"My rule of thumb is to get the words clearly, and as painlessly as possible, bearing in mind that we may well be asking our interviewee some very probing or personal questions, in which case I don't really want to spook them with the paraphernalia of film-making — especially if they...
The nightmare starts when I pick up a guitar. Now, I freely admit that I'm no Jeff Beck, but my guitar playing sounds fine when I'm in a room with a drummer and a bass player — so what's this sloppy, thin‑sounding, weedy mess that I've spent the last four hours laying dow...
Speech Recognition and Synthesis of code-mixed utterances is a very challenging problem. Most speech processing systems are designed to be used with a single language. Moreover, people may pronounce words differently when they are speaking multiple languages at the same time, which may confuse such...
I’ve written lyrics and words since my early teenage years – inspired by the late great RUSH drummer, Neil Peart. The lyrics for this album, which are all directly synced to the streaming audio tracks, are among the most introspective and meaningful words I’ve ever written. They all tel...
She initially speaking in Indonesian, she then alternated to English to convey her point in this utterance. This type of code mixing is alternation. 3.3 Congruent Lexicalization The grammatical structure of languages A and B is shared, and words from both lan- guages are inserted more or less...
Once I heard that and thought about the words of the song I knew what it was about. The rest was all polish and I spent about 40 hours total on the mix. I leveled and eq’d most things as I went along too. Also wasn’t afraid to use fade-in/out via automation – why not?
But speaking of J.K. Rowling, there’s a danger when you get too overt about your own political beliefs. While readers might love your fictional writing, they might not love your real-life political beliefs quite so much. In fact, it can be a very effective way of alienating your fans...
However, particularly in the publishing industry, the words have a distinction. A caption is like a title. A cutline is the text below a picture or an image that explains or identifies what the reader is looking at. It will typically include information such as the who, what, when, where...
if you suspect the instrument might not be up to the job, it's seriously worth considering hiring a good one for the job. Remember, this is your chance to get those ideas down on tape - figuratively speaking. The last thing you want is a tarnished result before you've even reached the...
While often touted as Mono Compatible, my mentor Dave Appelt suggested that it might be more accurate to call Mid-Side: Mono Destructive. Because when you collapse a Mid-Side recording to mono by panning L and R to the middle, the Side signal cancels itself. In other words, all sounds ...