I’m working on recording for the RPM Challenge this month. I decided to start blogging about it (and maybe keep blogging about making music after February is over.)

First post is up. https://mathias.codeberg.page/first/

#RpmChallenge #recording

My kids got me some #guitar toys for Christmas and I am just getting around to using one of them. Was about to put some midi strings on a song I'm recording and remembered that the got me a tiny bow for a guitar. Sound is reminiscent of a cello.
Plan to mix in some midi strings with this song to give it a bit more of a real feel. Has anyone done this? Any tips?

#musician #recording #indiemusic

So last week I rearranged my music #studio for better #acoustics. After getting some longer USB-C cables, my USB-C hub stopped working entirely along with my webcam (USB 2.0 but regardless of port). I'll have to #troubleshoot that stuff later.

What an improvement! The #sound is so much better and the #bass just oh-so-satisfyingly hits the chest....and now I have a ridiculous amount of free space in the studio.

Wiring up the last #synthesizer and a bunch of #MIDI stuff and we should be good to go! Looking forward to making some great #music this #weekend.

#musicproduction #electronicmusic #recording #homerecording

Ray Brown Trio and friends “Summer Wind” live show recording in a small club. Ray plays bass with piano, drums, and horn players sitting in for a very animated set of bop that just sparkles. #music #nowlistening #jazz #liveshow #recording

Somehow this is both my first #rap #song but my latest #release?

https://erikaautumn.bandcamp.com/track/freedom

This was the first #beat I ever made in 2012, with #lyrics I wrote in 2019 and #vocals I recorded on November 26, 2020.

I originally released it with autotune, but I took the autotune off and #remastered it in time to release the new version for the 5th year anniversary of #recording the vocals.

#BandcampFriday #bandcamp #musician #producer #SingerSongwriter #rap #capitalism

44 years ago today, February 6, 1982, Petula Clark debuted on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart at #74 with “Natural Love”. It went on to peak at #20 and spent a total of 14 weeks on the chart.

When I first heard "Natural Love" on the radio way back then, I assumed she was a new artist. Unaware at that time she'd been around for quite a while and had been chalking up the hits since the 60s.

#vinylcommunity #music #1980s #classic #vinyl #countrymusic #songs #recording #musicislife

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@ardour/116020787429057584

I'm the opposite of an early adopter, but what the #Ardour #DAW folks have put into version 9 released yesterday… it's a a huge leap for dawkind. 😅 Makes me want to upgrade.

The list of improvements is very long.

#LinuxAudio #Recording #LinuxProAudio

Frequenzanalyse und -Matching – Microphone EQ von Math Audio ist ein schlankes Plug-in fürs Management von Mikrofonen.

Math Audio haben Version 3 von Microphone EQ veröffentlicht. Das Plug-in mit Schwerpunkt auf die Analyse und das Matching von Frequenzgängen von Mikrofonen hat einen verbesserten Signal-Processing-Algorithmus spendiert bekommen und unterstützt nun auch das CLAP-Format.

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Second article sur ma petite capsule Gemini. Une petite réflexion qui découle du festival du film court à Clermont-Ferrand. Ça parle de silence, de faux raccords et de triche.

gemini://inle.fr/2026-02-05_Réapprivoiser_le_silence.gmi

(Le lien n'est consultable que par le biais d'un navigateur spécial, capable d'utiliser le protocole Gemini, cela risque de vous faire découvrir tout un monde que vous ignorez complètement, c'est merveilleux allez-y ! C'est sans pub, sans américains milliardaire nazis, avec seulement des gens qui ont des choses à dire)

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocole)

#GeminiProtocol #Gemini #LeCourtClermont #Cinema #FieldRecording #Film #Recording

Jazz dude back in the studio with Nick. What are we coming up with here?

#noahpeterson #sarc #jazzdude #recording #producing

37 years ago today, February 4, 1989, Baillie & the Boys debuted on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart at #69 with “She Deserves You”. It went on to peak at #8 and spent a total of 21 weeks on the chart.

This is from my years in the radio broadcasting business. Many singles would get thrown away as they’d
receive several duplicates at the station. I’d go through and pick out the ones I wanted to keep.

#vinylcommunity #music #1980s #classic #vinyl #countrymusic #recording #musicislife

Damn, just saw this. I've already found an awesome FOSS replacement for Traktor Pro, but my years of investment & reliance on KOMPLETE products will be tough to replace.

#music #recording #studio #AudioProduction #dj

https://musictech.com/news/industry/native-instruments-preliminary-insolvency/

Just went out #recording my own sounds for the first time in a while!

This time I used an #open-source recorder on my phone because the pre-instaled one asked me to give up my recordings to AI.

I also setup a #syncthing between my phone and laptop so that every sound I record automatically goes to my #soundbank when i connect to my wifi, that's gonna spare me a lot of time and redondant action !

Big step towards becoming a better #sound-engeneer ✨🔊🔊🔊

Why #Reaper Is Taking Over The Industry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPVhV09In7A
#audio #recording #DAW #MusicIndustry

2026 RPM Challenge Day 2/28

My arm feels so much better today. 90% better. Maybe even 95% better. I think I’m going to be okay to play the guitar again. Assuming we don’t get more snow in the immediate future and I screw myself up again. We’ll see.

I added three songs worth of bass riffs and drum parts yesterday. It’s all just MIDI at this point and there are no arrangements or song forms or anything. Just riffs. Nothing to write home about yet. I’m up to four total. All four are in different time signatures (4/4, 7/8, 9/8, 3/4) and I’ve only repeated a key signature once (A minor, B minor, and two in E minor… I’m totally a guitar player).

I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the songs will be on the really long side this year, but I almost always have that suspicion and they generally barely hit three minutes. We’ll have to see how things play out. I also want to follow a similar plan as last year’s RPM Challenge where I played more acoustic guitar than usual, and I played a little saxophone. I’d like to do those two things again, but given my time constraints this year (and the fact that there are more people living in the house this year) I might just stick to electric guitar and headphone amps.

As far as lyrics go… I haven’t written anything yet but it’s safe to say that a running theme might be something like fuck fascists. You know… the usual.

So that’s where we stand after two days. Hopefully I’ll be able to carve out some time to make a little progress today on day three.

#Guitar #Music #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2026 #SongWriting

Finished #recording drums for the first #hatsunohado record last week and began tracking #guitars.
This will be the first record where I’ll be in charge of mixing the songs, so there’s still a lot of knowledge to acquire.

We are #diy and want to keep it that way. If you have any experience mixing #screamo #Skramz or related music and have any advice to share: Feel free to do so!

Cinta Tape Legacy - Smoking Beer

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/nEmqjV7w55JAo1J1aD1Axc

Ever felt like your ears were ringing? Good article on how to protect your hearing.

#audio #recording

https://medium.com/@alexwrightmastering/protecting-your-ears-a-musicians-guide-to-hearing-health-59ba3693a30c

Looking to make some content for TikTok and Insta and the like? A couple of new Belkin accessories could make that easier for anyone with an iPhone or Pixel 10. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/belkin-offers-content-creators-a-little-grip-more-control #accessories #news #powerbankschargers #recording #sound #belkin #magsafe #microphones #powerbank #qi2 #tripod #typec

#AudioEngineer I have the weirdest situation. I use an UMC1820 with a Focusrite Octopre MKII Dynamic.
Both worked together under Linux, until they didn't: The Locked light wasn't shining anymore and no signal came from the pre.
I connected the interface to a Win PC, also, no Locked LED and no sound from the pre.
But: When I set the Focusrite to Internal clock and the UMC to OpticalIn so that the pre gives the clock to the UMC, then the devices are locked and I get sound from the pre to my DAW.
#HomeStudio #BedroomProducer #Homerecording #ReaperDAW #Recording #Focusrite #Behringer