Mobile Recording

When the iPhone became popular, developers began making more and more apps to do a variety of things. From games to finances to even being able to control Pro Tools from an iPhone. This introduced an even easier way to use mobile recording.

ProRemote has been around since 2007. With Pro Tools LE, the app gave 8 channels of faders. These channels ran in real time and even gave colored monitoring like that inside Pro Tools, itself.

Not only did ProRemote run on iPhone, it is available for iPod touch, as well. Mobile recording became even more popular.

Pro Tools is not the only DAW with an iPhone controller. There are also controllers for Logic, Ableton, and many other DAWs. Many of these can be run from ProRemote.

The remotes available in the App Store are getting more and more advanced. They allow you to do even more away from your computer than ever before. DAW Remote is much more advanced. It allowed for a lot of control over Pro Tools, Logic, or Ableton Live.

DAW Remote is much more advanced than ProRemote. DAW Remote even allows the user to add and delete markers, scrub through the session, punch record, and many other features.

With the iPad, things have been no different. One specific company is embracing the power of the iPad.

PreSonus is introducing their new version of AudioBox. This update includes software to use with a free iPad app.

With this app, almost anything inside Virtual StudioLive (the DAW for AudioBox) can be controlled.

Controls include:

Volume

Pan

Aux Sends

FX Buses

Fat Channel Parameters

Not only can this app be used as a live console with AudioBox and a laptop, it can be used as a studio controller. As a live console, AudioBox can function with small gigs as a mixer or for recording. With studio work, it can be used as an extra set of faders.

The recording industry is facing a new, more mobile way to work. These apps can be very helpful in the studio or doing live work. The ability to check levels while being away from the computer can save a lot of time. Being able to mix and edit can save a lot of time, as well. Mobile recording will continue to grow with the growth of smart phones, tablets, and laptops.

Resources and links:

http://eumlab.com/daw-remote/

http://mixonline.com/news/presonus_audiobox_interface_update_1406/

http://www.folabs.com/proremoteLE.html

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/presonus-ab1818vsl-remote/id531541393?mt=8

http://www.presonus.com/

http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=65

http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=53

Pictures:

http://eumlab.com/daw-remote/images/app-daw-remote-timeline.jpg

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Affordable Analog Recording

Even though the digital world has taken the recording industry by storm, analog is still hanging in there. Unfortunately, using tape and the equipment needed for it is not affordable for everyone. A company named Endless Analog has made it a little more affordable to get the analog tape sound, however.

Endless Analog offers a system called CLASP. CLASP stands for Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor. Sounds complicated, right? Well, technically it is, but is pretty simple to use. CLASP allows for an easier workflow will still getting the tape sound and sample accuracy.

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CLASP is both a hardware piece and a software program to be used with a tape machine, console, and a DAW (Pro Tools, Nuendo/Cubase) (Clasp, 2012).

With CLASP, the audio is fed from the tape machine directly into Pro Tools (or the available DAW of your choice). This eliminates a lot of hassle. Instead of recording everything to tape and then dumping it all into Pro Tools, it goes straight into the DAW. Also, you don’t have to use extra channels to go from your tape machine to your DAW. CLASP does it all with much less hassle.

CLASP can be used for up to 72 channels of analog recording.

The Endless Analog website offers a lot of information about CLASP and how to get it up and running. They include the signal flow of CLASP with your console and tape machine as well as all of CLASP’s functions.

Endless Audio now offers CLASP 16 and CLASP 8. According to Mix Magazine, these are, “scaled down versions of the original CLASP so those with more limited analog track counts, don’t have to pay for 24 channels,” (Becka, 2012). They have also released the Machine Matrix and Machine Matrix I/O. The Machine Matrix gives you 8 channels of audio. The Machine Matrix I/O gives an additional 8 channels.

Resources:

Becka, K. (2012, May 08). Endless analog bows new products. Retrieved from http://blog.mixonline.com/mixblog/2012/05/08/endless-analog-bows-new-products/

Clasp. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.endlessanalog.com/what-is-clasp

http://www.endlessanalog.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CLASP-Closed-Loop-Analog-Processor/73345181839

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