Walking the Dog

     The other day I got a GoPro Hero 4+ for my anniversary gift. We usually don’t go for the gift thing, but seeing as how it was our first year wedding anniversary we went for it. She got a Fitbit Blaze which is actually pretty neat. It’s not really my style, but I am so glad that she likes it. It makes me happy that she’s happy.
     I have been searching the inter webs for an attachment for my motorcycle so I can have some fun recording where I drive. While I look around for this I decided to bring it with while we took our little pooch for a walk. Her name is Marley and she just loves a walk.  It was around 20 - 30 minutes long, so I sped it up. I figured it’d be fun to watch us walk around our little neighborhood in the sunshine.

The song you’re listening to as we walk is just a blues jam in A, but if we need to name it I think we should call it ‘Walkin the Dog’. I did all the tracks with my old Gibson L-1. There was no mic but the one on my iPad and my DAW was Garageband. I needed it to be simple so… here it is.
Walking the Dog.
I’m wishing you a happy happy day.

Trevor

New Studio Headphones

     Well, this week I had a great video to go along with this blog entry, but alas the techno gremlins decided it wasn't to be. I had every kind of problem imaginable and always just when I thought I was in the clear and the video was about to be done. Something else would happen.
Oh well, so on to the matter at hand.

     Status Closed Back Studio Monitors (well they're headphones not monitors) SM-CB1
Link to website.

     They come in a nice box, and are affordable. For $79 bucks you can have them. Now of course as with anything the more you pay the better they get, but these are pretty darn good.

Front of box.

back of box.

     Closed back and over the ear you won't get any track bleed with these on. Not to mention they come with a replaceable chord one curly and one straight.

Here they are.

Two chords, and an adapter.

     One thing I noticed after I bought them was that they paid attention to getting it to me. Now, I realize that every company you buy from gets you it's product, but when I bought it I didn't have a choice as to how fast it got it. Said a different way one shipping price fits all. They sent it to me in 2-3 three days, and every time it went through another step in the shipping I got an automated email telling me about it.  To me it didn't feel like spamming. It felt like attention to detail.

     The company has three options the HD-1 for $49 dollars, the HD-2 for $99 and the SM-CB-1 for $79 dollars. I got the SM-CB-1 because it has a closed back and to my ears that works better for what I'm going to be using them for.

   Another thing I really like about these is the company doesn't put it's logo everywhere. I hate being a walking commercial. Right on their website they say, 'No logos. No celebrities. Just sound." I kinda like that. 

    They are made in China, and that sort of sucks. I guess I didn't think about that before I bought them or I wouldn't have given them a chance. I would rather buy American. Having said that I also have to say that for the price you could do a lot worse. These should last me a very long time, and they are super quiet. A perfect or near perfect balance of sound. 

     Now if you are looking for general walk around town phones these aren't the ones for you. Those types of headphones are tonally colored these are not. A good set of studio headphones will put you in a neutral place because you are 'coloring' the sound via your DAW. If they are already doing that then your mix will be off. These are studio phones and don't color the tone before it gets to your ear. 

     Finally, I'd like to say that no I'm not being sponsored by the company I just didn't have anything else to write about in this weeks blog.

The Video.