[LAU] Linux backing up Radioactive (of Spearhead)

Ken Restivo ken at restivo.org
Tue Oct 14 01:36:22 EDT 2008


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:18:39PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 03:21:25PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>>   
>>> Ken Restivo wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Here's a clip of a Linux laptop working together with a real drummer, real conga player, and real guitar player to back up Michael Franti's rapper, Radioactive:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.restivo.org/blog/podpress_trac/web/398/0/audiobraille-radioactive.ogg
>>>>
>>>> Everything is improvised, including the rap, which is all freestyle.
>>>>
>>>> What stood out for me is what a great entertainer this guy Radioactive is! His primary gig is playing festivals with Spearhead, and it shows. As soon as Radioactive walked into the room and grabbed the mic, the energy level went up instantly, like a bomb had hit it. It was a very pronounced difference.
>>>>
>>>> The keyboard and bass sounds are Fluidsynth on Linux. Everything else is analog instruments and voice.
>>>>
>>>> The clip was recorded on a Zoom H2. I remastered it in JAMIN on Linux to bring out the vocals a bit more.
>>>>         
>>> I really enjoyed that. Do you have more of the set?
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> He only sat in with us for that last song of the night (and I ran out of flash-drive space right near the end of it too).
>>
>>   
>
> Thats a really clean live sound you are getting. What's your setup? Are you 
> just tapping a desk in stereo or are you recording each track individually?
>
>

Thanks!

It's just a Zoom H2, sitting on a table or barstool in front of the band.

The way recordings were made in the 1950's, except with modern digital technology.

I think one of the shows (2008-09-19?) I fed through JAMIN afterwards to compress them a bit.

-ken



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