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Software:
MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility – Checksum utility for file verification (Windows)
WinMD5Free – Checksum utility for file verification (Windows)
MD5 2.0 – Checksum utility for file verification (Mac)
Recording:
EBU 128 Loudness Recommendation
Recording Session with an Edison Wax Cylinder
How to Get Your Band Ready for the Studio Part 1 , Part 2
Xiph.org Digital Show and Tell – Waveform Comparison; Analog vs. Digital, Bit Depth, Inter-sample peaks, Dithering (Technical Video)
Humor and Human Interest:
Melodyne inventor Peter Neubäcker (film portrait)
and more with Peter Neubäcker: Polyphonic Direct Note Access
Life As A Recording Engineer (YouTube)
Alt. link: Life As A Recording Engineer
Creative piano playing with ebow and more: Hauschka Gets The Most Out Of 88 Keys (NPR)
Autotune on PBS NOVA (S04E01)
Drums/Percussion Links:
How To Tune Drums – by DW’s John Good (YouTube)
more John Good Tuning Drums (YouTube)
Drum overhead microphone technique comparison – Matt McGlynn
Recorderman (YouTube)
George Massenburg: miking the drums (YouTube)
Art of Recording Drums – Rich Pagano
Fix Dimpled and Dented Drum Heads (YouTube)
Acoustics – Anechoic:
Total Silence Drives You Crazy
The Anechoic Chamber at BRE
Inside the world’s quietest room
Bass:
Setting Up Your Bass Guitar – John Carruthers (YouTube) Part 1 Truss Rod, Part 2 Bridge, Part 3 Nut, Part 4 Intonation
Capacitors:
Guitar Tone Capacitors johnplanetz (YouTube)
Gear:
The “Roadie Wrap” or the Over-Under Method:
How to Coil A Mic Cable (YouTube)
How to Wrap A Mic Cable (YouTube)
“If you want to go onto a stage and look like an idiot, wrap a cable around your elbow”
Dave Rat – The Mighty Headphone Quest Part 1 (YouTube)
also Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4
On Click Tracks:
In search of the click track
Click Track Detector
Legal:
How Music Royalties Work and How Music Royalties Work – Types of Rights and Royalties
Releasing Your Own Record: A Legal Checklist
Harry Fox Agency (Mechanical Licensing)
CMRRA (Mechanical Licensing)
ASCAP Licensing (Performance Licensing)
BMI Licensing FAQ (Performance Licensing)
SESAC Licensing FAQ (Performance Licensing)
What’s in a (band’s) name? – Deli Magazine (Trademarks)
ISRC Codes (Licensing)
Disc Reproduction: