Obviously 5 Believers » Recording http://www.o5b.co.uk Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:19:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Oval Tavern http://www.o5b.co.uk/the-oval-tavern/ http://www.o5b.co.uk/the-oval-tavern/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:32:31 +0000 obviously 5 believers http://www.o5b.co.uk/?p=473
  • Sandy & Bill at the Oval
  • Jam Night at the Oval Tavern
  • Oval Tavern
    • ]]>     We went to Simon Hughes’s blues and acoustic Open Mic night at the Oval Tavern last night.

    This is held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 8.30pm.

    o5b-oval-140709We had a very enjoyable evening and met a lot of great musicians.
    No drummers turned up except for Mark, so he had a busy evening sitting in with everyone.

    obviously 5 believers - Ophelia

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    ]]>     http://www.o5b.co.uk/the-oval-tavern/feed/ 0     Tascam MP-GT1 Guitar Trainer http://www.o5b.co.uk/tascam-mp-gt1/ http://www.o5b.co.uk/tascam-mp-gt1/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:05:30 +0000 Michael http://www.o5b.co.uk/?p=463
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    • ]]>     For learning new songs and practice between band rehearsals I use my Tascam MP-GT1 MP3 Guitar Trainer. This walkman-sized unit is built to last having an aluminum back and sides and contains a 1Gb memory for storing up to around 240 songs in MP3 format.

    Its easy to upload songs and put together a playlist to practice before a gig. The songs can be speeded up & slowed down and the key & tuning can be changed. A guitar tuner and a good selection of digital fx are built-in. I only use the fx on mine if I am playing guitar. As I play bass through it most often I don’t use the fx as it sounds good without needing any for bass. A bass specific version is also available, the MP-BT1, however this was not available when I bought my MP-GT1.

    Tascam MP-GT1 Portable Memory Guitar Trainer, Red

    Tascam, £159.00

    Teac MP-BT1 Portable Media Player ( MP3 Playback )

    Teac, Electronics,

    More information including full specification and a pdf of the owners manual is available on the tascam website.

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    ]]>     http://www.o5b.co.uk/tascam-mp-gt1/feed/ 0     GarageBand http://www.o5b.co.uk/garageband/ http://www.o5b.co.uk/garageband/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 07:53:26 +0000 Michael http://www.o5b.co.uk/?p=409 I’ve had my MacBook a few months and this week I had a look at GarageBand. On first glance it looks like a very basic program, but once you discover some of the more sophisticated features such as the virtual guitar amp modelling, click & drag EQ with frequency analysis, and piano roll editing it is an absolute joy to use and very flexible.

    GarageBand song

    I think GarageBand could probably replace my current music softwase, Cubase Studio 4 for most of my recording needs. What GarageBand seems to lack in some more advanced features of Cubase it more than makes up for in ease of use. Arranging tracks is great fun, its a bit like playing with lego.

    Here’s my first (untitled) GarageBand track:

    Blind Lemon Meringue Pie Blues

    GarageBand 09 is part of iLife09 which comes with new all new Macs and can also be purchased as an to upgrade for older OS X macs.

    Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6 Retail

    Apple 2007, Software, £83.00

    iLife ’09 Retail

    Apple 2009, DVD-ROM, £71.00

    Mac Box Set Retail (Including OS X Leopard, iLife 09 and iWork 09)

    Apple 2009, DVD-ROM, £149.00

    Apple Training Series

    Mary Plummer. Peachpit Press 2009, Paperback, 312 pages, £15.32

    iLife ’09 Portable Genius

    Guy Hart-Davis. John Wiley & Sons 2009, Paperback, 432 pages, £2.21

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