THIS JUNE. PROCRASTINATE SOME MORE.

[Ben792x]

does it have to be stuff that you thought of on that day? for example if I think of an idea for a song today can I record it in my attempt?

Edit: I guess this clears it up (has to be written on the day) but can I get confirmation? I'll attempt this very soon after this monday (last exam)

Find some free time this month to write and record an album in less than 24 hours.
The requirements are that there is 30 minutes of original compositions. That is the only requirement. Anything else goes.

[Sox]

That's right. Original compositions, written from scratch in one day. I've drawn the blog, but I'm having trouble with photoshop keygens due to my operating system. It won't be long now.
Before I upload my album, does anybody have any good names for a solo project I can use?
So far I have...
Tired Horses
Bistre
Ecru
Bisque

[imagist42]

Banzai Chinese Bistro

Anyway, I was playing around with recording vocals through the mic on my headset (which actually works fairly well, for being nonprofessional equipment) and I just wanted to ask if anyone has any suggestion for reducing hiss/white noise. I'm limited to doing this in-house, next to my computer, so I've done everything I can in the environment (turn off the air conditioner, muffle the computer itself), but if anyone has any suggestions on the software side of things (a compression filter perhaps? I don't really know) I'd like to hear them.

[Sox]

You can isolate certain sounds and remove them using Audacity, but in my experience that isn't very effective and causes a lot of distortion. Given the equipment you're using, I'd suggest some clever mic placement. Try recording at different distances and seeing which produces the least hiss. Personally, I find it helps to turn up the mic sensitivity and play closely to the mic. The louder parts of the recording this way are the parts I actually want to hear, and they're loud enough that I can reduce the overall volume of the track until the hiss is barely audible without sacrificing too much of the sounds I've recorded. However, I've found that loud noises near a mic that is too sensitive results in a lot of distortion.

Keep moving things around until you find the right balance! It's much easier to sort this out while recording than it is afterwards.

[imapiratearg]

So, basically, I bought a four track mixer, a unidirectional mic and some cords from Radioshack the other day, as well as got myself a copy of Ableton Live 7, and my recordings sound a fuckton better.  Expect my next album to sound significantly better, but don't expect it to blow any minds.  We'll see.

[imagist42]

I swear to God, if any unwanted distractions come up tomorrow, I will rip someone's head off. I woke up meaning to start this today, and as the phone calls and text/instant messages started rolling in, it looked less and less likely until I became absolutely convinced it would not be possible.

[Sox]

You didn't do it because...
...you were busy responding to text messages and instant messages?
Is that like that time I called school and said I wouldn't be showing up because I was in the middle of a heated debate on the internet?

That blog is gonna be a long time coming, I had forgotten how much I hate playing with HTML. Khar says I should use a template, but I say "screw you man, I have standards".

[imagist42]

No no no, the calls and the text messages brought news of other events that required my time. Basically, all my friends want to hang out on my day off because they haven't seen me since I got buried underneath the monolith of the full-time job.

In retrospect, I should have brought them all over to help me make music... but then again none of them are musically inclined in any ways that I respect, so it probably would have turned out terrible.

[imapiratearg]

If they can keep time and clap and/or know how to bang on things with their hands or with sticks, they don't really need to be musically inclined.

[imagist42]

It's not that they're not musically inclined, it's that they are musically inclined in all the directions I absolutely cannot stand.

Anyway, I have been playing with my recording setup (not actually writing per se) and should be good to go tomorrow. And through till about 3:00 Friday if need be.

[Kai]

I've barely slept in three days. I think I'm going to go for this once again (I finished the one on the last day of may but it was all so universally terrible that I was honestly embarrassed for myself). Go team!

[a pack of wolves]

My plans for this got scuppered by the lovely weather and preferring walking about and hanging out in the park to sitting indoors making an album. It's been cooling off lately though and I still plan to get this done before the month is out.

[Patrick]

My laptop is shipping up here from where it has been fixed by my friend in California. I will need to order a newer, not-shitty interface (the iMic that I have is complete trash when I direct-line it from my SG, the pickups are way too hot) for GarageBand but it'll happen sometime within the next two weeks.

Anybody think I should just get a Fostex MR-8 with a hard drive and CD burner and a Shure SM-58?

[The Flux Liner]

Like some others before me I, too, signed up just to do this.
I recorded the first one two weeks ago and because I was not entirely happy with the results
(some tracks are very experimental to say the least...) I decided to make a second one
which turned out to be a (in my opinion) much better album. Or let's say: better than I expected.
So now I have the pleasure to share two albums of mine at once! Think about it...that's just...incontheevable !!!



The Flux Liner - Alien Reproduction Vehicle
 
 1. ARV (1.35)
 2. Peak Performance (1.49)
 3. The InsomniAcker (2.23)
 4. Take me to your leecher (0.44)
 5. In Search of a New Home (1.26)
 6. The Age of Disinformation (3.37)
 7. PSYOP (4.35)
 8. The Ganesh Particle (4.12)
 9. Project Beta (Part 1) (4.05)
10. Project Beta (Part 2) (3.38)
11. The Mental Destruction of Paul Bennewitz (4.45)

[33 minutes]

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?9ytnytet3x5

The Flux Liner - Everybody knows this is Disclosure

1. The Truth (8.10)
2. See the trap about to snap (2.59)
3. Nyu (2.42)
4. Decoy, Distract and Trash (7.20)
5. Terror from the Deep (6.25)
6. Mt. Blanca Nerve Gas Attack (3.22)

[31 Minutes]

Code:

http://www.mediaf!re.com/?deughmlcm9y

Out of the the albums posted here so far, I think Emanations From Ry'Leh by Halo of Flies aka
KharBevNor and The Scherzo by DMart (even though it is only 15 minutes) are really good. "Emanations..."
inspired me to do "Terror from the Deep", by the way.

[Sox]

This thing took a break because I hate playing with HTML and because I'm focusing on gathering a portfolio for a college interview this week. It should be back on track afterwards, and Dan volunteered to put the blog together. I've no idea whether or not he'll finish it by Friday like I asked though.

[öde]

I'll do it by Wednesday you punk-ass kid!

And then I'll record the fourteenth worst album you'll ever bloody hear!

[GenericName]

Bad news: Instead of redoing it during my two days off of work last week, I hung out with some friends for the whole time.
I am going to attempt it again eventually.

[imapiratearg]

I'll try to get this done within the next couple of weeks.

Oh wow, this is the last weekend I can do this.  Damn.  Darryl, are you going to continue this contest into July, or is this the last month you're going to let it go on?

[Linds]

DARRYL. POST YOUR DAMN MIX. NO MORE EXCUSES.

[Patrick]

Guys Darryl's parents just called and said he was hit by a goddamn stampede of caribou. Where he managed to find caribou in Britain is beyond me, but tl;dr he's not gonna be able to do it for a while.

[Sox]

I'm posting from my hospital bed using a med students iPhone. It's pretty neat. There are caribou in Scotland, btw. Long story short, Patrick is more or less correct.
I need to come up with nearly £750 in college fees by August and will be retiring for a while.
The good news is that I got into college, the bad news is that I can't afford it and may have to take out a small lone. I'm gonna give my internet responsibilities to other folks so you won't even notice I am gone.
Dan is going to do the blog, Patrick is going to make up silly excuses for me, Shane is going to complain about inane things, everybody is gonna consult Pete for advice on what to do when they stub their toe and Linds is gonna decide what happens to this contest.
I haven't told any of them this, but I'm sure they'll rejoice at the opportunity to cover my slack.
Gmail if I've missed anything.

[Linds]

This was a contest?

Uhm.

[öde]

Good luck Darryl (I guess I'll gmail you that). Haven't yet got the blog done yet as I've been jobhunting, but I guess since you need £750 for college you don't need to show it to anyone to impress them.

[Patrick]

Darryl I will make TWO entries just because we need something to fill the void left by your absence. I'll make it a really shitty album on purpose so that it's a more realistic replacement.

(I keed, I keed, but I will probably have to do two albums because I have failed everybody for two months straight)

[Sox]

This was a contest?

Uhm.

I guess that's up to you.

Haven't yet got the blog done yet as I've been jobhunting

Last time I ask you for a favour, jerk.

Darryl I will make TWO entries just because we need something to fill the void left by your absence.

No need. I'll up it.

I'll make it a really shitty album on purpose so that it's a more realistic replacement.

fuck you!

[Linds]

I will do my best to pick a winner then.

Good luck with college and everything. It's fun.

[valley_parade]

Shane is going to complain about inane things

NOT ENOUGH LIME IN THIS LEMON-LIME SODA.

[Sox]

I will do my best to pick a winner then.

Hint: Poll.

Good luck with college and everything. It's fun.

Thankyou.

SOMETHING LIKE I WOULD SAY

Just when Linds has me thinking I've left everything in the hands of incompetents, Shane pulls through and knocks one right out of the park.

[Linds]

Just when Linds has me thinking I've left everything in the hands of incompetents,

 

 

[Sox]

]/crybaby

Chin-up. I picked you over everybody else, remember? Just, polling seemed pretty obvious to me. I can't believe that one didn't occur you to sooner.

[Linds]

Because I'm having one of those days. I forgot today was Saturday for a large part of the day.

I will make a poll thread soon. (Placeholder.)

[öde]

Last time I ask you for a favour, jerk.

I am sacking up!


Khar's album clearly wins, even though I haven't heard it yet (problem with the original download).

the last 7 minutes are silence!

They weren't supposed to be, but by the time I came to the mastering stage, I thought my arms were five metres long and my computer was screaming at me. I would have put something in, but that would have meant breaking the 24hr rule.

Consider it a jazz improvisation on 4' 33".

[Linds]

To be honest, Khar's and Shane's were the only albums I listened to. So there will be a poll.

I am too lazy to make a separate thread! Vote in a post of who's album you like best! Consider it as an entire album, not just a collection of songs. Is it a full 30 min? Does the theme work? Is it just plain awesome? Vooooote.

[valley_parade]

Just when Linds has me thinking I've left everything in the hands of incompetents, Shane pulls through and knocks one right out of the park.

Love you too, Dazza.

[Patrick]

I'll make it a really shitty album on purpose so that it's a more realistic replacement.

fuck you!

I got dibs on pitcher.

Also, god damn it, laptop STILL isn't here and it's already fuckin' July in 2 days. Stupid useless mail, it takes 3 fucking weeks to get from California to Alaska, but it's like a week from Amazon.com to Virginia to Albania.

[GenericName]

It seems I have procrastinated asll my time away. If I submit something in the first few days of July, will it be all right?

[Linds]

Go for it.

And since no one voted, Khar wins, and everyone (even those who have not played yet) tie for second.

[Patrick]

Fuck you Linds, Khar does not win yet. I will  destroy him when my laptop gets here.

Speaking of which, my friend hasn't even shipped it yet. Fuck only knows when it's gonna get here.

[Linds]

You didn't do it in May OR June, Patrick. There are rules now.

[Patrick]

If I can't enter the marathon 'cause all my shoes are over 1,000 miles away, why stay on the track when my shit eventually arrives?

[KharBevNor]

Wait, I won?

Where's my cake!?