Dan Taylor - Latest Comments

Re: Midori ads a ghoulish glow to your Halloween

Mario — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:21:05 -0000

WOW this idea is from 2008 and I never saw this. Oh well I will try this halloween.

Re: U.S. Mobile Gamers Smartphone Data

Amy Schumer — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:59:09 -0000

ya! it's looking Good!

Re: Google Plus: What you need to know

Ramesh Patil — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:38:42 -0000

Google Plus is better option for social sharing

Re: Google Plus: What you need to know

MicroSourcing — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:37:44 -0000

The good thing about Google Plus is that it encourage users to use their real name when signing up for their services. It doesn't allow for anonymity, which some user prefer, but it's ideal for personal branding.

Re: U.S. Mobile Gamers Smartphone Data

Mark Allen — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:59:33 -0000

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Jimbr12 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:00:24 -0000

I agree, even though they are not extremely expensive, Rode still cost a little bit of cash...

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

UJ-840 — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:59:57 -0000

Is it possible for one mac (the target) to be an intel while the host is a powerpc?

Re: Social Media and Mobile Digital Radio Stats

Andy Lynn — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:22:08 -0000

Great Read! Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Friendster nets another social networking patent

Wencybalba — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:02:02 -0000

i want to see my picture in friendster i want to know the steep.

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

Ebaracumite — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:26:48 -0000

So, a hang first time. Fortunately rebooting Silver a few times (first time just to a grey screen) has restarted the process from the beginning of Disk 2 installation. Time to open all the windows and pray!

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

Ebaracumite — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:58:57 -0000

Thanks for posting this fantastic tip! Although it didn't work as above in my case, you gave me a clue as to what to do next. I turned 'Black' off as you said, but when turning on, although I ejected the disk, the machine booted into Lion. I found I then had to turn 'Silver' off*, and back on again. It loaded into the 'Insert Disc 2' stage – what a relief. I then rebooted Black in target disk mode after inserting disk 2, and the installation continued normally.

*This could wel be because Silver had crashed. It has an overheating problem for which I have to run SMCFanControl every time the machine has been switched off or goes to sleep. Fingers crossed it doesn't hang during the disk 2 installation in progress now, as I have no way of turning the fan speed up until I can boot into Mac OS X

Re: 6 tips to shooting better fall photos

Irish Gifts — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:57:05 -0000

I don't know much about photography, but I can say that these pictures were taken beautifully. I've a small digicam and I always try to take pictures like a expert, but it never happens.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Mike — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:14:43 -0000

Thanks, Dan! I ended up purchasing the PreSonus as well as the Rode and the T.Bone that you suggested earlier; hopefully this will provide some warmth as well as cut back on ambient noise. Just some info for your readers/followers...when looking up pricing information for the PreSonus, I went instinctively to Sweetwater and found that they were charging $40 more because of their "warranty" and "free shipping" and they refused to price match any other vendor. I took your advice and went to B&H and got it for $99 bucks with no tax, a warranty and free shipping. Not to mention that the Sweetwater guy acted like I was bugging him and Daniel at B&H couldn't have been nicer. He even gave me some Pro Tools tips. Overall awesome experience...thanks for your advice and your forum!

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Dan Taylor — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:16:08 -0000

Hi Mike,

The bluebird!! Very nice! Regarding the warmth - I'd like to think it's my natural tones coming through, but I'll admit that I juice that signal a bit with a PreSonus TubePre preamplifier. It's a relatively cheap piece of gear and can add a lot during your raw recordings. Any music shop should have one. Bring your mic with you and do a test run and see if this device helps.

Re: Rode NT1-A Microphone

Mike — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:51:06 -0000

Hey Dan!

3-months ago I wrote you about using an MBox in conjunction with a Rode NT1-A Mic. I ended up using a Blue Bluebird since it was gifted to me and although it sounds good, it doesn't have that warmth that I'm hearing from your recording when using the Rode. Is this due to your signal pathway that you described or the mic or both? I'd love to be able to mirror that sound that you have. Thanks in advance for your help! I love your forum!

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/th...

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?