Dan Taylor - Latest Comments

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Evilfts14 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:37:23 -0000

so i was gonna ask if you knew hot to set up the rode NT1-A with m-audio fast track if i need an adapter or mixer with phantom power

Re: Gaming for Good: Zynga partners with Save The Children to help Japan

Templeoftheallmighty — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:46:06 -0000

That's actually a pretty cool idea. I'm sure we'll see more in game promotions like this in the future. Nice to see philanthropy at least close to the cutting edge of things.

Re: Merry Christmas…sh**ter was full!

Chalmersjl — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:24:53 -0000

"Don't you go fallin' in love now!"

Re: Gaming for Good: Zynga partners with Save The Children to help Japan

Mel Lifshitz — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:45:20 -0000

Zynga is consistently the largest online game developer to date in Facebook.

Re: Google Plus: What you need to know

Nirmal — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:27:37 -0000

Waiting for more features from Google plus

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Paul — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:24:30 -0000

Hi again, Dan. Really torn and confused by the options, but I like your review of this mic, so I am still considering USB or not. Plus interface.

One idea is no interface-just the Yeti Pro. Yet it doubles as an XLR phantom powered mic, in case USB MIC proves not so good.So I could connect it to a usb or firewire powered interface/mixer for hooking to A) computer (late model iMac Intel) and possibly B) a sound system for live performances.

The ONLY drawback I see to this best-of-both worlds compared to two mono mics (like the rode for voice and, for example, Shure 57 for guitar), is that with stereo mics in a single pod, I would not be able to get the guitar and voice isolated. That is why I am now leaning toward two mics and an interface.

Does that make sense?

The other question is the best interface. I mainly use GarageBand and see here people mentioning the M-box. Also seen Fast Track pro and ultra, and Tascam 122 and 144.

I normally record voice, guitar (prefer miked guitar to built in pickup), and keyboard (-M-audio 88 interface)

Does it matter which of these I use (do you favor one over the other) from the standpoint of

1) being able to record a voice track while listening to previously recorded tracks? (I understand being able to hear current track with zero latency, but have not been able to tell if I could also listen to earlier track with my current recording and not get all confused due to latency).

2) being able to hook up to a sound system --most commonly two mics in, one for guitar and one for voice, for live concerts?

Thanks and sorry for asking so many questions!

paul in Kyushu, Japan

Re: Google Plus: What you need to know

Julia — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:04:48 -0000

Your blog is beautiful :D

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:12:29 -0000

Hi Mike. Sounds like a perfectly acceptable setup. If you can swing it, try adding a T.Bone from thomann for an instant sound booth. http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_t...

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:09:25 -0000

HI Paul. I've personally never used a USB mic, as I tend to prefer the control that I can gain by putting effects, or in my case, a tube pre-amplifier before the the signal arrives at the point of recording. I've heard good things about the Yeti, and as it's Blue, it's pretty hard to go wrong with just about anything they produce.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Mike — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:46:51 -0000

Hey Dan,
After checking out you site, I'm thinking of getting the rode. I was planning on using an mbox in conjunction to help out with sound quality. In your opinion, will this setup suffice for simple VO work?

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Paul A. — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:21:26 -0000

Hi Dan. Interesting we have similar backgrounds. I was also a voice major but also gave it up because I could not see myself living life as an opera singer, unemployed or not. I have seen a bunch of your videos, and finally found your website. It has also been some time since I have done recording. I used to have Shure mics and Presonus firewire for Mac stuff. That was good, but being in Japan, with its premium on storage space, I am looking at something like Yeti Pro (some praise, some laugh at). It would provide, like the Zoom H2, stereo for mic and voice. I have the Zoom H2 (used in your video video) and am unsure if the Yeti Pro (or plain Yeti) is better, but it claims zero latency, That was my problem with the H2. As a line in Mic, great, But USB and Garageband? Previously recorded tracks were ok on headphones, but the vocal currently recorded was way behind. Heard that Yeto and Yeti Pro were better, but not sure. Also not sure if this is a USB thing or not, and wonder whether mics plus USB or Firewire is the way to go still? Thanks!

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Tyler — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:41:54 -0000

hi!, i was just wondering if you can help me with this little problem im having, im debating whether if i should get this mic, but heres the problem, im not sure if my pre-amp could even power this mic, i have a (ART MP Tube USB Series), do you know if this would be possible?..would help me alot..thanks!

Re: Sackboy is back in action with LittleBigPlanet2

Time Piece Trader — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:33:52 -0000

thank you for this kind of blog.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:44:27 -0000

Hi Damien. To be honest...after a while it didn't really bother me that much. I still wish that Rode would have given me the option, but at the end of the day, it didn't bother me that much so I've just left it attached.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Damien — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:55:52 -0000

Hey Dan, could you please tell me if you somehow managed to tage off the popfilter from the Rode spider mount?

MfG from Germany

Re: 101 tax tips for Bloggers and Freelancers

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Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:21:14 -0000

If you purchase the CRS (Complete Recording Solution) version, everything you'll need is included.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Peter — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:28:16 -0000

Hey Dan. I just bought one of these to do recording on my Macintosh computer and I was wondering if it comes with a cable that can go into my computer or if I'll have to purchase one.
Thanks

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:10:40 -0000

Hi Regner. The Allen&Heath is an extremely transparent mixer, so I would imagine the sound would be quite comparable.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Regner Techitong — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:40:30 -0000

Hi, Dan! I was wondering if it would sound like these if you just use a pre-amp/audio interface.

Re: Google announces global science fair with $50,000 top prize

Mel LIfshitz — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:08:56 -0000

I bet they wil also dominate the social media scene in the next 5 years to come.

Re: Google announces global science fair with $50,000 top prize

Mel Lifhits — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:07:04 -0000

Google has now become the sole online authority when it comes to search and web applications.

Re: Google Plus: What you need to know

Mel Lifshitz — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:57:07 -0000

@Max Yes. I do agree that it can be a good alternative but it has privacy problems that I think bypasses the capability of a user to protect their online identity.

Re: Movie Review: Quantum of Solace

Gkhnasan55 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:02:23 -0000

Well, to be frank I am not a fan of Bond Films but what I really like about them is the fact that they have a lot stuff in them, I mean a lot of acion, good girls, good cars, things you can only see in a movie like this. I have watched this film, and yes, I liked it but it is definiteley not a must see one.

Re: Reinstalling Mac OS X without a DVD Drive – Target Disk Mode

Jonnygive5 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:55:15 -0000

My problem was similar - an old 700MHz G4 emac without DVD drive and wanting to install osx 10.4 (dvd disks!!) so i used a newer emac with a dvd drive in target mode. I couldnt get the old emac to see the DVD drive using target mode though so i used the OLD system restore disks for osx 10.0.3 to tell the old emac to boot from the target computer's HD then once booted it saw the DVD drive so i just double clicked the installer!!!
then when the time came to change disc i used the old paper-clip eject on the dvd drive and restarted the computer and held the "T" to keep it in target mode and the old emac recognised the second disc and continued (despite opening its own cd drawer!!)
brilliant - thank you!!