While an Asus EEE PC is perhaps not best suited for full-on intensive music production, it does have values which make it an ideal solution for portable recording.
EEEPC and Shure SM57
This tutorial will show you how to install and setup a linux recording environment on your EEE PC or other netbook, for the purpose of mobile audio recording and audio sampling.
I’ve just updated the free tracks section of the music page with a newly uploaded free mp3 download track called ‘aztec’.
This track was created for a commission competition for an iphone game where the user controls an aztec tribe but was unused so I’m giving it away here for free. It is an instrumental featuring balafon, bass, snare and jaw harp and is supposed to have something of an Aztec feel, obviously!
You can listen to it below or head over to the music page where it is less lonely among friends.
I’ve added 3 collaborations and a drum track to the music page today, all available for free download.
There is one track called ‘orphan’, which started out as a drum track shared with me by djabacus, I dirtied up the beat a bit, stretched it out and added a transition. I then added bass, guitars and a glockenspiel to the mix and baked for 30 minutes.
‘Requiem for a Honk’ was a track I made in August 2008 with Josephine Deux Fleurs, in Frankfurt. It’s a bit like the Clint Mansell soundtrack to the film Requiem for a Dream, only much, much sillier.
D’Allemagne is sort of a cover. It was made at the same time as ‘Requiem for a Honk’, with Josephine Deux Fleurs and pigsqueal. Josephine’s friend had given her some lyrics to a song by Patricia Kaas which none of us had ever heard and the idea was to make a song and see if it sounded anything like the original. Probably not, is the answer.
Finally, the last of today’s additions to the music page is a free live drum track offered up to, well anybody who wants it to create music. It’s at 110bpm and the .wav export can be download by clicking the down arrow on the player.
Good news, everyone!
My first full album ‘one of his eyes resembled that of a vulture’ is now available for download.
You can listen to the album at the album page, or head over to my bandcamp page, where you can download the album (it can also be streamed at bandcamp).
The album was written, recorded and produced in my home studio during February 2009. It was recorded using only FOSS (free open source software), and the excellent 64 Studio linux distribution – mad props!
Having spent much of the previous year experimenting with more electronic methods of music creation with pigsqueal producing, for the album I went back to an all live instrument method and took an experimental/improvisational approach to create what I hope has a more involving and organic feel.
I’m excited to get your feedback, so give it a spin and tell me what you think.
