jonathan Coulton

Starlight Remedy- Woodfish

Fell In Love With The Sunshine- Rich Oades

Live!- Meghan Cary


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music by Derek K. Miller at http://www.penmachine.com/

Artwork by Jordan Robinson http://jackfreakingnapier.deviantart.com/

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

All About Sound Episode 34: Getting in the system, part 20

On this weeks All About Sound we wrap up guitars amplification by talking about mic placement, EQ setting in studio vs live on stage, clean and dirty settings, spring reverb, effects loops, and DSPs.


Recommended Links:

http://www.taxi.com/

http://studiobuddy.com/

http://www.discmakers.com/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.americanmusical.com/

http://www.music123.com/

http://www.juststrings.com/

http://carvin.com/

http://www.stewmac.com/

http://www.allparts.com/Default.asp



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Samcast episode 91: Sir turn your phone off!


On this weeks samcast we talk about mistakes with cell phones, CES lessons, Megaupload being shot, and apples new iBooks takes us down a road of the future of teaching and schools in general.

The meme that stoped the music: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/nyregion/ringing-finally-stopped-but-concertgoers-alarm-persists.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

10 things learned at CES: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/15/ces-2012-learned-gadgets-future

Megaupload taken down: http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2012/01/its-war-megaupload-the-feds-anonymous-and-mutually-assured-destruction/

Apple Launches textbooks for iPads: http://appchronicles.com/01/apple-aims-to-revolutionize-education-with-ibooks-2/

Man with two hearts survives heart attack: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2089096/Pensioner-TWO-hearts-suffers-double-heart-attack-stop-beating.html




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Sunday, January 15, 2012

All About Sound: Episode 33: Getting in the system, part 19

On this weeks all about sound we wrap up effects pedals with some use cases, compressors, crybabys, a little warning about how signal loss can occur by stringing connections, bypass circuits, distortion, and reverb.


Recommended Links:

http://www.taxi.com/

http://studiobuddy.com/

http://www.discmakers.com/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.americanmusical.com/

http://www.music123.com/

http://www.juststrings.com/

http://carvin.com/

http://www.stewmac.com/

http://www.allparts.com/Default.asp



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Samuel's Thoughts Episode 12: Don't take it personal and stay positive

On this weeks Samuel's Thoughts I talk about a new podcast that is cooking up in my head and one problem I have to get past to make it along with the difficulty of finding stories on CES week and how reading one article on the web reminded me how important to me it is to be positive when reporting something.


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Samcast episode 90: I’m A Doctor Jim not a podcaster!

On this weeks Samcast I dig through the feeds to find the slim amount of news that I can find because of CES week. I talk about one gadget from the event that caught my eye along with a competition to build a tricorder, the posibilty of web shooters, and the fact your touch screen may be more dangerous than you thought.


Kickstarter stats good this year: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/2011-the-stats

Dangers of touch screens: http://www.infoworld.com/t/laptops/the-hidden-danger-touchscreens-181774

Competiton to build tricorder emerges: http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/competition-details/overview

Google adds plus to search results: http://searchengineland.com/googles-results-get-more-personal-with-search-plus-your-world-107285

Scientists invent webshooters..sort of: http://weirdthings.com/2012/01/scientists-recreate-spider-silk-50-years-after-teenager-in-queens/

Recomended CES coverage: http://twit.tv/show/twit-live-specials/101 (episode 101 and up)



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Monday, January 9, 2012

iPod app review: Scribblenauts Remix

The new trend of ports to iOS from other devices has started last year so imagine my joy when a game I enjoyed on the Nintendo DS was ported over to iOS but the question is does it work? Find out on this iPod App Review.



If you want this app click the link bellow:

Scribblenauts Remix - Warner Bros.


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Sunday, January 8, 2012

All About Sound Episode 32: Getting in the system, part 18

In this weeks all about sound we talk about effects pedals and the order in which you want to patch them in to get no conflicts of sound and get the best sound possible. We also talk about two pedals which show how tech is starting to merge with sound for some great innovations.


Recommended Links:

http://www.taxi.com/

http://studiobuddy.com/

http://www.discmakers.com/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.americanmusical.com/

http://www.music123.com/

http://www.juststrings.com/

http://carvin.com/

http://www.stewmac.com/

http://www.allparts.com/Default.asp


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Samcast episode 89: Rupert..be careful


In this weeks samcast Jacob and Kevin join me to talk about Rupert Murdoch and the twitter follies that followed him, ways not to get bit by social engineering, How google can help itself in the coming year and a list of things you didn't know about some inventions that make us skid as far as we ever have to the edge of my precious clean tag.



Rupert Murdoch joins twitter and finds trouble: http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/01/01/rupert-murdoch-joins-twitter-immediately-comes-under-fire/

Twitter Verification under fire: http://marketingland.com/fake-mrs-rupert-murdoch-points-to-hole-in-twitters-verification-system-2531

Spam chooses new target: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577112942734977800.html

What Google should do in 2012: http://smarterware.org/8825/what-google-should-do-in-2012

20 things you didnt know about inventions: http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/20-things-you-never-knew-about-popular-inventions


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Sunday, January 1, 2012

All About Sound Episode 31: Getting in the system, part 17

On this weeks All About Sound we talk about guitar preamps, the different types, what our experience has been with them, and a few brands you may want to check out to help you decide whether you want to use one or not.


Recommended Links:

http://www.taxi.com/

http://studiobuddy.com/

http://www.discmakers.com/

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.americanmusical.com/

http://www.music123.com/

http://www.juststrings.com/

http://carvin.com/

http://www.stewmac.com/

http://www.allparts.com/Default.asp


To subscribe to this podcast put this link in your favorite podcatcher:

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Theme song by Danny Lewis

Artwork by Jordan Robinson http://jackfreakingnapier.deviantart.com/

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