Linux backing up Radioactive (of Spearhead) - Linux-audio-user

Grammostola Rosea

5 Oct 5 Oct

8:33 a.m.

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-radioactiv… 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. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user

Sounds great :)

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Folderol

11:52 a.m.

On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:59:40 +0200 Johannes Mario Ringheim <jri(a)broadpark.no> wrote:

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Ken Restivo skreiv:

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-radioactiv…

Funky! Nice! Groovy!

Excellent piece of live work - but not really my scene. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk

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Ken Restivo

2:16 p.m.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 03:21:25PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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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-radioactiv… 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). We have full sets online and freely-available from several other shows, though: http://www.archive.org/details/Audiobraille20080919 http://www.archive.org/details/AudioBrailleLive20080905 http://www.archive.org/details/Audiobraille20080809 http://www.archive.org/details/AudioBrailleLive-2008-05-12 Enjoy. -ken

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Ken Restivo

3:31 a.m.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:18:39PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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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-radioactiv… 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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Patrick Shirkey

20 Oct 20 Oct

3:24 a.m.

Florian Schmidt wrote:

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On Tuesday 14 October 2008, Ken Restivo wrote:

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.

Just to chime in. I got myself one of those small portable stereo recorders, too. In my case it's the Marantz PMD620. I hooked up a Audio Technica Pro 24 stereo mic to it and i like the result of recording stuff with it, too.. Here's a sample track of my latest gig 2 weeks ago (third set): http://tapas.affenbande.org/ifc/kamp_ifc_4.10.2008_1008.mp3 Music starts something like a minute or two into the mp3. Loud drummer and since i refuse to turn up my guitar above a certain level it is too quite at times.. Same for the bass player.. Mike placement was part of the problem, too.. The internal Mics in the Marantz are a bit too much on the bright side for my taste, but also very usable.. Ah btw: before buying the Marantz anyone: Its USB support is quite shabby. Nonworking under linux [though it declares itself as USB-Storage so it should work].. There has been a firmware upgrade supposedly fixing this, but it might lock up the recorder, so i rather not use it and it has been consequently pulled from the Marantz Website.. I'll get myself a SD-Card reader for the PC.. To sum it up: These devices are excellent for recording rehearsals/gigs etc. to be able to study them afterwards.. A real album recording would need more effort (miking individual instruments, etc) Regards, Flo

I really like the way you guys gel on the summertime track. Very enjoyable. I think the samba flava is a nice twist on the theme. Could easily hear this being played in super cool lounge bars. NIce work! -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd.

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