Geoff from geoffmobile.com plays his synthesizer, the Korg MS-2000B, for around 35 minutes.

This is Geoff’s favorite jam of his yet! New sonic ground was covered, at least for Geoff’s musical ear. Some of the music in this video may be useful for a short film score, and Geoff intends for you to use this music in your films (for free!! – please see below).

This video and performance are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Feel free to use the music in your short film or corporate videos or any other sort of purpose, as long as you include my name, Geoff Peters, and website link geoffmobile.com in the credits.

To obtain uncompressed WAV versions of this music (such as to use in a short film or radio program), please email Geoff at geoff@gpeters.com or contact him through:

twitter.com/gpeters
facebook.com/geoff.peters

Thanks for watching!
Please rate, comment, and subscribe!
Cheers,
Geoff

A Birds in the House production
birdsinthehouse.com

Technical notes:
Synthesizer: Korg MS-2000B
Recorded into a Motu 8-pre in 48khz 24 bit, stereo.
Geoff’s voice was recorded using a Sennheiser lapel microphone /wireless transmitter, also plugged into the Motu 8-pre.
This audio was not processed, normalized, compressed, or modified in any way. It’s the clean signal right from the synth.

Video recorded with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V camera (manual white balance, EV+0, 60p 1080p), and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow). Audio was synced with the video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software. Synth audio was monitored live during performance on Behringer B2031A studio monitors.

Geoff from geoffmobile.com asks the question: How do you stay motivated to do creative projects outside of work, if your work sometimes leaves you tired after working really hard for a day, week, or even a year!

Geoff’s suggestions:
-Get good sleep, catch up on sleep on the weekends
-Do exercise to energize yourself
-Eat healthy, nutritious foods. I like eating lots of vegetables (salads) as well as fruit juices (I’m an orange juice fiend!), carbs, and some proteins. Avoid fatty foods or too much salt or sugars.

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

Filmed on a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Geoff from geoffmobile.com talks about his current short film project, as well as talks about the success of Apple (with iPod, iPhone, and iPad) and the amazing achievements of the late great Steve Jobs.

Geoff asks the question: “Who will be the next Steve Jobs?”

Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Geoff

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V
Audio: Sennheiser lapel mic, Zoom H1
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 with USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Geoff from geoffmobile.com reviews the movie Titanic 3D (IMAX), now showing in Theatres.

Technical notes:
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V
Sound: Zoom H1 with lapel mic
Audio processed with Audacity (used plugins Normalize, SC4 compressor, and W1 Limitier VST (Betabugs Gui))
Video edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).
Audio synced with video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software.

Tutorial Guide:

How to do Sidechaining with 64 bit VST for Audio Ducking effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (on PC / Windows 7).

Example by Geoff from geoffmobile.com
Contact: geoff@gpeters.com
Date: April 12th 2012

***** To download the sample project for this tutorial, please visit:
geoffmobile.com/resources/premiere-vst-sidechain-example.zip

Instructions:

This is an example project for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 that shows how to implement side chaining in Adobe Premiere using the free Molot compressor.

Please get the latest version of Molot (2 channel version) from the Molot Author’s web site:
vladgsound.wordpress.com/

The Molot 2 channel 0.3 version (64 bit vst) works with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a PC.

Please note that the creator of this tutorial is not affiliated with the Molot author.

What is this for?

The desired effect is that when I talk in my video, the music automatically ducks down a few DB, and that makes the background music not interfere with the voiceover.

How is this done?

I used 2 instances of the “64 bit 2 channels Molot 0.3 version” VST plugin in the “mono mode with external side chain signal” mode.

I was searching for hours on how to get an external sidechain working in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.2. The 4 channel version didn’t work, but the 2 channel version worked. I implemented External sidechaining in my video project sequence using Molot and it worked great. I used some clever sending between Audio Submix tracks in Premiere and two different Molot instances to allow my sidechaing to be performed on a Stereo music track.

To see my example in action, feel free to watch my cooking video which I used this sidechaining technique in my Adobe Premiere Pro sequence:
geoffmobile.com/blog/how-to-make-creamy-mashed-potatoes-with-coconut-m...

The project in this example is a Premiere project showing my Molot settings. I made use of many Audio Submix tracks with sends.

To Set up and Use:

1. Before opening the Premiere project, you must install the Molot plugin (2 channel version).

To install Molot plugin, obtain the latest plugin from the Molot author’s site (see above) and then copy the file Molot03-2ch-x64.dll to your folder C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Premiere Pro CS5.5Plug-insen_USVSTPlugins and restart Adobe Premiere.

When you start premiere, if it installed oK, you will see Molot showing up in the Audio Effects tab.

2. Open the project file provided in this example.

3. Put your narration on the Narration track, and music on the Music track (as labelled in the example project). Don’t change the other Submix tracks (but you may want to adjust the Molot compressor settings on tracks “Music left c” and “Music right c”.

Note that the left and right channels of the music are compressed separately since Stereo compression can only be achieved with two mono compressors at the moment (due to Adobe Premiere not supporting the 4 channel Molot version).

About This Tutorial

This tutorial was brought to you by Geoff from geoffmobile.com
If you have questions feel free to email me at geoff@gpeters.com

Please note:

Unless otherwise stated, this demo project is provided “as-is,” without any express or implied warranty. In no event shall Geoff from geoffmobile.com be held liable for any damages arising from the use of the software.

Music:
Quorra by Occluded Front
soundcloud.com/occluded_front

Geoff from geoffmobile.com shows his process for making his phone read books (ebooks and other text such as web pages, blogs, emails, etc.) aloud using Text to Speech (TTS) on Android.

Yes, you can make your phone read a book to you, using your headphones, or even in the car. And what’s more, you can create the book yourself using text from any web page.

Here’s the process, using an Android smart-phone and a PC or Mac desktop:

1. On your desktop, find the article you want the phone to read. Save it as a HTML file from the web site, or as a RTF file.

2. Install Calibre, a free ebook creator software. You can get it from: calibre-ebook.com/
It works on both Mac and PC.

3. Using Calibre, open the HTML or RTF file you saved, and select the “Convert” option to convert it to EPUB format.

4. Put the EPUB file you created on your Android phone. You can do this by emailing it to yourself (and then use the Opera mobile browser on your phone to download from your email to your phone), or you can connect the phone to your computer using the USB cable, and then transfer the EPUB file by copying it to the phone).

5. Install the free Android application called “FBReader” as well as the “FBReader TTS Plugin”. You will need both of these applications for it to work. You can get them from the Android Market (Google Play store) or from their website: www.fbreader.org/

6. Using FBReader on your phone, open your EPUB file. View the page of the book you want to start reading, and then go to the menu and choose “Speak”.

7. That’s it! Also note that if you go into the Accessibility settings on your phone, you can change the voice and language to other options such as British English, French, German, etc.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Have fun and please let me know your comments!

p.s. the article that my phone was reading is: “Lockdown – The coming war on general-purpose computing” by Cory Doctorow, posted January 2012. A great article, I highly recommend it. Article link: boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html

Cheers,
Geoff
geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:

Camera : Sony Cybershot DSC-HX9V (manual white balance)
Audio: Zoom H1 connected to lapel mic under my shirt
Audio processed with Audacity (I used the SC4 compressor and Amplify effects).
Video edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow). Audio synced with video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software.

A Birds in the House Production
birdsinthehouse.com

Geoff from geoffmobile.com asks whether doing jump cuts in video blogs is a good idea.

Tech notes:
Recorded with a Sony HX9V and Zoom H1 with lapel mic.

A performance of amazing Canadian Jazz piano – two pianos, four hands!

Musical artists:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Tom Lee Music and Steinway Canada presents live in concert, “An Evening with Artists”
Dialogues In Improvised Music On Two Steinways

Recorded at the Tom Lee Music Hall, Vancouver BC Canada, Wed. March 14th 2012.
www.tomleemusic.ca

Artist bios:

Bob Murphy
www.bobmurphyjazz.com/

“One of Canada’s great pianists in the modern idiom.”
– Mark Miller, Globe & Mail

” … one of this country’s best jazz pianists … Always lyrical, he builds a mood; when it is his turn to solo he takes each song one more step inside … Hauntingly beautiful.”
– Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun

In 2002 the CD “Wall Street Sessions” he co-led with Joani Taylor and co-produced with Miles Foxx Hill was nominated for a Juno. In 2007 he released a quartet CD of his original compositions entitled “Downtown East Side Picnic”.

Bob Murphy currently resides in Vancouver where he teaches jazz piano and composes. He has been teaching jazz piano at Vancouver Island University since the fall of 2006. Bob performs in concert settings regularly.

Jillian Lebeck
www.jillianlebeck.com/

Canadian jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Jillian Lebeck is one of the most dynamic and exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene. Her debut recording “Living in Pieces” (Maximum Jazz/Universal) spent several weeks in the number 1 position on the national Chart Attack radio charts. She is an alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her projects have been featured on CBC Radio’s Studio One Jazz Series during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and she has received regular airplay on CBC’s “Hot Air”, “After Hours”, l’espace musique, The Signal, KPLU, and NPR. She was recently a jury member for CARAS JUNO Awards.

Jillian has opened for legendary jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and New York jazz pianist – Bill Charlap. She has toured Canada including dates at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Top of the Senator in Toronto, as well as Calgary Jazz Festival, and Medicine Hat Jazz Festival. In Europe she has performed in Sicily, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, UK, and Spain. She recently performed in Portland Oregon, for the PDX Jazz Festival.Her second release as a leader was released in June, 2007 “Songs and Melodies” on talie Records.

Special thanks to the artists for generously sharing this performance with jazz piano fans around the world.

***** If you enjoy the music, please support the artists by purchasing their CD’s.

To purchase the artists’ CD’s, please contact them through their websites below:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Photo and bios courtesy of Tom Lee Music and the artists.
Sound Recording by Geoff Peters geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
Pianos: Two Steinway Concert Grand Pianos provided by Tom Lee Music in Vancouver.
www.tomleemusic.ca/main/pianos.cfm

Recorded on a Zoom H1 in 48khz 24bit, and audio was processed (mastered?) with Audacity. audacity.sourceforge.net

Mastering tools used in Audacity:
Amplify
SC4 Compressor
High pass filter at 27hz.
Fade in/out
Split and batch export feature.

Video edited with Adobe Premiere pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Thanks for watching!!
Please subscribe to my channel for more videos from Vancouver BC Canada and geoffmobile.com

Cheers!
Geoff

A performance of amazing Canadian Jazz piano – two pianos, four hands!

Musical artists:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Tom Lee Music and Steinway Canada presents live in concert, “An Evening with Artists”
Dialogues In Improvised Music On Two Steinways

Recorded at the Tom Lee Music Hall, Vancouver BC Canada, Wed. March 14th 2012.
www.tomleemusic.ca

Artist bios:

Bob Murphy
www.bobmurphyjazz.com/

“One of Canada’s great pianists in the modern idiom.”
– Mark Miller, Globe & Mail

” … one of this country’s best jazz pianists … Always lyrical, he builds a mood; when it is his turn to solo he takes each song one more step inside … Hauntingly beautiful.”
– Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun

In 2002 the CD “Wall Street Sessions” he co-led with Joani Taylor and co-produced with Miles Foxx Hill was nominated for a Juno. In 2007 he released a quartet CD of his original compositions entitled “Downtown East Side Picnic”.

Bob Murphy currently resides in Vancouver where he teaches jazz piano and composes. He has been teaching jazz piano at Vancouver Island University since the fall of 2006. Bob performs in concert settings regularly.

Jillian Lebeck
www.jillianlebeck.com/

Canadian jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Jillian Lebeck is one of the most dynamic and exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene. Her debut recording “Living in Pieces” (Maximum Jazz/Universal) spent several weeks in the number 1 position on the national Chart Attack radio charts. She is an alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her projects have been featured on CBC Radio’s Studio One Jazz Series during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and she has received regular airplay on CBC’s “Hot Air”, “After Hours”, l’espace musique, The Signal, KPLU, and NPR. She was recently a jury member for CARAS JUNO Awards.

Jillian has opened for legendary jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and New York jazz pianist – Bill Charlap. She has toured Canada including dates at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Top of the Senator in Toronto, as well as Calgary Jazz Festival, and Medicine Hat Jazz Festival. In Europe she has performed in Sicily, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, UK, and Spain. She recently performed in Portland Oregon, for the PDX Jazz Festival.Her second release as a leader was released in June, 2007 “Songs and Melodies” on talie Records.

Special thanks to the artists for generously sharing this performance with jazz piano fans around the world.

***** If you enjoy the music, please support the artists by purchasing their CD’s.

To purchase the artists’ CD’s, please contact them through their websites below:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Photo and bios courtesy of Tom Lee Music and the artists.
Sound Recording by Geoff Peters geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
Pianos: Two Steinway Concert Grand Pianos provided by Tom Lee Music in Vancouver.
www.tomleemusic.ca/main/pianos.cfm

Recorded on a Zoom H1 in 48khz 24bit, and audio was processed (mastered?) with Audacity. audacity.sourceforge.net

Mastering tools used in Audacity:
Amplify
SC4 Compressor
High pass filter at 27hz.
Fade in/out
Split and batch export feature.

Video edited with Adobe Premiere pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Thanks for watching!!
Please subscribe to my channel for more videos from Vancouver BC Canada and geoffmobile.com

Cheers!
Geoff

A performance of amazing Canadian Jazz piano – two pianos, four hands!

Musical artists:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Tom Lee Music and Steinway Canada presents live in concert, “An Evening with Artists”
Dialogues In Improvised Music On Two Steinways

Recorded at the Tom Lee Music Hall, Vancouver BC Canada, Wed. March 14th 2012.
www.tomleemusic.ca

Artist bios:

Bob Murphy
www.bobmurphyjazz.com/

“One of Canada’s great pianists in the modern idiom.”
– Mark Miller, Globe & Mail

” … one of this country’s best jazz pianists … Always lyrical, he builds a mood; when it is his turn to solo he takes each song one more step inside … Hauntingly beautiful.”
– Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun

In 2002 the CD “Wall Street Sessions” he co-led with Joani Taylor and co-produced with Miles Foxx Hill was nominated for a Juno. In 2007 he released a quartet CD of his original compositions entitled “Downtown East Side Picnic”.

Bob Murphy currently resides in Vancouver where he teaches jazz piano and composes. He has been teaching jazz piano at Vancouver Island University since the fall of 2006. Bob performs in concert settings regularly.

Jillian Lebeck
www.jillianlebeck.com/

Canadian jazz pianist/composer/vocalist Jillian Lebeck is one of the most dynamic and exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene. Her debut recording “Living in Pieces” (Maximum Jazz/Universal) spent several weeks in the number 1 position on the national Chart Attack radio charts. She is an alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her projects have been featured on CBC Radio’s Studio One Jazz Series during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and she has received regular airplay on CBC’s “Hot Air”, “After Hours”, l’espace musique, The Signal, KPLU, and NPR. She was recently a jury member for CARAS JUNO Awards.

Jillian has opened for legendary jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and New York jazz pianist – Bill Charlap. She has toured Canada including dates at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, The Top of the Senator in Toronto, as well as Calgary Jazz Festival, and Medicine Hat Jazz Festival. In Europe she has performed in Sicily, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, UK, and Spain. She recently performed in Portland Oregon, for the PDX Jazz Festival.Her second release as a leader was released in June, 2007 “Songs and Melodies” on talie Records.

Special thanks to the artists for generously sharing this performance with jazz piano fans around the world.

***** If you enjoy the music, please support the artists by purchasing their CD’s.

To purchase the artists’ CD’s, please contact them through their websites below:
Bob Murphy – piano www.bobmurphyjazz.com/
Jillian Lebeck – piano www.jillianlebeck.com/

Photo and bios courtesy of Tom Lee Music and the artists.
Sound Recording by Geoff Peters geoffmobile.com

Technical notes:
Pianos: Two Steinway Concert Grand Pianos provided by Tom Lee Music in Vancouver.
www.tomleemusic.ca/main/pianos.cfm

Recorded on a Zoom H1 in 48khz 24bit, and audio was processed (mastered?) with Audacity. audacity.sourceforge.net

Mastering tools used in Audacity:
Amplify
SC4 Compressor
High pass filter at 27hz.
Fade in/out
Split and batch export feature.

Video edited with Adobe Premiere pro CS5.5 on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

Thanks for watching!!
Please subscribe to my channel for more videos from Vancouver BC Canada and geoffmobile.com

Cheers!
Geoff