I’ve always thought that I knew the correct music recording techniques (though I know something seems to be missing) until I did actual music recording for the first time. I had no choice but to learn things the difficult way. (more…)
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Music Recording Techniques
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011USB Memory Stick Dead Drops in New York Locations
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Architect and artist Aram Bartholl has taken file-sharing to the next level by incorporating USB flash drives into publicly accessible buildings around New York. (more…)
Manufacturers Curb CD Player Production
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010Twelve months ago the manufacturer of high end audio equipment, Linn, announced they would no longer continue with the production of CD players. Other audio and electronics companies have followed suit and the production of CD players is dwindling. This has caused many people to speculate that this could be the end of the road for CDs, but there’s plenty of life left in this format. (more…)
Textured Discs Aid Printing
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010JVC have recently unveiled the uniquely textured PrintPlus disc as part of its Advanced Media range which will be available in both CD and DVD format. (more…)
DVD Sales not Affected by Digital Downloads
Monday, September 27th, 2010It’s been said that MP3s and file sharing are doing serious damage to the music industry and the significant decrease in sales of CD albums is evidence of this. However, although CD sales have dwindled thanks to the prevalence of digital music downloads it seems that other forms of physical media such as DVD, Blu-rays and computer games are still selling extremely well despite the fact that much of this content is available digitally. (more…)
Tapes Making a Comeback?
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Remember cassette tapes? Low fidelity, susceptible to being chewed up by tape decks, impossible to find the song you want to hear and generally considered an inferior way of listening to music by many. However, despite all the downsides of cassette tapes it seems that they might be making a bit of a come back (more…)
Superior Labelling for Discs
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010We’ve mentioned before in this blog that the way in which you package and present your optical media is almost as important as the content itself. Having a professionally presented CD makes a lot of difference when compared to something that looks like it was thrown together at the last minute. (more…)
High Capacity Discs on the Way
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010The capacity of optical media has reached new heights as Pioneer unveil their latest development, 16 layer Blu-Ray discs that are capable of storing 400GBs of data. This technology is still in its very early stages and certain steps had to be taken to minimise the inevitable problems caused by an optical disc with such a high density. (more…)
