Pro Audio, Music & Mac Blog

So, my son got Guitar Hero II for Playstation 2 this past Christmas and it’s a BLAST, but it can be really tricky if your are actually a proficient guitar player because it requires that you 1) hit the notes as the guy plays them, not as you might 2) the way the track is played in the game is sort of subjective – not exactly as the song goes in some cases.

I just watched the hilarious video below of Anthrax guitar player Scott Ian getting his ass kicked playing his own song in Guitar Hero II. He gets PWNED and booed off the stage! His response is classic, “my monitors were terrible.. couldn’t hear myself…” LOL!

Watch video of Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian SUCK at his own song playing Guitar Hero II.

GML makes some of the finest audio gear on earth and George Massenburg’s contribution to the art and science of audio recording and production are deservedly legendary. A buddy recently turned me onto a GREAT long-form DVD style movie featuring George demonstrating the GML 8900. The links are below and you simply need to watch it.BUT, I snipped out this quote because I thought it was funny as hell.[wp_youtube]oFXCr3_9R7Y[/wp_youtube] George Massenburg Labs Support Page has a great in-depth video “white paper” on using the GML 8900 compressor, but it’s really a great lesson in itself about compression in general.Here’s the direct links to the Quicktime movies:Hi Res – 87.3MBLo Res – 12.5MB

The audio software geniuses at AudioEase (Altiverb, VSTWrapper, BarbaBatch) have been working on the mother of all (why didn’t Apple think of this) audio file auditioning utilities for the Mac. They had been calling this tool SoundAbout and it provides a really cool, fluid method for previewing and audtioning audio and sound files of all types: samples, song files, mixes, tracks, whatever… It’s totally cool.

Check out the AudioEase SoundAbout preview movie

But what really caught my eye was this:

We are looking for a new name. If you come up with a good one please drop it in the subject line of an email, and if we choose it you get a free copy, an early beta as soon as we have it, and a mention in the about box.

Sweet… Think up the new name and become an instant DAW-MAC legend…

This guy, Eric Mongrain, is just beyond amazing!