A big mixing desk have a lot of channels that you can record and/or mix through. Usually these channels have a preamp, an EQ and sometimes a dynamics section (I.E. a compressor). A channel strip is basically one channel that could’ve been pulled out of a mixer. Home recording have had a great impact on what kind of recording gear is available today. Many of us only need one or two channels to record at once, and possibly a nice compressor to even the levels as we do it. With that said, channel strips are probably more popular and common than ever before. So instead of buying a separate compressor, mic preamp and EQ, the channel strip allows you to have it all in one box.

Sometimes you’ve been a bad boy and Santa won’t bother with bringing you any gifts (yep, that’s him at the picture). At those rare occasions you might have to give something to yourself. Here are a few tips for podcasters.
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In the past I’ve talked about Steinberg and podcasting which dealt with their products, such as WaveLab. While most people might think about Playstations, TVs or even Walkmans if you were alive during the 80’s, when Sony is mentioned, they do have a foot in the pro audio world as well.
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The final installment for now on 8bit video game clips played on a guitar (does that sound strange or what?) is a full blown rally! Including start, driving and of course a crash!

As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast

More retro clips today, again created with a guitar and not with synths. The first clip is a bomb being dropped and exploded. The second clip is a bird… Or is it a plane? No it’s… No wait, it’s just a bird.

As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast

Here’s a blast from the past. Two very short clips that sounds like old arcade games *cough* pacman *cough*. The common way to create sounds like these are with synths, I on the other hand use a distorted guitar.

As with all clips on Audival, you can use this for free in your podcast

M-Audio, a part of Avid, makes a lot of budget gear for music and recording, such as microphones, MIDI controllers and so on. The Fast Track Ultra is an audio interface, the latest from M-Audio in the Fast Track range which also consists of Fast Track Pro and Fast track USB.

The Fast Track Ultra is a 8 x 8 audio/MIDI interface which connects via USB 2.0. It includes four preamps and features both analog and digital I/O. It’s able to record in 24-bit/96kHz fidelity (all channels at once). It also has an on-board DSP mixer for listening through effects while tracking (very useful when recording music, not so much for podcasts).

More about it at M-Audio