Myna

I have been using a range of desktop tools for audio mixing and post-production for years.  I read about the Myna online audio editor last year and have been meaning to try it out.

It features a pretty basic feature set for uploading, mixing, trimming, and sequencing tracks.  There are some basic effects and some mixer automation routines you can apply to the tracks – both feature sets that work surprisingly well considering all of this mixing power is functioning within a browser. One feature it doesn’t sport that would be really useful and fun would be the ability to share access to the mixer GDocs style with other users for collaborative arrangements and edits.  I have clipped a bunch of audio from UStream archives, #nv10 presos, and EduGlue singers to knit a short mix.

MCEduGlu

The background track in this experiment is from one of my ( and @draggin‘s ) favorite turntablistsKid Koala. His latest project The Slew is a high energy combo of turntable wizardry and full on rock grooves with live rhythm section. The Slew released their entire album free online for 4 weeks in November and are now touring throughout North America laying down sets of serious grooves. If you happen to be in a town where they are playing – you don’t want to miss their show.

Interested in playing with the mix? Put your hand up in the comments and I will send you the user/pass info to access the EduGlu mix and tracks at Myna.

Update! (May12)

Upload audio to your Import Library, create a mix, run the Mixdown, and you are given link & <embed> for the creation plus a link to share your mixboard and library.  Others click on the link, login, and run with your mixboard to add/chop.  Remix Relay!  See here for Remix#5 including samples from @sleslie or listen below:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/rookery/3915000/3915044_fbd1.mp3

 

Wayback Machine

Massive Injection to Vinyl Collection

Was talking to a colleague at work about music and mentioned that I have all of my vinyl collection still in storage in Vancouver.  He said that he was also a collector of both vinyl and audio equipment and would be happy to sell me a vintage turntable, amp, and speaker setup for a great price – not to mention some of his duplicates.

I droppped by his house this morning to pick up the audio equipment and to my surprise he had 5 moving boxes FULL of great records.  I won’t tell you how much I spent on the the whole package but I will tell you that I feel that I made out like a bandit.

I am getting a huge thrill this afternoon exploring the newly acquired archive and reveling in the analog sound.  Now for some additional basement storage shelving and to start making some short term plans for shipping the rest of my collection to British Columbia from Nova Scotia.