André Engelhardt
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If you’re on a Mac you can use a tool such as Soundflower ( https://cycling74.com/soundflower-landing-page/ ) to route the audio from your browser into VLC for recording.
Easier yet and if you don’t mind spending a few bucks, is to get iShowU (HD) from shinywhitebox.com. It’s a screen-recording app I’ve been using for years to create machinima and record screencasts as well as tutorials for students and interns (as well as overseas tech support for family members …)
I was thinking of doing the same since I can’t be bothered to get up at, what’s for me, 3am. Especially since I’m sure I’ll see the new “whateveritis” at Musikmesse in 3 days anyways but I won’t have any time to watch the video until after then.
Good luck!
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True, they might have been producing it in a bedroom with a Zoom recorder!
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That really is quite horrifying … but then again shows you don’t need the latest and greatest to produce good content! (Although an upgrade every few years won’t hurt!)
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Not that I’m aware sadly, it appears however that it has to do with the memory cards themselves, so far I’ve only managed to replicate this once by recording to a knowingly broken memory card with no way to recover the data. With tested and working brand memory cards I have not yet encountered this issue *knock on wood*.
What brand/class card are you using? Maybe it’s really just a certain combo of memory cards causing the issue.
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Deleting the tracks only throws them into the trash but does not actually erase the files to free up space. If you wanted to fully free up the space you would have had to delete the tracks and then empty the trash on your Mac, so while the files did appear to be deleted, in actuality they were only moved to an invisible folder. The best way to erase all content of memory cards used in devices such as cameras and audio recorders is to format them before the session using the device that will be recording to the card.
If you look closely, as you delete the files on your mac, the storage space available on the card does not change, only after you empty the trash do the files get permanently deleted.
The best way to proceed for now would be to use data recovery tools such as RescuePro (available from https://www.lc-tech.com/pc/sandisk-rescuepro-and-rescuepro-deluxe/ ) or similar software to get to the files.
Another question for you, can you actually play back the tracks on the Marantz that you have recorded or are they inaccessible from the Marantz recorder as well?
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André Engelhardt
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Hi Kevin,
for starters I’d recommend as much exposure as possible. Sign up with every stock music site out there (that offers a fair deal, a lot of them do, a few don’t. Find a stock site, google for reviews then decide if it’s worth joining) eventually when your friend builds a name for themselves they can go exclusive on one website but especially as long as their catalogue isn’t all that extensive yet, it’s really worth having the music available in as many places as possible (even include websites like bandcamp, cdbaby etc.)
As for the stock music creation part itself it’s proven worthwhile to stick to just one to two musical genres to make yourself a name with. If you don’t want to / can’t limit yourself to one or two (that’s ok too!) then use different writer/composer names for each genre. It sounds silly but it’s worth it.
What to avoid? Anything your gut tells you is too good to be true or all out exclusive licenses. Read the websites’ fine print very carefully! Most of us like to just skip the TOS and EULA’s but when putting your material up for sale through a third party you HAVE to read the contract you’re getting into. Also, your music will get ripped off/stolen eventually, be prepared that it will happen and maybe put some money aside for legal costs if you wish to pursue but just know that it will happen and don’t get too upset about it.
Hope that helps a bit and good luck to your friend!
P.S.: Stock music creators can be a very competitive bunch, take critiques with a grain of salt, many will have you believe there’s no more room for more stock music, that’s plain B.S., there really aren’t THAT many people doing stock music in the overall scheme of things! Anyone who tells you that it’s a tough market is usually just afraid of new competition!
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André Engelhardt
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Plenty out there, some links below but it sounds like you’d be better off upgrading from Audacity to a more capable audio editor / DAW. What exactly do you do in Audacity, e.g. sound design, editing vocals, voiceovers, podcasts, music editing?
Some links to plug-in vendors:
https://www.dontcrack.com, https://www.plugin-alliance.com, https://www.waves.com, https://www.izotope.comFor starter suites and bundles check out what Waves offers, also plenty of free plug-ins out there, just google around. Would really help though if you could be more specific in your goals/tasks etc.
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André Engelhardt
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I’ve had good luck with SanDisk Recue Pro a few times recovering corrupted audio and video files from both CF and SD cards as well as recovering deleted files. I’ve also had some success with the audio editing app “Triumph” importing raw data. You’ll probably have to keep trying and trying and trying.
Have you tried manually replacing the header with that of a working recording?
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You can still get the Samson Servo power amps for a decent price, or Alesis RA300, RA150, RA500(rare) can be found insanely cheap. If you want to go high end look up Bryston.
A ground lift or much better an audio transformer (e.g. Jensen Transformers) can help in case of ground loops (but then again so might proper wiring).
Your basic signal flow as others have pointed out is sources > mixer > amp > speakers.
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André Engelhardt
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Obviously there are a lot of stock music sites out there and I found the quality of stock music on *all* of them can vary, nothing wrong with that but basically it means you will probably have to be open to spend some time looking around.
If you do prefer a local one stop solution you could check out products like the Maximum Edge HD (https://www.stockmusic.net/index.cfm/page/main.maxEdge). Other than that, reputable sites I’ve had good experiences with (both as a contributor as well as a buyer) are Getty, Pond5, PremiumBeat. For a more complete list check out https://www.videomaker.com/downloads/stock-music.
Good luck!
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André Engelhardt
Audio Engineer, Sound Designer
http://www.soundr.net