[Harp-L] how to record harmonica audio/video
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Brian Stear
Oct 4, 2015, 3:25:23 AM10/4/15
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FWIW, I’m trying to record some bluegrass harmonica videos. I have a webcam, Logitech Webcam pro 9000, and Sonar 8. I can’t seem to get get the webcam to work with my audio. It recognizes the audio interface ( Edirol AU-25 ), but only records video with the webcam mic selected.
How do you guys do it? E-mail me off list..........Thanks for any and all help.
Brian
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Chris Hofstader
Oct 4, 2015, 7:28:55 AM10/4/15
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Hi Everyone,
I’m an incredibly rank amateur would be blues harmonica player who just joined this list. I’ve been playing for something on the order of 25 years since I bought Dave Harp’s original “Three Minutes To Blues Harmonica” book and cassette at Sandy’s Music in Cambridge along with a super cheap Huang harp in G. Over the years, I’ve bought a ton of books, tapes and CDs and, now, in the Internet age, I enjoy lessons from a bunch of guys on YouTube and elsewhere online. I enjoy playing mostly for self satisfaction and have only rarely played with other musicians in the past.
The other thing that changed in the years since I first picked up the instrument is that I lost all of my vision. I am totally vision impaired now, no light, no shadows, nothing. While a lot of the online materials are nice for a blind person to use with a screen reader (a screen reader is the software we use to have our computers and mobile devices read aloud what everyone else would see), most is pretty hard for us. I’m especially fond of Tom Lind and Will Wild but find value in lots of others as well.
The other big change that happened is that I turned 55 in July and have decided to mostly retire from my professional commitments and start working 20 hours or fewer each week. Thus, I’ll have far more time to play music and am planning on starting to attend jams in the three cities where I live (Cambridge, St. Petersburg, FL and San Francisco) and maybe do some busking. I never expect to be a professional player, I just want to have fun, meet fun people and make some music that might bring a smile to some stranger’s face.
I’m an admitted gear geek. I know the first rule of learning to play or get better at playing any instrument is all about practice and that the hardware is secondary but, as a career engineer, I find the technology alluring and my collection of such grows all of the time. The one area I might be able to be helpful to others around here might be with getting recordings done as, while I’m not much of a player, I’ve done a lot of podcasting work around disability issues and understand both the gear and how to get it set up to sound really great. Sorry, the blindness keeps me from helping with anything related to video for what I’ll assume is an obvious reason.
So, I’m hear to learn more, maybe meet some people (in addition to living in three cities, I’m traveling a lot and one never knows where I’ll turn up next) and hopefully find resources to help take my playing to a level where I can have a good time jamming with other peeps at local watering holes.
Lastly, I am looking for a private instructor. I’m pretty good at the technical side of harp playing, I can hit all of the draw bends and make decent sounding (to me at least) little solos, 12 bar improvisations mostly but would enjoy working with someone who can help move from what I’ve been able to learn independently to more formal training. If you’re one who does private lessons, please write to me at: c...@hofstader.com <mailto:c...@hofstader.com>.
Thanks for having this list available, I’m grateful to have found it and look forward to learning a lot from you folks.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
I’m an incredibly rank amateur would be blues harmonica player who just joined this list. I’ve been playing for something on the order of 25 years since I bought Dave Harp’s original “Three Minutes To Blues Harmonica” book and cassette at Sandy’s Music in Cambridge along with a super cheap Huang harp in G. Over the years, I’ve bought a ton of books, tapes and CDs and, now, in the Internet age, I enjoy lessons from a bunch of guys on YouTube and elsewhere online. I enjoy playing mostly for self satisfaction and have only rarely played with other musicians in the past.
The other thing that changed in the years since I first picked up the instrument is that I lost all of my vision. I am totally vision impaired now, no light, no shadows, nothing. While a lot of the online materials are nice for a blind person to use with a screen reader (a screen reader is the software we use to have our computers and mobile devices read aloud what everyone else would see), most is pretty hard for us. I’m especially fond of Tom Lind and Will Wild but find value in lots of others as well.
The other big change that happened is that I turned 55 in July and have decided to mostly retire from my professional commitments and start working 20 hours or fewer each week. Thus, I’ll have far more time to play music and am planning on starting to attend jams in the three cities where I live (Cambridge, St. Petersburg, FL and San Francisco) and maybe do some busking. I never expect to be a professional player, I just want to have fun, meet fun people and make some music that might bring a smile to some stranger’s face.
I’m an admitted gear geek. I know the first rule of learning to play or get better at playing any instrument is all about practice and that the hardware is secondary but, as a career engineer, I find the technology alluring and my collection of such grows all of the time. The one area I might be able to be helpful to others around here might be with getting recordings done as, while I’m not much of a player, I’ve done a lot of podcasting work around disability issues and understand both the gear and how to get it set up to sound really great. Sorry, the blindness keeps me from helping with anything related to video for what I’ll assume is an obvious reason.
So, I’m hear to learn more, maybe meet some people (in addition to living in three cities, I’m traveling a lot and one never knows where I’ll turn up next) and hopefully find resources to help take my playing to a level where I can have a good time jamming with other peeps at local watering holes.
Lastly, I am looking for a private instructor. I’m pretty good at the technical side of harp playing, I can hit all of the draw bends and make decent sounding (to me at least) little solos, 12 bar improvisations mostly but would enjoy working with someone who can help move from what I’ve been able to learn independently to more formal training. If you’re one who does private lessons, please write to me at: c...@hofstader.com <mailto:c...@hofstader.com>.
Thanks for having this list available, I’m grateful to have found it and look forward to learning a lot from you folks.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
Tom Watson
Oct 5, 2015, 6:58:11 AM10/5/15
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Chris,
You can get Skype lessons from several people, but (arguably) the best teacher is Jason Ricci, if you really want to take your playing to the next level. Besides being a harmonica genius himself, and very knowledgeable musically, he is an extremely nice guy to deal with. The only catch is catching him, as his touring schedule has escalated recently. Reach him at www.mooncat.org and click on "Skype".
Tom Watson
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You can get Skype lessons from several people, but (arguably) the best teacher is Jason Ricci, if you really want to take your playing to the next level. Besides being a harmonica genius himself, and very knowledgeable musically, he is an extremely nice guy to deal with. The only catch is catching him, as his touring schedule has escalated recently. Reach him at www.mooncat.org and click on "Skype".
Tom Watson
Rick Davis
Oct 5, 2015, 9:24:47 AM10/5/15
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Hi Chris-
Welcome to blues harping!
If you want to jump start your development on harp you might consider
attending a workshop presented by Ronnie Shellist and Adam Gussow in Denver
on Jan 16. I've attached the poster for the event.
Ronnie and Adam are both legendary players and instructors. I'll be there
with the Memphis Mini amps and MM Delay Pedals. It will all happen at
Ziggies in a Denver, where I hosted their famous Sunday night blues jam for
five years. It's gonna be a blast.
Again, welcome to blues harping.
-Rick Davis
Memphis Blues Amps
Sheridan Wyoming USA
Welcome to blues harping!
If you want to jump start your development on harp you might consider
attending a workshop presented by Ronnie Shellist and Adam Gussow in Denver
on Jan 16. I've attached the poster for the event.
Ronnie and Adam are both legendary players and instructors. I'll be there
with the Memphis Mini amps and MM Delay Pedals. It will all happen at
Ziggies in a Denver, where I hosted their famous Sunday night blues jam for
five years. It's gonna be a blast.
Again, welcome to blues harping.
-Rick Davis
Memphis Blues Amps
Sheridan Wyoming USA
Robert Hale
Oct 5, 2015, 9:24:52 AM10/5/15
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Hello Chris
Welcome to the group!
On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Chris Hofstader <c...@hofstader.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I’m an incredibly rank amateur would be blues harmonica player who just
> joined this list.
Robert Hale
Serious Honkage in Arizona
youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
DUKEofWAIL.com
Welcome to the group!
On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Chris Hofstader <c...@hofstader.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I’m an incredibly rank amateur would be blues harmonica player who just
> joined this list.
Serious Honkage in Arizona
youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL
DUKEofWAIL.com
Richard Hunter
Oct 5, 2015, 9:40:05 AM10/5/15
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"Brian Stear" wrote:
<FWIW, I’m trying to record some bluegrass harmonica videos. I have a webcam, Logitech Webcam pro 9000, and Sonar 8. I can’t seem <to get get the webcam to work with my audio. It recognizes the audio interface ( Edirol AU-25 ), but only records video with the <webcam mic selected.
I suggest that you use a separate device to capture the audio while you record the video. Webcams aren't generally designed to capture high-fidelity audio. It's not difficult to sync an audio recording with a video; in your video editing software, you import the external audio track, line it up with the audio track recorded by the webcam, then mute the webcam audio track. Zoom and others sell digital recorders for about $100 (e.g. the Zoom H1) that do a much better job of audio capture than a consumer-grade webcam.
Regards, Richard Hunter
<FWIW, I’m trying to record some bluegrass harmonica videos. I have a webcam, Logitech Webcam pro 9000, and Sonar 8. I can’t seem <to get get the webcam to work with my audio. It recognizes the audio interface ( Edirol AU-25 ), but only records video with the <webcam mic selected.
<How do you guys do it? E-mail me off list..........Thanks for any and all help.
Sorry this is on-list, but I think it's of general interest.
I suggest that you use a separate device to capture the audio while you record the video. Webcams aren't generally designed to capture high-fidelity audio. It's not difficult to sync an audio recording with a video; in your video editing software, you import the external audio track, line it up with the audio track recorded by the webcam, then mute the webcam audio track. Zoom and others sell digital recorders for about $100 (e.g. the Zoom H1) that do a much better job of audio capture than a consumer-grade webcam.
Regards, Richard Hunter
Chris Talbot
Oct 5, 2015, 10:07:09 AM10/5/15
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Another Skype option is Carlos del Junco. I've been taking lessons from him
over Skype for some time, and I'd highly recommend him as a teacher. Carlos
takes a very methodical approach to harmonica instruction with a focus on
what he calls "transcribing to memory."
Chris
over Skype for some time, and I'd highly recommend him as a teacher. Carlos
takes a very methodical approach to harmonica instruction with a focus on
what he calls "transcribing to memory."
Chris
Rafael Veggi
Oct 5, 2015, 12:39:38 PM10/5/15
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Why not onlist?
I guess some folks would like to know how to do it
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> Subject: [Harp-L] how to record harmonica audio/video
> FWIW, I’m trying to record some bluegrass harmonica videos. I have a
> webcam, Logitech Webcam pro 9000, and Sonar 8. I can’t seem to get get the
> webcam to work with my audio. It recognizes the audio interface ( Edirol
> AU-25 ), but only records video with the webcam mic selected.
> How do you guys do it? E-mail me off list..........Thanks for any and all
> help.
>
> Brian
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I guess some folks would like to know how to do it
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> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 02:23:50 -0500
> Subject: [Harp-L] how to record harmonica audio/video
> FWIW, I’m trying to record some bluegrass harmonica videos. I have a
> webcam, Logitech Webcam pro 9000, and Sonar 8. I can’t seem to get get the
> webcam to work with my audio. It recognizes the audio interface ( Edirol
> AU-25 ), but only records video with the webcam mic selected.
> How do you guys do it? E-mail me off list..........Thanks for any and all
> help.
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