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Going for the audio scene in the interim
Mar. 12th, 2006 04:10 amSome of you knew me in college, when I lived at the radio station. Technically I had a half of a dorm room in a suite for three years and half of a big flat in my senior year. However, anyone looking for me in those days before digital cellular networks could simply walk into the union, head upstairs to the radio station and find me either on the couch, on the air or in the production studio. It was just where I flourished.
Once I graduated, I missed that radio station more than anything. I missed that it was a the nexus of activity. I missed having an art form rooted in technology. I missed the giant library of music. I missed the sound of my voice on recordings other people played.
It's been two months shy of a decade since I graduated college. That station is now in the basement of a different building. I have a cushy job that I am grateful for every day. I talk for a living. However, I miss recording myself when the ideas are flowing. I want to use my vocal power again, especially now that RSS feeds and cheap web storage can combine with a community location such as LiveJournal. All I have needed is a good recording tool.
So I bought my expensive toy of the year, possibly the decade: a good condenser microphone. I have been thinking about this purchase for so long and doubting my need for it until I got it home. I did some level tests with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tkitch and then did some really asinine riffs for eight minutes. It felt good to flow as much as I could without worrying that I would lose an idea. Record, save to disk and putz later.
My plan is to start making audio blog entries available beginning as early as tomorrow. The comic thing isn't on hold so much as I would rather use the mic to tell these stories first, see if they still work without the oral side.
-got a bargain too, Dante
Once I graduated, I missed that radio station more than anything. I missed that it was a the nexus of activity. I missed having an art form rooted in technology. I missed the giant library of music. I missed the sound of my voice on recordings other people played.
It's been two months shy of a decade since I graduated college. That station is now in the basement of a different building. I have a cushy job that I am grateful for every day. I talk for a living. However, I miss recording myself when the ideas are flowing. I want to use my vocal power again, especially now that RSS feeds and cheap web storage can combine with a community location such as LiveJournal. All I have needed is a good recording tool.
So I bought my expensive toy of the year, possibly the decade: a good condenser microphone. I have been thinking about this purchase for so long and doubting my need for it until I got it home. I did some level tests with
tkitch and then did some really asinine riffs for eight minutes. It felt good to flow as much as I could without worrying that I would lose an idea. Record, save to disk and putz later.My plan is to start making audio blog entries available beginning as early as tomorrow. The comic thing isn't on hold so much as I would rather use the mic to tell these stories first, see if they still work without the oral side.
-got a bargain too, Dante
