| Animusic 2: Resonant Chamber |
[11 Jul 2009|05:13pm] |
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http://thelovebug.livejournal.com/573107.html With the arrival of our new telly, I started looking for samples of HD video clips to playback on my laptop through it.
One of the search results brought back “Resonant Chamber” from the Animusic‘s second DVD, entitled Animusic 2: A New Computer Animation Video Album.
To say that I was impressed is an amazingly understated understatement, and I just had to share it.
To enjoy the full 720p HD version of this video, visit the Animusic Download page - which I would highly recommend you do.
However, if you are less bothered about the image quality and just want to know what the fuss is about, or you have the patience of a peanut and don’t want to wait for the 200+MB download, here’s the YouTube video below.
Please note that the YouTube video does not even come close to the quality of the 720p download... not even in HQ mode!! Please consider this before pressing play!!
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| New (and proposed) gadgets... |
[11 Jul 2009|09:58pm] |
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http://thelovebug.livejournal.com/573338.html New Gadget
Yeah baby, a new telly!
Samsung LE530 32" 1080p LCD - sex on a stand. We got an awesome deal with John Lewis for this telly - £399 including a 5 year warranty. We searched and searched, and couldn't find a deal as good as this.
Next up, Sky+HD... but only once they drop their £9.75/month HD subscription!!
In the process of getting everything wired up - knowing that the telly only has one SCART socket, having already bought a SCART switcher to accommodate this, and seeing that the signal loss through the switcher was quite harsh - we realised that our PS2 also serves as a fairly decent DVD player. With the PS2 going into the telly through phono sockets, the Wii through component, and the Sky+ box through SCART, it kinda occurred to us that we don't actually need a separate DVD player any more - so there's one less SCART socket needed. Our final device is a VCR, which we're keeping for historical reasons, and the ceiling high pile of VHS cassettes that we haven't replaced with DVD yet! So ultimately, we have a Sony DVD Player and a Sony VCR which are now effectively redundant.
Any takers? All reasonable offers considered. ;o)
Proposed Gadgets
 
A Behringer Xenyx 802 Mixer and 2 Behringer C-1 Condenser Microphones.
I've been podcasting for nearly 18 months now, and I've been using the same kit since I started. A laptop and a headset. I always thought that the quality from that headset was excellent, and I never had any complaint about the audio quality. That is until last week. I contributed some audio towards a promo for the Association of Music Podcasting. You can listen to it here. You can tell which part is me from a mile off, because my audio is so much brighter and... well... tinnier than everyone else's. With one exception, but his audio is pretty lo-fi anyway.
Anyhoo, it made me very much aware that if I'm going to take this podcasting lark seriously (and I am trying to) then I need to make a bit of effort in my production quality. I've had recommendations from a number of people on the mixer, and I've chosen the mics based on research and the reputation of Behringer. The reason for buying 2 mics? It would appear as though Caroline has attracted a following on The Bugcast, and she seems quite keen on co-hosting with me! :o)
I haven't bought these yet: I'm waiting on a quotation from one of my suppliers, to compare against a quotation I've had from an online dealer, before I make my decision who I'm going to buy from.
Supplier? Dealer? Sounds like a drug deal!!
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