This slightly breathless report from USA Today reveals the seedy underbelly of home recording:
"By day Josh Phoenix, 25, hawks cell phones for a living. At night, he returns to his apartment with a city skyline view and transforms into the second coming of Quincy Jones." Isn't the first coming of
Quincy Jones still going strong? (via
Julian)
It makes me mad when they say that you NEED a 2.8 Ghz processor, and that you can just SCRAPE BY with 512 meg of ram. People were making quality music with computers over 5 years ago, and they certainly had much more modest machines than that.
ReplyDelete5 years ago?? try 20
ReplyDeleteAll I know is that I'm gonna git me one of them newfangled computers and start gettin' my Quincy on!
ReplyDeletebudget for speakers - $30-$80.
ReplyDelete"Tips: A decent pair of active monitor speakers, with built-in amplifiers, will help you assess what your mix will sound like when played back on a CD player or car stereo."
Please can someone tell me where I can buy a decent pair of active monitors for this price?