Song I did live tonight many problems, best I got for this night…Vocals very low …Rose is my guitar just so you know…Lyrics below if not listened to…

Rose

Parted ways with a part of me

Naked waves hit from my sea

And the devil is trying to dress me

I gasp for air unsuccessfully

So it’s karma or something that way

Years so gone, but still dividing me

Now my escape is of eternity

But the devil still tries to win me

And I’ll rise, I’ll rise, I’ll rise from the sea

The waves will no longer move me

And I’m almost at the door

The one those years ago I did ignore

The road I see from the sea

As I walk to shore

A light guided me to the toward,

And she’s the one who takes me from where it’s torn

Where it’s torn….Where it’s torn

And her name is Rose…

Rose.

A few weeks ago, the lads at Vic Fifty-Three invited E.A.R’s very own J.Cub & Ryan to host the show live from Waxwerks and here we present to you, the whole set live.  Featuring some exclusive listens to E.A.R’s future releases and some other belters to boot, we can guarantee you won’t want your money back.

Turn it up.  Tracklist below.

Lil’ Mark – Memoirs (J.Cub’s Remix) [Forthcoming on E.A.R]
J.Cub – Fate Circles [Forthcoming on E.A.R]
Justin Harris – Moon (Rob Mello’s Remix) [E.A.R]
Luke Solomon – Say Something (Ashley Beedle’s Remix) [E.A.R]
The Canyons – Apples & Pears
Farley Silvester – Jam Down Beat Down
Unknown – Sorry
Rob Mello – Unkown Title Sorry
Lil’ Mark – Dance With Me [Unreleased]
Lil’ Mark – Pulling Strings [Forthcoming on E.A.R]
J.Cub – Lonely Club
Sonya Blade & The Funky Dogs – House of Love
Boom Boom V’s Zamoran – Lacago

The latest episode of our brilliant podcast is now available on iTunes and as an RSS feed here on our blog (in the menu to the right of this post) . On this episode we have a terrific chat with violin wunderkind and loopy laptop–tablist Justin Grounds. We chat about being an independent artist in Clonakilty, Cork, as well as the brilliance of Bach and a whole host of other fascinating topics. Justin also selects a handful of recordings from our live brownbread mixtape archive including a powerful poetry  performance about a Clonakilty legend by award winning poet Dave Lordan [ who has written a thoughtful blog post here in response to hearing the podcast] , a stunning song by Bill Coleman and a classic comedy sketch by The Brownbread Players. Justin is genuine innovator and true gentleman. Give this episode a spin and you will be beaming afterwards.

Thanks to everyone who has subscribed already and for your warm feedback on past episodes with Pearse McGloughlin, EleventyFour and Colm Keegan. Please subscribe to the podcast and we would be very grateful if you spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested in contemporary Irish music and spoken word. We put this podcast together on our own steam and rely on your good selves to get the word out. Also, we’d love to know what you think of the podcasts by leaving a comment below or on our Facebook page. Alternatively send us a wee tweet or an electronic mail to thebrownbreadmixtape@gmail.com. See you soon!

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the brownbread mixtape is a free monthly live comedy, poetry & music show in Dublin, Ireland.

Each show has a theme. Each act does a performance based on the theme. We all have loads of fun. Simple as that.

We can be followed & liked in these places:

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Visit the website for iPulsaret and more HERE

iPulsaret

Designed for iPad 2&3

apeSoft is well-known for its Density/Pulsaret Granular Synthesis programs for Mac/Windows. Having happily experienced their first entry into iOS with iDensity, it took little for my ears to perk up at the mention of iPulsaret joining the club.

iPulsaret is an audio sandbox where you can manipulate all the time-domain varieties of granular synthesis in real-time. Huh? Basically, you can take your music, audio files, and  audio recordings and create some great detailed textures from subtle to wildly dramatic effects.

The interface is very familiar to those who have had the pleasure of using iDensity. Everything is right there on the screen. I found it to be similar in appearance, and extremely user-friendly. No confusing menus, or hidden functions that can’t be found intuitively. You can see from the screenshots various icons representing the many effects & tools, as well as the slider controls for the primary grain manipulations.

The many effects icons are not obvious at first glance as they are not labeled, but after a brief period of getting familiar with them, the waveform illustrations for each will make sense fast. Learning as you explore is always fun, especially here.

Take a snapshot of your sound “A snapshot is a photo of all parameters Granulator and FX values.”

As you go try taking “snapshots” ( just tap the camera icon ) as you progress with tweaking. They can be assigned manually but the first 4 snapshots are assigned by default to the snapshot pad. Bring up the snapshot pad (even to full screen) and a grid containing the 4 snapshots can be controlled by touch. Theres lots of math and complicated terms, but essentially moving from the center of each to and fro will control hundreds of parameters impacting what you play out on the keyboard. This is very cool!

iPulsaret is clearly made to be easy to use and understand. It’s perfect for spontaneous use. Since it allows you to record using your iPads built-in mic, you’ll rarely miss a opportunity to capture some interesting audio anywhere you and your iPad happen to be. Of course you can use a separate mic like the iRig Mic, and that would be recommended over the built-in mic. Ive been experimenting a lot with iPulsaret to see what new things it will allow me to do. I’ve found it to be very stable, for one thing. It also is amazing for taking a simple, mundane sound and turning it into a new playable synth sound. It appears what really separates iPulsaret from iDensity is its more synth-ish where iDensity is more drone-like. They are different nonetheless in that iPulsaret can generate thousands of grains dynamically. This is quite different from traditional synths with fixed voices or oscillators. I suggest for a more comprehensive explanation of granular synthesis to click HERE for the full skinny.

Saying “I dig iPulsaret”  might be an understatement. So far as granular synths go it has the greatest capabilities, and is very playable. They really put a lot into this making it very strong. The last update (1.0.3) increased its iOS compatibility back to iOS 5.1. Also added in that update was MIDI in keyboard support with pitch bend. There weren’t many to begin with but the bugs were fixed, and some more improvements were made improving the UI and routing. I certainly recommend iPulsaret highly, a truly 5 star app.

Buy iPulsaret in iTunes HERE and get grainy!

Well, we just wrapped up a week of rehearsals and also the live recording for a new EP that will be released in December. This EP will be comprised of 5 songs and a spoken word. Our desire was to gather together as a family and have a night of worship where we are able to capture what goes on weekly at the church. I do believe by God’s grace that is exactly what happened last night as we sang our hearts out to the Lord and responded to His revelation. We are excited to get these songs mixed and mastered over the next few weeks and have it in your hands asap.

In the meantime here is the track listing:

Look and See, Be Moved (Spoken Word), But God, Behold the Risen Christ, Come to Me & Be Thou My Vision.

I guess some of you don’t know that I took theology as my major subject on college. Haha. But I’d love to tell you that as a songwriter, this theological knowledge helps me a lot in writing lyrics. Especially when it comes to Christian contemporary songs. It prevents me from being wrong theologically and also provides so many detail information about many things in the Bible.

So, here I am. Thirty days to a new chapter as a fresh graduate.
And speaking about future, I believe in two things about it:

1) God is the ultimate holder of our future. Therefore, I don’t need to be worry.
2) What we are doing now will determine our future.

It means, we can’t do nothing and hope HE will still give us a bright future. And don’t ever try to do anything without God, because it’s useless. The best thing we can do right now is getting closer to Him, trying to know His will, and then start to do it. I believe in God, but I also do my best. I learn everyday and preparing my self to be used by Him. No talent is too small, all we have to do is work on it!

~ Ora Et Labora ~

God’s will should be the root of our vision in life. That’s what I want to happen in my life. Life is good when you know what to do in life, have a purpose! I’m enjoying my role right now as worship leader, songwriter and small group leader. And while I’m writing the post, this verse speaks loudly to my mind: “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” – that’s it! The best is yet to come!
My only hope is whatever my future will be, it will bring fragrance to His name.

What it will be like? I’ve answered it before in the 2nd challenge. It’s still the same. And by the way, great things are already started to happen. As (some of) you heard from Ps. Judy Koesmanto, Mawar Sharon’s live recording for our very first album will be held on May 10, 2013 – mark the date! Pray for us! And for me, too, so I could write down His songs, for His glory & for His people.

I’m ready for the next journey with God!
My future will be great in His hands!

When we walk with God, everything is possible!

Alexander Renfred on his latest vacation!

Thanks for reading.
I hope the best for your future.
Godblessyou.

By: Boulanger Labs

Grains Of Change

Review based on use with iPad 2&3

csGrain using the CSOUND software synthesizer and signal processor gives us a great set of tools to record and process audio in real-time.

Take a live or imported recording and dramatically morph them into whatever your imagination inspires. So much can be done using the powerful stereo granular sound processor and 10 professional audio FX simultaneously. Its cool!

A clean interface lets you get things done without any hassle or confusion. Everything is laid out nice and tidy right in front of you. Maybe a bit drab in appearance, but pretty slick nonetheless. No worries about trying to find anything here.

I’ve spent many hours enjoying the range of options tweaking various recordings I made resulting in some rather wild samples. I love that you can set each of the parameters to move within a predetermined minimum to maximum range or totally at random. A long touch on any of the knobs leads to the Random Settings where you can choose to have that particular function move within the selected range. If you can’t decide on what to set things at, just hit “randomize”.  The knob will darken so you don’t lose track of it.

 Overall the audio quality is really very good. I didn’t experience any unwanted noises. It all came out sounding clean, and just as intended. The 10 FX are well made. The Reverb is pretty thin, and leaves much to be desired though. Applying all 10 FX at once didn’t even cause me any grief, and csGrain just kept working away twisting up the samples for as long as I recorded them.

The included preset samples are nice, but of course its  more about playing with your own. Managing your audio files and recording is easy within the app. You can save your things in the “My Audio Files” section found at the bottom of the screen. From there you can also select and do a simple edit of the file. csGrain also is great for field recordings using (careful of feedback) the device mic, or better an iRig Mic.

Import supports AudioPaste, Dropbox, and iTunes. Export via Email, Dropbox, AudioCopy, and “Open In…” Sharing made easy, just how we like it.

Also included is a handy, detailed user manual complete with well written instructions, and sample photos. If that still doesn’t answer your question, you can Email Customer Support from the manual.

If you want something for manipulating recordings in subtle to crazy ways that sounds great, csGrain will do the job. This is a wonderful app loaded with tools, features, and functionality. This is where you go for special audio effects for your music or audio projects. If you want to have some fun, you can also mess up tunes from your iPod library. Why not? Pitch Shift, & speed up the latest viral hit from that obscure hippity hop artist that just wont go away. Whatever you want to do, in this app you can certainly do it with Grain Style!

  5 Stars – Recommended Highly!  Visit iTunes to purchase csGrain

I was standing at one of the corridors connecting the IKIM offices.

I went there because my father was going to be interviewed on IKIM.fm’s Warna Pagi, talking about the Seminar Dakwah Nasional.

While waiting, I was introduced to Aunty Siti and Uncle Suffian.

At the IKIM.fm radio station. From left is Uncle Suffian (in front of him is me), Kashah, Kafah and Aunty Siti.

I was given a chance to be in the studio where they recorded the radio program.

And luckily, I was invited to stay in the studio until the end of the live-recording of the interview.

Inside the studio, from left is Aunty Siti, Uncle Suffian, me and my father.

Aunty Siti and  Uncle Suffian were very nice and friendly and I really enjoyed meeting them.

I hope to be able to go there again and get interviewed on one of IKIM.fm’s programs like my father 

One of the corridors of the IKIM buidings.

I am standing at the main entrance of the office complex. 

Second half. Listen through friends.

I recorded my friend Quiche @ El Hueso de Fraile this past Saturday. Here’s the first half of his set:

Listen & Download, but more importantly, listen.

So here are two videos I shot that day. The first was is the newly released video Panophobia by The Agonist, shot with one camera, one lens and a simple monopod.
The second video is what I put together with my best shots from the rest of the festival; a short trailer for Heavy Mtl. Check it out! Let us know your thoughts on the videos and don’t forget to go like our Facebook page! KEEP ROCKIN’

PANOPHOBIA Official Music Video

HEAVY MTL Trailer

To produce professional quality film or video, you either have the knowledge and equipment to record it yourself or you hired a location sound team. Neo Media School now not only passing on the knowledge to students but also providing an opportunity for students to do hand on experience with the state of the art equipments owned by school.  Let’s go over briefly with those live sound equipments available at Neo.

Zoom h4n

The H4n is the only handheld recorder that features built-in combination XLR/Phone connectors with phantom voltage source capability. With its Hi-Z inputs, you can record guitars or other line output sources such as mixing consoles. A separate external mic input supports plug-in power microphones.

It can choose up to 24-bit/96-kHz linear PCM WAV files for audio resolution that surpasses CD quality. When maximum recording time with smaller file size is desired, select a variety of MP3 formats to produce smaller files suitable for web or e-mail distribution.

For situations where you require maximized, continuous recording operation you can select stamina mode which effectively doubles battery life, letting you record continuously for about 11 hours in 16-bit/44.1-kHz linear PCM format.

The H4n is the only handheld recorder that allows recording on four channels simultaneously by using your own external mics with its onboard mics. Use its built-in mixer to blend the channels for perfectly balanced recordings of extraordinary depth and clarity.

Rode Boom pole

The Rode Boompole is a precision balanced professional boom pole for location recording, machined from high grade, lightweight aluminium.

Rode WS6

The Rode WS6 Deluxe Windshield is an easy to use high-performance windshield for shotgun microphones.

Designed to reduce wind noise when recording in adverse environmental conditions, the WS6 combines an open-cell foam surround with an outer layer of acoustically transparent artificial fur. A rubber base prevents any wind noise from entering the rear of the microphone pickup area.

Rode NTG2

The Rode NTG2 is a lightweight condenser shotgun microphone, designed for professional applications within the film, video, television and production industries.

Its full frequency response, low noise and audio transparency make it an ideal film, video, and voice over microphone, while its low weight (161gm/5.7oz without battery) makes it an ideal boom microphone.

We encourage students to use these sound equipments  at Neo and become a highly trained media professional. BE A NEO!

All roads lead to Chi-town October 30^th -November 2^nd for the inaugural Holy Convocation of Sweet Holy Spirit Church & New Century Fellowship of Churches & Ministries.

As if the convocation billed as “The Gathering” wasn’t enough, guests are also invited to attend the 9th live recording of Bishop Larry D. Trotter & the Sweet Holy Spirit Reunion Choir on October 28^th at Sweet Holy Spirit Church.

For tickets & more info log onto SweetHolySpiritOnline.org or click on the images above.

The comedians were superb, and they filmed for around 3 hours – all the time they were cracking jokes

left, right and centre. A highlight for me was seeing scenes I’d like to see live.

It was a great experience, seeing behind the scenes of a show I always watch and really love.