Hogmanay Updates
Monday January 9th 2012
A binaural soundtrack and four brand new photos have been added to the Hogmanay photo album.
A binaural soundtrack and four brand new photos have been added to the Hogmanay photo album.
The beta for the new version of Renoise has just started and I was commissioned to create a video detailing most of the new features.
A brand new set of 12 photos have been added to the Photography section of the site, accompanied by a binaural soundtrack.
Three new photos have been added to the Ruins & Falls slideshow and three more to the Highland Wildlife Park slideshow.
The next Achenar release will be something completely different: a roughly three minute single, released for free in both .mp3 and .flac formats. A video and artwork will be also be produced for the song. What sets this apart though, are the other things to be released alongside this.
First, the multitrack audio files, in much the same way that NIN has been doing. This means the individual tracks that the song is composed of (eg. bass drum, snare, vocals etc.) are available separately. You can load them in to your preferred music package and remix/use them however you wish.
Also, the original Renoise .xrns file. The entire song will be created, mixed and mastered in Renoise, so you will have full access to every single aspect of the music. You can see how it is composed and change/add/remove absolutely anything. Renoise has a free demo version, with only rendering and Asio support disabled, so this file can be used by anybody.
Next, all of the art, photo and movie assets used to create the artwork and video will be available for download, including any Photoshop files.
Finally, the After Effects project file used to the create the video, controlling all of the effects, assets, camera moves etc. Like the music, you will be free to alter/remix this however you wish. Loading the .aep file will, of course, require you to have a copy of After Effects.
A brand new set of 20 photos have been added to the Photography section of the site, accompanied by a binaural soundtrack.
Using multiband send devices on a single audio track to control various aspects of a particle effect.
After another trip to the Highland Wildlife Park, 9 new photos have been added to the previous slideshow.
A short explanation regarding the importance of matching audio frequencies between Renoise and After Effects.
Using keytracking and the volume slicer to move playback of a video in time with music.
Using the Key Tracker device in Renoise to circumvent the limitation of extracting only volume data with the Keyframe Assistant in After Effects.
A brand new set of 10 photos have been added to the Photography section of the site, accompanied by a binaural soundtrack.
Rotating different images with stereo audio. Then using 3D to create movement, light, shadow and depth of field.
I’m becoming more interested in combining audio & visuals together, so I’m learning After Effects and creating a series of videos as I progress. They’re not full tutorials like I’ve done for Renoise in the past, since you’ll need a working knowledge of both programs to completely follow this, but hopefully most people will still find something interesting.
The Team Fortress 2 Killcam Shots gallery in the Games section of the site has had 10 new pictures added to it.
A brand new set of 18 photos featuring animals from the Highland Wildlife Park have been added to the Photography section of the site.
A brand new slideshow of 7 panorama photos has been added to the Photography section of the site, accompanied by a binaural soundtrack.
The Team Fortress 2 Killcam Shots gallery in the Games section of the site has had 10 new pictures added to it.
A brand new set of 14 photos have been added to the Photography section of the site, accompanied by a binaural soundtrack.
The Miscellaneous May gallery in the Photography 2008 section of the site has had a binaural soundtrack created for it.
The Inshriach gallery in the Photography 2009 section of the site has had a binaural soundtrack created for it.
The Smaller Wildlife gallery in the Photography 2008 section of the site has had a binaural soundtrack created for it.
The Tullochgrue gallery in the Photography 2008 section of the site has had a binaural soundtrack created for it.
I’ve bought a new pair of in-ear binaural microphones that are more suited for lower volume ambient recording and will be using them to record individual soundtracks for the Photography galleries.
For now though, the Team Fortress 2 Killcam Shots gallery has had a soundtrack added to it.
The Team Fortress 2 Killcam Shots gallery in the Games section of the site has had 6 new pictures added to it.
The new version of this site is finally online, featuring an improved design, Renoise tutorial videos and all of the non-music related content imported from Earthen Records.
The biggest change, however, is in the Photography section, now featuring two versions of every slideshow and much higher resolution images, which are also served to the user’s exact screen size when in Full Screen mode.
